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Renewable energy and environmental conservation, sustainability, cancer research, genetics and genomics, diabetes and obesity, nanotechnology, space exploration, robotics, and K-12 science education. SCIENCE AND SOCIETY airs Mondays, 2PM to 3PM EASTERN. SCIENCE AND SOCIETY premiered in June 2003 and has presented interviews with more than 600 world leaders in science, industry, and education, including Nobel Laureates, best-selling authors, visionary executives, and Federal and State public policy makers.
Episodios
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Dr. Richard Stock, Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology, Barbara and Maurice A. Dean Prostate Health and Research Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Mount Sinai Hospital, 12-15-06
15/12/2006Prostate cancer, prostate brachytherapy, Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Richard Stock is a pioneer in the development of state-of-the-art approaches for radioactive seed implantation in the treatment of prostate cancer.He also coordinates combination approaches using radiation treatment and orchestrates related research programs.
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Dr. Paul MacCready, Founder and Chairman of the Board, AeroVironment, Inc., 12-8-06
08/12/2006Energy conservation, hybrid electric vehicles, solar power, free flight. Dr. Paul MacCready's team's first land vehicle was the GM Sunraycer, whose goal was to advance transportation technology that makes fewer demands on the earth's resources and environment. Dr. MacCready's achievements have brought him many honors, including the Lifetime Achievement Aviation Week Laureate Award. He was included in Time magazine's 'The Century's Greatest Minds' series 'on the 100 most influential people of the century'.
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Dr. Ken Goldberg, Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, UC Berkeley, and Founding Chair, Advisory Board, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science, 12-1-06
30/11/2006Automation, manufacturing, health care, IEEE. Dr. Ken Goldberg and his students work in two areas - Geometric Algorithms for Automation, and Networked Robots. In the area of Networked Robots, Dr. Goldberg and colleagues developed the first robot publicly operable via the Internet. He has published over 100 research papers and edited four books. Dr. Goldberg was named National Science Foundation Young Investigator in 1994 and NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow in 1995. He was elected IEEE Fellow in 2005.
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Dr. Clifford Dacso, John S. Dunn Sr. Research Chair in General Internal Medicine, The Methodist Hospital, and Distinguished Research Professor, College of Technology, University of Houston, 12-1-06
30/11/2006The Methodist Hospital, Mercy Medical Center, medical decision making, cancer therapy. Dr. Dacso is also Director of the Abramson Family Center for the Future of Health, a joint program between The Methodist Hospital Research Institute and the University of Houston College of Technology. Dr. Clifford Dacso has written a number of scholarly articles, is co-author of the 'Managed Care Answer Book' and is the creator of 'Now That You Have Cancer', a video designed to empower cancer patients and their families. Dr. Dacso is board-certified in internal medicine, infectious diseases and geriatric medicine.
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Jo Ann Caplin, Senior Lecturer, Department of Broadcast, Telecommunications, and Mass Media, Temple University, and President and Executive Producer, Science Television Workshop, 12-1-06
30/11/2006Science and Art Project, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Societie de Chimie Industrielle Fellowship. Ms. Jo Ann Caplin has had a distinguished career in television. As a producer for ABC News and CBS News she won two Emmys and two Peabody Awards for her work. Her areas of research are science education, and the relationships between science and art. She has lectured on 'Science and Art' all over the U.S. and in England. In the summer of 2006, she was invited to lecture at the Oxford Round Table.
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Dr. Andrew Fraknoi, Chair, Astronomy Program, Foothill College, 11-17-06
17/11/2006Pluto, planets, astronomy, science education. Dr. Andrew Fraknoi has given more than 400 public lectures on such topics as 'Why Falling into a Black Hole is a Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience.' For 14 years, Dr. Fraknoi served as the Executive Director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, an international scientific and educational organization founded in 1889. He also founded its newsletter for teachers, 'The Universe in the Classroom'. A prolific author, Dr. Fraknoi is the lead author of 'Voyages through the Universe', which has become one of the leading introductory astronomy textbooks in the world. In 1994, Dr. Fraknoi received the Annenberg Foundation Prize of the American Astronomical Society - the highest honor in the field of astronomy education.
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Dr. Doug Nelson, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 11-17-06
17/11/2006Virginia Tech Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team, fuel-efficient vehicles, alternate energy, Challenge X. Dr. Doug Nelson teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Fuel Cell Systems, Hydrogen Energy Systems, Advanced Technology Vehicles and Design. Dr. Nelson also is co-director of the Department of Energy GATE Center for Automotive Fuel Cell Systems, a multidisciplinary graduate automotive engineering program that focuses on technologies critical to the development of fuel-efficient - low-emission vehicles.
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Terry Tamminen, Author, Lecturer, and Strategist on Energy and the Environment, 11-13-06
13/11/2006Lives Per Gallon, alternative energy, climate change. In the summer of 2003, Terry Tamminen helped Arnold Schwarzenegger win the historic recall election and become Governor of California. He became Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency in November 2003 and was promoted to Cabinet Secretary, Chief Policy Advisor to the Governor, in December 2004. During his tenure with Governor Schwarzenegger, Mr. Tamminen helped launch some of the most progressive, successful, and laudable sustainable energy initiatives in the country. The environmental changes he implemented have left California a cleaner, healthier state with a cutting-edge reputation for policies that work for the good of the land and its citizens. In August 2006, Mr. Tamminen left the Schwarzenegger administration to focus on 'Lives Per Gallon'.
