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Date	Speaker	Topic	Location
January 10, 1997	Frederick Jelinek JHU- Dept. of Comp. Eng.	Speech Related Research in the U.S. » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
January 17, 1997	Gilbert B. Chapman, II Chrysler Corp.	Nondestructive Evaluation of Automotive Materials » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
January 24, 1997	Paul Richards Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University	The Rotation of Earth's Inner Core » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
January 31, 1997	Daniel Kleppner M.I.T	Bose-Einstein Condensation » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
February 7, 1997	Peter Shor AT&T Laboratories	Quantum Computing and Error Correction » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
February 14, 1997	Vera C. Rubin Carnegie Institution of Washington	Multispin Galaxies » Overview	Kossiakoff Center
February 28, 1997	Fred H. Proctor NASA Langley Research Center	Interaction of Aircraft Wakes with the Ground and Atmosphere » Overview	Kossiakoff Center
March 7, 1997	Lucy-Ann McFadden Astronomy Dept. - Univ. of MD - College Park	Making Sense of Remote Sensing of Planetary Surfaces » Overview	Kossiakoff Center
March 14, 1997	Daniel H. Reich Physics & Astronomy Dept. - JHU	Magnetism in Arrays of Superconducting Rings » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
March 21, 1997	Dava Sobel Author	Longitude » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
April 4, 1997	George D. Rose Dept. of Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry - JHU	Protein Folding » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
April 11, 1997	Edward R. Scheinerman Dept. of Mathematical Science - JHU	Circular Reasoning: From Partially Ordered Sets to Special Relativity » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
April 18, 1997	Paul D. Feldman Henry A. Rowland Dept. of Physics & Astron. - JHU	Recent Observations of Comets » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
April 25, 1997	Robin Blumberg Selinger Catholic University of America	Why Things Bend » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
May 2, 1997	David Bloom Harvard University	Demographic Transitions and Economic Miracles » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
May 9, 1997	Jeffrey D. Abramson Brandeis University	Electronic Democracy: Implications of the New Technologies » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
May 16, 1997	Robert W. Farquhar APL-JHU	Missions to Comets and Asteroids: Past, Present and Future » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
October 3, 1997	Wayne A. Bryden Applied Physics Laboratory - JHU	Tiny TOF Mass Spectrometer for Biosensing » Overview	Kossiakoff Center
October 10, 1997	Kenneth Dere Naval Research Laboratory	Solar Corona & Solar Wind: A New View » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
October 17, 1997	R. Dean Astumian Univ. of Chicago	Brownian Motion & Biomolecular Motors » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
October 24, 1997	Michael Kleinberger Natl. Highway Traffic Safety Admin.	Safety of Automobile Passengers: Biomechanical Testing & Analysis » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
October 31, 1997	Robert Kanigel Author	The Enigma of Efficiency » Overview	Kossiakoff Center
November 7, 1997	Stephen D. Senturia M.I.T.	MEMS: Past Successes & Future Challenges » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
November 14, 1997	A. Frederick Hasler GSFC/NASA	Atmospheric Dynamics Observed by GOES Satellites » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
November 21, 1997	Glenn S. Edwards Vanderbilt University	Vibrational Dynamics and Laser Surgery » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
December 5, 1997	Raul Fainchtein Applied Physics Laboratory - JHU	Think Small to Improve MRI » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
December 12, 1997	Roger Crouch NASA	Microgravity Experiments: Adventures of an Astronaut » Overview	Parsons Auditorium
December 19, 1997	Marc H. Brodsky American Institute of Physics	The Role of Scientific Societies in the Changing World » Overview	Kossiakoff Center