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History of the APL Colloquium (1988-2006)
History of the APL Colloquium (1947-1988)
March 5, 2010 Ronald Marcell
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Undercover Operations in Counter Proliferation Investigations Parsons Auditorium
February 25, 2010
Black History Colloquium
Joseph S. Francisco
President, American Chemical Society
Chemistry and its Role in National Security and the STEM Challenge Parsons Auditorium
February 19, 2010 Martin Murphy
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Somali Piracy: The Implications For International Security Parsons Auditorium
January 29, 2010 RADM David Titley
Oceanographer & Navigator of the Navy
The U.S. Navy's Task Force Climate Change Parsons Auditorium
January 22, 2010
A.I. Mahan Colloquium
Jeffrey S. Bardin
ITSolutions
Extremist Jihadi Social Networks Parsons Auditorium
December 11, 2009 Scott Pace
George Washington University
International Opportunities and Challenges for U.S. Space Policy Parsons Auditorium
December 1, 2009
E.P. Gray Colloquium
The Hart Prizes
JHU/APL

I-Jeng Wang


Chad M. Hawes


Joshua L. Santarpia
The 2009 Hart Prizes for Excellence in Independent Research & Development

Research: Information Fusion and Localization in Distributed Sensor Systems

Research: Exploitation of Synthetic Aperture Radar Data Products

Development: Environmental Changes on Biological Aerosol Particles
Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
November 20, 2009 Roger D. Launius
Natioanl Air and Space Museum
Perspectives on the Past, Present, and Future of Human Spaceflight Parsons Auditorium
November 13, 2009 Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, USAF (ret)
former director of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
The Strategic Defense Initiative, JHUAPL, and the Cold War Parsons Auditorium
October 27, 2009 Brad Parkinson
Stanford University
The Origins of GPS and the Role of APL in the Technology Parsons Auditorium
October 23, 2009 George F. Riley
Georgia Institute of Technology
Network Simulation with NS3 Parsons Auditorium
October 16, 2009 Nirdhar Khazanie
Northrop Grumman
Information Sharing Behind Firewalls Parsons Auditorium
September 25, 2009 CAPT Mark B. Lyles, MS, DMD, Ph.D.
U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Medical Geology: Dust Exposure and Potential Health Risks in The Middle East Parsons Auditorium
September 18, 2009
Hispanic Heritage Colloquium
Rear Admiral Jay A. DeLoach, USN (Ret.)
Naval History & Heritage Command
Hispanic Americans in American Naval History Parsons Auditorium
June 11, 2009 Joseph D'Aleo
Meteorologist
Climate Change Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
June 5, 2009 Michael C. MacCracken
Climate Institute
Climate Change - A Challenge We Must Address Parsons Auditorium
May 29, 2009 Richard Talbott
JHU/APL
Information Assurance Lessons From the Past, WWII and Today Parsons Auditorium
May 22, 2009 Martin P. Harmer
Lehigh University
Complexions: New States of Matter at Interfaces Parsons Auditorium
May 15, 2009
Asian-Pacific-American Heritage Colloquium
Kal Shastri
Lightwire
Journey of a Physicist in the Engineering World Parsons Auditorium
May 8, 2009 Waleed Abdalati
University of Colorado CIRES
Dramatic Changes in Polar Ice: Are We Waking Sleeping Giants Parsons Auditorium
April 24, 2009 George Helfrich
JHU/APL (ret)
APL and the US Navy in the Deserts of New Mexico Parsons Auditorium
April 17, 2009 Ned Tillman
Growth Adventures
The Chesapeake Watershed - Past, Present and Future Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
April 10, 2009 Charles Seife
New York University
Fusion, Politics, and the Press Parsons Auditorium
April 3, 2009 Marcus Jones
U.S. Naval Academy
U.S. Strategic Bombing in Doctrine and Practice in World War II: The Case of the European Theater Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
March 27, 2009 James Hwang
Lehigh University
RF MEMS Technology for Space Applications Parsons Auditorium
March 13, 2009 Giles Dorronsoro
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Focus and Exit: An Alternative Strategy for the Afghan War Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
March 6, 2009 Sudip Bose
Advocate Christ Medical Center
On Call In Iraq Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
February 27, 2009 Reuben Pitts
NSWC Dahlgren (ret)
The USS Vincennes Incident---The Data Parsons Auditorium
February 20, 2009 Slava Rotkin
Lehigh University
Transistor Channels "Flying" a Few Nanometers Above the Surface: Novel Physics of "Empty" Space Parsons Auditorium
February 13, 2009
Black History Colloquium
Denise Gray
General Motors Engineering
Reinventing GM and the Automobile: From Batteries to Sustainability Parsons Auditorium
February 6, 2009 Erik van Ommeren
Sogeti USA LLC
Me the Media: Rise of the Conversation Society Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
January 30, 2009 Steven Brams
New York University
Mathematics and Democracy: Designing Better Voting and Fair-Division Procedures Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
January 23, 2009 Tom Vanderbilt
Author
Objects In Mirror Are More Complicated Than They Appear: Looking Into Traffic Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
January 16, 2009 Dr Mario Livio
Space Telescope Science Institute
Is God A Mathematician? Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
January 9, 2009
A.I. Mahan Colloquium
John Adam
Old Dominion University
"Guesstimation": Fermi Problems, Orders of Magnitude and the Goldilocks Principle Parsons Auditorium
December 12, 2008 Marcus Noland
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Arab Economies: Recent Accomplishments and Long-Term Challenges Parsons Auditorium
December 5, 2008 Shanker Singham
International Law
A General Theory of Trade and Competition: Trade Liberalization and Competitive Markets Parsons Auditorium
November 21, 2008
E. P. Gray Colloquium
Hart Prize Winners
JHU/APL
Alan F. Becknell

Keir Lauritzen
The 2008 Hart Prizes for Excellence in Independent Research & Development
Research: Detection of Low Vapor Pressure Materials
Development: Digital Array Radar Technology
Parsons Auditorium
November 14, 2008 COL David W. Lamm, USA (ret)
National Defense University
Asymmetry and Change in Future Warfare Parsons Auditorium
November 7, 2008 Shuja Nawaz
Strategic Analyst
Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
October 24, 2008
Hispanic Heritage Colloquium
Dr. Ellen Ochoa
NASA Johnson, Astronaut
Hispanic Heritage Month Colloquium Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
October 17, 2008 Robin Wright
Journalist
The Future of the Middle East Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
May 23, 2008
Asian Pacific American Heritage Colloquium
Anh N. Duong
Science Advisor, Office of the CNO, Pentagon
Naval Explosives Parsons Auditorium
May 16, 2008 Beth O'Leary
New Mexico State University
Space Archeology and the Lunar Legacy: One Giant Leap for Historic Preservation Parsons Auditorium
May 9, 2008 Kenneth Budka
Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent
Public Safety Wireless Broadband Parsons Auditorium
May 2, 2008 Brandon Southall
NOAA
Marine Mammals and Noise: Science Applications and Perspectives on a Contentious (and Misrepresented) Issue Parsons Auditorium
April 25, 2008 Alan Brandt
JHU/APL
Waves, Fish and Submarines: Thirty Years of Hydrodynamics Research at APL Parsons Auditorium
April 11, 2008 Peter Thomson
Author
Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal Parsons Auditorium
April 4, 2008 Mattias Mountain
Space Telescope Science Institute
The Hubble, the James Webb Space Telescope and Looking to the Future: Space Science at a Cross Road? Parsons Auditorium
April 2, 2008 Steven Benner
Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution
Unconventional Forms of Life and Life Detection Parsons Auditorium
March 14, 2008 Jo Anne B. Barnhart
Former Commissioner
Social Security Administration
Challenges Facing Social Security Parsons Auditorium
February 20, 2008
Black History Colloquium
Dr. James Turner
National Institute of Standards and Technology
African-American Technological Contributions: Past, Present, and Future Parsons Auditorium
February 15, 2008 Colonel Michael A. Shupp, USMC
Legislative Assistant for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Battle of Falluja Parsons Auditorium
February 1, 2008 George Bibel
University of North Dakota
Beyond the Black Box: The Forensics of Airplane Crashes Parsons Auditorium
January 18, 2008 Robert Strom
University of Arizona
Global Warming and the Human Condition Parsons Auditorium
January 4, 2008
A. I. Mahan Colloquium
Sam Yee
JHU/APL
Upper Atmosphere: Gateway Region for Solar-Terrestrial Interaction Parsons Auditorium
December 14, 2007 Spencer Wells
National Geographic Society
Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
December 7, 2007 Sten Odenwald
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
The Superstorm of 1859: Learning from the Past to Anticipate Future Consequences Parsons Auditorium
November 30, 2007
E. P. Gray Colloquium
James C. Mayfield
Andrew J. Newman
Keith J. Rebello

