- PSW Science

Current Sponsors

Full Year Sponsors

Mike Helton and Helton Associates, LLC

The Policy Studies Organization with the American Public University

Fall / Spring Lecture Series Sponsors

Tim Thomas Spring 2023 Lecture Series

Individual Lecture Sponsors

Adarsh Deepak

#2,467 11/18/2022 Chip Scan: 3D X-Ray Imaging of CMOS Integrated Circuits

Anonymous

#2,481 09/22/2023 Hayabusa2 – Surveys and Samples from Asteroid Ryugu and Beyond
#2,456 03/25/2022 Ocean Microbes, Aerosols, Climate and Health

Brad Calvin

#2,476 04/28/2023 Ancient Lives Preserved in Cuneiform

Brett Magaram

#2,479 06/16/2023 The Ike Dike Project to Protect Texas Coasts

Enig Associates, Inc.

#2,480 09/08/2023 Nuclear Propulsion Systems for Space Exploration

Erica & Bruce Kane

#2,474 03/17/2023 Comets, Centaurs, and Trans-Neptunian Objects

Erica Kane

#2,468 12/02/2022 The Latest on the Great Dinosaur Extinction

Frederica Darema

#2,470 01/20/2023 Post-Quantum Cryptography

James Trefil

#2,461 06/17/2022 Supermassive Black Holes at the Centers of Galaxies

Joe Schulman

#2,464 10/07/2022 DART: The Double Asteroid Redirection Test
#2,458 05/06/2022 Ultraminiature Medical Implants

John Downing

#2,472 02/17/2023 Mayan Civilization in Northern Guatemala

Larry Millstein

#2,482 10/06/2023 Meeting the Nation’s Needs for Standards and Measurement Technology
#2,479 06/16/2023 The Ike Dike Project to Protect Texas Coasts
#2,476 04/28/2023 Ancient Lives Preserved in Cuneiform

MWZB Law

#2,478 06/02/2023 Einstein’s Real Equation
#2,471 02/03/2023 Whispers from Other Worlds
#2,459 05/20/2022 Ingenuity: The First Flying Machine on Mars

Robin Taylor

#2,482 10/06/2023 Meeting the Nation’s Needs for Standards and Measurement Technology
#2,479 06/16/2023 The Ike Dike Project to Protect Texas Coasts
#2,476 04/28/2023 Ancient Lives Preserved in Cuneiform

Tim Thomas

#2,460 06/03/2022 Quantum Information Science and Quantum Computing

University of California San Diego

#2,477 05/19/2023 Architecture for the New Space Age

Past Sponsors

Major Benefactors

Bill Maisch, PSW President and Long Time Member
Bequest 2022

Full Year Sponsors

The Policy Studies Organization with the American Public University
2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23

Anonymous Donor #1
2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23

Individual Lecture Sponsors

Adarsh Deepak

#2,467 11/18/2022 Chip Scan: 3D X-Ray Imaging of CMOS Integrated Circuits
#2,443 06/18/2021 NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
#2,427 10/23/2020 The Mathematics of Voting Systems
#2,422 06/05/2020 When AI Joins the Human Brain

American Public University & Policy Studies Organization

#2,355 12/04/2015 The Health Gap
#2,346 04/20/2015 The Hubble 25th Anniversary Lectures
#2,331 03/21/2014 Exceeding Fusion Fuel Breakeven
#2,325 12/06/2013 Behavioral Economics
#2,297 02/24/2012 Sand Stories
#2,292 12/02/2011 Trading at the Speed of Light
#2,281 02/25/2011 Water in Arid Lands
#2,276 12/03/2010 Science for Energy

Anonymous

#2,481 09/22/2023 Hayabusa2 – Surveys and Samples from Asteroid Ryugu and Beyond
#2,456 03/25/2022 Ocean Microbes, Aerosols, Climate and Health

Bill Spargo

#2,263 01/08/2010 NexGen DNA Sequencers and Personalized Genomics
#2,247 01/09/2009 The NIPCC Report

Bob Terry

#2,428 11/06/2020 Is There a Crisis in Cosmology?
#2,415 11/01/2019 TESS’ Exoplanets
#2,400 12/07/2018 NSF’s Ten Big Ideas

Brad Calvin

#2,476 04/28/2023 Ancient Lives Preserved in Cuneiform

Brett Magaram

#2,479 06/16/2023 The Ike Dike Project to Protect Texas Coasts

Carl Merril

#2,442 06/04/2021 Quantum Gravity
#2,411 09/06/2019 Quantum Gravity
#2,396 09/21/2018 Black Holes and the Structure of Spacetime

Enig Associates, Inc.

