|
1971
October 18, 1971, The U.S. Space Program Through the 70's, Dr.
Wernher von Braun, Deputy Associate Administrator, NASA, Washington,
DC.
November 8, 1971, The Year 2000, Mr. Barry Bruce-Briggs, Hudson
Institute, Croton-on-Hudson, NY.
December 13, 1971, Artificial Intelligence, Prof. Marvin Minsky,
Director, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory MIT, Cambridge, MA.
1972
January 10, 1972, Shock Waves, Prof. Hans Liepmann, California Inst.
of Technology, Pasadena, CA.
February 14, 1972, Complex Molecules in Outer Space, Dr. David
Buhle, Nat. Radio Astronomy Observatory, Greenbank, WVA.
March 13, 1972, High Energy Sources in Space, Prof. Wolfgang
Priester, Director, Astronomical Inst. University of Bonn, Bonn, West
Germany.
April 10, 1972, Energy, Life, and Climate, Dr. David M. Gates, Prof.
of Botony and Director, Biological Station, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI.
May 8, 1972, Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Dr. Frank Drake,
Director, Nat. Atmospheric and Inospheric Center, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY .
June 12, 1972, Einstein's Biggest Mistake and How Not to Make It,
Mr. Frederik Pohl, Author/Editor Red Bank, NJ.
July 17, 1972, The Relationship Between Human and Machine Thinking,
Dr. I. J. Good, Univ. Professor of Statistics, Virginia Polytechnic
Inst, Blacksburg, VA.
August 14, 1972, Science and Control of Social Behavior, Dr. Israel
Goldiamond, Prof. of Psychology, Depts. of Psychiatry and Psychology,
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
September 18, 1972, Concorde - A Technical Updating, E. H. Burgess,
British Aircraft Corporation, Great Britain.
October 16, 1972, Mariner 9 Review: Mars from Mariner 9:
Implications for Viking, Dr. Carl Sagan, Center for Radiophysics and
Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, and Preliminary
Geologic, Harold Masursky, Results from Mariner 9, U.S. Geological
Survey, Center for Astrogeology, Flagstaff, AZ.
November 13, 1972, Research Applications for National Needs, Mr.
Sidney Sternberg, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.
December 4, 1972, Biofeedback for Mind-Body Self-Regulation, Dr.
Elmer Green, Head, Psychophysiology Lab., The Menninger Foundation,
Topeka, KS.
1973
January 15, 1973, A Rapid Review of Eastern American Prehistory, Dr.
James B. Griffin, Director, Museum of Anthropology, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
March 12, 1973, ESP: A Not so Uncommon Sense, Prof. Gertrude
Schmeidler, Department of Psychology, City College of New York, New
York, NY.
April 9, 1973, The Development of Airplane Structures, Dr. Nicholas
J. Hoff, Visiting Professor, School of Eng'g Science and Mechanics,
Georgia Institute of Technology, 225 North Avene, NW, Atlanta, GA.
May 14, 1973, The Coastal Seas - National Marine Resources, Dr.
William J. Hargis, Jr., Director, Virginia Inst. of Marine Science,
Gloucester Point, VA.
June 11, 1973, Breakthrough in Housing Technology, William J.
Werner, Manager Housing Systems, Div. of Bldg. Technology and Site
Operations, Dept. of Housing & Uban Develop., Washington, DC.
July 16, 1973, Problems of Air Transportation Associated with Major
U.S. Cities, Mr. Charles Leedham, Commissioner, Dept. of Marine and
Aviation, New York, NY.
August 13, 1973, The Supercritical Wing, Dr. Richard T. Whitcomb,
Head, Transonic Aerodyn. Br., High-Speed Aircraft Division, NASA
Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA.
September 10, 1973, The Chemical Basis of Extraterrestrial Life,
Prof. Cyril Ponnamperuma, Dir., Lab. of Chemical Evolution, Dept. of
Chemistry, University of Maryland.
October 15, 1973, Parapsychology and Physics, Dr. Edgar M. Mitchell,
Dir., Inst. of Noetic Sciences, Palo Alto, CA.
November 15, 1973, Energy-Present Status and Implications, Dr.
Marjorie P. Meinel, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
and
Solar Energy - Solution and Technical Considerations, Dr. Aden B.
Meinel, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
and
Energy - A Reorientation In Demand, Mr. Roger S. Carlsmith, ORNL-NSF
Environmental Prog., Oak Ridge, TN.
December 10, 1973, New View of Man and the Universe in Light of the
Space Age, Dr. Immanual Velikovsky, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
1974
January 14, 1974, Powered Artificial Limbs, Mr. Woodrow Seamone,
Missile Control Systems, The Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics
Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD.
February 11, 1974, Aircraft Noise - An Academic View, Prof. Jack L.
Kerrebrock, Dir., Gas Turbine Lab. and Dir., Space Propulsion Lab.,
Mass. Inst. of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
March 11, 1974, Atmospheric Modeling, Dr. Warren M. Washington,
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO.
April 1, 1974, In Defense of Technology, Dr. Peter Beckmann,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
May 13, 1974, Urban Planning and Transportation in Light of the
Energy Crisis, Dr. Elliot Montroll, University of Rochester, Physics
Department, Rochester, NY.
June 10, 1974, Solid Surfaces - Recent Progress and Future Promise,
Prof. Harry C. Gatos, Mass. Inst. of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
July 8, 1974, The Great World Transformation Today, Dr. John Platt,
Mental Health Research Inst., University of Michigan.
August 12, 1974, Paleomagnetism and Its Contribution to the Recent
Revolution in Earth Sciences, Prof. Robert B. Hargraves, Dept. of
Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University.
September 17, 1974, Control of Environmental Systems, Dr. William
Cooper, Department of Zoology, Michigan State University.
October 4, 1974, -- Not Presented --
November 11, 1974, Nature's Sonar (Echo Location in Bats), Dr. Alvin
Novick, Yale University, Dept. of Biology, New Haven, CT.
December 9, 1974, An Aerodynamicist's Bag of Tricks - That Help Him
Make Better Airplanes, Mr. A. M. O. Smith, Douglas Aircraft Company,
Long Beach, CA.
1975
January 13, 1975, The Dynamics of Long Term Energy Availability:
The 40 Year Brownout, Dr. Dennis Meadows, Thayer School of Eng'g,
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
February 10, 1975, Speech Sounds by and for Machines, Dr. C. H.
Coker, Bell Laboratories, Murryhill, NJ.
March 11, 1975, Exploring the Planets with Spacecraft:
Accomplishments to Date, Mr. Donald G. Rea, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, CA.
April 14, 1975, Stalking the Ghost of Homas Malthus, Mr. Gerard
Piel, President, Scientific American, New York, NY.
May 12, 1975, The Apparent Flow of Time and the Expansion of the
Universe, Professor Thomas Gold, Department of Astronomy, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY.
May 19, 1975, The Scientific Potential of the UFO Problems,
Professor P. A. Sturrock, Space Science and Astrophys., Stanford
University.
July 14, 1975, Primate Intelligence and Language, Dr. Duane M.
Rumbaugh, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta,
GA.
August 11, 1975, Laser Revolution in Spectroscopy, Prof. Arthur L.
Schawlow, Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
September 8, 1975, The Energy Crisis and the American Future,
Stewart L. Udall, Former Secretary of Interior.
October 31, 1975, Space Colonization and Energy Supply to the Earth,
Prof. G. K. O'Neill, Physics Department, Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ.
November 10, 1975, New Frontiers for Man and the Natural
Environment, Dr. William E. Cooper, Department of Zoology, Michigan
State University, E. Lansing, MI.
December 8, 1975, Genetic Engineering - How Great is the Danger?,
Dr. Bernard D. Davis, Bacterial Physiology Unit, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA.
1976
January 12, 1976, A Bicentennial Look at America - Crisis of
Confidence, Dr. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Albert Schweitzer Professor
of Humanities, City University of New York, New York, NY.
February 9, 1976, With a View to Their Practical Solution - Sixty
Years with the NACA and NASA, Dr. Eugene M. Emme, NASA Historian,
Washington, DC.
March 8, 1976, Science in the Revolutionary Era, Dr. Brooke Hindle,
Director, Nat. Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, DC.
April 12, 1976, New Frontiers in Consumer Affairs, Ms. Virginia H.