JHU/APL
The 2007 Hart Prizes for Excellence in Independent Research & Development Parsons Auditorium
November 16, 2007 Bradley Layton
Drexel University
Bionanotechnology and Mechanoevolution Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
November 7, 2007 Sky Alibhai
and Zoe Jewell

WildTrack
WildTrack: A Synergy of Wild Beasts, Ancient Tracking Skills and Modern Techniques for Footprint Identification Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
November 5, 2007 David Mindell
MIT
Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Six Lunar Landings Parsons Auditorium
October 26, 2007 Dr. Ernest A. Seglie
DOT&E - OSD
The Costs of Unsuitability and Benefits of Building-In Reliability, Availability and Maintainability Parsons Auditorium
October 12, 2007 William B. Scott
Author
Space Wars: The First Six Hours of World War III Kossiakoff Center Auditorium
October 5, 2007
Hispanic Heritage Colloquium
Juan Maldacena
Institute for Advanced Study
QCD, Strings and Black Holes: A Duality Between Gravity and Field Theory Parsons Auditorium
September 28, 2007 Andrew F. Cheng
JHU/APL
A Tale of Two Asteroids, or Catastrophic Disruption Revisited Parsons Auditorium
August 24, 2007 Gadi Evron
Security Evangelist, Beyond Security
Estonia: Information Warfare and Strategic Lessons Kossiakoff Center
June 6, 2007 Jeff Barr
Amazon Web Services
Building a 'Web-Scale Computing' Architecture Parsons Auditorium
June 1, 2007 William Dunham
Muhlenberg College
A Tribute to Euler Parsons Auditorium
May 18, 2007
Asian Pacific American Heritage Colloquium
Aravinda Chakravarti
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Genes for Common, Chronic Diseases Parsons Auditorium
May 16, 2007 MG David P. Fridovich
USSOCPAC
War On Terror in Asia, "Basilan Model" and Indirect Approach Parsons Auditorium
May 4, 2007 S. Fred Singer
Science & Environmental Policy Project
Origin of the Moon Parsons Auditorium
April 27, 2007 Greg Jackson
University of Maryland, College Park
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Challenges for Applications Beyond Hydrogen Parsons Auditorium
April 4, 2007 Dr. Alan Moloff
Consultant
Special Operations and Disaster Medicine. Common Challenges! Common Solutions? Kossiakoff Center
March 23, 2007 James G. Rickards
Global-I Advisors, LLC
Theory and Practice of the New Science of Market Intelligence Parsons Auditorium
March 16, 2007 Zee Duron
Harvey Mudd College
Field Procedures for Tracking Stability in Burning Buildings Parsons Auditorium
March 2, 2007 Dwayne Meadows
NOAA
Riding the World's Biggest Wave: Preparedness and Recovery Lessons from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in Thailand Parsons Auditorium
February 23, 2007 Ronald Kelly
FBI
Forensic Aspects of Explosion/Bombing Investigations Parsons Auditorium
February 16, 2007
Black History Colloquium
Isaiah Blankson
NASA Glenn
Aeronautical Research Activities in Hypersonics at the NASA Glenn Research Center Parsons Auditorium
February 9, 2007 Bruce Campbell
Smithsonian Institution
What Lies Beneath? Using Radar to Look Below the Surface of the Moon and Mars Parsons Auditorium
February 2, 2007 David Jacobson
NIST
Using Neutron Radiography to Study Hydrogen Fuel Cells Parsons Auditorium
January 19, 2007 James Bamford
Author
NSA: A History of Domestic Eavesdropping Parsons Auditorium
January 12, 2007 R. Alan King
Author
Iraq: The Past, The Present, and The Way Ahead Parsons Auditorium
January 5, 2007
A. I. Mahan Colloquium
Barry Geldzahler
NASA
Next Generation Deep Space Network: Vision for the Next 100 Years Parsons Auditorium
December 15, 2006
E. P. Gray Colloquium
Jeffery S. Lin
David G. Drewry

