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| Date | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| September 15
(1997 Schneebaum Lecture) |
Environmental Study and Monitoring With Classified Satellite Data | Jeff Dozier
University of California, Santa Barbara |
| September 22 | Getting Robots into Space: The Ranger Telerobotic Shuttle Experiment | Dave Akin
University of Maryland, College Park |
| September 29 | A Ghost Ship Comes To Life: The Design, Reconstruction, and Sea Trials of an Ancient Greek Warship | Ford Weiskittel
Director, Trireme Trust USA |
| October 1 (Wednesday, 2:30 p.m. -- note special day and time)
SPECIAL EVENT:
|
Innovation and Change | James Burke
Host of PBS "Connections" series |
| October 6 | Pathways to a Sustainable Global Energy System | Henry Linden
Illinois Institute of Technology |
| October 13 (No Colloquium -- Holiday) | ||
| October 20 | The LISA Gravitational Wave Mission | Peter Bender
University of Colorado |
| October 27 | Single Stage To Orbit & Other Launchers | Eric Stallmer
Space Transportation Association |
| November 3 | Flight Testing The Boeing Way | Suzanna Darcy
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group |
| November 10 (No Colloquium) | ||
| November 17 (Building 8 Auditorium -- note building change) | Engineers Of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders | Henry Petroski
Duke University |
| November 24 | The Inflatable Antenna Space Flight Experiment | Gordon Veal
Director of Engineering, L'Garde, Inc. |
| December 1 | Speech Recognition Research in the U.S. | Frederick Jelinek
Johns Hopkins University |
| December 8 | Space and the Virtual Classroom -- The Future of Education -- CANCELLED | Brenda Forman
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
| December 15 | Promoting Creativity - The Independent Inventor: Survivor or Victim in a Corporate Age? | Arthur P. Molella
Smithsonian Instittion |
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