Ask a Scientist 2014

Ask a Scientist, 2014-­‐15 Wednesday, October 15 The Maven Mission to Mars Beverly Pierson Memorial High School Wednesday, November 19 Unmanned Aerial Systems: A Geospatial Revolution Joseph Hupy Department of Geography and Anthropology, UW-­‐Eau Claire Wednesday, December 17 From Sputnik to Shuttle: True Accounts from Two Generations of Rocket Scientists Rick Jurmain Co-­‐Founder, Realityworks Wednesday, January 14 From Energy Problems to Energy Solutions: How to Get There? Jim Boulter Department of Chemistry and Watershed Institute, UW-­‐Eau Claire Wednesday, February 18 The Genesis and Anatomy of Volcanic Plumbing Systems: Examples from the Western US and Canada Geoff Pignotta Department of Geology, UW-­‐Eau Claire Wednesday, March 18 Invasive Species Steve Curran Department of Geography and Geology, UW-­‐Barron County Wednesday, April 15 Pi is Transcendental – not like Emerson or Thoreau but in the math sense aBa Mbirika Department of Mathematics, UW-­‐Eau Claire