JHU/APL
The 2006 Hart Prizes for Excellence in Independent Research & Development
Research: Data Fusion and Hypothesis Evaluation for Syndromic Surveillance
Development: High Temperature Structures and Thermal Management Systems
Parsons Auditorium
December 8, 2006 John R. Benedict, JR,
JHU/APL
Taking a Long-Term Perspective on U.S. Navy ASW Objectives, Capabilities & Trends (Historical Survey & Projections, 1940-2020) Parsons Auditorium
December 1, 2006 Robert Farquhar, JHU/APL
Joseph Veverka, Cornell University
The Next Steps in Human Space Exploration: What are the Alternatives? Kossiakoff Center
November 16, 2006 Michael Vlahos
JHU/APL
Productive Deterrence: Preserving America at Modernity's End Kossiakoff Center
November 3, 2006 Michael Krieger
Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer
Transforming the Way DoD Shares Information Parsons Auditorium
October 20, 2006 Robb Wilcox
JHU/APL
The Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group - Science Advisor's Perspective Kossiakoff Center
October 11, 2006
Hispanic Heritage Colloquium
Anna Escobedo Cabral
U.S. Treasurer
Hispanic Heritage Month Colloquium Kossiakoff Center
May 24, 2006 Christopher Coker
London School of Economics
Ethics of the Long War Parsons Auditorium
May 19, 2006 RADM William J. McDaniel
USN (ret)
Faces of the Tsunami
Parsons Auditorium
May 12, 2006 Nathaniel Fick
Former Captain, USMC
The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: A Junior Officer's Perspective on What We've Learned and Where We're Going Parsons Auditorium
May 5, 2006 Barry Rubin
Global Research in International Affairs Center
The Arab Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East Parsons Auditorium
April 26, 2006 COL Geoffrey Ling, M.D., Ph.D.
DARPA
Revolutionizing Prosthetics
Parsons Auditorium
April 21, 2006 Dr. Kim Weaver
NASA Goddard
New Eyes on the Universe: Observing Beyond Hubble with NASA's Other Space Telescopes Parsons Auditorium
April 12, 2006
Dr. David F. Dinges
University of Pennsylvania
Sleep, Fatigue and Stress: Monitoring Human Behavioral Capability
Kossiakoff Center
March 31, 2006 Dr. Harold Schmitz
Mars, Inc.
Chocolate Tasting following lecture
The Science of Cocoa and Chocolate: What Do Migratory Birds and Nitric Oxide Synthesis Have In Common?
Kossiakoff Center
March 24, 2006 BG Victor N. Corpus (ret)
Armed Forces of the Philipines
The Assassin's Mace: A Worst Case Scenario for the New American Century
Parsons Auditorium
March 17, 2006 Dr. Michael A. Roberto
New York University, Stern School of Business
Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes For An Answer: Managing For Conflict and Consensus
Parsons Auditorium
March 10, 2006 Sheriff Ted G. Kamatchus
Marshall County, Iowa
A Sheriff's View of Homeland Security
Parsons Auditorium
February 17, 2006
Black History Colloquium
Dr. Woodrow Whitlow, Jr.
NASA Glenn Research Center
Breakthrough Technologies that Enable Space Exploration
Parsons Auditorium
February 3, 2006 Dr. Frank Doyle
University of California - Santa Barbara
A Systems Approach to Modeling and Analyzing Biological Systems
Parsons Auditorium
January 27, 2006 Dr. Paul Spudis
JHU/APL
Robot Precursor Missions for a Human Return to the Moon
Parsons Auditorium
January 20, 2006 Mr. Ron Beard
Naval Research Laboratory
The Future of the UTC Time Scale
Parsons Auditorium
January 13, 2006 Dr. Theodor Krauthammer
Pennsylvania State University
R&D Needs for Effective Blast, Shock, and Impact Mitigation
Parsons Auditorium
January 6, 2006 Dr. Mark Lewis
Chief Scientist, USAF
Speed as a Critical Issue for the USAF
Parsons Auditorium
December 16, 2005
A. I. Mahan Colloquium
Mr. Bruce A. Dale
National Geographic Society
A Lifetime of BAD Photographs
Kossiakoff Center
December 9, 2005 Dr. Charles Nicholas
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Who Wrote This Document?
Parsons Auditorium
December 2, 2005 Dr. Steven M. Anlage
University of Maryland, College Park
Physics and Applications of Negatively Refracting Electromagnetic Materials
Parsons Auditorium
November 18, 2005 Dr. Carey M. Lisse
JHU/APL & University of Maryland
Deep Impact and Comet 9P/Tempel 1: From Evolved Surface to Interior Primeval Dust
Kossiakoff Center
November 2, 2005 Dr. Thomas P. M. Barnett
Author & Strategic Planner
Warfighting in the Twenty-First Century
Parsons Auditorium
October 28, 2005 Ambassador Husain Haqqani
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Pakistan: Between Mosque, Military and Nuclear Weapons
Parsons Auditorium
October 21, 2005 Dr. Kay Jamison
JHU School of Medicine
Scientific Exuberance
Parsons Auditorium
October 14, 2005 Mr. Tom Voltaggio
US Environmental Protection Agency
Responding to Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents and Natural Disasters
Parsons Auditorium
October 7, 2005
E. P. Gray Colloquium
Dr. John C. Sommerer
JHU/APL
Science and Technology: Why Should We Care?
Parsons Auditorium
September 30, 2005
Hispanic Heritage Colloquium
VADM Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H.
U.S. Surgeon General
Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture
Parsons Auditorium
May 26, 2005
Dr. Louise Richardson
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Democracy & Counterterrorism: Lessons from the Past
Parsons Auditorium
May 13, 2005
Norman Polmar
Analyst, Consultant and Author
Surprise! US and Western Intelligence and Warning Failures During the Cold War
Parsons Auditorium
May 6, 2005
Dr. Steven Bellovin
Columbia University
Permissive Action Links and the History of Public Key Cryptography
Parsons Auditorium
April 29, 2005
Dr. Raymond W. Baker
Trinity College
The Future of Islam: Egypt and the New Islamists
Parsons Auditorium
April 15, 2005
Brig Gen Duane W. Deal
USAF


Beyond the Widget: Columbia Accident Lessons Affirmed
Parsons Auditorium
April 8, 2005
Robert E. Gold
JHU/APL
Defending the Earth from Asteroid Impacts
Parsons Auditorium
April 1, 2005
Dr. Ashley Tellis
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
US-India Strategic Relations
Parsons Auditorium
March 18, 2005
Dr. Francis M. Deng
JHU/SAIS
A Clash of Identities: Darfur's Crisis in the National Context
Parsons Auditorium
March 16, 2005
Dr. Colin S. Gray
University of Reading, England
What Do We Know About Future Warfare?
Parsons Auditorium
March 11, 2005
James P. Blair
National Geographic Society
Where God Lives
Kossiakoff Center
March 9, 2005
Dr. Stephen Flynn
Council on Foreign Relations
America the Vulnerable: Can the Homeland be Secured?
Kossiakoff Center
February 18, 2005
Black History Colloquium
Dr. John Slaughter
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering
Black History: A Time for a New Chapter in Science and Technology
Parsons Auditorium
February 16, 2005
Mr. Vincent Vitto
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
The Naval Studies Board and Its Views on Naval Issues
Parsons Auditorium
February 11, 2005
Dr. Hans Mark
University of Texas at Austin
Naval Applications of Electro-Magnetic Guns
Parsons Auditorium
February 7, 2005
Col Thomas X. Hammes, USMC
National Defense University
The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century
Parsons Auditorium
January 28, 2005
Dr. Gal Luft
Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
Terrorism on the High Seas
Parsons Auditorium
January 20, 2005
Michael Scheuer
(Anonymous)

Former CIA
They Still Don't Get It: The Danger of Ignoring Reality in the War on Terrorism
Kossiakoff Center
December 17, 2004
A. I. Mahan Colloquium
Dr. David J. Nagel
George Washington University
Low Energy Nuclear Reactions: Problems, Progress and Prospects
Parsons Auditorium
December 10, 2004
Dr. John M. Carroll
Pennsylvania State University
Scenarios and Design Cognition
Parsons Auditorium
December 3, 2004
E. P. Gray Colloquium
Dr. Stamatios (Tom) Krimigis
JHU/APL
Cassini at Saturn: Wonders of the Giant Planet Revisited
Parsons Auditorium
November 19, 2004 Dr. Jill Tarter
SETI Institute
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Pulling Signals Out of Cosmic Noise
Parsons Auditorium
November 12, 2004 Douglas Farah
Author and Journalist
Diamonds, Weapons and Passports: The Strategic Challenge of Failed States to U.S. National Security
Parsons Auditorium
October 29, 2004
Dr. Peter Heller
International Monetary Fund
Confronting Long-Term Fiscal Challenges
Parsons Auditorium
October 15, 2004 Mike Vlahos
JHU/APL
The War At Midpassage: Where Do We Go From Here?
Parsons Auditorium
October 4, 2004
John Stenbit
Formerly CIO & Assistant Secretary of Defense (C3I)
Why Net-Centric?
Parsons Auditorium
September 17, 2004
Hispanic Heritage Colloquium

