# List of NIST Colloquia
# Format is: Date^Title^Name^Format^Text_File_Name
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# Last revision: Thursday, November 4, 2002 2:00 PM
19960209^Issues Surrounding the Design of the Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anemia^Duane Robina Bonds, M.D. & Myron Waclawiw, Ph.D., NHLBI/NIH^1^960202.col
19960223^Very Cold Indeed: The Nanokelvin Physics of Bose Einstein Condensation^Eric Cornell, Fellow of JILA, NIST Physics Laboratory^1^960223.col
19960308^The Dynamic Universe^Anne Kinney, Space Telescope Science Institute^1^960308.col
19960329^The Science of Nutrition and the Metaphysics of Food^Paul Saltman, Professor of Biology, University of California (San Diego)^1^960329.col
19960412^Relativity: Was Einstein Right?^Clifford M. Will, Professor of Physics, Washington University^1^960412.col
19960419^CANCELLED, to be rescheduled - Sea Change: Exploring Troubled Waters^Sylvia A. Earle, President, Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, Inc.^1^960419.col
19960426^Voyage of Discovery to the Land of Atoms^Don Eigler, IBM Almaden Research Center^1^960426.col
19960510^The Future of Television^John McCoskey, Senior Vice President of Technology, Discovery Communications^1^960510.col
19960524^Inner Space II: 5,000 Feet Beneath the Surface of the Earth^William C. Stone and Barbara Anne am Ende, Lead Team Members, Huautla Deep Caving Expedition^1^960524.col
19960614^Sea Change: Exploring Troubled Waters^Sylvia A. Earle, President, Deep Ocean Research and Exploration, Inc, Chief Scientist, NOAA, 1990-1992^1^960614.col
19960906^Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: A Global Problem^Mario J. Molina, 1995 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology^1^960906.col
19960920^Ultrahigh Density Recording Technologies^Mark H. Kryder, Director, Data Storage Systems Center, Carnegie Mellon University^1^960920.col
19961011^100 Years of Radioactivity in Medicine^Dr. Bert Coursey, Chief, Ionizing Radiation Division, NIST Physics Laboratory^1^961011.col
19961025^Flat Panel Display Technology^Dr. Samuel Musa, Executive Director, Center for Display Technology and Manufacturing, University of Michigan^1^961025.col
19961115^Communicating Science With A Mouse Is NOT Goofy^Henry A. Robitaille, Director, Epcot Science and Technology, Walt Disney World^1^961115.col
19961119^U.S. Research Universities: Key Advantages for Commercial Success in the Global Economy of the 21st Century^Thomas E. Everhart, President, California Institute of Technology^1^961119.col
19961220^The Improbability of Human Evolution in the Age of Bacteria^Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard University Professor of Zoology and Geology and Curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoology^1^961220.col
19970110^Research Perspectives in Broadband Networking: From Gigabit ATM Switching to Wireless ATM^Kai Y. Eng, Head, Broadband Systems Research, Lucent Technologies - Bell Laboratories^1^970110.col
19970114^CDMA for Personal Communications: Current Status and Future Potential^Irwin M. Jacobs, Chairman and CEO, QUALCOMM Inc.^1^970114.col
19970124^The End of Science^John Horgan, Author & Editor, Scientific American^1^970124.col
19970207^Partnerships for Progress: Science and the Public Domain^Sheila E. Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force^1^970207.col
19970221^TRANSPORT: The Past 2000 and the Next 100 Years^Jesse H. Ausubel, Director, Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University^1^970221.col
19970307^The Catastrophic Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy with Jupiter^Heidi Hammel, Hubble Space Telescope Team Leader, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology^1^970307.col
19970321^Newton's Original Method -- or -- Though This Be Method, Yet There Is Madness In't^William Dunham, Koehler Professor of Mathematics, Muhlenberg College^1^970321.col
19970404^What Made Bell Labs Great^Thomas A. Heppenheimer, Author^1^970404.col
19970418^Food Irradiation for the Next Millenium or "Cinderella Tries on the Glass Slipper"^Frank Fraser, Vice-President, MDS Nordion, Ontario Canada^1^970418.col
19970502^Science and the Future of Cities^James Trefil, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Physics, George Mason University^1^970502.col
19970905^NBS: The Way We Were^Jacob Rabinow, NIST Inventor Laureate^1^970905.col
19970926^Science by Seduction: Placing New Opportunities for Learning in the Path of Everyone's Daily Lives^Ilan Chabay, President of The New Curiosity Shop^1^970926.col
