Destin Sandlin

Destin Wilson Sandlin

Photo of Destin Sandlin taken by his wife, January 2014
Residence Alabama
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Alabama
University of Alabama, Huntsville[1]
Occupation Rocket Engineer
YouTube Personality
Known for Educational YouTube videos[2]
Spouse(s) Tara Sandlin @destinsbride
Children 4

Destin Wilson Sandlin[1] is an American engineer and YouTube Educator. He resides in Alabama and produces an educational video series called Smarter Every Day.[3][4]

Education and Career

Sandlin attended the University of Alabama as an undergraduate, where he studied mechanical engineering. He later obtained a graduate degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.[1][5] While an undergraduate, he was awarded the University of Alabama's Outstanding Senior Award.[1] He is currently a Missile Flight Test Engineer at Redstone Arsenal.[6][7]

Smarter Every Day

Sandlin is the creator of the YouTube channel Smarter Every Day. He has credited his fascination with the scientific method and his job as a rocket engineer for having inspired him to make educational videos. Most episodes of Smarter Every day feature scientific experiments with Sandlin hosting or narrating. He has demonstrated experiments such as tracking the movement patterns of a chicken’s head, a do-it-yourself high-speed camera, and other content designed to educate viewers on a variety of scientific topics.[8] As of 2015, the channel has over 2.2 million subscribers and 152 million views.[9]

History

Smarter Every Day was originally called Pennywhistle Productions.

On July 10, 2009 Destin had his first video reach 1 million views.[10] The video was about chicken head tracking using some chickens that Destin bought for his father as a demonstration. Because of its popularity this video retroactively had Smarter Every Day added to its name. Mercedes-Benz capitalized on the popularity of this video in their "MAGIC BODY CONTROL TV commercial Chicken".[11]

On Apr 24, 2011, starting with a video entitled "Detonation vs Deflagration - Smarter Every Day 1,"[12] Destin officially began the web-series, Smarter Every Day, which has now taken over the whole identity of his YouTube channel.

Channel Statistics

Channel Subscribers 2,291,000+
Total Channel Views 152,640,000+
# of videos with >1M views 25
# of videos with <1M and >500K views 24
Total # of videos 208

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Interesting Facts

Destin features a Bible verse at the end of each episode of Smarter Every Day, usually Psalm 111:2 because it is featured on the doors to Cavendish Laboratory,[15][16] but many other verses have also been used.

Beliefs

Sandlin credits his grandfather for having shaped his world view and for encouraging his love of Science. He is a born again Christian.[15]

Family

He is married with four children, two daughters and two sons.[17]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://eng.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/capstone_engineer_fall2003.pdf
  2. ↑ "SmarterEveryDay". YouTube.
  3. ↑ "Huntsville engineer's YouTube channel, 'Smarter Every Day,' in running for best entertaining, educational videos". AL.com.
  4. ↑ ""Smarter Every Day" teaches science lesson by blowing things up". cbsnews.com. 25 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "UAH - News". uah.edu.
  6. ↑ "Huntsville missile engineer in YouTube spotlight for Smarter Every Day channel". AL.com.
  7. ↑ "Test engineer making people Smarter Every Day". The Redstone Rocket.
  8. ↑ Storbeck, Devon. "Introducing Smarter Every Day, your July On The Rise winner". YouTube: Official Blog. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "SmarterEveryDay". YouTube.
  10. ↑ Sandlin, Destin. "Chicken Head Tracking - Smarter Every Day". YouTube. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Mercedes-Benz TV: MAGIC BODY CONTROL TV commercial "Chicken"". YouTube. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  12. ↑ Sandlin, Destin. "Detonation vs Deflagration - Smarter Every Day 1". YouTube. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "About". YouTube. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Videos". YouTube. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Belew, Duncan. "Interview with a Rocket Scientist and YouTube Science Educator". Where were you when you were twenty-four?. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  16. ↑ Rigden, John S.; Stuewer, Roger H (29 May 2009). The Physical Tourist: A Science Guide for the Traveler. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 1. ISBN 9783764389338. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  17. ↑ Sandlin, Destin. "WE HAD A BABY!! - Smarter Every Day 132". YouTube. Retrieved 1 April 2015.

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