Knauer, Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs, Washington, DC.
May 10, 1976, Studying Animals and Their Habitat Using Satellite
Technology, Dr. John J. Craighead, Montana Cooperative Wildlife
Research Unit, Missoula, MN.
June 28, 1976, The Origins of Life, Dr. Leslie E. Orgel, The Salk
Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA.
July 12, 1976, The Soviet Space Program in 1976 - How Did it Get
Here? Where is it Going?, Dr. Charles S. Sheldon II, Chief, Science
Policy Research Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
August 5, 1976, Why Man Explores (Film of panel discussion sponsored
by Langley Research Center and held at Pasadena, CA, on July 2, 1976),
Norman Cousins, Editor, Saturday Review Magazine, Ray Bradbury, Science
Fiction Writer, Jacques Cousteau, Undersea Explorer, James Michener,
Novelist and Travel Writer, and Philip Morrison, Professor of Physics,
MIT.
August 9, 1976, Creative Cosmology - Universe of the Mind, Dr.
Frederic B. Jueneman, Director/Research INCA, "Innovative Notebook"
Columnist, Industrial Research Magazine, San Jose, CA.
September 2, 1976, Vikings at Mars - The Early Results, Dr. Wm. H.
Michael, Jr., Team Leader of the Viking Mars Mission Radio Science
Team, Spec. Asst. to Center Director, Langley Research Center.
September 29, 1976, Alternate Energy Sources, Dr. Dixy Lee Ray,
Former Head, AEC, Fox Island, WA.
October 26, 1976, The Mood of the Nation, Dr. George H. Gallup,
Founder of the Gallup Poll, Princeton, NJ.
December 13, 1976, ESP: Science, Sorcery, or Skulduggery, Dr. Persi
Diaconis, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
1977
January 10, 1977, East-Coast Viking Presentation, Participants: Dr.
Gerald A. Soffen, (Langley Research Center), Dr. Michael H. Carr, (U.S.
Geological Survey), Dr. Harold P. Klein, (Ames Research Center).
February 7, 1977, A Saga of Black History, Dr. Alex Haley, Program
cancelled due to illness of Dr. Haley.
March 14, 1977, Computer Simulation of Medical Phenomena, Dr. Harvey
Greenfield, College of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City,
UT.
April 15, 1977, Earthquakes, Dr. Charles Thiel, National Science
Foundation, Washington, DC.
May 2, 1977, The Moon as Threshold, Dr. Isaac Asimov, Science and
Science Fiction Writer, New York, NY.
June 13, 1977, Recollections from a Career in Aeronautics, Dr.
Robert T. Jones, Senior Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center.
July 11, 1977, A Look at Deep Ocean Mining, Dr. James J. Victory,
Deepsea Ventures, Inc., Gloucester Point, VA.
August 15, 1977, The Economic Outlook for The United States, Dr.
Leland E. Traywick, Director, Bureau of Business Research, College of
William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
September 12, 1977, The Heresy that Became, Dr. Walter Sullivan,
Science Editor, New York Times, New York, NY.
October 14, 1977, Terrorism and Law Enforcement, Sir Robert Mark,
Former Director, New Scotland Yard, London, England.
November 14, 1977, Recent Developments in Solar Energy, Dr. Edgar M.
Cortright, Vice Pres., Technical Dir., Owens Illinois, Inc.
December 19, 1977, A Personal View of the Early Years of the
Computer Revolution, Dr. James H. Wilkinson, Deputy Chief Scientific
Officer, Div. of Numerical Analysis and Computing, National Physical
Laboratory, Teddington, England.
1978
January 16, 1978, The Future of the American Family, Mr. James A.
Michener, St. Michaels, MD.
February 2, 1978, Alaska Pipeline, (program cancelled due to due to
weather problems), Mr. Edward L. Patton, Ch. and Chief Exec. Officer,
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., Anchorage, AL.
February 27, 1978, Commercial Air Transportation Development in the
Next Three Decades, Mr. H. W. Withington, Boeing Commercial Airplane
Co.
March 13, 1978, Herb Use and Abuse, Dr. Walter H. Lewis, Professor
of Botany, Washington University, St. Louis, MI.
April 20, 1978, Applications of "Catastrophe Theory", Prof. E.
Christopher Zeeman, University of Warwick, Coventry, England.
May 1, 1978, The U.S. Economy & Current Economic Policies, Dr.
Milton Friedman, Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford
U., Stanford, CA.
May 30, 1978, Major Policy Issures Facing NASA, Dr. Robert A.
Frosch, Administrator, NASA, Washington, DC.
June 12, 1978, The Wright Brothers, Charles H. Gibbs-Smith,
Lindbergh Prof. of Aerospace History, National Air & Space Museum,
Washington, DC.
July 31, 1978, Engine Options for Supersonic Cruise Aircraft, Dr.
Peter H. Calder, Project Director Olympus 593, Rolls-Royce Limited,
Aero Division, Bristol, England.
August 7, 1978, New Energy Technology, Dr. Eric H. Willis, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Energy Technology, Department of Energy,
Washington, DC.
September 18, 1978, Biology of Human Aging, Dr. Leonard Hayflick,
Senior Research Cell Biologist, Children's Hospital Medical Ctr., Bruce
Lyon Memorial Research Laboratory, Oakland, CA.
October 5, 1978, The Space Shuttle, Dr. Donald K. (Deke) Slayton,
Manager of Orbital Flight Test for the Space Shuttle Project Office,
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Ctr., Houston, TX.
October 16, 1978, Hydrodynamics and Performance of Sailing Vessels,
Dr. Jerome H. Milgrim, Department of Ocean Eng'g, Massachusetts Inst.
of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
November 13, 1978, Humans in the Universe, Dr. R. Buckminster
Fuller, Architect, Carbondale, IL.
December 11, 1978, Nondestructive Evaluation - Its Growing
Importance for the 1980's, Mr. Harold Berger, Chief of the Office of
Nondestructive Evaluation, National Bureau of Standards, Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC.
1979
January 29, 1979, Space and the Oceans, Captain Jacques Yves
Cousteau, Explorer, Marine Biologist, Oceanographer, The Cousteau
Society, New York, NY.
February 12, 1979, Planning Advanced Energy Technologies (Fusion,
MHD, and Satellite Power Systems Examples), Dr. Robert A. Summers,
Executive Director for R & D, Coordination Council, Department of
Energy, Washington, DC.
March 12, 1979, The Influence of Life on the Evolution of the
Atmosphere, Dr. James C. G. Walker, Head, Ionospheric Research,
National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo, PR.
April 9, 1979, The Future of International Space, Mr. Robert B.
Hotz, Editor and Publisher, Aviation Week & Space Technology,
Washington, DC.
May 14, 1979, The Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline, Mr. Edward L. Patton
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Alyeska Pipeline Service
Co., Bellevue, WA.
June 11, 1979, Scientific Investigations of The Shroud of Turin, Dr.
Adam J. Otterbein, President, Holy Shroud Guild of America, Holy Family
Retreat, Hampton, VA, and Dr. John P. Jackson, Professor, Department
of Physics, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO.
July 23, 1979, Watts in the Sea: Energy from the Ocean, Mr. John R.
Justus, Science Policy Analyst for Earth Science and Ocean Affairs,
Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
August 13, 1979, High-Speed Aerodynamic Research - Rocket-Propelled
Models, Mr. Joseph A. Shortal, Retired Cheif, Pilotless Aircraft
Research Division, NASA Langley Research Ctr., Hampton, VA.
September 27, 1979, Some Problems of Freedom, Dr. William F.
Buckley, Jr., Author, Editor, Lecturer, "The National Review", New
York, NY.
October 15, 1979, Ethics in Science and Technology, Dr. Vivian Weil,
Research Fellow, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions,
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL.
November 19, 1979, Nuclear Energy Debate: A Case Against, Mr. Stuart
Diamond, Journalist, Pulitzer Prize Nominee, "Newsday", Long Island,
NY; A Case For, Dr. Carl Walske, Physicist, President, Atomic
Industrial Forum, Washington, DC; Moderator, Mr. Thomas N. Downing,
Former U.S. Congressman, Hampton, VA.
December 17, 1979, Alone Against the Atlantic - The Voyage of Yankee
Girl, Mr. Gerry Spiess, Engineer, Sailor, White Bear Lake, MN.
