Sigma Xi Lectures
Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center

2011

Wednesday, 15 June 2011, 10:00 - 11:00, Grant Conference Center

Dr William Porter Memorial Lecture
Annual Meeting of Natick Chapter of Sigma Xi

Nutrition: The Missing Link
Nancy Clark MS, RD, CSSD
Sports Nutrition Services, Boston, MA


Thursday, 26 May 2011, 10:00 - 11:00, Grant Conference Center
Understanding Suicide and Self-Injury(Tentative)
Prof. Matthew K. Nock
Department of Psychology
Director of the Laboratory for Clinical and Developmental Research
Harvard University

Thursday, 21 April 2011, 10:00 - 11:00, Grant Conference Center
Violence and Security: From Preschool through College
Prof. James Alan Fox
Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy
Northeastern University

Thursday, 24 March 2011, 10:00 - 11:00, Grant Conference Center
Afghanistan: Problems, Prospects
Prof. Thomas Barfield
Department of Anthropology
Director of the Institute for the Study of Islamic Societies and Civilizations
President of the American Institute for Afghanistan Studies.
Boston University

Wednesday, 23 February 2011, 10:00 - 11:00, USARIEM Conference Room
Nanomaterials-based Magnetic Relaxation Switch Biosensors
2011 February Sigma Xi Lecture
Dr. Tom Lowery
VP, Diagnostics R&D
T2 Biosystems, Lexington, MA

Wednesday, 26 January 2011, 10:00 - 11:00, Grant Conference Center
Biomaterials to Probe Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype for Vascular Tissue Engineering
Prof. Joyce Wong
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Boston University


2010

Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 10:00 - 11:00, Grant Conference Center
The Biomechanics and Evolution of Running (barefoot and shod) and its relevance to the Army
Prof. Daniel E. Lieberman
Department of Human Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University

Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 10:00 - 11:00, Building 4 - D 200
Nanocomposites for tissue surrogacy and tunable energy dissipation
Prof. Krystyn J. Van Vliet
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Department of Biological Engineering
MIT

Monday, 25 October 2010, 10:00 - 11:00, USARIEM Conference Room
Bioelectronics
Prof. Rahul Sarpeshkar
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
MIT

Thursday, 23 September 2010, 10:00 - 11:00, USARIEM Conference Room
Direct Sensing of Biomolecular Interactions Using Novel Fluorescent Nanoscale Probes
Prof. T.J. (Lakis) Mountziaris
Professor and Head, Department of Chemical Engineering
Director of the UMass Nanomedicine Institute
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 10:00 - 11:00, USARIEM Conference Room
Molecular Level Studies on Biological Molecules at Interfaces Using Linear and Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopic Techniques
Prof. Zhan Chen
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 10:00 - 11:00, USARIEM Conference Room
Molecular Network, Disease, Disorder, and Nutrition Information Systems
Prof. D. Frank Hsu
Clavius Distinguished Professor of Science
Professor of Computer and Information Sciences
Fordham University, New York

Thursday, 10 June 2010, 10:00 – 11:00, Room D-200

Dr William Porter Memorial Lecture
Annual Meeting of Natick Chapter of Sigma Xi

In Situ Chemistry & Mechanics of Surface Foulants
Dr. Kathryn Wahl
Head, Molecular Interfaces & Tribology Section, Chemistry Division
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC

Tuesday, 25 May April 2010, 10:00 – 11:00, USARIEM Conference Room
Metasystem for the study of Host-Microbe Adaptations
Dr. Suresh Gopalan
Department of Molecular Biology,
Massachusetts General Hospital &
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

Friday, 16 April 2010, 10:00 – 11:00, Grant Conference Center
Violence in the Lives of American Soldiers Before Enlistment, During Service, and After Discharge: Making Optimal Use of Current Knowledge
Professor Alice LoCicero
Chair, Social Science
Endicott College, Beverly
Founding President, Society for Terrorism Research

Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 10:00-11:00, USARIEM Conference Room
Are “Functional Foods” a Fad?
Dr. Oliver Chen
Scientist, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Tufts University

Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 10:00-11:00, R 101 – ILSC Conference room
Manipulating Proteins to Guide Tissue Growth
Maj. Luis Alavarez, Ph. D.
Science Advisor Natick Soldier RDEC and
Visiting Scientist, Department of Biological Engineering, MIT

Thursday, 14 January 2010, 10:00 – 11:00, R-301
Basal Forebrain Influences on Cortical Circuitry
Dr. Jeanine Hinterneder
Post Doctoral Fellow - Neuroscience
Center for Behavioral Genomics
Brandeis University

