Did you know that a gas turbine sucks in enough air to fill a Goodyear blimp in ~10 seconds? Our guest Dr. Jacqueline O’Connor, Director of the Penn State Center for Gas Turbine Research, Education and Outreach (https://sites.psu.edu/gtreo/) at The Pennsylvania State University, explains the main components of a gas turbine and how these amazing machines manage one of the most extreme environments that human engineers have developed.   >Meet Dr. Jacqueline O’Connor PSU:  https://www.me.psu.edu/department/directory-detail-g.aspx?q=JXO22>Pennsylvania State University's Center for Gas Turbine Research, Education, and Outreach:  https://sites.psu.edu/gtreo/ For more information, please visit www.ge.com/power/gas and follow GE’s Power business on Twitter (https://twitter.com/GE_Power) and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/gepower/). You can learn more about the Cutting Carbon podcast here: https://www.ge.com/power/future-of-energy/cutting-carbon-podcast?gecid=DECARB_3p_Pod_Networks_Season1.  If you have questions, email us at cutting.carbon@ge.com.