In this Issue:
Photos from the April Meeting with Tour Speaker Dr. Joe Caruso:
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Tony, Christine and Michael
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Nancy Miller-Ihli and Joe Caruso ...
there must be more in Nancy's drink than just Pepsi.
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Susan Height, Joe Caruso, Nancy Miller-Ihli
and Marcus Schuetz. Nancy's either reaching for her wallet to pay for
the meal, or for a gun to shoot the photographer.
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Susan, Nancy and Marcus
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John Canham and Joe Caruso
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The February meeting was unfortunately cancelled due the bad weather. I keep forgetting that the Baltimore-Washington area does not function with snow. Having grown up I the Midwest, I don't even think about snow. I hope that we do not have to worry about that this time around.
After getting off to a very slow start this year, we have several speakers that I am trying to schedule for the next few months. This month we have two speakers planned. The topics vary significantly, so there should be something of interest to every one. I suspect that there will be something interesting for everyone at each meeting.
I am still working on the details for the next few meetings. I will be attempting to reschedule Dr. John Morgan of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. There are also a few other possible speakers either for later this Spring/ Early Summer or next Fall as appropriate.
We still need officers for the section.
Come out to one or both of the meetings in April. I hope to have the May newsletter and other information out much earlier.
Please contact me as soon as possible with your reservations
John Canham
Meeting Announcements
BIOAGENT
DETECTION METHOD USING PHOTOLUMINESCENCE FROM TERBIUM DIPICOLINATE
David Rosen, Army Research Labs
Abstract: Some bioagents can be dispersed as bacterial endospores. The speaker has developed a technique for detecting bacterial endospores based on the photoluminescence of terbium dipicolinate.
About the speaker: David L. Rosen is an optical physicist who has worked the last four years in the Battlefield Environment Directorate in Adelphi, MD. He worked for twelve years with the Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory in the White Sands Missile Range of New Mexico. He graduated with a PhD in 1985 from the City University of New York.
Date: Thursday April 5, 2001
Place: West End Grill, 7904 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda, MD, 301-951-9696
Time: 6 pm Social Hour, 7 pm Dinner, 8 pm Seminar.
Cost: $20 -Choice of Pasta Entrees (You may choose at the restaurant) or Choice of: 1) Chicken Taverna (Chicken breast with eggplant, zucchini, tomato and cheese), 2) Grilled Salmon, or 3) Shrimp Francaise. Included with each meal is a House Salad, Coffee, Tea, or Soft Drink and Dessert.
Reservations: Please make your reservations by Friday, March 30, 2001 by calling John Canhan at work 301-286-8970 . IF YOU RESPOND VIA E-MAIL, FOR THIS MEETING PLEASE SEND ELECTRONIC RSVP's TO: john.s.canham.1@gsfc.nasa.gov.
Directions: From the Beltway take Wisconsin Ave. south past NIH. Take a right turn on Woodmont Ave. Restaurant is after the 4th light. Use street parking or the parking garage on the right in the next block.
SAS TOUR SPEAKER
Joseph
Caruso, University of Cincinnati
Date: Monday, April 16, 2001
Place: West End Grill, 7904 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda, MD, 301-951-9696
Time: 6 pm Social Hour, 7 pm Dinner, 8 pm Seminar.
Cost: $20 -Choice of Pasta Entrees (You may choose at the restaurant) or Choice of: 1) Chicken Taverna (Chicken breast with eggplant, zucchini, tomato and cheese), 2) Grilled Salmon, or 3) Shrimp Francaise. Included with each meal is a House Salad, Coffee, Tea, or Soft Drink and Dessert.
Reservations: Please make your reservations by Friday, April 13, 2001 by calling John Canhan at work 301-286-8970 . IF YOU RESPOND VIA E-MAIL, FOR THIS MEETING PLEASE SEND ELECTRONIC RSVP's TO: john.s.canham.1@gsfc.nasa.gov.
Directions: From the Beltway take Wisconsin Ave. south past NIH. Take a right turn on Woodmont Ave. Restaurant is after the 4th light. Use street parking or the parking garage on the right in the next block.
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