19971010^Oil, Ice Cream, and Nanotechnology^Abbas Ourmazd, Director, Institute for Semiconductor Physics, Frankfurt^1^971010.col
19971024^FIRE IN SPACE^Gregory T. Linteris, Payload Specialist Astronaut: STS-83 & STS-94, Fire Science Division, NIST^1^971024.col
19971114^Expanding the Universe: From COBE to the Next Generation Space Telescope^John C. Mather, Senior Astrophysicist, Goddard Space Flight Center^1^971114.col
19971205^The Atom Laser^Wolfgang Ketterle, Dept. of Physics, MIT^1^971205.col
19971219^Why Men Don't Ask for Directions^Deborah Tannen, Dept. of Linquistics, Georgetown University^
19980109^The Jungles of Randomness (Chaos)^Ivars Peterson, Mathematics/Physics Editor, Science News^1^980109.col
19980116^Accurate Measurements: The Only Way To Go^Dr. Terry J. Quinn, Director, Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), Sevres, France^1^980116.col
19980124^Almost Absolute Zero: The Story Of Laser Cooling And Trapping^William D. Phillips, NIST Fellow, 1997 Nobel Laureate In Physics^1^980124.col
19980306^Beating The Odds: Educating Minorities In Science & Engineering^Freeman A. Hrabowski III, President, University Of Maryland (Baltimore County)^1^980306.col
19980320^Structures of Light: The "Presence" and Future of Tensile Architecture^Horst Berger, School of Architecture, City College of New York^1^980320.col
19980515^Microtechnology and MEMS - Tradition, Potential, and Challenges of Miniaturization^Wolfgang and Ursula Ehrfeld, Managing Directors, Institute of Microtechnology U. Mainz^1
19980605^The Physics of Whales^Theodore Ducas, Department of Physics, Wellesley College^1
19980911^Mars Pathfinder: The Origin of Martian Rocks and Soils^Harry McSween Jr., Professor of Geological Sciences, University of Tennessee^1
19980925^The Physics of Star Trek^Lawrence M. Krauss, Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics and Astronomy Chairman, Department of Physics Case Western Reserve University^1^980925.col
19981002^Pictures, Models, Approximations, & Reality: Phase Transitions and Our Understanding of the Physical World^Michael Fisher, Distinguished University Professor and Regents Professor, University of Maryland^2
19981023^Forecasting the Future: El Niño & La Niña^Ants Leetmaa, Director, Climate Prediction Center, NOAA^2^981023.htm
19981106^The Ithaca Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics^N. David Mermin, Horace White Professor of Physics and Director of the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University^2^981106.htm
19981119^The Arrow of Time^Paul Davies, Author and Visiting Professor, Imperial College, London^2^981119.htm
19981120^The Amazing Story of Semiconductor Surfaces^Charles Duke, Senior Research Fellow, Xerox Wilson Center for Research and Technology^2^981120.htm
19981204^Sampling & Census 2000: The Concepts^Tommy Wright, Chief, Statistical Research Division, Bureau of Census^2^981204.htm
19981218^The Genome Project: From Microbes to Man^J. Craig Venter, President and Chief Scientific Officer, Celera Genomics Corporation
Chairman, The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR)^2^981218.htm
19990108^Critical Thinking ... Or Wishful Thinking?^James Randi, President, The James Randi Educational Foundation^2^990108.htm
19990219^Using Super Computers To Design and Model Novel Materials^Steven R. Richardson, Materials Science Research Center, Howard University^2^
19990305^Eliminating Cancer Tumors: All of Them^Judah Folkman M.D., Julia Dyckman Andrus Professor of Pediatric Surgery
Director, Surgical Research Laboratory, Children's Hospital, Boston^2^
19990319^Quantum Teleportation and the Nature of Reality^Anton Zeilinger, Professor, Institute for Experimental Physics, University Innsbruck^2^
19990409^The Darwin Chip: Evolving a Conscious Computer^Adrian Thompson, Center for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, University of Sussex, UK^2^
19990423^Lasers & Optics in Information Technology Systems^Elsa Garmire, Dean, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College^2^
19990507^Have You Ever Wondered...^Joseph A. Schwarcz, Vanier College, Quebec, Professor of Chemistry, Winner, 1999 ACS Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public^2^
19990514^Remaking Eden: Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New World^Lee Silver, Professor, Departments of Molecular Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Neuroscience, Princeton University^2^990514.htm
19990521^How Hertz Fabricated Helmholtzian Forces or Why He Did Not Discover Electric Waves in 1887^Jed. Z. Buchwald, Director, Institute for the History of Science & Technology, MIT^2^990521.htm
