SMCAS

Earlier Speakers

Feb 1st 2008:   Dr. Devon Burr, SETI

                            The planetary habitability of Mars and Titan

Dec 7th 2007:   Dr. Friedemann Freund, NASA AMES, Carl Sagan Institute, SETI

                             All Those Organics Up in the Sky

Nov 2nd 2007:   Dr. Joe Barranco, SFSU

                             Proto Planetary Vortex

Oct 5th 2007:     Dr. Geoff Bower, UC Berkeley

                            Allen Telescope Array

Sep 7th 2007:  Norm Sperling

                           Back to the Future

Jun 1st 2007:   Dr. Tom Gates

                            40 years of Bay Area Astronomy

May 4th 2007:    Dr. David Peet, Physicist

                             The life and times of David Bohm

Apr 21st 2007:   Dr. Dale Cruikshank, NASA AMES

                            Spectroscopy and Ices

Apr 6th 2007:     Dr. Joshua Bloom, UC Berkeley

                             Giant Cosmic Explosions: The Gamma-ray Burst Boom

Mar 2nd 2007:    Richard Bennion, CCDWare

                              Astrophotography

Feb 2nd 2007    Prof Darryl Stanford,  Astronomy Professor, CSM

                             First Planetarium Show in the New Facility!

Jan 5th, 2007    Dean Drumheller,  Observatory and Planetarium Manager, CSM

                            Tour of the new Observatory

Jan 2007   The new CSM Planetarium opened, and SMCAS began meeting there.

Dec 1st 2006:    Dr. Marusa Bradac, Stanford SLAC

                             First Evidence for Dark Matter 

Nov 3rd 2006:    Dr. Jack Lissauer, NASA

                             Meteorites and the formation of the Solar System

Oct 6th 2006:     Bob Naeye, Editor Sky and Telescope

                             Update on Cassini and Saturn

Sep 1st 2006:   Ken Lum and Jaques Guertin

                            Eclipse Chasing Adventures

Jun 2nd 2006:   Dr. Michael Kelsey, Stanford - SLAC

                             Origin of Visable Matter in the Universe

May 6th 2006:    Dr. Scott Sandford, NASA

                             Project Stardust

May 5th 2006:    Mark Mir, University of San Francisco, Ricci Institute

                            The Mechanics of Heaven

Apr 7th 2006:      Dr. Tom Abel, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics

                             The First Thing in the Universe. Supercomputer visualizations

Feb 3rd 2006:    Dr. Nathalie Cabrol, NASA AMES Astrobiologist

                             Mars Rover Update

Jan 5th 2006:     Dr. Lynn Rothchild, NASA AMES Astrobiologist

                              Extremeophiles & life in the universe

Dec 2nd 2005:   Dr. Michael Peskin, SLAC - Theoretical Physicist

                             Dark Matter

Nov 4th 2005:    Dr. Eliot Quataert, UC Berkeley

                             Black Holes: The Science Behind the Science Fiction

Oct 7th, 2005     John Dillion, Director Randall Museum

                             Searching for the First Telescope

Sep 2nd, 2005   Bob Garfinkle, Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society

                             The Crab Nebula

Jul 16th, 2005    Ilona Magyary, SMCAS Program Director

                             Retrospective on Hubble Images

Jun 3rd, 2005    Dr. Jaques Guertin, Chemist & Eclipse Photographer

                             Eclipse Chasing Around the World

May 6th, 2005    Prof. Darryl Stanford,  Astronomy Professor CSM

                             Update on Comet Temple 1 Mission

Apr 16th, 2005   Dr. Cynthia Phillips, SETI

                             Cassini-Huygens Mission

Apr 1st, 2005     Ken Lum

                             History of the 20th Century Telescope

Mar 4th, 2005    Dr. Douglas Huggins,  NASA AMES Astrochemist

                             Planetary Nebulae:  Why They Look Like They Look

Feb 4th, 2005    Dr. Dana Backman,  NASA - Associate Director, SOFIA

                              Searching for Alien Earths

Jan 7th, 2005     Prof. Darryl Stanford, Astronomy Professor, CSM

                              Updates on Cassini/Huygens and Comet Macholz

Dec 3rd, 2004    Ken Frank, Sam Eddie,  Scope City

                             Astro Toys

Nov 15th, 2004  Dave Rodriques, Astro Wizard

                             Astro Wizardry

Nov 15th, 2004  Doug Brown,  VP Fremont Peak Observers Association (FPOA)