#2,480 09/08/2023 Nuclear Propulsion Systems for Space Exploration

Erica & Bruce Kane

#2,474 03/17/2023 Comets, Centaurs, and Trans-Neptunian Objects

Erica Kane

#2,468 12/02/2022 The Latest on the Great Dinosaur Extinction
#2,451 12/17/2021 Planet Formation
#2,423 06/26/2020 Contextual Robotics
#2,407 04/12/2019 Understanding Dark Matter

Frank Robert

#2,403 02/08/2019 Differentiation of the Embryonic Universe

Frederica Darema

#2,470 01/20/2023 Post-Quantum Cryptography

James Trefil

#2,461 06/17/2022 Supermassive Black Holes at the Centers of Galaxies

Jeanne Shaw

#2,409 04/29/2019 A Planet Definition Debate
#2,389 03/09/2018 Eclipses
#2,347 04/24/2015 Advanced Spacesuits

Jerry Harasewych

#2,414 10/18/2019 Like Life

Joe Schulman

#2,464 10/07/2022 DART: The Double Asteroid Redirection Test
#2,458 05/06/2022 Ultraminiature Medical Implants
#2,446 10/08/2021 Taking the Twinkle Out of the Stars
#2,436 03/05/2021 Building the Giant Magellan Telescope

John Downing

#2,472 02/17/2023 Mayan Civilization in Northern Guatemala

Klaus Heiss

#2,232 01/25/2008 Manmade Global Warming

Larry Millstein

#2,482 10/06/2023 Meeting the Nation’s Needs for Standards and Measurement Technology
#2,479 06/16/2023 The Ike Dike Project to Protect Texas Coasts
#2,476 04/28/2023 Ancient Lives Preserved in Cuneiform
#2,239 05/16/2008 Arsenic in Ground Water
#2,223 05/11/2007 The Very First Light
#2,212 11/17/2006 Fifteen Years of Astounding Images by the Hubble Space Telescope

Mayumi Okada

#2,412 09/20/2019 Space Architecture for a Moon Village

MWZB Law

#2,478 06/02/2023 Einstein’s Real Equation
#2,471 02/03/2023 Whispers from Other Worlds
#2,459 05/20/2022 Ingenuity: The First Flying Machine on Mars
#2,442 06/04/2021 Quantum Gravity
#2,432 01/08/2021 The Year Nanomaterials Saved the World from COVID-19
#2,421 05/15/2020 The Event Horizon Telescope
#2,420 02/21/2020 Single-Particle Cryo-Electron Microscopy
#2,410 05/17/2019 The Big Bang and Inflation
#2,401 01/11/2019 Personalized Drugs on Demand
#2,394 06/15/2018 Cassini’s Spectacular Saturn

Robin Taylor

#2,482 10/06/2023 Meeting the Nation’s Needs for Standards and Measurement Technology
#2,479 06/16/2023 The Ike Dike Project to Protect Texas Coasts
#2,476 04/28/2023 Ancient Lives Preserved in Cuneiform
#2,239 05/16/2008 Arsenic in Ground Water
#2,223 05/11/2007 The Very First Light
#2,212 11/17/2006 Fifteen Years of Astounding Images by the Hubble Space Telescope

Tim Thomas

#2,460 06/03/2022 Quantum Information Science and Quantum Computing
#2,441 05/21/2021 Bringing Back the American Chestnut Tree
#2,433 01/22/2021 Quantifying COVID-19 Pandemic Spread
#2,417 12/06/2019 Super-Resolution and 3-D Imaging: Brain Circuits to Cell Ultrastructures
#2,387 01/19/2018 The Human Cell Atlas
#2,354 11/20/2015 Obama’s BRAIN
#2,344 03/20/2015 Brave Genius