Orlando Figueroa
Deputy Associate Administrator for Programs in the Science Mission Directorate, NASA
Science and the Vision for Space Exploration
Parsons Auditorium
July 15, 2004
Griff Corpening
NASA
X-43A -- The First Flight of a Scramjet Powered Airplane
Parsons Auditorium
June 25, 2004
James B. Hickey
Colonel, US Army
Capture of Saddam Hussein
Kossiakoff Center
May 24, 2004 Johnny R. Wolfe Jr.
Commander, US Navy
The Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation - A Member's Perspective
Parsons Auditorium
May 14, 2004
David Dunham
JHU/APL
Exploring the Cosmos by "Doing Something Different"
Parsons Auditorium
May 7, 2004 Dr. Norman Friedman
Defense Analyst
Where Is the Navy Likely To Go?
Parsons Auditorium
April 30, 2004
Dava Sobel
Author
Galileo in the Applied Physics Laboratory
Parsons Auditorium
April 23, 2004
James Oberg
Author
China's Great Leap Upward -- How Realistic Are Its Space Ambitions?
Parsons Auditorium
April 16, 2004
John T. Emmert
George Mason University & NRL
Climate Change at the Edge of the Atmosphere: Evidence of Long-Term Thinning
Parsons Auditorium
April 2, 2004
MG Robert H. Scales, Jr., USA (Ret)
Lessons Learned From The Iraq War
Parsons Auditorium
March 26, 2004
Maynard Hill
JHU/APL-Retired
Trans-Atlantic Radio Controlled Model Flight
Parsons Auditorium
March 19, 2004
Avi Rubin
JHU-Homewood

Security Issues in Electronic Voting
Parsons Auditorium
March 5, 2004
Wayne Merry
American Foreign Policy Council

The Future of Trans-Atlantic Relations: Thinking Beyond NATO
Parsons Auditorium
February 27, 2004
Dr. Richard Restak
Neurology Associates
The New Brain: The Role of Technology in Changing Our Concepts About Neuroscience
Parsons Auditorium
February 20, 2004
Dr. Sunil Khilnani
JHU - SAIS
South Asia on the Edge
Parsons Auditorium
February 6, 2004
Black History Colloquium
Ellis Barksdale
Barksdale Solutions

E 3 = Egypt, Engineering and Education
Parsons Auditorium
January 30, 2004
Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan
Virginia Tech

System X: Building the Virginia Tech Supercomputer
Parsons Auditorium
January 23, 2004
A. I. Mahan Colloquium

Major General Robert F. Behler, USAF (ret)
JHU/APL

Enforcing US Foreign Policy from the Edge of Space
Parsons Auditorium
January 16, 2004
Dr. Sheldon Jacobson
University of Illinois, Urbana

Understanding Aviation Security Issues using Operations Research Models and Analysis
Parsons Auditorium
January 9, 2004
Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski, USN (ret)
Director, Force Transformation, Office of the Secretary of Defense

Force Transformation
Parsons Auditorium
December 19, 2003
Admiral Dennis C. Blair, USN (ret)
President, Institute for Defense Analyses

Future Strategic Strike Forces
Parsons Auditorium
November 21, 2003
Phillip Longman
New America Foundation

The Geo-Politics of Global Aging: Fertility Decline and the Fate of Nations
Parsons Auditorium
November 14, 2003
Bradley C. Edwards
Institute for Scientific Research

The Space Elevator
Parsons Auditorium
October 24, 2003
E. P. Gray Colloquium

James Franson
JHU/APL

Quantum Computing Using Linear Optics
Parsons Auditorium
October 17, 2003
Antulio J. Echevarria II
U.S. Army War College

Globalization and the Nature of War
Parsons Auditorium
September 19, 2003
Knox Andress
Christus Schumpert Health System

Hospital Emergency Management for WMD: An Overview
Parsons Auditorium
September 5, 2003
George Friedman
Strategic Forecasting Inc.

The Iraq Campaign: An Episode in a War
Parsons Auditorium
May 16, 2003
New Critical Challenge Colloquium

Sheldon Greenberg
The Johns Hopkins University Division of Public Safety Leadership

The Hidden Facts About First Responder Readiness
Parsons Auditorium
May 9, 2003
William Farrell
NASA/GSFC

The Electro-Meteorology of Dust Devils
Parsons Auditorium
May 2, 2003
Angela Stent
Georgetown University

U.S. - Russian Relations After the Iraq War
Parsons Auditorium
May 1, 2003
New Critical Challenge Colloquium

Edward MacKerrow
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Threat Anticipation Program: Agent-Based Simulation of Factors Motivating Terrorism
Kossiakoff Center
April 25, 2003
Victor Utgoff
Institute for Defense Analysis

Running for Sheriff
Parsons Auditorium
April 11, 2003
Alan Rudolph
DARPA

Harvesting Biology for Defense Technology
Parsons Auditorium
April 4, 2003
Jason Ellis
National Defense University

The Best Defense: Counterproliferation and U.S. National Security
Parsons Auditorium
March 28, 2003
Guy M. McKhann & Marilyn S. Albert
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Keeping Your Brain Young
Parsons Auditorium
March 21, 2003
Gerald M. Stokes
Univ. of Maryland & Pacific Northwest Natl. Laboratory

Two Grand Challenges of Climate Research
Kossiakoff Center
March 7, 2003
New Critical Challenge Colloquium

Peter F. Verga
Dept. of Defense Homeland Security

DOD Role in Homeland Security
Kossiakoff Center
February 25, 2003
New Critical Challenge Colloquium

Ruth Wedgwood
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Preemptive Self-Defense and the U.N. Charter
Parsons Auditorium
February 21, 2003
Black History Colloquium

Anthony D. King
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.

Global Connectivity: Leveraging Remote Access Technology
Kossiakoff Center
February 7, 2003
Tim Miller
JHU-Applied Physics Laboratory

High Energy Neutrino Astronomy at the South Pole
Parsons Auditorium
January 31, 2003
New Critical Challenge Colloquium

Stephen Biddle
U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute

Afghanistan and the Future of Warfare: Implications for Army and Defense Policy
Kossiakoff Center
January 24, 2003
Thomas Ferguson
U.S. Dept. of The Treasury, Bureau of Engraving & Printing

Design and Counterfeit Deterrence
Parsons Auditorium
January 17, 2003
George Ayittey
American University

West Africa: Its Strategic Importance
Parsons Auditorium
January 10, 2003
Victor Yakovenko
Univ. of Maryland

Statistical Mechanics of Money, Income and Wealth
Parsons Auditorium
December 13, 2002
A. I. Mahan Colloquium

Stuart Gilman
The Ethics Resource Center

Ethics in Science, Engineering and Organizations
Parsons Auditorium
December 6, 2002
Samuel C. Colbeck
U.S. Army Cold Regions Res. & Eng. Laboratory

The Physics of Snow and Skiing: What is Snow Anyway?
Parsons Auditorium
November 22, 2002
New Critical Challenge Colloquium

Richard D. Fisher, Jr.
The Jamestown Foundation

China's Military Modernization
Kossiakoff Center
November 15, 2002
Robert Ehrlich
George Mason Univ.

Crazy Ideas in Science
Parsons Auditorium
November 8, 2002
Benjamin F. Chao
NASA/GSFC

Time-Variable Gravity from Space: Quarter Century of Observations, Mysteries and Prospects
Kossiakoff Center
October 25, 2002
New Critical Challenge Colloquium

Vicki Freimuth
Center for Disease Control
The Anthrax Attacks and CDCs Communication Response
Kossiakoff Center
October 18, 2002
Edward Liszka
Applied Research Laboratory-Pennsylvania State Univ.
Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State Univ.: An Overview Parsons Auditorium
October 11, 2002
Robert Fischell
Fischell Biomedical, LLC
Coated Stents: A Major Breakthrough in the Treatment of Heart Disease Kossiakoff Center
October 4, 2002
E. P. Gray Colloquium

Robert Fry
APL
The Engineering of Cybernetic Systems: From Neurons to Ballistic Missile Defense Kossiakoff Center
June 17, 2002
New Critical Challenge Colloquium

Richard Haver
OSD
Technology and the Needs of the Intelligence Community Kossiakoff Center
May 17, 2002 John Gearhart
JHU-SOM
Stem Cell Research Parsons Auditorium
May 10, 2002 Jeng-Hwa Yee &
David Kusnierkiewicz