1980
January 24, 1980, A Star in Trouble and Other Condensed Remains of
Supernovae, Dr. Stephen P. Maran, Senior Staff Scientist, Laboratory
for Astronomy and Solar Physics, NASA Goddard Space Flt. Ctr.,
Greenbelt, MD.
February 12, 1980, The High Frontier, Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill,
Professor of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
April 8, 1980, Einstein Remembered, Dr. Banesh Hoffman,
Mathematician, Queens College, Flushing, NY.
April 28, 1980, New Discoveries in Old Virginia, Ivor Noel Hume,
Archaeologist, Author, Lecturer Williamsburg, VA.
May 12, 1980, Prevailing in the Absence of Technology, Vice Admiral
James Stockdale, USN Ret., Commandant, The Citadel, Charleston, SC.
May 22, 1980, A Science Lecture of the 18th Century, Dr. John L.
McKnight, Professor of Physics, and Dr. Hans C. von Baeyer, Professor
of Physics, Director of VARC, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg,
VA.
July 17, 1980, The Amazing Moons of Jupiter, Dr. Thomas A. Mutch,
Associate Administrator for Space Science, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, Washington, DC.
August 11, 1980, Collision Avoidance in Space, Mr. Donald J.
Kessler, Astrophysicist, Space Environment Office, NASA Johnson Space
Ctr, Houston, TX.
August 15, 1980, Viking Project - Mars Mission Update, Mr. Joseph M.
Boyce, Planetary Geology Discipline Scientist, NASA, Washington, DC,
Dr. Conway W. Wnyder, Viking Project Scientist, and Mr. Kermit S.
Watkins, Viking Project Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena,
CA.
September 8, 1980, Biomass - Renewable Energy, New Jobs, and
Economic Gains for Virginians, Dr. George W. Brooks, Director for
Research and Development, Engineering Incorporated, Hampton, VA.
October 16, 1980, A Saga of Black History - The Future of the
Family, Mr. Alex Haley, Author of Roots, Los Angeles, CA.
November 10, 1980, The Fourth Kingdom - Man, Mr. William J. Sauber,
Long Range Project Manager, Dow Chemical Corporation, Midland, MI.
1981
January 12, 1981, Cinematic Simulations and Special Effects, Dr.
Kenneth L. Jones, Tech Director for Special Effects, New World
Productions, Venice, CA.
February 2, 1981, The Voyager I Encounter with Saturn, Dr. Geoffrey
A. Briggs, Deputy Director, Solar System Exploration Division, NASA,
Washington, DC.
February 9, 1981, Computer Graphics and Facility Design, Dr. Joel N.
Orr, President, Orr Associates, Inc., Danbury, CT.
March 16, 1981, Recombinative DNA, Dr. James D. Watson, Director,
Cold Spring Harbor Lab, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
April 14, 1981, From Fossils to Footprints, Dr. Mary D. Leakey,
Archaeologist, Leakey Foundation, Pasadena, CA.
May 4, 1981, Space Technology Applied to Geodesy, Dr. Edward A.
Flinn, III, Chief Scientist, Geodynamics Branch, NASA, Washington, DC.
June 15, 1981, The Earliest Life, Prof. Lynn Margulis, Department of
Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA.
July 20, 1981, Space Shuttle Orbital-Flight Test Program, Mr. L.
Michael Weeks, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Space
Transportation Systems, NASA, Washington, DC.
August 10, 1981, Severe Storms, Mr. Jean T. Lee, Research
Meteorologist, National Severe Storms Lab, Norman, OK.
September 14, 1981, Some Water Problems and How the Industry is
Trying to Solve Them, Mr. Kenneth E. Shull, Vice President - Research/
Environmental Affairs, Philadelphia Surburban Water Company, Bryn Mawr,
PA.
October 20, 1981, A Morning with Eric Sevareid, Eric Sevareid, News
Correspondent, Analyst, Columbia Broadcasting System, New York, NY.
November 9, 1981, Development of an Underwater Archaeology Program
for Virginia, Dr. John Broadwater, Senior Underwater Archaeologist,
Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, Research Center for
Archaeologist, Yorktown, VA.
December 14, 1981, Mount St. Helens - Surprise, Surprise, Dr.
Mortimer H. Hait, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO.
1982
January 11, 1982, Technology Developments in Personal Computing, Mr.
Carl Helmers, President, North American Technology, Inc., Peterborough,
NH.
February 22, 1982, If you Innovate, You Have Got to Motivate, John
D. (Jack) Jackson ,Senior Instructor, American Airlines Flight Academy,
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX.
March 22, 1982, Man's Past, Present, and Future, Dr. Robert Jastrow,
Founder and Former Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies,
New York, NY.
April 12, 1982, Are Scientists Doing Their Homework?, Dr. Eugene
Garfield, President and Founder, Institute for Scientific Information,
Philadelphia, PA.
May 14, 1982, Human-Powered Transportation: Commuter Cycles in the
Future, Prof. David Gordon Wilson, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
June 14, 1982, The Learfan Composite Airplane, Richard R. Tracy,
Vice President, Learfan Ltd., Reno, NV.
July 13, 1982, Orbital Transfer Vehicles and Evolutionary Approach,
Ivan Bekey, Director, Advanced Programs, NASA Headquarters, Washington,
DC.
August 9, 1982, Echo Location Systems in Nature, Dr. Edward L.
Titlebaum, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
September 13, 1982, Diet, Behavior, and Self-Image, Lendon H. Smith,
MD, Pediatrician, Lecturer, Author, Portland, OR.
October 25, 1982, The Search for Monopoles, Dr. W. Peter Trower,
Professor of Physics, VPI & SU, Blacksburg, VA.
November 8, 1982, Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Where is
Everybody?, Dr. John A. Ball, Radio Astronomer, Harvard Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA.
December 13, 1982, Aircraft Accident Investigation, Vice Admiral
(Ret.), Donald D. Engen, Member, NTSB, Washington, DC.
1983
January 17, 1983, Acid Rain: Causes, Consequences, and Possible
Management, Dr. Ellis B. Cowling, Chairman, Nat'l Atmospheric
Deposition Program, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC.
February 14, 1983, The Winds of Change, Donald D. Baals,
Distinguished Research Assoc., NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton,
VA.
March 14, 1983, Man Machine Anomalies, Dr. Robert G. Jahn, Dean,
School of Eng'g and Applied Science, Princeton University, Princeton,
NJ.
April 4, 1983 ,The Impact of Science on Society, James Burke, BBC-TV
Host, Writer, Producer, London, England.
May 16, 1983, Accomplishments of Science to the Year 2000, Jules
Bergman, ABC-TV Science Editor, Writer, Reporter, New York, NY.
June 13, 1983, To Be Creative, Prof. David N. Perkins, Harvard
University, Cambirdge, MA.
July 11, 1983, The Geology of the Lower Chesapeake Region, Dr.
Gerald H. Johnson, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
August 8, 1983, Creating the Advanced Passenger Train, Dr. Alan H.
Wickens, The Railway Technical Center, Derby, England.
September 12, 1983, Our Heritage in Applied Research, Dr. Hans Marc,
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC.
October 13, 1983, Our Destiny in the Cosmos, Dr. Isaac Asimov, New
York, NY.
November 14, 1983, The Revolt Against Max Munk: A Historical
Perspective, Dr. James R. Hansen, Historian for Langley Research
Center, Hampton, VA.
December 12, 1983, Current Issues in Cancer Research, Dr. Mary Ann
Lane, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
1984
January 16, 1984, Micromachined Smart Silicon Sensors, Prof. James
B. Angell, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
February 13, 1984, Space Station Design--A Historical Perspective,
Mr. W. Ray Hook, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA.
March 12, 1984, The Earth's Early Atmosphere: A New View, Dr. Joel
S. Levine, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA.
April 9, 1984, Magnetic Fluids: Phenomena, Analysis and
Applications, Dr. Roland E. Rosensweig, Exxon Research & Eng'g,
Annandale, NJ.
May 8, 1984, Education--The Role of Family and Community, Dr. Robert
Coles, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
June 4, 1984, Crew Report on STS 41-C and the Deployment of LDEF,
Capt. Robert L. Crippen and Mr. Terry J. Hart, NASA, Houston, TX.
