MIT150 Symposium - Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of Exploration
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Join us in April 2011 to engage in shaping the future of exploration and discovery for 2050.
The symposium on exploration will discuss key questions for humans who embark on journeys of exploration where there is remarkable potential for discovery. When it comes to exploring earth, air, ocean and space, MIT’s contributions have shaped the 20th century. Great inventors and explorers such as MIT’s own Doolittle, Draper, and Edgerton contributed breakthrough technologies and instrumentation along with personal exploration and piloting feats. These inventors, engineers, scientists, and artists literally put us on the moon and let us ‘see the unseen’.
Faculty Leaders include:
Jeff Hoffman, Professor of the Practice, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
David Mindell PhD ‘96, Chair, MIT150 Steering Committee; Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of Engineering Systems; Head of the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society
Dava Newman SM/SM '89 PhD '92, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems and Director of the Technology and Policy Program, MIT
James D. Shields ’71, SM ’72, President and CEO, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
Ian Waitz, Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Dean of the School of Engineering, MIT
James Yoder, Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean Directorate, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Maria Zuber, E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics and Head of the MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
For more information, or to register visit the MIT150 Symposium page.