APL's Space Dept.
TIMED Spacecraft: Science & Technology Parsons Auditorium
May 3, 2002 David Kestenbaum
Natl. Public Radio
My Father Sees Muons in the Driveway or How to Explain Physics to Everybody Else Parsons Auditorium
April 26, 2002
New Critical Challenge Colloquium
R. James Woolsey
Shea & Gardner
Possible U.S. Responses to Terrorism Kossiakoff Center
April 19, 2002 Lester Salamon
JHU-Inst. for Policy Studies
Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector Parsons Auditorium
April 12, 2002 Michael E. O'Hanlon
Brookings Inst.
Military Transformation & Defense Policy Choices Parsons Auditorium
April 5, 2002 Mario Livio
Space Telescope Science Inst.
Beauty and the Accelerating Universe Parsons Auditorium
March 22, 2002 John N. Moore
U. of Virginia
Law of the Sea Treaty Kossiakoff Center
March 15, 2002
New Critical Challenge Colloquium
James F. Jarboe
FBI Headquarters
Counterterrorism Kossiakoff Center
March 8, 2002 Gail Richter-Nelson
JHU-Eisenhower Library
Center for Educational Resources at Homewood Parsons Auditorium
March 1, 2002 Millard Firebaugh
General Dynamics, Electric Boat Div.
Submarine Design and Construction Parsons Auditorium
February 22, 2002
Black History Colloquium
Calvin Mackie
Tulane Univ.
African Americans and Technology: A Harbinger of the Future Parsons Auditorium
February 15, 2002 R. Keith Raney
APL
From Geosat into the ABYSS: Ocean Radar Altimetry at APL Parsons Auditorium
February 8, 2002 John Langford
Aurora Flight Sciences Corp.
Advanced UAV for Science Defense and Applications Parsons Auditorium
February 1, 2002
New Critical Challenge Colloquium
Bradley Roberts
Inst.of Defense Analysis
Bioterrorism
Kossiakoff Center
January 25, 2002 David Zubrow
Carnegie Mellon Inst.
Measurement and the Capability Maturity Model Integration Parsons Auditorium
January 18, 2002
Scot Kuo
Biomedical Eng. - JHU
Nano-Tracking: Cell Mechanics Without Pulling or Prodding Parsons Auditorium
January 11, 2002 Roger R. Schell
Aesec Corp.
Computer Security Kossiakoff Center
December 19, 2001
New Critical Challenge Colloquium
S. Frederick Starr
JHU School of Advanced International Studies
Central Asia
Parsons Auditorium
December 14, 2001
A. I. Mahan Colloquium
Donald Duncan
JHU - Applied Physics Laboratory
RDT&E in Navy Programs: Optics at ADSD Parsons Auditorium
December 7, 2001 Norman Owsley
ONR
On Environmental Limits to Sonar Performance
Parsons Auditorium
November 29, 2001
New Critical Challenge Colloquium
Marius Deeb
SAIS
On Why Bin Laden?
 
