SIGMA XI, THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SOCIETY,
…..HANSCOM CHAPTER….. Fostered Research Excellence at the Air Force Research Laboratory and the MIT Lincoln Laboratory for 59 Years
Nominations for Young Investigator Award
Vice President: Anthony Midey, Ph. D. Excellims Corp., 20 Main St., Acton, MA 01720. Work phone: 978-264-1980, x156. amideyjr@gmail.com
President: Paul H. Carr, Ph. D. AFRL/RYHA, paul.carr2@comcast.net
Secretary: Robert Hartwell, Ph. D. hartwellreh@earthlink.net
Treasurer: Irving Michael, Ph. D. Telephone: 781 275 7634
ANNUAL BANQUET:
30 April 2011, FINAL BANQUET Dr. Mark T. Maybury, Air Force Chief Scientist, “SMART PEOPLE, SMART SYSTEMS, SMART POWER” SigmaXi_AF chief scientist addresses final banquet.htm
18 Oct 2009., Prof. James M. Moran, Chairman of the Astronomy Department, Donald H. Menzel Professor of Astrophysics at Harvard University, & Senior Scientist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES
26 Oct 08, Dr. Charles W. Forsberg, Executive Director, MIT Nuclear Fuel Cycle Project
Nuclear-Fossil, Nuclear-Bio, Nuclear-Renewable Futures Photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/henryhonda57/SigmaXiBanquet102608#
28 Oct 07 "Cape Wind Energy Project." Mark Rogers
2006 October 29, Prof. Eric J. Heller, Harvard University Professor of Chemistry & Physics
Picture Perfect: Persuasion, Politics, and Prejudice Surrounding the Scientific Image, 1800 - 2006
2005 October 16: Prof. Owen Gingerich, Harvard University Research Professor of Astronomy & the History of Science, Senior Astronomer Emeritus, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicholas Copernicus………….See Banquet Photos
To buy prints from Club Photo, Contact Paul Carr at henryhonda57@comcast.net
2004: Prof. Alan Guth, MIT Victor F. Weisskopf Professor of Physics, Winner of the 2004 Cosmology Prize of the Peter Gruber Foundation
The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a Theory of Cosmic Origins
2003: MGen. Ret. Patrick Sculley, D. D. S. Executive Director of Sigma Xi, inducted New Members including
MGen Paul Nielsen, Commander AF Research Laboratory, who gave the keynote address
A Career in Research: The Privileges and the Responsibilities
Photos by Donald Hunton