Destin Sandlin

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

Destin Sandlin, born in 1981, is an American engineer best known for his educational video series, Smarter Every Day (SED), which is hosted on a YouTube channel of the same name launched in 2007.

Sandlin's YouTube channel boasts over four million subscribers, and over 300 million views. In early 2016, Sandlin was one of three YouTube personalities chosen to conduct a one-on-one interview with President Obama after his final State of the Union address. The interviews were sponsored by Google and were part of a White House initiative to reach millennial audiences.

On April 28, 2016 Sandlin started a second YouTube channel called The Sound Traveler, in which he employs 3-D audio and Go-Pro footage to capture and convey the experience of visiting the world's most interesting places.

On February 10, 2017 Sandlin started a podcast with his friend, Matt Whitman, called No Dumb Questions, in which the two discuss an assortment of topics and cover it from different perspectives.

Sandlin received his Bachelors of Science from the University of Alabama, where he studied mechanical engineering. Later he obtained a graduate degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. While an undergraduate, he was awarded the University of Alabama's Outstanding Senior Award. He is a full-time Missile Flight Test Engineer at Redstone Arsenal.

A resident of Huntsville, Alabama, Destin is married with four children (two daughters and two sons); is a practicing Christian and credits his grandfather for having shaped his world view and for encouraging his love of science. Since 2012 Sandlin has supported and partnered with 'Not Forgotten', a charity that cares for orphaned boys in Peru.

He credits his fascination with the scientific method and his job as a rocket engineer as inspiration for making educational videos.