November 16, 2001 Melissa McGrath
STScI
Jupiter's Galilean Satellites
Parsons Auditorium
November 9, 2001 Walter Dyer
BMDO
Advanced Electro-Optic Technologies for Ballistic Missile Defense
Kossiakoff Center
November 5, 2001
New Critical Challenge Colloquium
Michael Vlahos
JHU/APL
Upcoming Upheavals
Kossiakoff Center
November 2, 2001 Michael O.Wheeler
SAIC
Changing Directions in U.S. Defense Policy
Parsons Auditorium
October 26, 2001
David W. Jourdan
Nauticos Corp.
The Discovery and Salvage of DAKAR
Kossiakoff Center
October 19, 2001
New Critical Challenge Colloquium
Bruce Hoffman
The Rand Corp.
Change and Continuity in Terrorism
Kossiakoff Center
October 12, 2001 Christopher J. Lobb
U. of MD
Smaller, Faster, Cheaper: From Transistors to Artificial Microstructures
Parsons Auditorium
October 5, 2001
E. P. Gray Colloquium
Paul J. Waltrup
JHU-Applied Physics Laboratory
Hypersonic Air Breathing Propulsion: Future Flight Vehicles
Parsons Auditorium
July 18, 2001 William A. Wulf
President, Natl. Academy of Engineering
Technology Societal Issues
Parsons Auditorium
May 18, 2001 Joseph Peri
APL
Data Fusion & Target ID: Dempster-Shafer & Probability Theories Holy War
Parsons Auditorium
May 11, 2001 Terry Collins
Carnegie-Mellon U.
Green Chemistry
Kossiakoff Center
May 4, 2001 Dennis McBride
U. of Central Florida
Simulation and Training
Parsons Auditorium
April 27, 2001 Raman Sundrum
JHU - Dept. of Phys. & Astron.
Extra Dimensions & Weakness of Gravity
Parsons Auditorium
April 20, 2001 Kenna Peusner
George Washington U. Medical Center
A Promising Model to Investigate Brain Plasticity
Parsons Auditorium
April 6, 2001 Jim Allen
Sandia National Lab.
Intelligent Micromachine Initiative and MEMS Fabrication Technologies
Kossiakoff Center
March 30, 2001 Andrew Cheng
APL
NEAR at Eros
Kossiakoff Center
March 23, 2001 Louise Shelley
American U.
Transnational Crime & Corruption
Parsons Auditorium
March 16, 2001 Anne Kinney
NASA Headquarters
From Red Dropouts to Pale Blue Dots: The Science of the Origins Theme
Parsons Auditorium
March 9, 2001 Peter Loscocco
NSA
Security Enhanced Linux
Kossiakoff Center
March 2, 2001 Tee L. Guidotti
George Washington U.
Bioterrorism
Parsons Auditorium
February 23, 2001 Aprille Ericsson-Jackson
NASA Goddard
Microwave Anisotropy Probe: Stability, Design and Analysis
Parsons Auditorium
February 16, 2001 Robert W. Flower
U. of MD
Medical Applications of One APL Technology: Coming Full Circle
Parsons Auditorium
February 9, 2001 Adm. Stansfield Turner
Ex-Director of CIA
The Dilemma of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century
Kossiakoff Center
February 2, 2001 Chia-Ling Chien
JHU-Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Heterostructures and Spintronics
Parsons Auditorium
January 26, 2001 Gregory Hager
JHU-Dept. of Computer Science
Software Systems for Vision-Based Interaction & Control
Parsons Auditorium
January 19, 2001 Athena Andreadis
U. Mass. Medical School
Human Settlement of Other Planets
Parsons Auditorium
January 5, 2001 Alexander Szalay
JHU - Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Digital Sky Survey
Parsons Auditorium
December 15, 2000
A. I. Mahan Colloquium
Sayeed Choudhury
JHU - MSE Library
The Digital Knowledge Center
Parsons Auditorium
December 8, 2000 James Hahn
George Washington Univ.
The Virtual World of the Computer
Parsons Auditorium
December 1, 2000 William Harris
Critical Information Assessment Office - Wash.DC
Improving Surface Transportation Security
Parsons Auditorium
November 17, 2000 David M. Schubert
ONR
Naval Science and Technology Initiatives
Kossiakoff Center
November 10, 2000
Millenial Challenges Colloquium
Virginia Trimble
U. Maryland-College Park
Astrophysics Faces The Millennium
Kossiakoff Center
November 3, 2000 Richard J. Foch
NRL
Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles
Kossiakoff Center
October 27, 2000 Stephen G. Brush
U.Maryland - College Park
Why was Relativity Accepted
Kossiakoff Center
October 20, 2000
E. P. Gray Colloquium
Donald G. Mitchell
JHU-Applied Physics Laboratory
Images of the Magnetosphere
Kossiakoff Center
October 10, 2000
Millenial Challenges Colloquium
Daniel S. Goldin
NASA
NASA in the 21st Century
Kossiakoff Center
June 9, 2000
Millenial Challenges Colloquium
Robert Skinner, Jr.
Transportation Research Board
Transportation in the 21st Century
Kossiakoff Center
June 2, 2000 James Mayfield
JHU - Applied Physics Laboratory
Intelligent Web Searching
Parsons Auditorium
May 19, 2000 Claude R. Canizares
M.I.T.
First Results from the Chandra X-ray Observatory
Parsons Auditorium
May 12, 2000 James W. Head
Brown University
Water on Mars: Recent Results on Oceans and Polar Deposits
Parsons Auditorium
April 28, 2000
Millenial Challenges Colloquium
Frank L. Fernandez
Director, DARPA
DARPA in the 21st Century
Kossiakoff Center
April 14, 2000
Millenial Challenges Colloquium
Shirley Ann Jackson
President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Science & Engineering Education of Women in the 21st Century
Kossiakoff Center
April 7, 2000
Millenial Challenges Colloquium
Rear Admiral Rodney P. Rempt and Rear Admiral Michael G. Mullen
U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy in the 21st Century
Kossiakoff Center
March 31, 2000 C. Lee Giles
NEC Research Institute
Searching the Web: It is Worse than you Thought
Parsons Auditorium
March 17, 2000 John D. Anderson
National Air & Space Museum
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Parsons Auditorium
March 10, 2000 Gregory Chaitin
IBM
A Century of Controversy over the Foundations of Mathematics
Parsons Auditorium
March 3, 2000 Michael I. Miller
JHU-Center for Imaging Science
Deformable Templates and Image Understanding
Parsons Auditorium
February 25, 2000 Frank E. McGarry
Computer Sciences Corp.
Attaining Level 5 in the Capability Maturity Model
Parsons Auditorium
February 18, 2000
Millenial Challenges Colloquium
Richard T. Roca
Director - Applied Physics Laboratory
A Telecommunications Architecture for the 21st Century
Kossiakoff Center
February 11, 2000
Black History Colloquium
Ronald Demon
VectraSense Technologies Inc.
Footwear Technology on the Cutting Edge: Computerized Footwear
Parsons Auditorium
February 4, 2000 Michael Zolensky
NASA Johnson Space Center
Extraterrestrial Water
Parsons Auditorium
January 28, 2000 Ralph Chapman
Smithsonian Institution
The Virtual Triceratops-Creating the First Digital Dinosaur
Parsons Auditorium
January 21, 2000 Eberhardt Rechtin
University of Southern California (Retired)
Systems Architecting of Organizations
Parsons Auditorium
January 14, 2000
Millenial Challenges Colloquium
William R. Brody
President - The Johns Hopkins University
The Quantum Physics Model of the Univ. in the New Millennium
Kossiakoff Center
January 7, 2000 Marc G. Millis
NASA
Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Research Program
Parsons Auditorium
December 17, 1999
A. I. Mahan Colloquium
Isaac N. Bankman
JHU - Applied Physics Laboratory
Laser Radar in Ballistic Missile Defense
Parsons Auditorium
December 10, 1999 Thomas H. Guderjan
St. Mary's University
Blue Creek: An Ancient Maya City
Parsons Auditorium
December 3, 1999 Mario Acuna
NASA
Mars Global Surveyor
Parsons Auditorium
November 19, 1999 Russell Howard
Naval Research Laboratory
Space Weather
Parsons Auditorium
November 12, 1999 David E. Moncton
Argonne National Laboratory
Advanced Photon Source
Parsons Auditorium
November 5, 1999 John J. Quinn
University of Tennessee
Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
Parsons Auditorium
October 29, 1999 Douglas B. Lenat
Cycorp
CYC Project
Kossiakoff Center
October 22, 1999 Steven Salzberg
Institute for Genomic Research
Annotating Whole Genomes
Parsons Auditorium
October 15, 1999 Roy Frieden
University of Arizona
Physics from Fisher Information
Kossiakoff Center
October 8, 1999 Robert A. Eisenstein
National Science Foundation
Future of the Physical Sciences: A View from Washington
Parsons Auditorium
October 1, 1999
E. P. Gray Colloquium
Joseph J. Suter
JHU-Applied Physics Laboratory
Innovative Battery Technologies
Parsons Auditorium
May 21, 1999 Scott L. Murchie
JHU-Applied Physics Laboratory
Mars: A Perspective from the Pathfinder
Kossiakoff Center
May 19, 1999 Alan G. Robinson
University of Massachusetts
Corporate Creativity: World-Class Idea Systems
