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List of Past Colloquium Lectures

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VHS videotapes are currently made of all Colloquium Lectures, and many of the past lectures were also videotaped. These tapes can be borrowed, by employees and contractors of NASA Langley Research Center only, from Langley's Technical Library.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Solar Energy - Solution and Technical Considerations, Dr. Aden B. Meinel, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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    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

     


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