June 11, 1984, Bird Navigation, Dr. Kenneth P. Able, State Univ of
New York, Albany, NY.
July 9, 1984, Recent Developments in the Soviet Space Program,
Marcia S. Smith, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC.
August 28, 1984, Automobile Aerodynamics, Mr. Kent B. Kelly, General
Motors Technical Ctr., Warren, MI.
September 10, 1984, The Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator
Facility in Newport News, Prof. Hans C. von Baeyer, College of William
and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
October 9, 1984, Home, Schools, Society: Partners in America's
Future, Dr. Richard Berendzen, American University, Washington, DC.
December 3, 1984, A 1990 Integrated Digital/ Electric Aircraft, Mr.
Gordon E. Tagge, Boeing Commercial Airplane Co., Seattle, WA.
December 10, 1984, Educating America, Hon. Andrew Young, Mayor,
Atlanta, GA.
1985
January 21, 1985, Applications of Ultrasonics, Prof. Gordon Kino,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
February 11, 1985, Human-Powered Flight: The M. I. T. Monarch, Mr.
John S. Langford, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
March 11, 1985, The Physics of Pianos and Violins, Prof. Gabriel
Weinreich, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
April 8, 1985, Speed Sailing--An Attempt at a New World Record,
Christopher R. White, Chris White Designs, Mathews, VA.
May 23, 1985, Visiions for the Future, Dr. Arthur C. Clarke,
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
June 10, 1985, The Hubble Space Telescope: Astronomical Goals, Dr.
Hervey Stockman, Jr., Space Telescope Science Inst., Baltimore, MD.
July 22, 1985, Space Shuttle Flight 51-B/ Spacelab III--A Mission of
Science, Col. Frederick D. Gregory, NASA Astronaut, Johnson Space
Center, TX.
August 19, 1985, The Life and Times of Fred Weick--Aeronautical
Pioneer, Dr. James R. Hansen, University of Maine, Orono, ME.
September 9, 1985, The Advanced Supersonic Transport--Status, Mr.
Richard H. Petersen, Director, NASA Langley, Hampton, VA.
October 15, 1985, Space Transportation Without Rockets: Beanstalks,
Tethers, Launch Loops, and Indian Rope Tricks, Dr. Charles A.
Sheffield, Earth Satellite Corp., Chevy Chase, MD.
November 12, 1985, Handling Qualities and Pilot Evaluation, Mr.
Robert P. Harper, Jr., Arzin/Calspan, Buffalo, NY, and Mr. George E.
Cooper, G. E. Cooper Assoc., Saratoga, CA.
December 9, 1985, Orbit-On-Demand Vehicles: Quick Shuttles, Dr.
James A. Martin, NASA Langley, Hampton, VA.
1986
January 13, 1986, Reflections of a Paleoaerodynamicist, Dr. John H.
McMasters, Boeing Commercial Airplane Co., Seattle, WA.
February 24, 1986, To Fly on the Wings of the Sun, Mr. David W.
Hall, David Hall Consulting, Smyrna, GA.
March 24, 1986, The Return of Halley's Comet, Dr. Robert D. Chapman,
Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Science and Technology, The Executive
Office of the President, Washington, DC.
April 14, 1986, Some Reflections on NACA/NASA Past, Present, and
Future, Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Rockwell International, Houston, TX.
May 12, 1986, Industrial Applications of Computerized Tomography- A
Nondestructive Look Inside Materials, Dr. Michael J. Boyle, ARACOR,
Sunnyvale, CA.
June 9, 1986, Strategic Defense Initiative: Update of Technologies
and Progress, Lt. Gen. James Abrahamson, Director, SDIO, The Pentagon,
Washington, DC.
June 19, 1986, Touching the Future, Barbara Radding Morgan,
Teacher-in- Space Designee, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC.
July 14, 1986, Electrophoresis Operations In Space, Mr. David W.
Richman, McDonnell Douglas Co., St. Louis, MO.
August 11, 1986, Frequency and Time Sources-- Past, Present, and
Future, Dr. Arthur Ballato, US Army Electronics, Technology and Devices
Lab, Fort Monmouth, NJ.
September 8, 1986, Sacred Cows and Gored Oxen: Federal Support of R
& D, Dr. Michael L. Telson, Staff, US House Budget Committee,
Washington, DC.
October 27, 1986, Space Station Outreach Evaluation Task Force, Mr.
W. Ray Hook, Manager, Space Station Office, NASA Langley, Hampton, VA.
November 10, 1986, The Will to Live, Brig Gen W. W. Spruance, Ret.,
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Embry-Riddle Aeron. Univ, Bunnell, FL.
December 8, 1986, Lunar and Planetary Exploring Machines, Mr. Oran
W. Nicks, Director, Space Research Center, Texas A & M University,
College Station, TX.
1987
January 27, 1987, Aerodynamics in Alpine and Nordic Skiing
Competition, Dr. Michael S. Holder, Calspan Corporation, Buffalo, NY.
February 9, 1987, Creating a Flying Replica of Quetzalcoatlus
Northropi Pterodactyl, Mr. Henry R. Jex, Jex Enterprises, Santa Monica,
CA.
February 11, 1987, Stars and Stripes '87: Computational Flow
Simulations for Hydrodynamic Design, Mr. Charles W. Boppe, Engineering
Design & Analy Consultants, Smithtown, NY.
March 23, 1987, Space Goals for 21st Century America, Dr. Thomas O.
Paine, Former NASA Administrator, Chairman, Nat'l Commission on Space,
Los Angeles, CA.
April 13, 1987, Global Climate Change and Biological Extinction, Dr.
Dewey M. McLean, Department of Geological Sci, VPI & SU, Blacksburg,
VA.
May 11, 1987, The Chesapeake Bay: Its Past, Present, and Future,
Dr. Gerald H. Johnson, Department of Geology, College of William and
Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
June 8, 1987, Air Force Project Forecast II - A Roadmap for Future
Science and Technology Department, Lt. Col. Michael C. Mushala, Air
Force Systems Command, Washington, DC.
July 1987, NO COLLOQUIUM DUE TO LANGLEY'S 70TH ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION.
August 10, 1987, A 25 Year Perspective on Planetary
Exploration--Past and Future, Dr. Geoffrey A. Briggs, NASA
Headquarters, Washington, DC.
September 21, 1987, Bring Home the America's Cup, Peter F. Isler,
Navigator of the Stars and Stripes, Dennis Conner Sports.
October 19, 1987, Snapshots from Planetary Exploration, Mr. Cary R.
Spitzer, NASA Langley, Hampton, VA.
November 9, 1987, The Spirit of St. Louis - Design, Construction,
and Flight Testing, Mr. William F. Chana, Pres., William F. Chana
Assoc., Inc., San Diego, CA.
December 14, 1987, The Great Supernova of 1987, Dr. Stephen P.
Maran, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.
1988
January 11, 1988, Superconductivity--Opportunities and Challenges,
Dr. Jack E. Crow, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
February 9, 1988, Technology of the Changing Workforce, Dr. Vernon
M. Briggs, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
March 14, 1988, Space Transportation Recovery, Rear Adm Richard H.
Truly, Assoc. Admin for Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC.
April 11, 1988, Perfectly Engineered Viruses, Dr. Iain Hay,
Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD.
June 13, 1988, Examining NASA's Goals and Roles: The Sally Ride
Committee at Work, Nancy Sliwa, NASA Langley, Hampton, VA.
July 11, 1988, Tactical Jet VSTOL...Its Future in STOL, Dr. John W.
Fozard, National Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC.
August 8, 1988, Technology for Stars and Stripes and Applications to
Ship Design, Dr. Nils Salvensen, Science Applications International
Corp., Annapolis, MD.
September 19, 1988, A Vision of the Future, Mr. Robert T. McCall,
McCall Studios, Paradise Valley, AZ.
October 17, 1988, Near Net Shape Manufacturing of Tough Structural
Composites by3-D Fiber Architecture, Dr. Frank K. Ko, Dept. of
Materials Eng'g, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
November 14, 1988, From Myth to Reality: The Triumph of Daedalus,
Dr. John S. Langford, III, Institute for Defense Analysis, Alexandria,
VA.
December 12, 1988, Qualitative Physics: Automating Human Reasoning
About the Physical World, Dr. Kenneth D. Forbus, Dept. of Computer
Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
1989
January 23, 1989, Chemical Parables: How Nylon Stockings Won World
War II, Dr. Dudley R. Herschbach, Dept. of Chemistry, Harvard
University, Boston, MA.
February 13, 1989, Protein Breakdown and Health and Disease, Dr.
Judith S. Bond, Dept. of Biochemistry and Nutrition, VPI & SU,
Blacksburg, VA.
March 13, 1989, Trends in Supercomputer Technology, Mr. John A.
Rollwagen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cray Research, Inc.,
Minneapolis, MN.
April 10, 1989, The Harvest of Space: Opening the High Frontier,
Mr. Gregg E. Maryniak, Chief Executive Officer, Space Studies
Institute, Princeton, NJ.
May 8, 1989, NDE in Aerospace: Requirements for Science, Sensors,
and Sense, Dr. Joseph S. Heyman, NASA Langley, Hampton, VA.
June 12, 1989, The 1988 Atlantic Hurricane Season, Dr. Robert C.
Sheets, Director, National Hurricane Ctr, Coral Gables, FL.
July 18, 1989, Manned Space Programs--The Apollo, The Soviet, and
the Future, Dr. Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, President, Starcraft Enterp.,
Laguna Beach, CA.
August 14, 1989, Micro-Scale Mechanics for Sensors and Actuators,
Dr. Richard M. White, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
September 18, 1989, Shuttle Emergency Systems, Col. Steven R. Nagel,
NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.
October 10, 1989, Trading Places: How We Allowed Japan to Take the
Lead, Mr. Clyde V. Prestowitz, Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, 11 DuPont Circle, Washington, DC.
November 13, 1989, FAA Aging Fleet Program, Mr. Thomas E. McSweeney,
Deputy Director, Aircraft Certification Service, Federal Aviation
Adminis., Washington, DC.
December 11, 1989, Fractal Forgeries: From M-Sets to Mountains and
Music, Dr. Richard F. Voss, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center,
Yorktown Heights, NY.
1990
January 8, 1990, Have Goggles, Will Travel, Ms. Martha Esch, Redondo
Beach, CA.
February 12, 1990, The Voyager Encounter of Neptune, Dr. Steven W.
Squyres, Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
March 12, 1990, Langley and the Wright Brothers- The Race for the
First Flight, Prof. John D. Anderson, Jr., Department of Aerospace
Eng'g, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
April 9, 1990, The World's Biodiversity: Crisis and Opportunity, Dr.
Edward O. Wilson, Baird Professor of Science and Curator of Entomology,
Harvard University.
May 14, 1990, The Magic of Chemistry, Dr. Richard L. Kiefer and Dr.
Robert A. Orwoll, Professors of Chemistry, The College of William and
Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
June 11, 1990, Digital Avionics - A Cornerstone of Aviation, Cary R.
Spitzer, NASA Langley, Hampton, VA.
July 16, 1990, Mission Highlights STS-32: Retrieval of LDEF, Dr.
Bonnie J. Dunbar, NASA Astronaut, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston,
TX.
August 13, 1990, CEBAF: A Laboratory for Nuclear Physics, Dr. J.
Dirk Walecka, Scientific Director, Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator
Facility, Newport News, VA.
September 10, 1990, Preliminary Results from the LDEF Experiments
and Special Investigations, William H. Kinard, NASA Langley, Hampton,
VA.
October 23, 1990, Designer Genes in Agriculture, Dr. Pablo Scolnik,
Research Supervisor, Plant Science Group, DePont Experimental Station,
Wilmington, Delaware.
October 24, 1990, Aeronautical Research as Seen from Europe, Dr.
Philippe Poisson-Quinton, Director for Int'l Cooperations, Office
National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales, France.
November 13, 1990, Tomatoes from Space, Dr. Jim Alston, Director of
Research, Park Seed Company, Greenwood, SC.
December 10, 1990, Recollections of Langley in the Forties, William
H. Phillips, Distinguished Research Assoc., NASA Langley, Hampton, VA.
1991
January 14, 1991, Garbage!!!, Mr. Harry E. Gregori, Jr., Director,
Office of Policy and Planning, Commonwealth of Virginia, Richmond, VA.
February 11, 1991, The Ozone Hole and Global Ozone Depletion, Dr. M.
Patrick McCormick, NASA Langley, Hampton, VA.
March 11, 1991, An 18th Century Physics Class, Dr. Hans vonBaeyer
and Dr. John McKnight, Department of Physics, College of William and
Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
April 8, 1991, Kepone and Other Contamination Issues in the
Chesapeake Bay, Dr. Robert J. Huggett, Assistant Director, Virginia
Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA.
May 13, 1991, Contracting Out: Has NASA Gone Too Far, James R.
Thompson, Jr., Deputy Administrator, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC.
May 30, 1991, Astronaut Debriefing on STS-37 Mission: Gamma Ray
Observatory Deployment and CETA EVA, Col. Steven Nagel, USAF, Lt. Col.
Ken Cameron, USMC, Dr. Linda Godwin, Specialist, RMS, Lt. Col. Jerry
Ross, USAF, Dr. Jay Apt, Specialist, Astronaut Office, Johnson Space
Center, Houston, TX.
June 10, 1991, Control of Sound and Vibration with "Intelligent"
Structural Systems, Dr. Chris R. Fuller, Professor, Mechanical Eng'g,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.
July 16, 1991, Mars: Bringing a Dead World to Life, Dr. Robert H.
Haynes, Distinguished Research Professor, Biology Department, York
University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
August 12, 1991, Evolution of Modern Jet Transports, Richard W.
Taylor, Ret. Vice President - Government Technology Liaison, Boeing
Commercial Airplane Group, Seattle, WA.
September 9, 1991, The Automobile Today and Tomorrow--A Swedish
Perspective, Robert C. Austin, Manager of Public Relations, Volvo Cars
of North America, Rockleigh, NJ.
October 10, 1991, The Variable-Density Wind Tunnel: NASA's Most
Consequential Historic Landmark, Dr. Harry A. Butowski, Historian,
National Park Service, Washington, DC.
November 12, 1991, The Underwater Connection, Mr. Jerry K. Morrison,
Assistant Resident Engineer/ Project Administrator, VA Department of
Transportation, Suffolk, VA.
December 9, 1991, The Microspace Revolution, David W Thompson,
President and CEO, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Fairfax, VA.
1992
January 13, 1992, The International Space Year-1992, Craig Covault,
Senior Space Technology Editor, Aviation Week & Space Technology
Magazine, Washington, DC.
February 10, 1992, BURAN, Russia's Space Shuttle - Boon or
Boondoggle??, James E. Oberg, Aerospace Technologist and Soviet Space
Expert, Dickinson, TX.
March 9, 1992, How Shall We Go To Mars?, Dr. Gerald Walberg, Deputy
Director, Mars Mission Research Center, Professor of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University.
April 6, 1992, Delta Clipper - From the Sea to the Stars, Charles
"Pete" Conrad, Jr., Lunar Astronaut for Gemini, Apollo, Skylab.
May 4, 1992, Understanding Life in the Laboratory: An Introduction
to Molecular Biology and the Social Framework in which Research is
Conducted and the Knowledge Assessed by Scientists and the Public, Dr.
Sidney Altman, 1989 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Professor of Biology
at Yale University.
June 8, 1992, Langley in the 50’s, Max Faget, Chairman of the Board,
Space Industries International.
July 16, 1992, A Flight Through 75 Years of Langley History, Dr.
James Hansen, Langley Historian, Associate Professor of History, Auburn
University, AL.
August 17, 1992, United Flight 232: Coping with One in a Billion
Odds, Captain Alfred C. Haynes, United Airlines, Retired.
September 15, 1992, Industry as the Customer for Federal Service,
Daniel F. Burton, Jr., Executive Vice President of the Council of
Competitiveness, Washington, DC.
October 13, 1992, Where is the U.S. Heading in Space: Two Views,
Dr. John M. Logsdon III, Director for both the Center for International
Science and Technology Policy and the Space Policy Institute, George
Washington University, and Dr. Hans M. Mark, Chancellor, University of
Texas System, and Former NASA Deputy Administrator.
November 9, 1992, Turning the Tide; Saving the Chesapeake Bay,
Michael Kensler, Hampton Roads Associate for the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation.