19990910^Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics^John & Neta Bahcall, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University^2^
19991001^Unconventional Optics for Commercial Applications^William Plummer, Director, Optical Engineering, Polaroid Corporation^2^991001.htm
19991008^The Art & Science of the Motorcycle^Charles Falco, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona^2^
19991029^Ice Cores: Windows on the Past -- Keys to our Future^Lonnie G. Thompson & Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Geological Sci. Dept & Geography Dept., Ohio State University^2^991029.htm
19991105^100 years of Radiation Therapy^Richard R. Mould, Author & Scientific Consultant^2^991105.htm
19991203^The Search for Extrasolar Planets^Paul Butler, Carnegie Institution of Washington^2^991203.htm
19991210^The 1999 Nobel Peace Prize: Doctors Without Borders^Els Mathieu M.D., Doctors Without Borders (Belgium)^2^991210.htm
19991217^Climate and Health: The Saga of Satellites, Saris, and Cholera^Rita Colwell, Director National Science Foundation^2^991217.htm
20000107^The Future is Now: Demographic Trends to Watch^Harold Hodgkinson, Institute for Education Leadership^2^000107.htm
20000121^The Eyes Have It: User Interfaces for Information Visualization^Ben Shneiderman, Director, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland^2^000121.htm
20000211^ARGOS: A Testbed for Advanced DoD Technologies^Dr. George Carruthers, Astrophysicist, Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory^2^000211.htm
20000225^Tailoring Nanotubes^Phaedon Avouris, Leader, Nanoscale Science & Technology Group, T.J. Watson Research Laboratories, IBM^2^
20000310^In Pursuit of Pulsars^Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, Professor of Astrophysics, Open University, U.K^2^000310.htm
20000324^The Yucca Mountain Project: The Y10K Challenge^Christopher Kouts, DoE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management^2^000324.htm
20000407^1999-2000 IEEE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: The Magic of Magnetism^Fred Jeffers, Advanced Development Division, Iomega Corporation^2^000407.htm
20000414^When the Sacred Cows of Science and Religion Meet^George Coyne S.J., Director, Vatican Observatory^2^
20000505^Jacob Rabinow Distinguished Lectureship -- Creativity and Invention: Making the Most of It^John Preston, President and CEO, Atomic Ordered Materials, Senior Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology^2^000505.htm
20000519^The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin of Life^Paul Davies, Author and Astrophysicist, Imperial College^2^
20000908^The Human Genome Project: What's Next^William Haseltine, CEO Human Genome Sciences^2^20000908.htm
20000922^Extreme Nonlinear Optics & Coherent X-Ray Sources^Margaret Murnane & Henry Kapteyn, University of Colorado, JILA^2^
20001013^Robots In Our Homes And Lives^Rodney Brooks, Director, Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT^2^20001013.htm
20001027^Lost World of Ancient Microbes^Tullis C. Onstott, Dept of Geosciences, Princeton University^2^
20001103^Sunlight and Ice: Crystals in the Skies of Antarctica^Robert Greenler, Professor Emeritus, Dept of Physics, U. of Wisconsin^2^20001103.htm
20001117^Industrial Scale Astronomy^John Peoples, Director, Sloan Digital Sky Survey^2^20001117.htm
20001201^The Physics of Football^Timothy Gay, Department of Physics, University of Nebraska^2^20001201.htm
20001208^Looking at Biomolecules, One at a Time^Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate, Dept of Physics, Stanford University^2^20001208.htm
20010126^Engineering Tomorrow: Forecasting the Next 100 Years^Janie Fouke, Dean, College of Engineering, Michigan State University^2^20010126.htm
20010209^Molecular Electronics^R. Stanley Williams, HPL Fellow, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories^2^20010209.htm
20010223^Micro-Machined Ultrasonic Sensors^B. T. Khuri-Yakub, Professor, Stanford University^2^
20010912^The Promise of Fuel Cells: Hydrogen, Distributed Utilities, and Distributed Benefits^Amory B. Lovins, Founder & CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute^2^20010912.htm
# 20010928^Jack Rabinow Distinguished Lectureship: Invention and Innovation: It Can Be -- and Should Be -- Fun^Dean Kamen, President, DEKA Research and Development Corporation^
20010928^The Two Leonardos: Symmetry in Art and Science^Bill Atalay, Department of Physics, Mary Washington College^
20011102^Tracking the Blue Whale: Satellites, Sensors, and Ships^Bruce Mate, Professor, Dept of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University^2^20011102.htm