                             Mars Rover Mission

Nov 5th, 2004    Dr. William Borucki,  NASA Ames Planetary Systems

                             Kepler:  The Search for Extrasolar Planets

Oct 1st, 2004     Richard Bennion,  Ewell Observatory; CEO CCDWare

                             Astro Photography Without Film

Sep 3rd, 2004   Dr. Scott Sanford, Astrophysics Scientist,  NASA Ames

                            Stardust Spacecraft Encounter with Comet Wild II

Jun 4th, 2004   Dr. Mark Marley, Planetary Scientist,  NASA Ames

                            Exploring Brown Dwarfs and Extra Solar Giant Planets

May 7th, 2004   Dr. Michael Kelsey,  Physicist, SLAC

                            Spectroscopic Applications to Astronomy

Apr 24th, 2004   Richard Bennion & cast,  Ewell Observatory

                             Real Sky Star Show

Mar 5th, 2004   Tom Gates, Aerospace Education, NASA

                            Forty Years of Public Astronomy in the Bay Area:

                                        from Sputnik to the 2001 Theme song

Feb 4th, 2004   Dr. Alex Luebke,  Satellite Engineer,  Stramler Group, Inc.

                            Satellites, Rockets and Space Environments

Jan 9th, 2004   Prof. Darryl Stanford,  Astronomy Professor, CSM

                            Overview of Missions to Mars

Dec 5th, 2003   Dr. Chris McKay,  Space Scientist, NASA Ames

                            Astrobiology of Europa

Nov 7th, 2003   Dr. Virginia Gulick, SETI, NASA Ames

                            The New Era of Mars Exploration.

Oct 3rd, 2003    Prof. John Westfall,  SF State University, Geography

                            Transit of Venus

Sep 5th, 2003    Dr. Douglas Huggins, NASA Ames Astrochemistry lab, astrophysics branch

                             Top 10 Infrared Objects you can see thru your Telescope

Aug 27th, 2003  Dr. Jeff Moore, Planetary Scientist, NASA

                             Mars Overview and Thru the Telescope

Aug 1st, 2003   Dr. Manfred Bester, Space Sciences Dept, UC Berkeley

                           (missing title)

Jul 12th, 2003   Ernie Piini

                            My Life Chasing Total Solar Eclipses

Jun 3rd, 2003   Brad Lobitz, NASA Ames - Earth Science

                           An Introduction to Globular Clusters

May 10th, 2003  Dr. Tim Castellano, NASA Ames

                             (missing title)

May 10th, 2003  Norm Sperling, Author/lecturer

                             What Astronomy Books Don't Tell You

May 10th, 2003  Tim Tully, Multimedia author

                              Universe DVD

May 2nd, 2003   Darryl Stanford & Mike Ryan

                             Introduction to Amatuer Astronomy' 5/15 Total Lunar Eclipse

Apr 4th, 2003    Dr. Ron Marzke,  SF State University

                            Galactic Evolution

Mar 7th, 2003  Dr. Alexander G. Kosovichev, Sr. Research Scientist, Stanford University

                           Unlocking the Mystery of Sunspots

Feb 7th, 2003  Mike Ryan, SMCAS

                            How Do They Do That?  Learn So Much About the Universe From a Distance

Jan 3rd, 2003   Norm Sperling, Author/Lecturer

                            What Astronomy Books Don't Tell You

Dec 2nd, 2002  Dr. Andrew Mattioda,  NASA Ames Astrochemistry lab

                             Chemistry of the Stars

Dec 2nd, 2002  Tim Tully, Multimedia author

                             The Universe DVD

Nov 1st, 2002    Dr. Steven Stahler,  Astrophysicist, UC Berkeley

                              How Stars are Made

Oct 4th, 2002    Robert Naeye,  Editor Mercury Magazine

                             Solving the Universe's Mysteries Through Extra Dimensions

Sep 6th 2002    Dr. Gibor Basri,  UC Berkeley

                            What is a Planet

Aug 2nd, 2002  Dr Adrienne Cool,  SF State University

                            Globular Clusters

Jul 13th, 2002   Dr. Virginia Gulick, SETI PI, NASA Ames

                             Mars and Upcoming Missions

Jun 2nd, 2002   Dr. Manfred Bester,  UC Berkeley

                              The HESSI Project (High Energy Spectroscopic Imager)

May 3rd, 2002    Missing speaker and title

Apr 5th, 2002    Dr. Peter Backus, SETI

                             SETI: On the Brink of Discovery?

Mar 1st, 2002    Missing speaker and title

Feb 1st, 2002   David Rodriques, Morrison Planetarium

                            Space Art:  The Works of Chesley Bonestall

Feb 2002  SMCAS began meeting in the CSM Planetarium (old bldg 13)

Sep 2001        Dr. Jeff Cuzzi, NASA

                         Ring and Planet Formation

Jul 2001         Dr. David Morrison,  NASA Ames

                        Near Earth Asteroids

May 2001      Dr. Carl Pennypacker, LHS-LBS

                        Discovery of Astrophysics

Feb 2001      Robert Naeye, Editor Mercury Magazine

                        The Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Jan 2001       Dr. Michael Kelsey,  SLAC

                        Measuring Gravity: Traditional Ideas and Current Research

This list assembled courtesy of SMCAS member Marion Weiler.