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Destin Sandlin is the founder of Smarter Every Day, a popular YouTube channel. (Wikimedia Commons)

Alabama native and Smarter Every Day founder Destin Sandlin will sit before the Commander in Chief on Friday for a special interview in Washington, D.C.

In a video posted to his popular YouTube channel, Sandlin said he has been invited to the White House to interview President Obama for 12-15 minutes in response to the State of the Union address, which will air tonight at 8 p.m. CT at youtube.com/whitehouse.

The Redstone Arsenal engineer, who has more than 3.5 million YouTube subscribers, wants to talk scientific and personal topics with the president during the meeting.

"We have a huge opportunity here," he said. "The format is going to be really cool. They created a small version of my office that's going to be there at the White House so we can just hang out and talk like we always do, except the president's there."

YouTube stars Ingrid Nilsen and Adande Thorne (sWooZie) will also interview Obama this week about issues important to them and their viewers.

Want to suggest a question for the president? Here's what you need to do.

Tweet Sandlin at twitter.com/smartereveryday using the hashtag #YouTubeAsksObama. You can also leave questions on YouTube, Reddit or Facebook.

Sandlin said the interview will air live Friday on the White House's YouTube page.