2019
Jan 9
Dr. Karen Lloyd, UT Professor in Microbiology
Deep Sea Microbes.
February 12
Brian Egle
ORNL Stable Isotope Programs.
March 12
Don Spong, ORNL
“Fusion Energy- Bringing Star Power Down to Earth”
April 9
Dr. Robert D. Hatcher
Geology and Earth Quakes of Oak Ridge
May 14
Andrew Steiner (UT Physics Professor) –
The Physics of Gravitational Waves, Neutron Stars, Neutrons, and Protons
June 11
Robert Grzwacz
Tennessine, Our Own ‘Hometown’ Element
Beginning of the New Era of the Superheavy Element Research
July 9
Chuck Feigerle
The SNS Stripper, Electron Removal and the Transmutation from H minus to Protons.
August 12
Dr Brenda Pracheil
Environmental Information from the Bones of Fish - some mineralogical surprises
September 10
Leah Broussard
Dark Neutrons
October 8
Mark Dadmun
Better Plastic Solar Cells: Using Neutron Scattering to Characterize the Structure of Organic Photovoltaics
November 12
Dr. Tourassi
Artificial Intelligence for Computer-based Health Informatics
December
no meeting
2020
January 13
Neutron Scattering Investigations of Molecular Interactions with Surfaces of Nanomaterials -
The VISION Instrument at SNS
Dr. John Larese
February 11
Space Research at ORNL
Michael Smith
March 10
A New Tc-99 Production Facility at the K-25 Site (or similar title)
Carmen Bilges, President and CEO of Coqui Pharmaceuticals
April 28
Innovations for the Power Grid - Dr. Yilu Liu
This meeting is 2 weeks after the usual date and will be conducted remotely using Zoom due to covid. The 2-week delay is to have sufficient time to organize the Zoom meeting and distribute the announcement.
May 12
Innovations for the Power Grid (or similar)
Dr. Yilu Liu
May 12
The Science of Climate Change
Measurements and Modeling
Dr. Peter E. Thornton
Distinguished R&D Staff
Climate Change Science Institute and the Environmental Sciences Division
ORNL
June 9
Oak Ridge and Regional Natural Assets
Carol Evans
Executive Director
Legacy Parks Foundation
Knoxville and the East Tennessee Region
July 10
The Corona Virus
Research at ORNL on this Disruptive Disease
Dr. Jeremy C. Smith,
Governor's Chair and Director,
University of Tennessee/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Center for Molecular Biophysics,
July 14
Oak Ridge and Regional Natural Assets
Carol Evans
Executive Director
Legacy Parks Foundation
Knoxville and the East Tennessee Region
August 11
Addressing Covid at ORNL
Dr. Bart Iddins and John Powell of ORNL
September 8th
The Possibility of a Reactor in the Center of the Earth.
Dan Hollenbach
October 13
Printing a 3D Reactor
Terrani
ORNL Senior Staff Scientist
Director – Transformational Challenge Reactor - DOE
November 10
Dr. Mike Guidry
Astro Physics and Cosmology
UT
December
No meeting
2021
January 12th
Alan Lowe
Director – American Museum of Science and Energy
Plans, Visions, and Opening Plans for the AMSE
February 9th
Dr. Robert Compton
Exotic Molecules, Ions and Vacuum of Interstellar Space.
March 9th
Linda Kah
Planetary Geologist
Water on Mars, Findings of the Recent Mars Lander, the Helicopter Ingenuity.
The Mars probe lands on February 19th.
April 13th
Dr. Mark Littmann
Hill Professor of Science Writing
School of Journalism and Electronic Media
The University of Tennessee
Isaac Newton and Edmund Halley
an original play by Mark Littmann with 7 actors performed live
May 11
Climatic and Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear War
Even a Pakistan-India nuclear war could produce a global catastrophe
Dr. Alan Robock
Distinguished Professor
Chair-Elect, AGU College of Fellows, Associate Editor, *Reviews of Geophysics*
Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University