2009

Thursday, 17 December 2009, 10:00 – 11:00, R-301
Structure Evolution, Materials Synthesis and Applications in Mixed-surfactant Colloids
Prof. Arijit Bose
Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Rhode Island

Thursday, 5 November 2009, 10:00 – 11:00, R-301
Hierarchical Self-assembly at the Nanoscale
Dr. Banahalli Ratna
Director, Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington DC

Thursday, 22 October 2009, 10:00 – 11:00, R-301
Exploring the genetic basis for odour perception
Dr. Sara Jaeger
The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited
New Zealand

Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 10:00 – 11:00, R-301
Soybean New Uses Developments
Robina Hogan
United Soybean Board
Omni Tech International LTD

Wednesday, 26 August 2009, 2:00 – 3:00, R-301
Smart Textiles for Protective Clothing and Sports Apparel
Dr. René Rossi
Laboratory for Protection and Physiology
EMPA – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research

Monday, 29 June 2009, 10:00 – 11:00, R-301

Dr William Porter Memorial Lecture
Annual Meeting of Natick Chapter of Sigma Xi

Music, Brain and Culture
Prof. Jamshed Bharucha
Provost and Senior Vice President
Tufts University

Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 10:00 – 11:00, Grant Conference Center
Multi-Tasking in the Workplace: Tasks, Information, and Interaction Contexts
Prof. Gloria Mark
Department of Informatics
University of California, Irvine

Thursday, 30 April 2009, 10:00 – 11:00, R-301
Musings on Energy
Prof. Grétar Tryggvason
Head, Mechanical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 10:00 – 11:00, R-301
Nature-Inspired Superhydrophobic and Superoleophobic Surfaces
Prof. W. (Marshall) Ming
Materials Science Program
University of New Hampshire

Thursday, 26 February 2009, 1:00 – 2:00, Grant Conference Center
Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Health: Why are Americans not Healthier?
Prof. Miriam Nelson
Director, John Hancock Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition
Tufts University

Thursday, 29 January 2009 1:00-2:00, R-301
Novel Approaches to Food Risk Analysis
Prof. Maria Corradini
University of Argentina
Food Science Advisor, International Life Sciences Institute

2008

Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 10:00-11:00, R-301
Aging Well: Promoting Cognitive and Functional Health
Professor Margie E. Lachman
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology
Brandeis University

Friday, November 14, 2008 1:00-2:00, R-301
Self-assembling Protein Nanostructures – Incorporating Active Functionality
Professor Juliet A. Gerrard
School of Biological Sciences
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand

Thursday, October 30, 2008, 10:00-11:00, R-301
A Day at the Site, Looking Back 7 Years at 9/11
Dr. Jonathan Barnett
Fire Safety Expert
Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
Waltham, MA

Thursday, October 9, 2008, 10:00-11:00, R-301
Food Technology, Food Psychology:
Ancel Keys and the World War II Development of the K Ration
Professor Sarah W. Tracy
Reach for Excellence Associate Professor of Honors and the History of Medicine Director, Medical Humanities Program
Honors College, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 10:00-11:00, R-301
Assays of brain structure and function: Integrating methods for neurotoxicology
Prof. Roberta F. White
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health
Boston University School of Public Health

Thursday, May 22, 2008, 10:00-11:00, R-301
Programming Cells In-situ
Prof. David Mooney
Gordon McKay Professor of Bioengineering
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Harvard University

Friday, May 2, 2008, 10:00-11:00, D-200
Designing oleophobic surfaces
Prof. Robert Cohen
St. Laurent Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thursday, March 27, 2008, 10:00-11:00, R-301
Riddles of the Wrist: What Do Human and “Hobbit” Hands Tell Us about Human Evolutionary History?
Dr. Matthew Tocheri
Department of Anthropology
The Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History

Thursday, February 28, 2008, 14:00-15:00, R-301
What are the ethical limits to human enhancement through nanotechnology?
Prof. James Moor
Professor of Philosophy
Dartmouth College, NH

Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 10:00-11:00, SSC Conference Center
Performing science in low earth orbit:
What is it like, what has been learned and what is the potential?
Prof. Al Sacco, Jr.
Astronaut/Payload Specialist in Columbia Mission STS-73
George A. Snell Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Director, Center for Advanced Microgravity Materials Processing, Northeastern University

2007

Thursday, December 13, 2007, 09:30-10:30, R-301
Brain wiring and brain function
Prof. Mriganka Sur
Sherman Fairchild Professor of Neuroscience
Head, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT

Wednesday, November 7, 2007, 10:00-11:00, Hunter Auditorium
Current issues on trans fats
Dr. Walter Willett
Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition
Chair, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 11:00-12:00, R-301
Dripping, Jetting, Drops and Wetting: The magic of microfluidics
Prof David Weitz
Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Harvard University