ONR Distinguished Lecture Series
ONR hosts a series of distinguished lectures throughout the year. The series features groundbreaking innovators who have made a major impact on past research or are working on discoveries for the future.
Upcoming Lectures
| Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| June 12, 2018 |
Ocean Mapping: We've come a long way—but still have far to go |
Prof. Larry Mayer, Director, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire |
* For any questions regarding the Distinguished Lecture Series, please email Irina Pala.
Past Lectures
ONR 2018 Distinguished Lecture Series
| Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| May 31, 2018 |
Sleep and Circadian Rhythms: Impact on Performance, Health and Safety of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Personnel |
Dr. Charles A. Czeisler, Chief, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Director, Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
| April 24, 2018 |
Dynamic Loading of Materials and Structures |
Dr. Vikram Deshpande, Professor of Materials Engineering at the University of Cambridge |
| March 20, 2018 |
Multiscale Smart Materials by Design – Connecting Simulation, Experiment and Synthesis Across Multiple Scales |
Prof. Markus Buehler, McAfee Professor of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| February 20, 2018 |
The Critical Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Postsecondary Computing Education Landscape |
Dr. Ivory A. Toldson |
Past Lectures
ONR 2017 Distinguished Lecture Series
| Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| December 12, 2017 |
The Wright Brothers |
Dr. John Anderson |
| November 30, 2017 |
Walking in Beauty in an Ever-Changing Path - A Navajo woman engineer's perspective |
Sandra Begay |
| November 6, 2017 |
Visualizing Science and Technology |
Dr. Katy Börner |
| October 17, 2017 |
What Recent Research has Revealed about Hurricanes |
Dr. Kerry Emmanuel, Cecil and Ida Green professor of atmospheric science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| September 12, 2017 |
Beyond Electronics: Abandoning Perfection for Quantum Technologies |
Dr. David Awschalom, Deputy Director of the Institute for Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago and Senior Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory |
| August 22, 2017 |
Making Light Work of Warfighter Performance |
Professor Mark S. Rea, Professor of Architecture and Cognitive Sciences, Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| July 11, 2017 |
Seeking Simplicity in the Flows of Complex Fluids |
Dr. Howard Stone, Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Department Chair, Princeton University |
| June 20, 2017 |
Growing the Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers |
Sharon Hanley Disher, Director, Young Engineers and Scientists of Maryland, LLC. |
| May 16, 2017 |
Understanding and Hijacking the Insect’s Sense of Smell |
Dr. Barani Raman, Associate Professor of Biochemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis |
| March 21, 2017 |
Developing Nanotechnology to Study Biological Systems |
Dr. Andrea Armani |
| February 1, 2017 |
Diamond, a Quantum Material: Where are We Now? |
Dr. Gary Harris |
ONR 70th Anniversary Edition Distinguished Lecture Series
ONR hosted a series of distinguished lectures throughout 2016 to celebrate 70 years of developing cutting-edge science and technology (S&T) for U.S. naval forces.
| Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| December 6, 2016 |
Aerospace Engineering |
Dr. William Saric, Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University |
| November 7, 2016 |
Aerospace Engineering |
Dr. John D. Anderson, Curator of Aerodynamics, Smithsonian Institution |
| September 6, 2016 |
DeepDive Data System |
Dr. Christopher Ré, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University |
| August 22, 2016 |
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing |
Dr. Mary Kappus, Branch Head, Coastal and Ocean Remote Sensing, Naval Research Laboratory |
| July 14, 2016 |
Materials Science |
Dr. Tresa M. Pollock, Alcoa Professor and Chair, Department of Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| June 7, 2016 |
Solar Physics |
Dr. George Doschek, Research Physicist, Naval Research Laboratory |
| May 10, 2016 |
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Systems |
Mr. Christopher von Alt, Hydroid co-founder and former president |
| April 5, 2016 |
Computer Science |
Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google |
| March 16, 2016 |
Leadership |
General Alfred M. Gray, USMC (Retired) |
| February 2, 2016 |
Energy |
Dr. Lonnie G. Johnson, President and CEO, Excellatron |
| January 15, 2016 |
Synthetic Biology |
Dr. Christopher Voigt, Professor of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |