November 22, 2004
Dr. Enrique Izaguirre
University of California, San Francisco
Biomaterials and Biosensors
November 15, 2004
Professor Emeritus Tony Siegman
Stanford University
“light Brings Us News of the Universe...”
November 8, 2004
Dr. Carl Haber
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Recovering Historical Sound Recordings Using Optical Methods
November 1, 2004
Dr. Bruce Hasegawa
University of California, San Francisco and the University of California at Berkeley
Visualizing Human Health and Disease With Medical Imaging
October 25, 2004
Dr. Aharon Kapitulnik
Stanford University
Tests for Newton's Law of Gravity at Sub-Millimeter Distances
October 18, 2004
Dr. Louise Bedsworth
Union of Concerned Scientists
Climate Control: Reducing the Role of Cars in Global Warming
October 11, 2004
Dr. Albert Haldemann
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech
Science on Mars With Spirit and Opportunity
October 4, 2004
Dr. David J. Lamb
3M Company
Brightness Enhancement Films for Lcd Backlighting
September 27, 2004
Dr. Linda Spilker
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech
First Results From the Cassini-Huygens Mission at Saturn
September 20, 2004
Dr. Jill Tarter
SETI Institute
Seti: Pulling Signals Out of Cosmic Noise
September 13, 2004
Dr. Hongtao Shi
Sonoma State University
Magnetic Recording
May 3, 2004
Dr. Ronald E. Pelrine
SRI International
Artificial Muscle and Beyond
April 26, 2004
Dr. Regina Ragan
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Nanotechnology: The Art and Science of Making Small Things
April 19, 2004
Dr. Claire Max
University of California, Santa Cruz
Black Holes in the Cores of Nearby Galaxies
April 12, 2004
Dr. Christopher A. Edwards
University of California, Santa Cruz
the Deep Circulation of the Oceans
March 29, 2004
Dr. Jeffrey Morse
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mems-Based Fuel Cells: Meeting the Need for Next Generation Portable Power Requirements
March 22, 2004
Dr. Roy R. Gal
University of California, Davis
Galaxies Like to Live Together
March 15, 2004
Dr. Geoffrey A. Wilson
Hach Homeland Security Technologies
Detecting Airborne Pathogens With Diode Lasers
March 8, 2004
Dr. Peter Shawhan
California Institute of Technology
the Quest to Detect Gravitational Waves
March 1, 2004
Dr. Charlie Gay
SunPower
Recent Advances in Solar Electric Power and 21st Century Applications