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Orientation Briefing
Washington, D.C.
June 25, 2004
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On the Agenda:
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DOE's Forrestal Building, Orientation to DOE, NSF, ORAU, and the Nobel meeting
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Friday began with
an orientation at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Headquarters, Forrestal Building, in Washington, DC. The 57 students
who had arrived over the previous two days finally assembled as an
entire group to hear from the organizations that
sponsored them.
Don Freeburn of
DOE’s Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Judith Sunley, executive
officer of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (MSPD)
of the National Science Foundation (NSF), and Wayne Stevenson of
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) each described their
respective organization’s missions. Michael Turner, associate
director of NSF for the MSPD, gave an entertaining presentation on
major questions facing physicists, particularly astrophysicists,
in the 21st century. Oliver Schramm, counselor at the
Embassy of Germany, gave an engaging informal talk about Germany
today. Henry Blount, director of the Office of Multidisciplinary
Activities in the MPSD at NSF, served as emcee for the
orientation.
After the
meeting, the group boarded buses for Philadelphia and Dulles
airports for their evening flights to Germany. After some delays
for both planes, we were fortunate to land within 30 minutes of
each other in Munich. All students and staff made it safe and
sound, and with no lost luggage.
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Orientation Briefing Photo Gallery
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Henry Blount of the National Science Foundation served as the Master of Ceremonies for the orientation meeting.
Dr. Don Freeburn discussed the key areas of importance for his Office of Basic Energy Science, which included Hydrogen Fuel Cells. Darlene Markevich (on left), of the US Department of Energy Office of Fusion Energy Sciences talks with Timothy Stoltzfus-Dueck (Princeton University), one of the students her office has funded for the Lindau trip.
Kristine Carlson of the University of North Dakota, on the left, and Deborah Zorn of Iowa State University, on the right, discuss the upcoming trip to Germany and compare notes on their research interests. Discussing physics during the break of the orientation meeting are, from left, Tim Koeth of Rutgers University, Michael Eads of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and Burl Peterson of Alabama A&M.
Michael Turner, center, discusses his talk with, from left, Stephen Muchovej, David Pekker, Deborah Davies, Tim Dennis, and Melissa Bentle. During his presentation, Turner had challenged the students to discuss with the Laureates his favorite topic in physics, the inflationary physics of the universe.
Henry Blount of the National Science Foundation served as the Master of Ceremonies for the orientation meeting.
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