University of California San Diego

#2,477 05/19/2023 Architecture for the New Space Age

Current Sponsors

Full Year Sponsors

Fall / Spring Lecture Series Sponsors

Individual Lecture Sponsors

Adarsh Deepak

#2,467 11/18/2022 Chip Scan: 3D X-Ray Imaging of CMOS Integrated Circuits

Anonymous

#2,481 09/22/2023 Hayabusa2 – Surveys and Samples from Asteroid Ryugu and Beyond #2,456 03/25/2022 Ocean Microbes, Aerosols, Climate and Health

Brad Calvin

#2,476 04/28/2023 Ancient Lives Preserved in Cuneiform

Brett Magaram

#2,479 06/16/2023 The Ike Dike Project to Protect Texas Coasts

Enig Associates, Inc.

#2,480 09/08/2023 Nuclear Propulsion Systems for Space Exploration

Erica & Bruce Kane

#2,474 03/17/2023 Comets, Centaurs, and Trans-Neptunian Objects

Erica Kane

#2,468 12/02/2022 The Latest on the Great Dinosaur Extinction

Frederica Darema

#2,470 01/20/2023 Post-Quantum Cryptography

James Trefil

#2,461 06/17/2022 Supermassive Black Holes at the Centers of Galaxies

Joe Schulman

#2,464 10/07/2022 DART: The Double Asteroid Redirection Test #2,458 05/06/2022 Ultraminiature Medical Implants

John Downing

#2,472 02/17/2023 Mayan Civilization in Northern Guatemala

Larry Millstein

#2,482 10/06/2023 Meeting the Nation’s Needs for Standards and Measurement Technology #2,479 06/16/2023 The Ike Dike Project to Protect Texas Coasts #2,476 04/28/2023 Ancient Lives Preserved in Cuneiform

MWZB Law

#2,478 06/02/2023 Einstein’s Real Equation #2,471 02/03/2023 Whispers from Other Worlds #2,459 05/20/2022 Ingenuity: The First Flying Machine on Mars

Robin Taylor

#2,482 10/06/2023 Meeting the Nation’s Needs for Standards and Measurement Technology #2,479 06/16/2023 The Ike Dike Project to Protect Texas Coasts #2,476 04/28/2023 Ancient Lives Preserved in Cuneiform

Tim Thomas

#2,460 06/03/2022 Quantum Information Science and Quantum Computing

University of California San Diego

#2,477 05/19/2023 Architecture for the New Space Age

Past Sponsors

Major Benefactors

Full Year Sponsors

Individual Lecture Sponsors

Adarsh Deepak

#2,467 11/18/2022 Chip Scan: 3D X-Ray Imaging of CMOS Integrated Circuits #2,443 06/18/2021 NASA’s Commercial Crew Program #2,427 10/23/2020 The Mathematics of Voting Systems #2,422 06/05/2020 When AI Joins the Human Brain

American Public University & Policy Studies Organization

Anonymous

#2,481 09/22/2023 Hayabusa2 – Surveys and Samples from Asteroid Ryugu and Beyond #2,456 03/25/2022 Ocean Microbes, Aerosols, Climate and Health

Bill Spargo

#2,263 01/08/2010 NexGen DNA Sequencers and Personalized Genomics #2,247 01/09/2009 The NIPCC Report

Bob Terry

#2,428 11/06/2020 Is There a Crisis in Cosmology? #2,415 11/01/2019 TESS’ Exoplanets #2,400 12/07/2018 NSF’s Ten Big Ideas

Brad Calvin

#2,476 04/28/2023 Ancient Lives Preserved in Cuneiform

Brett Magaram

#2,479 06/16/2023 The Ike Dike Project to Protect Texas Coasts

Carl Merril

#2,442 06/04/2021 Quantum Gravity #2,411 09/06/2019 Quantum Gravity #2,396 09/21/2018 Black Holes and the Structure of Spacetime

Enig Associates, Inc.