Parsons Auditorium
May 14, 1999 James A. Simmons
Brown University
Signal Processing for Target Imaging
Parsons Auditorium
May 7, 1999 John W. Melvin
Tandelta Inc.
Improving Vehicle Safety
Parsons Auditorium
April 30, 1999 Steven L. Rolston
NIST
Optical Lattices: A New Solid State?
Parsons Auditorium
April 23, 1999 Samuel L. Venneri
NASA
Intelligent Synthesis Environment
Parsons Auditorium
April 16, 1999 Peter Schultz
Brown University
Killer Impacts: Effect of Impact Angle
Parsons Auditorium
April 9, 1999 Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac
JHU-Whiting School of Engineering
Design of Highway Noise Barriers
Parsons Auditorium
March 26, 1999 Nitish Thakor
JHU-Biomedical Engineering
Neuroengineering
Parsons Auditorium
March 19, 1999 Robert L. Wolke
University of Pittsburgh
Kitchen Chemistry and Physics
Parsons Auditorium
March 12, 1999 Forrest Tobey
JHU-Peabody Institute
The 21st Century Musical Ensemble
Parsons Auditorium
March 5, 1999 Arthur Bienenstock
OSTP - The White House
National Science Policy
Kossiakoff Center
February 26, 1999 Corey Gay
Institute for Science & International Security
Verification of Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Parsons Auditorium
February 19, 1999 Anthony Kossiakoff
University of Chicago
The Role of Molecular Adaptation in Cellular Communication
Parsons Auditorium
February 12, 1999 Miquel Antoine
JHU - Applied Physics Laboratory
Mass Spectrometry and Human Spaceflight
Parsons Auditorium
February 5, 1999 Honorable Hans Mark
DDR&E
Ice on the Moon
Kossiakoff Center
January 22, 1999 Ellen D. Williams
University of Maryland
Fluctuations in Materials Science
Parsons Auditorium
January 15, 1999 Stephanie L. Reel
JHU - School of Medicine
Future of Healthcare
Kossiakoff Center
January 8, 1999 William I. Gasarch
University of Maryland
The Complexity of Problems
Parsons Auditorium
December 18, 1998
A. I. Mahan Colloquium
Dennis M. Bushnell
NASA Langley Research Center
Future Strategic Issues
Parsons Auditorium
December 11, 1998 Robert S. Winokur
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.
Environmental Satellite Information Systems: The Future is Now
Parsons Auditorium
December 4, 1998 Robert C. Pfahl, Jr.
Motorola Advanced Technology Center
Future Changes in Electronics
Parsons Auditorium
November 20, 1998 Al Christman
Former Historian of the Navy
Deak Parsons: The Proximity Fuze and the Atomic Bomb
Parsons Auditorium
November 13, 1998 Claire and Helaman Ferguson
Author and Institute for Defense Analysis
Mathematics in Bronze and Stone
Parsons Auditorium
November 6, 1998 Gregory W. Sullivan
University of Maryland
The Search for Neutrino Mass at Super-Kamiokande
Parsons Auditorium
October 30, 1998 Donald K. Yeomans
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Impact of Comets and Asteroids Upon the Earth
Kossiakoff Center
October 23, 1998 Michael F. Shlesinger
Office of Naval Research
Protein/Receptor Matching
Kossiakoff Center
October 16, 1998 Peter C. van Zijl
JHU - School of Medicine
MRI Methods for Studying Brain Functions
Kossiakoff Center
October 9, 1998
E. P. Gray Colloquium
Denis J. Donohue
JHU - Applied Physics Laboratory
Radar Propagation and Scattering from Ocean and Terrain
Parsons Auditorium
October 2, 1998 George S. Philander
Princeton University
Why Global Warming is a Controversial Issue
Parsons Auditorium
May 15, 1998 Marty R. Hall
Applied Physics Laboratory - JHU
JAVA Revolution
Parsons Auditorium
May 8, 1998 James E. West
Bell Laboratories
Auralization of Complex Environments
Parsons Auditorium
May 1, 1998 Alan A. Halpern
Michigan State University - School of Medicine
Magnetically Directed Chondrogenesis
Parsons Auditorium
April 24, 1998 Bernhard Keiser
Keiser Engineering Inc.
Digital Cellular and Personal Radio Systems
Kossiakoff Center
April 17, 1998 Paul Smolensky
Cognitive Sciences Dept. - JHU
Optimization in Language
Parsons Auditorium
April 3, 1998 Arjun G. Yodh
University of Pennsylvania
Entropic Forces and Instabilities in Colloids
Parsons Auditorium
March 27, 1998 Tycho Sleator
New York University
Interferometry with Neutral Atoms
Parsons Auditorium
March 20, 1998 Richard Fish
U. California, Berkeley
Designer Resins for Environmental Remediation
Parsons Auditorium
March 13, 1998 Anirvan Ghosh
School of Medicine - JHU
Molecular Mechanisms of Neural Development
Parsons Auditorium
March 6, 1998 Andreas G. Andreou
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering - JHU
Optoelectronic VLSI Microsystems
Parsons Auditorium
February 27, 1998 Elizabeth Ofili
Morehouse School of Medicine
Telemedicine
Parsons Auditorium
February 20, 1998 Richard P. Binzel
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Where Do Meteorites Come From?
Kossiakoff Center
February 13, 1998 Edward J. Wegman
George Mason University
Image Grand Tour
Parsons Auditorium
February 6, 1998 Arnold J. Mandell
Emory University & Florida Atlantic University
Eigenfunction Styles: From Early Beethoven to late Monk Parsons Auditorium
January 30, 1998 David E. Keyes
Old Dominion University & NASA Langley Research Center
Death and Taxes: Nets and Caches
Parsons Auditorium
January 23, 1998 Charles H. Bennett
IBM
Quantum Computers
Parsons Auditorium
January 16, 1998 Jerry C. Taylor
Cato Institute
Global Warming
Parsons Auditorium
January 9, 1998 Andreas Weigend
New York University
Hidden Information in Financial Data
Parsons Auditorium
December 19, 1997
A. I. Mahan Colloquium
Marc H. Brodsky
American Institute of Physics
The Role of Scientific Societies in the Changing World
Kossiakoff Center
December 12, 1997 Roger Crouch
NASA
Microgravity Experiments: Adventures of an Astronaut
Parsons Auditorium
December 5, 1997 Raul Fainchtein
Applied Physics Laboratory - JHU
Think Small to Improve MRI
Parsons Auditorium
November 21, 1997 Glenn S. Edwards
Vanderbilt University
Vibrational Dynamics and Laser Surgery
Parsons Auditorium
November 14, 1997 A. Frederick Hasler
GSFC/NASA
Atmospheric Dynamics Observed by GOES Satellites
Parsons Auditorium
November 7, 1997 Stephen D. Senturia
M.I.T.
MEMS: Past Successes & Future Challenges
Parsons Auditorium
October 31, 1997 Robert Kanigel
Author
The Enigma of Efficiency
Kossiakoff Center
October 24, 1997 Michael Kleinberger
Natl. Highway Traffic Safety Admin.
Safety of Automobile Passengers: Biomechanical Testing & Analysis
Parsons Auditorium
October 17, 1997 R. Dean Astumian
Univ. of Chicago
Brownian Motion & Biomolecular Motors
Parsons Auditorium
October 10, 1997 Kenneth Dere
Naval Research Laboratory
Solar Corona & Solar Wind: A New View
Parsons Auditorium
October 3, 1997
E. P. Gray Colloquium
Wayne A. Bryden
Applied Physics Laboratory - JHU
Tiny TOF Mass Spectrometer for Biosensing
Kossiakoff Center
May 16, 1997 Robert W. Farquhar
APL-JHU
Missions to Comets and Asteroids: Past, Present and Future
Parsons Auditorium
May 9, 1997 Jeffrey D. Abramson
Brandeis University
Electronic Democracy: Implications of the New Technologies
Parsons Auditorium
May 2, 1997 David Bloom
Harvard University
Demographic Transitions and Economic Miracles
Parsons Auditorium
April 25, 1997 Robin Blumberg Selinger
Catholic University of America
Why Things Bend
Parsons Auditorium
April 18, 1997 Paul D. Feldman
Henry A. Rowland Dept. of Physics & Astron. - JHU
Recent Observations of Comets
Parsons Auditorium
April 11, 1997 Edward R. Scheinerman
Dept. of Mathematical Science - JHU
Circular Reasoning: From Partially Ordered Sets to Special Relativity
Parsons Auditorium
April 4, 1997 George D. Rose
Dept. of Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry - JHU
Protein Folding
Parsons Auditorium
March 21, 1997 Dava Sobel
Author
Longitude
Parsons Auditorium
March 14, 1997 Daniel H. Reich
Physics & Astronomy Dept. - JHU
Magnetism in Arrays of Superconducting Rings
Parsons Auditorium
March 7, 1997 Lucy-Ann McFadden
Astronomy Dept. - Univ. of MD - College Park
Making Sense of Remote Sensing of Planetary Surfaces
Kossiakoff Center
February 28, 1997 Fred H. Proctor
NASA Langley Research Center
Interaction of Aircraft Wakes with the Ground and Atmosphere
Kossiakoff Center
February 14, 1997 Vera C. Rubin
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Multispin Galaxies
Kossiakoff Center
February 7, 1997 Peter Shor
AT&T Laboratories
Quantum Computing and Error Correction
Parsons Auditorium
January 31, 1997 Daniel Kleppner
