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2009–2010 Science on the Edge Lecture Series
Discover the impact
of science and technology—
past, present, future—
on our lives!
 Ticket Information
 Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 7:30pmJim Kennard and Dan Scoville
Legend of the Lake: The Discovery of HMS Ontario
On the evening of October 31, 1780, the British sloop of war HMS Ontario sank in a sudden and violent gale on Lake Ontario. Hear a thrilling story of exploration and discovery from the team who developed innovative technology and used it to locate and explore one of the "Holy Grail" shipwrecks of the Great Lakes.
Jim Kennard has located more than 200 shipwrecks in the Great Lakes, Lake Champlain, NY Finger Lakes, and in the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, using a side scan sonar system that he built himself. Dan Scoville is an experienced technical diver who led the development of an Underwater Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) with a team of RIT students. Kennard and Scoville have partnered to research and explore shipwrecks since 2002.
 Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 7:30pmBenjamin L. Miller, Ph.D.Smart Bandages and Fast Diagnostics: New Tools for a Personalized Medical Future
Until recently, "seeing" what goes on inside our bodies at a molecular level has required sending materials to centralized laboratories and carrying out complicated tests. With advances in our understanding of the molecular world around us and within us, new diagnostic systems carry the promise of dramatically increasing the speed and precision of medical diagnosis. Explore ongoing efforts toward developing nanotechnology-based molecular detection systems, with applications from cancer diagnosis to monitoring infectious disease.
Dr. Miller is Associate Professor of Dermatology at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
 Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 7:30pmDaniel C. Fisher, Ph.D.In the Footsteps of Mammoths and Mastodons—from Siberia
to the North American
Great Lakes
In May of 2007, a remarkably complete and well-preserved 40,000-year-old baby mammoth carcass was discovered in Siberia. Find out about the fieldwork in Siberia and North America that has contributed to current views on the biology and extinction of mammoths and mastodons.
Dr. Fisher is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Claude W. Hibbard Collegiate Professor of Paleontology, and Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Michigan. He is part of the international team studying Lyuba, the baby mammoth.
 Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 7:30pmKarl Gebhardt, Ph.D.
Walk Softly When Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe: Black Holes, Dark Matter, and Dark EnergyHow do black holes form? What are dark matter and dark energy? How do astronomers study the "dark components" of the Universe? Learn about current discoveries, and how our understanding of the Universe is undergoing a fundamental transformation.
Dr. Gebhardt is Professor of Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include the supermassive black holes that are found at the centers of nearly all galaxies.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 7:30pmAndrew Phelps, Ph.D.
Education, Inspiration, Research and Play
Discover how games, inspiration, and invention are intertwined in today's popular culture, and how these ideas form the basis for the next generation of tools for scientific inquiry. Professor Phelps supports his theory with examples of popular games and online environments, including several developed by students at RIT.
Professor Phelps is Chair of the Interactive Games & Media Department at Rochester Institute of Technology. His work in game programming and education has been featured in The New York Times, CNN, USA Today, National Public Radio, IEEE Computer, and more.
TICKET INFORMATIONPlace your order:
by phone: (585)697-1942by fax: (585)271-0492by post: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Science on the Edge Lectures, 657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-2177.
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Series Tickets:RMSC Members: $45 adult, $25 student*
General Public: $55 adult, $30 student*Single Lecture Tickets:RMSC Members: $14 adult, $7 student*
General Public: $15 adult, $8 student*
*students through grade 12 or college students with valid college ID
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