School of Science and Engineering launches 2004-2005 colloquium series with astronomer

The School of Science and Engineering launched its 2004-2005 colloquium series on Thursday, Sept. 23, with a lecture titled "Hubble Optics, Astronomy and Mars," presented by NASA astronomer Dr. H. John Wood.

Astronomer Wood works for the Optics Branch at Goddard Space Flight Center, where he has been Optics Lead Engineer on the Hubble Space Telescope Project since 1990. It was Wood who oversaw the design of the corrective optics that rescued the Hubble Space Telescope shortly after its launch.

Wood was the first presenter of five cutting-edge scientific topics over the course of the year: game theory, sustainable agro-ecology, computer software agents and stem cell research, will all presented by leading scientists in these fields, said David Clark, mathematics professor and associate dean of the School of Science and Engineering. These lectures have been designed for a general scientific audience and are given by leading scientists who are available to meet faculty and students during their visits.

Each lecture will begin at 4 p.m. in the Coykendall Science Building and will be followed by a reception in the CSB Lounge. The public is invited to these colloquia at no charge.

Future lectures scheduled for the series are: "Games People Don’t Play," on Nov. 4; "Agent Based Systems - the Future of Computer Science?" on Feb. 10, 2005; "Sustainable Agro-Ecology: Feeding the World with Minimal Environmental Impact," on March 17, 2005; and "Stem Cell Research: Controlling Heart and Blood Development," on April 21, 2005

For more information, contact Clark at x3728 or visit the School of Science and Engineering on the Web at www.newpaltz.edu/sse.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
Volume 2, Issue 17

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