2005–06 Distinguished Women Scientists and
Engineers Speakers Program

Naomi Oreskes

Associate Professor, Department of History and the Program in Science Studies, University of California, San Diego

Sept. 15: Consensus in Science: How Do We Know We're Not Wrong?

Sept. 16: Science and Security Before the Atomic Bomb: The Case of Harald Sverdrup

Helen Reed

Professor and chair, Department of Aerospace Engineering,
Texas A&M University

Dec. 2: Stability of Three-Dimensional Boundary Layers: Experiments and Computations

Wendy Silk

Professor of Water Science and Quantitative Plant Biology,
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California-Davis

Dec. 14: Biomechanics of Plant Habitat

Jane Maienschein

Regents' Professor and Parents Association Professor, School of Life Sciences; Director, Center for Biology and Society, Arizona State University

April 27: The Embryo Project: A Virtual Laboratory for Understanding Developmental
Science and its Contexts

Iwona Jasiuk

Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

May 5: Trabecular Bone as a Hierarchical Structural Composite Material