Science Forum Speakers
UT SCIENCE FORUM
SPRING SEMESTER 2008
Location: Thompson-Boling Arena, Dining Room C-D
Time: 12 noon to 1 p.m. on Fridays
Format: Eat and hear Guest Speaker. Bring your own lunch
or purchase it from Arena. Forty-minute
presentation followed by Q&A discussion period.
January 25
Dr. Peter Chyka
Professor & Associate Dean, College of Pharmacy
"Poisoning Tragedies of the Past Century:
What Have We Learned?"
February 1
Dr. H. Lyn Miles
University of Chattanooga Foundation Professor of Anthropology
University of Tennessee--Chattanooga
"Talking with Animals"
February 8
Dr. Gregory J. Mancini, M.D.
Dr. John D. Scott, M.D.
Tennessee Weight Loss & Surgery Center, UT Medical Center
"Fighting the Tide: Treatment Options for Morbid Obesity"
February 15
Dr. Pamela Small
Professor of Microbiology
"Mysteries of Buruli Ulcer, an Infectious Disease Emerging in Africa and Australia"
February 22
Robert Whitten, Jr.
National Center for Computational Sciences
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
"Secret City and Supercomputers: Oak Ridge Then and Now"
February 29
Scott Curran
Challenge X Team Leader
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
"Challenge X: The Student-Designed Hybrid Biodiesel/Electric Vehicle"
March 7
Dr. Jeffrey Everett
UT Medical Center
"Robotic Heart Surgery"
March 14
NO MEETING -- Spring Break
March 21
NO MEETING -- Spring Recess
March 28
Dr. Mark Windham
Distinguished Professor of Entomology & Plant Pathology
"Dogwood Diseases: More Bark or Bite to Tennessee's Nursery Industry?"
April 4
Dr. Robert A. McLean
Professor Emeritus of Statistics
"Better Results with Hearing Aids Through Analyzing Speech"
April 11
Dr. Jack Parker
Research Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
"Groundwater, Oil Spills, and Computers"
April 18
Dr. Laura Morris Edwards
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
& UT Department of Materials Science & Engineering
"Nanoscience--Tiny Treasures"
April 25
Dr. Henry Fribourg
Professor Emeritus of Crop Ecology
"Biofuel--Or Is It Biofuelishness?
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MORE INFO: Mark Littmann 974-8156
G. Michael Clark 974-6006
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