#2,480 09/08/2023 Nuclear Propulsion Systems for Space Exploration

Erica & Bruce Kane

#2,474 03/17/2023 Comets, Centaurs, and Trans-Neptunian Objects

Erica Kane

#2,468 12/02/2022 The Latest on the Great Dinosaur Extinction #2,451 12/17/2021 Planet Formation #2,423 06/26/2020 Contextual Robotics #2,407 04/12/2019 Understanding Dark Matter

Frank Robert

#2,403 02/08/2019 Differentiation of the Embryonic Universe

Frederica Darema

#2,470 01/20/2023 Post-Quantum Cryptography

James Trefil

#2,461 06/17/2022 Supermassive Black Holes at the Centers of Galaxies

Jeanne Shaw

#2,409 04/29/2019 A Planet Definition Debate #2,389 03/09/2018 Eclipses #2,347 04/24/2015 Advanced Spacesuits

Jerry Harasewych

#2,414 10/18/2019 Like Life

Joe Schulman

#2,464 10/07/2022 DART: The Double Asteroid Redirection Test #2,458 05/06/2022 Ultraminiature Medical Implants #2,446 10/08/2021 Taking the Twinkle Out of the Stars #2,436 03/05/2021 Building the Giant Magellan Telescope

John Downing

#2,472 02/17/2023 Mayan Civilization in Northern Guatemala

Klaus Heiss

#2,232 01/25/2008 Manmade Global Warming

Larry Millstein

Mayumi Okada

#2,412 09/20/2019 Space Architecture for a Moon Village

#2,481 09/22/2023 Hayabusa2 – Surveys and Samples from Asteroid Ryugu and Beyond
#2,456 03/25/2022 Ocean Microbes, Aerosols, Climate and Health

#2,464 10/07/2022 DART: The Double Asteroid Redirection Test
#2,458 05/06/2022 Ultraminiature Medical Implants

#2,482 10/06/2023 Meeting the Nation’s Needs for Standards and Measurement Technology
#2,479 06/16/2023 The Ike Dike Project to Protect Texas Coasts
#2,476 04/28/2023 Ancient Lives Preserved in Cuneiform

#2,478 06/02/2023 Einstein’s Real Equation
#2,471 02/03/2023 Whispers from Other Worlds
#2,459 05/20/2022 Ingenuity: The First Flying Machine on Mars

#2,482 10/06/2023 Meeting the Nation’s Needs for Standards and Measurement Technology
#2,479 06/16/2023 The Ike Dike Project to Protect Texas Coasts
#2,476 04/28/2023 Ancient Lives Preserved in Cuneiform

#2,467 11/18/2022 Chip Scan: 3D X-Ray Imaging of CMOS Integrated Circuits
#2,443 06/18/2021 NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
#2,427 10/23/2020 The Mathematics of Voting Systems
#2,422 06/05/2020 When AI Joins the Human Brain

#2,481 09/22/2023 Hayabusa2 – Surveys and Samples from Asteroid Ryugu and Beyond
#2,456 03/25/2022 Ocean Microbes, Aerosols, Climate and Health

#2,263 01/08/2010 NexGen DNA Sequencers and Personalized Genomics
#2,247 01/09/2009 The NIPCC Report

#2,428 11/06/2020 Is There a Crisis in Cosmology?
#2,415 11/01/2019 TESS’ Exoplanets
#2,400 12/07/2018 NSF’s Ten Big Ideas

#2,442 06/04/2021 Quantum Gravity
#2,411 09/06/2019 Quantum Gravity
#2,396 09/21/2018 Black Holes and the Structure of Spacetime

#2,468 12/02/2022 The Latest on the Great Dinosaur Extinction
#2,451 12/17/2021 Planet Formation
#2,423 06/26/2020 Contextual Robotics
#2,407 04/12/2019 Understanding Dark Matter

#2,409 04/29/2019 A Planet Definition Debate
#2,389 03/09/2018 Eclipses
#2,347 04/24/2015 Advanced Spacesuits

#2,464 10/07/2022 DART: The Double Asteroid Redirection Test
#2,458 05/06/2022 Ultraminiature Medical Implants
#2,446 10/08/2021 Taking the Twinkle Out of the Stars
#2,436 03/05/2021 Building the Giant Magellan Telescope