Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lectures
October 2017
Optical Atomic Clock and Applications |
Professor Jun Ye, JILA, NIST and University of Colorado
Cold Molecules - A New Playground for Quantum and Chemical Physics |
Professor Jun Ye, JILA, NIST and University of Colorado
November 2016
Einstein, Gravitational Waves and Black Holes |
Gabriela Gonzalez, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Spokesperson for the LIGO Collaboration, Louisiana State University
Searching for -- and Finding! Gravitational Waves |
Gabriela Gonzalez, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Spokesperson for the LIGO Collaboration, Louisiana State University
November 2015
The Voyager Journey to Interstellar Space |
Edward C. Stone, David Morrisroe Professor of Physics, Vice Provost for Special Projects, California Institute of Technology
Voyager Explores the Edge of Interstellar Space |
Edward C. Stone, David Morrisroe Professor of Physics, Vice Provost for Special Projects, California Institute of Technology
October 2014
Black Holes |
Professor Ramesh Narayan, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, Harvard University
Astrophysical Black Holes |
Professor Ramesh Narayan, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, Harvard University
November 2013
Booms, Burps & Bumps: The Dynamic Universe |
Professor Shrinivas Kulkarni, McArthur Professor of Astronomy & Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology
There Is More Room Sideways |
Professor Shrinivas Kulkarni, McArthur Professor of Astronomy & Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology
November 2012
Perspectives on the First Billion Years of Lunar Evolution from Spacecraft |
Maria Zuber, E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Water on the Moon |
Maria Zuber, E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
October 2011
NASA at mid-life: The future of human space exploration |
Dr. Charles F. Kennel, Chair of the National Academies Space Studies Board
Managing Climate Risk: Precarious Decades Ahead |
Dr. Charles F. Kennel, Chair of the National Academies Space Studies Board
October 2010
Astronaut Preparation |
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel, Robert L. Behnken
Missions to the International Space Station |
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel, Robert L. Behnken
October 2009
Mars as the Abode of Life? |
Andrew H. Knoll, Fisher Professor of Natural History and Professor Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
October 2008
Mars: Environments, Habitability, and Life |
Raymond E. Arvidson, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Washington University in St. Louis