M.I.T
Bose-Einstein Condensation
Parsons Auditorium
January 24, 1997 Paul Richards
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
The Rotation of Earth's Inner Core
Parsons Auditorium
January 17, 1997 Gilbert B. Chapman, II
Chrysler Corp.
Nondestructive Evaluation of Automotive Materials
Parsons Auditorium
January 10, 1997 Frederick Jelinek
JHU- Dept. of Comp. Eng.
Speech Related Research in the U.S.
Parsons Auditorium
December 13, 1996
A. I. Mahan Colloquium
Neil Zimmerman
NIST
Counting and Storing Electrons, One by One
Parsons Auditorium
December 6, 1996 Donald J. Williams
Applied Physics Laboratory - JHU
Galileo's Arrival at Jupiter: Early Results
Kossiakoff Center
November 22, 1996 John Kauer
Tufts University - School of Medicine
Odor Encoding by the Olfactory System: From Biology to an Artificial Nose
Parsons Auditorium
November 15, 1996 James G. Neal
Milton S. Eisenhower Library, JHU
Technology and the Future of Scholarly Communications
Kossiakoff Center
November 8, 1996 Henry W. Kendall
M.I.T.
Disposal of Nuclear Waste
Kossiakoff Center
November 1, 1996 Gerard Piel
Scientific American
Population, Environment and Development
Kossiakoff Center
October 25, 1996 Sara A. Solla
AT&T Research Lab.
The Dynamics of Learning from Examples
Parsons Auditorium
October 11, 1996 Elliott McVeigh
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering - JHU
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the Heart
Parsons Auditorium
October 4, 1996
E. P. Gray Colloquium
James C. Spall
APL-JHU
The Simultaneous Perturbation Method for System Optimization
Parsons Auditorium
May 17, 1996 Dr. Ralph L. McNutt
M.I.T.
A New Perspective on the Solar Neutrino Problem
Parsons Auditorium
May 10, 1996 Robert S. Langer, Jr.
M.I.T.
Polymeric Delivery Systems for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering
Parsons Auditorium
May 3, 1996 Dimitri T. Azar
Wilmer Ophthalmological Inst. - JHU
Refractive Surgery
Parsons Auditorium
April 26, 1996 Dr. Joel M. Schnur
Naval Research Laboratory
Lipid Tubules: Formation, Characterization, and Applications
Parsons Auditorium
April 19, 1996 Gerald L. Kulcinski
University of Wisconsin
Safe and Clean Energy from the Moon
Parsons Auditorium
April 12, 1996 Gary H. Posner
JHU-Dept. of Chemistry
Designer Drugs for Healthier Living
Parsons Auditorium
March 29, 1996 Richard S. Lindzen
M.I.T.
Global Warming (Rescheduled) Kossiakoff Center
March 22, 1996 Samuel A. Bowring
M.I.T.
The Earth's Early Evolution
Kossiakoff Center
March 15, 1996 Michael Unser
National Institute of Health
Fast Algorithms for Wavelet Transforms
Parsons Auditorium
March 8, 1996 Sylvester J. Gates, Jr.
Physics Dept. - UMCP
Superspace: Can You Really Get There from Here?
Kossiakoff Center
March 1, 1996 Robert J. Cotter
Dept. of Pharmacology & Molecular Science - JHU
Smart Molecular Detectors for Biological Research
Parsons Auditorium
February 23, 1996 Donald A. Henderson
School of Public Health and Hygiene - JHU
New and Emerging Infections
Kossiakoff Center
February 16, 1996 Daniel E. Prober
Yale University
Hot Electronic Physics and Detectors in Superconductors
Parsons Auditorium
February 9, 1996 Captain L. Edward Antosek
USS Abraham Lincoln
U.S. Navy Telemedicine
Kossiakoff Center
January 26, 1996 Jan Hines
AT & T Microelectronics
Japanese Manufacturing Methodologies and Practices
Kossiakoff Center
January 19, 1996 Ludwig Brand
Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University
Macromolecular Confirmations by Picosecond Spectroscopy
Parsons Auditorium
January 12 1996 Richard S. Lindzen
M.I.T.
Global Warming
Kossiakoff Center
January 5, 1996 Joel A. Cohen
Rockefeller University
Population Growth and Earth's Human Carrying Capacity
Kossiakoff Center
December 15, 1995
A. I. Mahan Colloquium
Thomas A. Potemra
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
A Century of Polar Expedition
Kossiakoff Center
December 8, 1995 Rama Chellappa
University of Maryland, College Park
Context-Based Exploitation of Aerial Images
Parsons Auditorium
December 1, 1995 Stuart L. Pimm
University of Tennessee
The Future of Biodiversity
Kossiakoff Center
November 17, 1995 William S. Seegar
U.S. Army Edgewood Research Development and Engineering
Space Technology and Natural Resource Conservation
Kossiakoff Center
November 10, 1995 Arthur F. Davidsen
Johns Hopkins University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Observations of Intergalactic Helium with the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
Kossiakoff Center
November 3, 1995 Tim V. Cranmer
National Federation of the Blind and The Braille Research Center
Pencils, Pictures, and Computers: Technologies for the Blind in Sight
Kossiakoff Center
October 27, 1995 Maynard L. Hill
Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory (Retired)
Consultant on UAV
World Record Model Aeroplanes
Kossiakoff Center
October 20, 1995 Noah Rifkin
U.S. Department of Transportation
Advanced Technology Needs and Applications in Transportation
Kossiakoff Center
October 13, 1995 Barbara Ryden
Ohio State University
The Fate of the Universe Kossiakoff Center
October 6, 1995
E. P. Gray Colloquium
Frederick S. Billig
Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
Missions Technology and Prospects for Hypersonic Flight
Kossiakoff Center
May 26, 1995 John Wozniak
Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
Advanced Natural Gas Vehicle Development
Kossiakoff Center
May 19, 1995 E. Donald Elliott
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, D.C.
Rethinking the Role of Science in Risk Evaluation
Kossiakoff Center
May 12, 1995 Charles M. Lieber
Department of Chemistry, Harvard University
High Temperature Superconductors: Probing the Magnetic Flux Lines
Parsons Auditorium
May 5, 1995 James J. Valdes
Edgewood RD & E Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground
Destruction of the World's Chemical Agent Stockpiles: Alternative Technologies and Political Issues
Kossiakoff Center
April 28, 1995 Erica Schoenberger
Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University
Corporate Transformations: Culture, Strategy and Competitiveness Kossiakoff Center
April 21, 1995 Michael F. Summers
Department of Chemistry, UMBC
Structure of HIV-1 Proteins by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Parsons Auditorium
April 14, 1995 David DeVorkin
National Air & Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
APL's Participation in the V-2 Era
Kossiakoff Center
April 7, 1995 Donald Saari
Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University
Mathematical Complexity of Simple Economics
Parsons Auditorium
March 24, 1995 John Wack
National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Internet Security
Parsons Auditorium
March 17, 1995 Adam Falk
Department of Physics & Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University
The Beautiful Bottom Quark
Parsons Auditorium
March 10, 1995 Colonel Charles Bolden
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
Importance of Space Exploration by Humans
Kossiakoff Center
March 3, 1995 William N. Sharpe, Jr.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University
Tensile Testing of Small Specimens
Parsons Auditorium
February 24, 1995 Mark Robbins
Department of Physics & Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University
Molecular Mechanisms for Friction
Parsons Auditorium
February 17, 1995 DV. Daniel Hunt
Technology Research Corporation, Fairfax Station, Virginia
Quality Management: State of the Practice
Kossiakoff Center
February 10, 1995 Mark J. T. Smith
Georgia Institute of Technology
Data Compression for Image and Video Signal
Kossiakoff Center
February 3, 1995 Barry A. Solomon
W.R. Grace and Co.
Membrane Based Hybrid Artificial Organs
Kossiakoff Center
January 27, 1995 Steven L. Rolston
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Laser-Cooled Atoms: The Coldest Thing Around
Parsons Auditorium
January 20, 1995 Sankar Das-Sarma
University of Maryland
Self Organized Critical Phenomena: Non-Equilibrium Growth
Parsons Auditorium
January 13, 1995 Maria T. Zuber
The Johns Hopkins University
Shape and Internal Structure of the Moon from the Clementine Mission
Kossiakoff Center
January 6, 1995 Leon Cohen
Hunter College
Time-Frequency-Scale Description of Signals
Parsons Auditorium