Featured are: Ayanna Howard, Ph.D. (above right), an associate professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology who worked at NASA on technology for Mars exploration and currently works on using robots to explore global warming and other prominent issues; David Kelly (above middle), founder and chairman of the design company IDEO and head of Stanford University’s Institute of Design; and Naomi Halas, Ph.D. (above left), a professor at Rice University whose work with nanoshells has the potential to revolutionize cancer treatment.

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The Innovators: Designing the Future is a production of Creative Expansions, Inc. The program is presented by KCTS/Seattle Public Television and distributed by American Public Television (APT). Executive Producer/Host: Helene Lerner, Producer/Director: Wendy Lobel, Editor: Satoko Sugiyama, Director of Photography: Scott Sinkler, Associate Producers: Sarah Fogel and Nadine Witkin.

Left photo credit: Scott Sinkler
Center photo credit: CBS/Landov
Right photo credit: Scott Sinkler