December 14, 1992, America’s Wilderness in the 21st Century, Chris
Madson, Editor of Wyoming Wildlife.
1993
January 19, 1993, High-Speed Civil Transport, Louis J. Williams,
Director of High-Speed Research, NASA Headquarters.
February 3, 1993, Searching for Our Colonial Roots, Dr. Henry M.
Miller, Director of Research, Historic St. Mary’s City.
March 8, 1993, Serendipity: Luck in Science Discovery, Dr. John
Chrisman, Retired Director of Research and Graduate Studies at Loyola
University, New Orleans, LA.
April 1993, Joint Effort with ICASE: Inaugural Theodorsen Lecture
Entitled "Some Aspects of the Aeroacoustics and High-Speed Jets,"
Professor M. J. Lighthill, Southampton University, United Kingdom.
May 11, 1993, Mission to Planet Earth, Dr. James G. Lawless, Deputy
Director for Global Research, Office of Mission to Planet Earth, NASA
Headquarters.
June 14, 1993, The Role of Unmanned Aircraft, Dr. James Anderson,
Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
July 19, 1993, Advances in Laminar Flow, Dr. Fayette S. Collier,
Jr., Laminar Flow Control Project Office, Flight Applications Division,
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA.
August 9, 1993, Fuzzy Logic and Its Applications, Professor Lotfi
Zadeh, Electrical Engineering Dept., University of California at
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
September 20, 1993, The Russian Space Program-- Past Accomplishments
vs an Uncertain Future, Dr. Roald Z. Sagdeev, Professor Physics and the
Director of the East/West Science Center, University of Maryland,
College Park, MD.
October 12, 1993, Health Care: Science, Economics, Ethics, and
People, Dr. Frank A. Nichols, Thoracic and Vascular Surgeon, North
Mississippi Medical Center.
November 8, 1993, Some Interesting Demonstrations of Physical
Phenomena, Dr. Richard B. Minnix and Dr. D. Rae Carpenter, Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA.
December 13, 1993, What’s New in Lasers, Mr. Jeffrey Hecht,
Contributing Editor of Laser Focus World and Boston Correspondent for
New Scientist Magazine.
1994
January 31, 1994, Space Station Reconfiguration, Dr. Ralph Muraca,
Chief, Systems Engineering Div, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton,
VA.
February 14, 1994, Global Energy, Security, and Environmental
Realities, Henry E. Thomas, Director of Special Programs, A.T. Kearney,
Inc.
March 15, 1994, Crime and the
Information Society, by Marc Rotenberg
April 12, 1994, A Pioneer's
Perspective on Helicopters, by Sergei Sikorski
May 19, 1994, Pilot-Induced
Oscillations - A Continuing Saga, by Duane McRuer
June 14, 1994, Air Power Changes
from WWII to the Present, by George Doersch
July 20, 1994, The Lunar Orbit
Rendezvous, Lunar Module, and Apollo Mission, by Dr. John C. Houbolt
August 8, 1994, Building the
Information Superhighway: From Dream to Reality, by Dr. Jose'-Marie
Griffiths
September 7, 1994, STS-60: A New
Era of U.S./Russian Cooperation in Space, by Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr.
October 4, 1994, Recent Innovations
in Materials Science: The Interrelationship of Materials Science with other
Scientific Disciplines, by Prof. Robert Pond
November 28, 1994, STS-64 (LITE)
Mission, by Col. Mark Lee
November 30, 1994, Space Science
as a Driver for the U.S. Space Program, by Dr. France A. Cordova
December 13, 1994, CEBAF, by
Dr. Beverly Hartline
1995
January 3, 1995, What the Hubble
Space Telescope is Telling Us, by Dr. Steven P. Maran
February 28, 1995, Navigating the
Information Highway Using Human Language Technology, by Dr. Victor W. Zue
March 7, 1995, Technology of the 21st
Century Automobile, by Robert N. Culver
April 4, 1995, The High Speed Civil
Transport from an Industry Perspective, by Robert E. Spitzer
May 16, 1995, Impact of a Fragmented
Comet on Jupiter, by Drs. Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker
June 6, 1995, The Accomplishments of
Samuel Pierpont Langley, by Donald L. Lansing
July 11, 1995, NASA LaRC Spaceflight:
From Sputnik to Apollo, by Dr. James Hansen
August 1, 1995, Marine
Aquaculture - Seafood Farming for the Future, by Michael Oesterling
August 15, 1995, The Future of
Aeronautics, by James (Mickey) Blackwell
September 19, 1995, High Performance
Racing Boats, by Reggie Fountain
October 10, 1995, The Human Genome
Project: The Science Behind Jurassic Park, by Paula Gregory
December 5, 1995, Life Aboard
Mir, by Norman Thagard
December 12, 1995, The Boeing
777 - "Working Together" Works, by Jim McWha
1996
January 30, 1996,
Earthbound "Flying" Simulators for Weightless Rendezvous and Lunar Landings,
by Lee H. Person, Jr. (Rescheduled from 11/14/95)
February 23, 1996, Microelectronics
and the New Millenium, by Carl Kukkonnen
March 5, 1996, Apollo 13: A Personal
History, by Hans Mark
March 18, 1996, The Clementine Mission,
by Col. Pedro Rustan
April 9, 1996, In Search of
Cybernautics, by Steven C. Crow
April 18, 1996, The New and Improved
Hubble Space Telescope, by Kathryn Thornton
May 7, 1996, A Journey Through a
Giant Planet: The Jupiter Galileo Probe Mission, by Marcie Smith
June 4, 1996, Frontiers of the
Responsibly Imaginable in Aeronautics, by Dennis Bushnell
July 16, 1996, The Viking Mission
to Mars: 20 Years Later, by Ed Cortright
August 14, 1996, Flight Research:
Discovering the Real, the Imagined, the Overlooked, and the Unexpected,
by Ken Szalai
September 3, 1996, Research, Development,
and Innovation: How Much Is Too Much?, by Christoph von Braun
October 1, 1996, Cassini to Saturn and
its Satellite, Titan, by Earle Huckins
November 12, 1996, Meteorites from
Mars and Antarctica: Life on Mars?, by Marilyn Lindstrom
December 3, 1996, New World Vistas
for the USAF, by Richard Bradley
1997
January 7, 1997, Highways in the Sky:
Reinventing Personal Air Transportation, by Bruce J. Holmes
February 11, 1997, The Origins,
Evolution and Future of Satellite Navigation, by Bradford W. Parkinson
March 4, 1997, Exploring the Solar
System with Hubble Space Telescope, by Heidi B. Hammel
April 8, 1997, Fire and Global Change:
A Hot New Environmental Issue, by Joel S. Levine
May 6, 1997, A New Era of Planetary
Exploration, by Robert D. Braun
June 3, 1997, The Evolution of
Aerodynamic Design with Wind Tunnels, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and
Computational Optimization, by Paul Rubbert
July 15, 1997, Development, Flight,
and Landing of the Mars Pathfinder Spacecraft, by Anthony J. Spear
August 5, 1997, The High Speed
Civil Transport, by Wallace C. Sawyer
September 10, 1997, Technological
Needs of Airlines in the 21st Century, by Karel Ledeboer
October 14, 1997, Evolving at
Warp Speed: Supercomputing - 2001 and Beyond, by Gary P. Smaby
November 4, 1997, How Design and
Operational Factors Influence the Nature and Shape of Resulting Airplane
Configurations, by John C. Houbolt
December 9, 1997, Blended Wing-Body
Designs, by Bob Liebeck
December 17, 1997, Why Wilbur and
Orville?, by Tom D. Crouch
1998
January 13, 1998, Access to Space
Beyond the Year 2000, by Delma C. Freeman, Jr.
