Wednesday, 13 Mar 2013
Technological Entrepreneurship: A Key to World Peace and Prosperity - Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman
Dan Shechtman, an Iowa State Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering and research scientist at Ames Laboratory, won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The honor was awarded for his discovery of quasicrystals, crystalline materials with a periodic atomic structure deemed impossible in modern crystallography. He is also the Philip Tobias Distinguished Professor of Materials Science at the Technion - Israel Institute of...
Plant Breeding Seminar
*Danielle Dykema, Epistasis in flowering time genes in Arabidopsis
Soil Seminar
Carlos Tenesaca, "Corn cob bales and loose cobs storage in field effects on subsequent crop growth and soil health"
Designing Relationships
In conjunction with an exhibition of the firm's work in the College of Design's Gallery 181, Iowa State University architecture alumnus Jon Pickard, principal of Pickard Chilton, addresses how the relationships the firm builds with clients, consultants and construction professionals are translated into the design of its buildings and offers insights gleaned from working with a global and culturally diverse clientele.