25 February 2005

More from the Third Citizen Science Conference Photo Album (Page 2)

The third annual Citizen Science Conference was held at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas on 13-15 January 2005. The first page of a virtual photo album of the conference appeared in The Citizen Scientist issue of 11 February 2005. Here we present page 2 of the virtual album. The photos are randomly selected. Watch for more photos from the conference virtual album in subsequent issues of The Citizen Scientist.


Dr. Paul MacCready and Heather Smith, Director of Program Development for LABRats, Society for Amateur Scientists. Click image to enlarge.

Steve Hansen, editor and publisher of The Bell Jar , presented an insightful talk on "Vacuum Technology and the Amateur." Click image to enlarge.

Dr. Shawn Carlson, Executive Director of the Society for Amateur Scientists, introduced speakers and moderated questions. He also spoke about LABRats, hosted the Benjamin Franklin Banquet and worked closely on conference details with Denise Todd and Heather Smith. Click image to enlarge.


Aleta Karstad, an artist, writer and naturalist, presented a talk about the Bishop Mills Natural History Centre in Ontario, Canada. She also showed her latest commercial project, a superbly designed field notebook called "The Nature Journal. Click image to enlarge.

Natalie Vollrath and John Powell of JP Aerospace. John spoke about his company's highly successful program of flying student ping pong ball payloads on stratospheric balloons in "Airships to Orbit (ATO) and Ping Pong Balls." Click image to enlarge.

Dr. Shawn Carlson listens to Diana DiAngelino and Andrew Dow explain their poster session project on "Fractal Dimension of Crystal Structures." Click image to enlarge.

Aleta Karstad looks on as Scott Little makes a point during a question and answer session. Click image to enlarge.

Cindy Lee Duckert and Reggie Smith visit during a break in the lectures. Click image to enlarge.

Todd Newburger presented a poster project on student-centered ecological monitoring in a national park. Click image to enlarge.

Photographs by Forrest M. Mims III.
   
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