February 3, 1998, How Aerospace
Gets to Your Home, by Joseph S. Heyman
March 3, 1998, NASA Research on
the Russian Space Station, by Greg Stover
April 7, 1998, Designing the
Mind-Centered Flight Deck, by Paul Schutte and Alan Pope
May 5, 1998, Innumeracy, Newspapers,
and Democracy, by John Allen Paulos
June 2, 1998, The Human Adventure
Continues, by William L. Smith
July 7, 1998, The Final Shuttle-Mir
Docking Mission, by Astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz
August 11, 1998, Confronting the Year
2000 Computing Crisis, by Joel C. Willemssen
September 1, 1998, Technical
Developments in Inflatable Space Structures, by Costa Cassapakis
October 6, 1998, Hyper-X: Flying at
7 to 10 Times the Speed of Sound, by Vincent L. Rausch
November 3, 1998,
Status Report on Project Phoenix - A Privately Funded Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence, by Jill Tarter
December 1, 1998,
Russian Flight Test Exchange: Flying the Mig-29 and SU-27, by Rogers E. Smith
1999
January 19, 1999,
The Coming Revolution in Flight, by Cary R. Spitzer
February 2, 1999,
Unmanned Air Vehicles into the 21st Century: Is the Past Prologue?,
by Michael S. Francis
March 2, 1999,
Acoustics and the Violin - Past, Present, and Future, by Carleen Hutchins
April 6, 1999,
Safe Solar System Exploration: NASA's Planetary Protection Program, by John D. Rummel
May 4, 1999,
Pacific Saga: The Disappearance and Rescue of Eddie Rickenbacker in World War II, by W. David Lewis
June 1, 1999,
A New Mars - the View from Mars Global Surveyor, by Joseph G. Beerer
July 13, 1999
Space Exploration Progress and Future Opportunities, by Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
August 3, 1999
Aviation Safety from an Airline's Perspective, by Ed Soliday
September 14, 1999
Applications of Free-Electron Lasers for Materials Science and
Materials Processing, by H. Fred Dylla
October 5, 1999
Clouds, Rain, and the Global Climate:
What are we learning from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)?, by Christian Kummerow
November 2, 1999
The Role of Failure in Successful Design, by Henry Petroski
December 7, 1999
Measuring Cosmic Evolution with the Hubble Space Telescope, by Henry C. Ferguson
2000
January 11, 2000
Langley Research Center: Contributing to the Quality of Life for
Americans, by Jeremiah F. Creedon
February 1, 2000
Breaking The Sound Barrier: The Aerodynamic Breakthroughs That Made It
Possible, by John D. Anderson, Jr.
March 7, 2000
Slippin' and a-Slidin' - A Researchers' Dilemma, by Thomas J. Yager
March 17, 2000
Support of Shuttle Launches and Landings, by Heidemarie
Stefanyshyn-Piper
April 4, 2000
Protecting Our Planet - Securing Our Future: Linkages Among Global
Environmental Issues and Human Needs, by Robert T. Watson
May 2, 2000
Magnet Science and Technology: From Quantum Wells to Floating Frogs, by
Jack Crow
June 6, 2000
The Future of Scientific Computers, by Horst Simon
July 11, 2000
Composite Materials for Aerospace Applications: Past, Present, and Future, by Charles E. Harris
August 1, 2000
Mars Program Assessment--Findings and Recommendations, by Tom Young
September 12, 2000
Recent Progress in Understanding Hurricanes, by Kerry A. Emanuel
Special Lecture: September 25, 2000
The International Space Station, by Gus Loria
October 3, 2000
The Lifting Bodies, by Bill Dana
November 7, 2000
Nanotechnology and Space, by Ralph Merkle
December 5, 2000
Galileo’s Journey to Jupiter: The Twisted Path and the Successes, by Ronald Greeley
2001
January 9, 2001
MicroEngines, by Alan Epstein
February 6, 2001
Photosynthesis in the Deep Sea without Sunlight? The Denouement!, by Cindy Lee Van Dover
March 13, 2001
Recipes for Living Off The Land in Mars, by KR Sridhar
April 3, 2001
The 35 Million Year Old Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater, by David S. Powars
May 1, 2001
Challenges and Opportunities in Aeronautical Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing, by Earll Murman
June 5, 2001
Cooperative Control of Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Vehicles, by Raffaello D'Andrea
July 10, 2001
Molecular Electronics and Directed Self-Assembly: Ultra-Small Computers
that Build Themselves, by Theresa S. Mayer
July 20, 2001
Viking: 25th Anniversary of Landing on Mars, by Panel Discussion
August 7, 2001
Advanced Fuels and Propellants - Exciting Ways of Improving Future
Transportation And Exploration, by Bryan Palaszewski
September 11, 2001
POSTPONED*Computational Combustion: from Molecular Processes to Combustor Design, by Stephen B. Pope
Monday, October 15, 2001
Mars: A Strange and Complex Planet, by Joel S. Levine
(Colloquium Series - 30th Anniversary Lecture)
November 6, 2001
The Limits of Automation: How Far Should we Trust Software?, by Nancy Leveson
December 4, 2001 *** CANCELLED!! (due to illness) ***
The Seven Warning Signs of Voodoo Science, by Robert L. Park
2002
January 8, 2002
How Well Did the "Flyer" Fly? - An Analysis of the Wright Brothers
Flights, December 17, 1903, by Colin Britcher
February 5, 2002
Computational Combustion: from Molecular Processes to Combustor Design, by Stephen B. Pope
March 5, 2002
Mars Odyssey, by David Spenser
April 2, 2002
The Quest for Sustainability: Sustainable Development and Remote Sensing, by Thomas E. Lovejoy
May 7, 2002
Take this gene and call me in the morning: The Human Genome Project and the Promise of Gene Therapy, by Francis L. Macrina
June 4, 2002
Shock Waves on Aircraft Structure and Aviation Security, by Gary Settles
July 9, 2002
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: It takes a Team, by Michael J. Logan
August 13, 2002
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Incident Reporting Systems, by Chris Johnson
September 10, 2002
Small Aircraft Transportation System: The Vision for Wings on America, by Bruce J. Holmes
October 1, 2002
Emergency Preparedness: Emergency Response Before and After September
11th, 2001, by Scott M. Solomon
November 5, 2002
The Aerodynamics of Bird Flight, by Geoffrey Spedding
December 17, 2002
From Kitty Hawk to the Stars, by Gentry Lee
2003
January 14, 2003
Space Exploration: Sputnik to the International Space Station, by Andrew Chaikin
February 5, 2003
America and The First Century of Flight: Echoes and Resonances, by Richard P. Hallion
March 4, 2003
Crafting the Dream of Wings on the Wind: 100 years from Aviation to Spaceflight, by Tom D. Crouch, James R. Hansen, and James Schultz
April 1, 2003
Catching up with NASA: Fuel Cells on Earth, by Brian Walsh
May 6, 2003
Segway Human Transporter, by Bart Thompson
June 10, 2003
Biomimetics Research to Develop Biologically Inspired Materials, by Ilhan A. Aksay
July 1, 2003
The ARES Mission to Mars: The First Flight of an Airplane on Another Planet, by Joel S. Levine and Robert D. Braun
August 5, 2003
Avionics in the Operation of Modern Civil and Military Aircraft, by Cary R. Spitzer
September 9, 2003
The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, The World's Most Astonishing Number, by Mario Livio
October 7, 2003
The Wright Brothers' Aerodynamics, and the Future of Flight, by John D. Anderson, Jr.
