The Marquee Courses in Science and Technology:
Invited Speakers 2009
In Marquee courses, students connect their learning to real world issues by inviting speakers who bring their expertise to the student experience.
BSCI 120 The Insects: Pollinators in Crisis
Mike Embrey is a State extension expert and international consultant on honeybees
Jay Evans Ph.D. is behind the Honey Bee Genome project and is a staff scientist at the USDA-ARS Honey Bee lab in Beltsville
ENMA 150 the Materials of Civilization
Dr. Timothy Foeke, National Institute of Standards and Technology, "What Really Sank The Titanic? - A Materials Science Analysis"
Dr. Blythe McCarthy, Andrew W. Mellon Senior Scientist Department of Conservation and Scientific Research Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Smithsonian Institution "Materials Science in an Art Museum: Conservation Science at the Freer and Sackler Galleries"
Dr. Steven Pollack, Deputy Director, Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, Food and Drug Administration "Materials in the Body: Materials Science of Medical Devices"
Gary Rubloff, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering "What is Nanotechnology?"
Bob Kackley, Engineering and Physical Science Library, "Introduction
to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Library."
ENEE 132 Engineering Issues in Medicine
Robert J. Bonenberger, Coordinator, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland "Understanding and measuring the strength of bones"
Erik Hanson, Advisor, Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland "Understanding and measuring the strength of human muscles – an experiment"
Ben Hurley, Professor of Kinesiology
Bob Kackley, Reference Librarian, University of Maryland, "Effective information searching methods"
Suchi Sood, Graduate Assistant, Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland
