Guest Speakers

Friday, August 4

Dr. Donald Brownlee, Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington

"Project Stardust"

Saturday, August 5

Dr. Paul MacCready, CEO, AeroVironment, Inc.

"Unleashing Minds for Navigating the Future"

Monday, August 7

Dr. Tony Irving, Professor of Geological Sciences, University of Washington

"Meteorites and Asteroids: What do we really know?"

Thursday, August 10

Dr. Kathryn Hoppe, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Environmental Sciences, University of California, Berkeley

"Tracking Mammoths and Mastodons: Using Chemistry to Reconstruct the Past"

Saturday, August 12

Mr. Keith Howington, CEO, Logix Development Corporation

"Bad Science in ‘Deep Impact’"

Monday, August 14

Mr. Oakley E. Van Slyke (SSP ’64), CEO, Capital Management Tech.

"Money, sex, and fear: Financial markets and mating strategies from the perspective of risk aversion"

Friday, August 18

Dr. Andrea Donnellan, Senior Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

"The use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) for earthquake and plate tectonic studies"

Handout: SCIGN GPS Educational Module CD

Tuesday, August 22

Dr. Maarten Schmidt, Professor of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology

"Gamma-Ray Bursts"

Thursday, August 24

Mr. Andrew West (SSP '94), Graduate Student in Astronomy, University of Washington

"Radio Astronomy and the Search for Dark Matter"

Friday, August 25

Dr. Larry Sverdrup, Scientist, Trex Enterprises

"Mad Science Show"

Wednesday, August 30

Ms. Julie Pottinger [pen name: Julia Quinn]

"Pick a Career Path..."