***Special 1.5 Hour Colloquium Lecture***October 23, 2003
Langley Support to the Columbia Accident Investigation, by Mark Saunders, Charles Miller, Mark Shuart, and
Charles Poupard
November 4, 2003
Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age, by Duncan Watts
December 2, 2003
Aircraft Noise-Prospects for a Quieter Future, by David H. Reed
2004
January 13, 2004
From Flower Stems to Feather Shafts: Twisting in the Wind Without Getting Bent Out of Shape, by Steven Vogel
February 3, 2004
"Big Mac" System X Supercomputer, by Srindi Varadarajan
March 2, 2004
Color and Light in Nature: Visual Adventures in Optical Phenomena, by David K. Lynch
April 6, 2004
Human Exploration of the Moon: Preparing to Go to Mars, by James Head
May 4, 2004
Discovering the Secrets of the Wright Brothers, by Ken Hyde and Kevin Kochersberger
June 1, 2004
Scramjet Powered Vehicles: Force or Fiction, by Charles R. McClinton
July 13, 2004
The Design of Electronic Textile Applications, by Mark T. Jones
August 18, 2004
Reasons to be Optimistic About Aeronautics, by Rich Wlezien
September 14, 2004
Improved Composite Materials for Exploration Systems, by Ranji K. Vaidyanathan
October 5, 2004
A Century of Innovation That Transformed Our Lives, by Bob Somerville
November 2, 2004
America's Future in Space and PBS NOVA series "Origins", by Neil deGrasse Tyson
December 7, 2004
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: Hope or Hype?, by Robert Rose
2005
January 11, 2005
Technical Challenges for Space Exploration Missions, by John C. Mankins
February 1, 2005
Spectacular Visualization of Planet Earth, by Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler
March 1, 2005
The Man Who Hated Loose Ends: Einstein's Legacy, by Hans Christian von Baeyer
THURSDAY: April 7, 2005
Investigation into the Crash of American Airlines Flight 587, by John W. DeLisi
Thursday: May 5, 2005
Toward a Sustainable Mars Infrastructure (for Human Exploration), by Robert L. Ash
Thursday: June 2, 2005
Solar Sails: Propellantless In-Space Propulsion, by Billy Derbes
Thursday: July 7, 2005
Understanding the Mechanics of Tsunamis, by Ronald E. Johnson
Thursday: August 4, 2005
Mars Rovers, by Prasun Desai
Thursday: September 1, 2005
The Engineer of 2020 Project, by Gary S. May
Thursday: October 6, 2005
Cassini at Saturn: An Evolving Planetary System, by Robert E. Johnson
Thursday: November 3, 2005
Nature, Fireworks and Multifunctional Aerospace Materials, by Professor Kathryn V. Logan
Thursday: December 1, 2005
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, by Jim Hansen
2006
Thursday: January 5, 2006
X-Prize Flights: SpaceShipOne, by Douglas Shane
Thursday: February 2, 2006
Russia - Candidate Roles in the Exploration Vision
Thursday: March 2, 2006
NASA Capabilities for Human Exploration Beyond the Moon, by Patrick A. Troutman
Thursday: April 6, 2006
Hurricanes and Global Warming: The Science, Technologies, and Politics, by Judith Curry
Thursday: May 4, 2006
Mars Direct: Humans to the Red Planet within a Decade, by Robert Zubrin
Thursday: June 1, 2006
Aeronautics Research in Decline: Why the Trend Must be Reversed, by Roy V. Harris, Jr.
Thursday: July 6, 2006, 2:00 p.m.
Uranus and Neptune: Understanding the Ice Giants, by Dr. Heidi B. Hammel
Thursday: August 3, 2006, 2:00 p.m.
Advances in Nanotechnology, by Professor Mool C. Gupta
Thursday: September 7, 2006, 2:00 p.m.
Traditional Native Scientists, by Scott Frazier
Thursday: October 5, 2006, 2:00 p.m.
MISSEs- Experiments to Mitigate Risks in Future Space Exploration
Missions, by Bill Kinnard
TUESDAY: October 24, 2006, 2:00 p.m.
Special 35th Anniversary Lecture: Space Exploration: Filling Up the Canvas,
by Michael Griffin
Thursday: November 2, 2006
NO COLLOQUIUM HELD THIS MONTH
Thursday: December 7, 2006
Hypersonics: Flying Higher and Faster in the Air and Beyond, by Mark J. Lewis
2007
Thursday: January 4, 2007
Statistical Approaches in the NIST World Trade Center Analysis, by James J. Filliben
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement
of Space, by Harrison (Jack) Schmitt
TUESDAY: March 6, 2007
Motion Capture and Technology Leadership, by Nels H. Madsen
Tuesday: April 10, 2007
Humans and the Global Carbon Cycle: A Faustian Bargain?, by Berrien Moore III
TUESDAY: May 8, 2007
Why We Explore, by Steven Dick
Tuesday: June 5, 2007
The CALIPSO Mission - One Year After Launch, by Dr. Dave Winker
Tuesday: July 10, 2007
The Tuskegee Airmen - The Long Flight from WWII to the Congressional Gold Medal, by Ezra M. Hill, USAF (Ret)
TUESDAY: August 7, 2007
F22 Raptor's First Year in Service from an Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Perspective, by Lt. Col. Dane West, 1st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Commander, Langley Air Force Base
TUESDAY: September 11, 2007
Climate Change Impacts on Natural Resources in Virginia, by Dr. Roger Mann, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
TUESDAY: October 2, 2007
The Search for the Cause of the Mysterious Tiny Crystals in the Charters of Freedom by Dr. Joel S. Levine, NASA Langley Research Center
TUESDAY: November 6, 2007
Finding our Origins with the James Webb Space Telescope by
Dr. John Mather, Nobel Prize Winner
TUESDAY: December 4, 2007
The USS Monitor Materials: Organic and Metal by Susanne Grieve and Eric Nordgren, The Mariners' Museum
2008
January 8, 2008
Importance and Challenges of Protecting the Crew from Radiation on
Missions to Moon and Mars by Dr. John W. Wilson, NASA Langley (retired)
February 5, 2008
Advanced Aircraft Carrier Technology: A Shipbuilder's Perspective
by David P. Rice, Engineering Research Manager for Aircraft Carrier
Technology, Northrop Grumman Newport News
March 4, 2008
Why the World's Information Technology Leader Can't Count Votes by
Professor Bryan Pfaffenberger, University of Virginia
April 1, 2008
An Energy Revolution for the Greenhouse Century by Dr. Martin Hoffert, Professor
Emeritus of Physics, New York University
May 6, 2008
An Update on Strategic Initiatives in Modeling and Simulation in Hampton
Roads, the Commonwealth of Virginia and Nationally by Dr. Michael McGinnis,
Executive Director of the Virginia Modeling
Analysis and Simulation Center
June 3, 2008
Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Virginia and Chesapeake
Bay: Physical, Chemical and Ecological Processes by Dr. James Bauer, College of William & Mary (This lecture is cosponsored by the Green Series.)
July 8, 2008
The Life and Works of Galileo: A Guided Tour by Dr. Kerry V. Magruder, University of Oklahoma
August 12, 2008
Mercury In a New Light: The First MESSENGER Flyby by Dr. Ralph L. McNutt, Jr., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
September 9, 2008
Sputnik, Eisenhower, and the founding of NASA by Dr. Roger Launius, former NASA Chief Historian
and currently Senior Curator, Division of Space History, Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum
NASA at 50: A Celebration of Science, Technology and the Spirit of Human Exploration
Four Tuesdays in October (October 7, 14, 21 and 28)
October 7, 2008
NASA Human Spaceflight: Past, Present, and Future by Ken Reightler
October 14, 2008
Exploration of the Moon and Planets: A New Perspective on Earth by Dr. James W. Head III
October 21, 2008
Science and Survival in the Anthropocene: Why NASA and Earth Science
Are Vital for Human Wellbeing by Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs
October 28, 2008
50 Years of NASA Aeronautical Research by Roy V. Harris
No Lecture Scheduled for November
December 9, 2008
Phoenix Lander's Odyssey to Mars - A 10 Year Journey by Dr. Prasun N. Desai
2009
January 13, 2009
Energy For the Greenhouse World by Dr. Aristides A.N. Patrinos
February 10, 2009
The Dark Universe Challenge by Dr. Salman Habib
March 3, 2009
Biologically-Inspired Materials: From Electroactive Polymers
To Biomolecular Networks by Dr. Don Leo
April 7, 2009
Methane on Mars - Geology, Biology, Neither, or Both? by Dr. Michael J. Mumma,
Goddard Center for Astrobiology, NASA-GSFC
May 5, 2009
Transforming Organizations: How To Start an Innovation Movement by Michael L. Maness
Vice President, Design and Innovation, Gannett Co., Inc.
June 2, 2009
Whither or Wither? - Innovation in Air Transportation by Dr. Bruce Holmes
July 7, 2009
How We Remember Apollo by Dr. Roger D. Launius
August 4, 2009
Back to the Future - CSI Three Centuries Later by Dr. Michael J. Kelley
September 1, 2009
CLARREO: Cornerstone of the Climate Observing System by Stephen P. Sandford
October 6, 2009
HURRICANE OF INDEPENDENCE: The Untold Story of the Deadly Storm at the
Deciding Moment of the American Revolution by Tony Williams
November 3, 2009
Unsteady hydrodynamics in bio-inspired propulsion by Dr. John Dabiri
-->December 1, 2009
Crazy Robots and the Students Who Build Them by NASA Knights Robotics Team
|
|