Welcome to Sigma Xi in Boulder
The University of Colorado chapter represents a merger with
chapters at the federal research laboratories in Boulder and at the IBM
laboratories in Longmont. We enjoy a diverse
membership of practical and academic scientists and engineers. We
encourage all interested persons to attend our meetings.
The local chapter of Sigma Xi meets at noon on a
Tuesday (usually the first) in each of the months October, November,
December, February, March, and April
at the University Memorial Center, at NCAR, or at NOAA. Lunch starts at
11:30. We invite a local scientist to describe scientific
results or scientific issues, starting about 12:15.
More below about the lunch programs.
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In 2007, the Boulder Chapter was awarded a Sigma Xi Certificate of
Excellence for
distinguished performance. This prize recognizes exceptional chapter
activity and innovative programming, especially efforts that address the
four cornerstones of the Society's mission: honor in science and
engineering, science education, science policy, and the public
understanding of science.
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Our chapter sponsors a Science Cafe or Cafe Scientifiqe (the movement
started in France). CAFE SCI meets monthly (usually the
second Tuesday of the month) at REDFISH, just off the Pearl Street Mall.
CafeSci page
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Last update 2009, January 24
WAITING FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS SITE
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Chapter Lunchtime MEETINGS -- dates, places, and speakers for
spring, 2009:
To receive an e-mail reminder, sent out about a
week before
each event, contact David Kassoy David.Kassoy@colorado.edu.
LUNCH MEETINGS (Everyone is welcome):
Tuesday, 3 February, Noon, Henderson Museum on CU campus, just west of UMC.
Meet at the Gift Store to join a tour offered by the director, Prof. Patrick
Kocielek. Please RSVP to jjoselyn@earthlink.net. Guests are welcome.
Tuesday, 4 March, 12:15PM, NCAR Foothills Lab (
NCAR
Foothills Lab directions )
Prof. Timothy Brown will speak on Simian Generated Cellular
Systems. "A monkey at a keyboard will never type a good novel. But, can
it design a good cellular system?"
Tuesday, 14 April CU University Memorial Center, Room 245
Evan Thomas will speak: "Bring Your Own Water".
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ANNUAL RECOGNITION RECEPTION
Tuesday, 21 April, 5 to 7 pm, NCAR Centergreen Lab, Recognition Reception
for new members and awardees. Kristi Anseth will speak.
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Security for events at NOAA --
Presentations begin at 12:15PM in DSRC GC402 in the Skaggs
Building of NOAA. You are welcome to join other Sigma Xi members and
friends for lunch at 11:30AM in the cafeteria on the ground floor.
The NOAA facility is a secured space.
To enter the federal property on S. Broadway, you must get your name on an
attendance list. Please indicate to Zdenka Smith that you plan to
attend by calling her at 303 497-3051 or sending an e-mail message to:
Zdenka.Smith @noaa.gov.
Please respond even if you are uncertain about
attending, so that your name is on the attendance list. There is only
one entrance to the federal facility just south of the traffic light at
27 St. and Broadway. You will have to identify yourself to the security
personnel at the entrance building. Then, ask for directions to the
Skaggs building parking lot on the west side of the Skaggs Building.
Please enter through the main entrance (facing west into the lower
parking lot). You will have to be checked in by the security person at
the desk in the entry lobby. Foreign nationals should call Zdenka
Smith at the number above for special instructions.
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RECENT EVENTS:
At our AWARDS RECEPTION in April 2008, Dr. Thomas J. Bogdan
spoke on "Space Weather Comes of Age".
We welcomed three new members:
Dr. Pieter T. J. Johnson; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Dr. Paul Adams Sandberg; Anthropology;
Dr. Robert Alan Steenburgh, Space Weather Prediction Center, NOAA, USAF
.
We recognized and awarded checks and subscriptions to American
Scientist to the following members of the scientific community.
Two outstanding graduate students at the University of
Colorado:
Joel Weinstein of Mechanical Engineering;
Sarah Jack Hinners of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Seven students in Boulder Valley high schools:
Elias Stallard-Olivera of Boulder High School;
Carli Smith of Centaurus High School;
Trevor Bowen of New Vista High School;
Katherine Strasser of Broomfield High School;
James Lee of Monarch High School;
Atticus Bergman of Fairview High School;
Kyle Knight of Nederland High School.
To learn more about the history, goals, and activity of the Society of
Sigma Xi, go to the national home
page.
STUDENTS and young investigators can also find there information about Sigma Xi
grants and awards in aid of research and education in science, math, and engineering.
Go back to the index to select pages for earlier years.
University of Colorado Chapter Officers:
Secretary: Jo Ann Joselyn Ph.D. (retired) previously a space scientist
with NOAA and Secretary General of the Internatonal Union of Geodesy and
Geophysics (1999 - 2007); phone: 303-494-4258.
President: Tammy A. Maldonado Ph.D., MCDB Biological Sciences Initiative,
CU Boulder; phone:303-735-1679.
Vice-President: David Kassoy, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College
of Engineering and Applied Science, Campus Box 427, University of
Colorado, Boulder CO 80309-0427; Phone 303-492-6066, fax 303-492-3498.
Emeritus President: Carol Ann Kearns Ph.D., Baker Residential Academic
Program and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU Boulder; 303-492-4973.
Emeritus President: Prof. Michael Breed, Dept. of Environmental,
Population and Organismic Biology, Campus Box 334, University of Colorado,
Boulder CO 80309-0334, phone: 303-492-7683
Emeritus President: Zdenka Kopal Smith, NOAA, 325 S.Broadway,
Boulder CO 80307-3618; 303-497-3051
Treasurer: Constance B. Sawyer, 850 20th St., #705, Boulder CO80302-7749;
phone: 303-447-2250.
e-mail to Secretary Jo Ann Joselyn:
jjoselyn@earthlink.net
email to President Tammy Maldonado::
Tammy.Maldonado@colorado.edu
e-mail to President Emeritus Carol Kearns:
Carol.A.Kearns@colorado.edu
e-mail to President Emeritus Michael Breed:
michael.breed@colorado.edu
e-mail to Vice-President David Kassoy:
David.Kassoy@colorado.edu
e-mail to Treasurer (also web-page) Constance Sawyer:
sawyer@colorado.edu
e-mail to Secretary Emeritus Roy Garstang:
garstang@earthlink.net
e-mail to Past President Zdenka Smith:
Zdenka.Smith@noaa.gov
e-mail to Treasurer emeritus E. K. Smith:
ernest.smith@cu.colorado.edu
