Expert Available to Talk About Invention and Discovery: How and Why They Happen

Newswise — Every great invention has a story. Boise State University’s Dr. Peter Müllner can offer perspective on the evolution of invention and discovery. For example, the development of steel had various driving forces, including politics, economy, architecture, music, agriculture, war, and even religion. In turn, the availability of steel shaped buildings, landscapes, musical tones, and the courses of wars and economy. Müllner puts invention and discovery in context, discussing science and technology as they relate to history and our present day society.

Müllner is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State, where he has done cutting-edge research on deformation mechanisms of metals and on magnetic shape-memory alloys. He received his diploma and doctoral degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from the ETH Zürich in 1991 and 1994. He did post-doctoral work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Max-Planck-Institute of Metals in Stuttgart, Germany, and in the Physics Department at ETH Zürich.

Learn more about Müllner and a number of other Boise State University faculty experts at http://beyondtheblue.boisestate.edu/, Boise State’s award-winning website of podcast presentations on a wide range of relevant topics.