08 April 2005

Wrapping Up the Third Citizen Science Conference Photo Album (Page 5)

The third annual Citizen Science Conference was held at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas on 13-15 January 2005. The first four pages of a virtual photo album of the conference appeared in The Citizen Scientist issues of 11 February, 25 February, 11 March and 25 March 2005. Here we present the final page of the virtual album. The photos are randomly selected.
Dr. Shawn Carlson, Executive Director of the Society for Amateur Scientists, Dr. Paul MacCready and Heather Smith, Director of Program Development for LABRats. Click image to enlarge.
Pete Friedrichs spoke about his work developing functional electronic components using simple methods. Click image to enlarge.
Reggie Smith asks a question during a presentation session. Click image to enlarge.
Dr. Garry Mahon is a research geneticist with the European Union in Luxemburg. He has a strong statistics background, and he spoke about the statistical relationship of "Thrombosis and Cancer." Click image to enlarge.
Dr. Alanah Woody, Executive Director of the Nevada Rock Art Foundation and Collections Manager in the Anthropology Program at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City, Nevada, spoke about problems in preserving Native American rock art. Click image to enlarge.
John Powell, Founder and President of JP Aerospace, described his innovative methods for transporting miniature payloads to the edge of space and beyond. Click image to enlarge.
Dr. Lin Chambers of NASA's Langley Research Center spoke on "Opportunities for Citizen Scientists to Investigate the Earth's Atmosphere." Click image to enlarge.
William Appleby spoke about his research into the destruction of the Hindenburg dirigible. Bill's article on his Hindenburg research , and an accompanying editorial , were published in the 17 December 2005 issue of The Citizen Scientist. Click image to enlarge.
Tyler Terrasi, one of the youngest attendees at the conference, offered insightful comments about some of the talks. Click image to enlarge.
Mark Streitman, President of New Jersey Chapter of the Society for Amateur Scientists , spoke on "The Foucault Pendulum from the First SAS Conference to a Commercial Product." Mark also assisted with the computer and the video projection system. Click image to enlarge.
Photographs by Forrest M. Mims III.
   
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