20011115^Biomaterials: Drug Delivery & Tissue Engineering^Robert S. Langer, Germeshausen Professor of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, MIT^2^20011115.htm
20011116^Great Scientists I’ve Met^Norman F. Ramsey, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Higgins Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Harvard University^2^20011116.htm
20011207^Pearl Harbor and Midway: Breaking the Japanese Codes^David Hatch, Director, Center for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency^
20011214^(Sponsored jointly by NIST Chapter Sigma Xi) Through a Looking Glass: The Art of the Science of Renaissance Painting^Charles Falco, Chair, Condensed Matter Physics, Optical Science Center, University of Arizona^2^20011214.htm
20020111^Semiconducting and Metallic Polymers: The 4th Generation of Polymeric Materials^Alan Heeger, 2000 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, U. California (Santa Barbara) and Chief Scientist, UNIAX Corporation^
20020125^Engineering Time: Inventing the Electronic Wristwatch^Carlene Stephens, Curator, Smithsonian National Museum of American History^
20020201^The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Pulling Signals Out of Noise^Jill Tarter, Bernard M. Oliver Chair and Director, Project Phoenix, SETI Institute^
20020222^Breasts and Brains: Similarities and Differences -- New Spectroscopic Approaches to Molecular Imaging^Warren S. Warren, Director, New Jersey Center of Ultrafast Laser Applications, Dept. of Chemistry, Princeton, University^2^20020222.htm
20020302^Stone Cold Science: Bose-Einstein Condensation and the Weird World of Physics a Millionth of a Degree from Absolute Zero^Eric Cornell, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Physics, NIST Quantum Physics Division and JILA Fellow^2^20020302.htm
20020315^How to Improve Your Image: It Ain't Magic...Or is it?^Robert Fischer, President, OPTICS I, Inc.^2^20020315.htm
20020322^(co-sponsored by the NIST Chapter of Sigma Xi)
The Seven Warning Signs of Voodoo Science^Robert Park, Director, Washington Office, American Physical Society^2^20020322.htm
# 20020405^Artificial Life: Evolution in the Digital Medium^Tom Ray, Departments of Zoology and Computer Science, U. Oklahoma^2^
# 20020405^TBD
20020412^TBD
20020426^Matter Waves: What Can We Do With Them?^Theodor Hänsch, Head, Laser Spectroscopy Division, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching^2^20020426.htm
20020510^Frauds, Fakes and Forgeries: The Chemistry of Documents^Antonio A. Cantu, Chief Forensic Scientist, United States Secret Service^2^20020510.htm
20020531^Exploring Magnetic Nanostructures Atom by Atom^Michael Crommie, Dept. of Physics, U. California (Berkeley)^2^20020531.htm
20020906^Was Chemistry (1865-1980) More Scientific Than Physics?^Stephen G. Brush, Institute for Physical Science & Technology and Department of History, University of Maryland^2^20020906.htm
20020917^A New Kind of Science (*Joint Sigma Xi Lecture*)^Stephen Wolfram, President and CEO, Wolfram Research, Inc.^2^20020917.htm
20020927^Bits and Atoms^Neil Gershenfeld, Director, Center for Bits and Atoms, MIT Media Lab^2^20020927.htm
20021025^TBD^^2^
20021101^Mathematical God, Heavenly Physics^Ronald J. Bieniek, Department of Physics, University of Missouri-Rolla^2^20021101.htm
20021115^Using Technology to Fight Poverty and Kick-Start Growth^Martin Fisher, Technical Director, ApproTEC^2^20021115.htm
20021213^Iraqi Weapons Inspection Lessons Learned^David Albright, President, Institute for Science and International Security and David Kay, Senior Fellow, The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies^2^20021213.htm
20030110^Neutrinos, Dark Matter and the Cosmological Constant: the Dark Side of the Universe^Jordan Goodman, Chairman, Department of Physics, University of Maryland^2^20030110.htm
20030110^Small is Different: From Nanojets to Electrons and DNA^Uzi Landman, Regents & Institute Professor, Department of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology^2^
20030124^Graphic Science: New Venues for Science Communication^Frank Burnet, School of Interdisciplinary Sciences, University of the West of England^2^
20030207^TBD^^2^
20030221^LIGO: The Laser Interferometric Detection of Gravity Waves^Rainer Weiss, Department of Physics, MIT^2^
20030307^TBD^^2^
20030314^TBD^^2^
20030328^The Brain of the Dolphin^Sam H. Ridgway, Chief Scientist, U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program^2^
20030404^TBD^^2^
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20030502^TBD^^2^
20030516^TBD^^2^
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