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Chuck Waterfield, Founder, MFI Solutions, 11-10-06
11/11/2006Microfinance, developing countries, technological innovation. Chuck Waterfield has worked for over 20 years in the area of microfinance in developing countries. He has developed 'Microfin', the most widely used financial projection and planning software for microfinance institutions, and he trains senior managers - worldwide - in how to develop business plans and use the software.
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Mark Modzelewski, Vice President of Strategic Opportunities, NanoDynamics, 11-10-06
11/11/2006Nanotechnology, alternative energy, nanoscale electronics. Mark Modzelewski is currently a member of the Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and previously served as a special assistant to Cabinet Secretaries Cisneros and Glickman during the Clinton administration. In 2001, Mr. Modzelewski founded the NanoBusiness Alliance, the first nanotechnology trade association, and continues to serve as its Executive Chairman.
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Professor Ed Schlesinger, Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 11-3-06
03/11/2006Nanotechnology, chip design, optical data storage. Professor Ed Schlesinger's research interests center on the fabrication and modeling of a wide variety of optical devices. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon's new Center for Memory Intensive Self Configuring Integrated Circuits intend to create intelligent, self-repairing nanoscale chip designs and architectures.
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The Honorable Debra Bowen, California State Senator (D, Redondo Beach), 11-3-06
03/11/2006California Secretary of State, electronic voting technology, elections legislation, opening government to the people. A lawmaker for more than a decade, Senator Debra Bowen continues to focus her attention on helping Californians improve their quality of life. Helping people take part in our democracy and get access to state government, giving them tools to protect their privacy and their pocketbook, and investing in California's natural resources and its children are the underlying themes that sum up Senator Bowen's overall approach to being a state lawmaker.
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Dr. Mario Paniccia, Senior Principal Engineer and Director, Photonic Technology Lab, Intel Corporation, 10-27-06
28/10/2006Intel, hybrid silicon laser, terabit computing, opto-electronics. Dr. Mario Paniccia's team is focused on developing silicon-based photonic building blocks for future use in enterprise and data center communications. Dr. Paniccia has won several awards including the 'Scientific American' Top 50 in 2004.
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Dr. William F. Carroll, Jr., American Chemical Society 2006 Immediate Past President, and Vice President, Chlorovinyl Issues, Occidental Chemical Corporation, 10-27-06
28/10/2006American Chemical Society, National Chemistry Week, science education. Dr. William Carroll has served on expert groups commissioned by the United Nations Environmental Program, the State of Florida, and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The American Chemical Society advances knowledge and research through scholarly publishing, scientific conferences, information resources for education and business, and professional development efforts.
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Professor Cliff Davidson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 10-20-06
19/10/2006Sustainability, engineering, architecture, life cycle assessment. Professor Cliff Davidson's research interests include sustainability as it applies to engineering and the environment; mathematical modeling and measurement of particle dry deposition from the atmosphere; and use of glacial records to understand historical air pollution trends.
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Dr. John Bahcall, Richard Black Professor Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, 2-23-05
18/10/2006Hubble Space Telescope, solar neutrinos, dark matter, dark energy. Dr. John Bahcall had a long and prolific career in astronomy and astrophysics, spanning five decades and the publication of more than 500 technical papers, books, and popular articles. Dr. Bahcall's original calculations of the expected neutrino output from the sun led to a long, experimental, and intellectual adventure that continues today. The 'solar neutrino problem' has yielded new insights in astrophysics and into the most basic forces of nature. Dr. Bahcall led a major effort to exploit the capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope in elucidating the properties of quasars, and is recognized for his theoretical work in many different areas of astrophysics, including models of the Galaxy and studies of dark matter.
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Dr. Frankie Wood-Black, Director of Consent Decree Compliance, ConocoPhillips, 10-13-06
15/10/2006Sustainability, atom economy, earth systems literacy. Dr. Frankie Wood-Black is a contributing editor of the Journal for Chemical Health and Safety with her coauthored column, 'CHAS Netways'. Dr. Wood-Black has coauthored a book entitled 'Emergency Preparedness Planning - A Primer for Chemists'.
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Dr. Miles Drake, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Air Products and Chemicals, 10-13-06
15/10/2006Society of Chemical Industry, alternate energy, advanced battery materials. Dr. Miles Drake discusses innovation and research in the chemical industry. Dr. Drake is chairman-elect of the Industrial Research Institute and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Dr. Gary Fedder, Howard M. Wilkoff Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, 10-6-06
08/10/2006MEMS, microrobotics, complex systems, sensors, actuators, nanotechnology. Professor Gary Fedder's research interests are in the multidisciplinary area of microelectromechanical systems, and focus primarily on design, fabrication, and control aspects of sensor- and actuator-based systems. He served as general co-chair of the 2005 IEEE MEMS Conference. Professor Fedder has contributed to over 100 research publications and several patents in the MEMS area.
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Dr. Steven Salzberg, Director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and Horvitz Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, 10-6-06
08/10/2006Avian flu, H5N1, human genome, stem cell research. Dr. Steven Salzberg was part of the team that published the human genome in 2001, and has participated in the sequencing of genomes from a long list of human pathogens, including the microbes responsible for anthrax, Lyme disease, tuberculosis, and malaria. In 2004, Dr. Salzberg was one of the founders of the Influenza Genome Sequencing Project, which is now in the process of sequencing thousands of isolates of the influenza virus, in an effort to help design better vaccines and to better understand the nature of influenza pandemics.