September 29, 2011 鈥 Dr. Stuart S.P. Parkin
IBM Research Centre, San Jose, California 鈥 鈥淭he Spin on Electronics! The Science and Technology of Spin Currents in Nano-materials and Nano-devices.鈥
September 22, 2010 鈥 Dr. Thomas E. Mason
Director, Oak Ridge National Library, and President & CEO, UT-Battelle, LLC 鈥 鈥淧owering the 21st Century: Sustainable Energy Solutions.鈥
November 12, 2009 鈥 Dr. David Keith
Dept. of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, and Dept. of Economics, University of Calgary鈥- 鈥淒angerous Abundance: Navigating the Twin Challenges of Oil Scarcity and Climate Change.鈥
September 18, 2008 鈥 Dr. Don Eigler鈥
IBM Almaden Research Centre, San Jose, California -鈥ㄢ漈he Small Frontier.鈥
October 10, 2007 鈥 Dr. Lisa Randall鈥
Professor of Physics, Harvard University鈥- 鈥淲arped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions.鈥
September 28, 2006 鈥 Dr. Gerhard Ertl (Nobel Laureate 2007)
Dept. of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin 鈥 鈥淔rom Simple Atoms to the Complexity of Nature: Reactions at Surfaces.鈥
October 6, 2005 鈥 Dr. Art McDonald鈥 (Nobel Laureate 2015)
Queen's University & The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute (SNOI) 鈥 鈥淓xploring the Universe from Deep Underground.鈥
September 30, 2004 鈥 Dr. Kerry Emanuel鈥
Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 鈥 鈥淧redicting Hurricanes and Hurricane Risk: Is Juan a Sign of More to Come?鈥
October 17, 2003 鈥 Dr. Peter Fromherz
Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany 鈥 鈥淏rains & Chips: Computer Neuron Interfacing.鈥
October 25, 2002 鈥 Dr. Mark Reed鈥
Yale University 鈥 鈥淭he Coming Age of Nanoelectronics.鈥
February 1, 2002 鈥 Professor Carlo Montemagno鈥
UCLA -鈥"Convergence: Integrating Modern Biology with Modern Engineering and Physics."
October 11, 2000 鈥 Professor Steven Chu (Nobel Laureate in 1997)鈥
"The Laser Cooling and Trapping of Atoms and Biomolecules."
September 14, 1999 鈥 Professor Douglas Osheroff (Nobel Laureate 1996)鈥
"Superfluidity in Helium Three: The Discovery through the eyes of a Graduate Student."
September 21, 1998 鈥 Professor Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (Nobel Laureate 1991)鈥
"Bubbles, Foams and Other Fragile Objects"
October 2, 1997 鈥 Professor Michael Grunze 鈥
"Manipulating the Solid Liquid Interface from Sensors to Lithography."
October 4, 1996 鈥 Professor Joseph Taylor (Nobel Laureate 1993)
"Binary Pulsars and Einstein's Gravity: The Layman's Guide to a Modern Astrophysical Experiment."
October 13, 1995 鈥 Professor Melissa Franklin
"Strong Forces, Small Distances & Large Hands: Putting the Finishing Touches on Quarks."
October 28, 1994 鈥 Dr. George Bednorz (Nobel Laureate 1987)鈥
"High Tc Superconductivity: A Challenge for Science and Technology."
October 8, 1993 鈥 Professor N. David Mermin鈥
"The Vision of Einstein: The Caution of Bohr."
October 9, 1992 鈥 Dr. Heinrich Rohrer (Nobel Laureate 1986)
"Possibilities of Miniaturization"
October 4, 1991 鈥 Professor Leo P. Kadanoff鈥
"Snatching Chaos From Order: Complex Results from Simple Systems."
September 28, 1990 鈥 Professor Robert J. Birgeneau鈥
"High Tc Superconductivity Comes in from the Cold."
October 27, 1989 鈥 Professor Ernst Bauer鈥
"The Many Faces of a Surface"
October 14, 1988 鈥 Dr. Willard S. Boyle鈥 (Nobel Laureate 2009)
"Ingredients for Innovation"
October 9, 1987 鈥 Professor Rudolf L. M枚ssbauer (Nobel Laureate 1961)鈥
"The Solar Neutrino Puzzle."
October 3, 1986 鈥 Professor Michael E. Fisher鈥
"Universality and Singularity: Phase Transitions and Our Understanding of the Physical World."
November 4, 1985 鈥 Professor Werner Israel鈥
"A Romp through Relativity and Cosmology."
October 7, 1984 鈥 Professor Ronald W. P. Drever鈥
"The Search for Gravitational Radiation from the Stars: New Developments Using Laser Interferometry."
September 22, 1983 鈥 Professor Arthur L. Schawlow (Nobel Laureate 1981)鈥
"Spectroscopy in a New Light."
October 28, 1982 鈥 Professor Val L. Fitch (Nobel Laureate 1980)鈥
"Matter Antimatter Asymmetry."
October 15, 1981 鈥 Professor Edward M. Purcell (Nobel Laureate 1952)鈥
"Life in the Magnetic Field."
October 3, 1980 鈥 Professor Chen Ning Yang (Nobel Laureate 1957)鈥
"Gauge Fields: Generalization of Electromagnetism."
September 24, 1979 鈥 Professor Sir Brian Pippard鈥
"The Ivory Tower under Seige."
October 12, 1978 鈥 Professor Freeman Dyson鈥
"The End of the Universe."
September 19, 1977 鈥 Dr. Ivar Giaever (Nobel Laureate 1973)鈥
"Surface Physics and Immunology."
