Future and Past Meetings

Future Meetings

2019

2020

2019

November 19th: Alan Tokunaga
The Future of Astronomy in Hawaii
October 15th: Bruce Houghton
The 2018 Eruption of Kilauea
September 17th: Sven Vahsen
Dark Matter in the Universe
June 18th: Aaron Ohta
Microfluidics: what can it do for you?
May 21st: Sarah Fagents
Ocean Worlds of the Outer Solar System
April 16th: Angel Yanagihara
The Science of the Sting
March 19th: Kirsten Carlson
Fathoming Antarctica as both Scientist and Artist
February 19th: Alison Nugent
Hurricanes in Hawai'i
January 15th: Philomene Verlaan
Deep Sea Mining.

December 18th: Jay Fidell
What else can we do to promote Science and Technology in Hawaii?
November 20th: Victoria Fan
Losses from Pandemics
October 16th: Glenn Carter
Exploring Beyond the Abyss
September 18th: Chip Fletcher
Planning for Sea Level rise on Oahu
May 15th: Floyd McCoy
The Bronze Age Eruption of Thera
April 17th: Karen Meech
`Oumuamua: our First Interstellar Visitor
March 20th: Brian Popp
New discoveries on Rapa Nui
February 20th: Christopher Sabine
Plastic Waste and our Throwaway Culture
January 16th: Sara Oka
Textile Science

December 19th: Gareth Wynn-Williams
Asteroids: Minor Planets or Major Threats?
November 21st: Jolene Sutton
Controlling Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Hawai'i
October 17th: Nellie Sugii
Conservation "Hawaii Style"
September 19th: Nienke van der Marel
Exoplanets: How they form and where to find them
June 20th: Amanda Lowrey
The Science of Food Safety
May 16th: Chris Measures and Mariko Hatta
Oceanography in the Arctic and the Disappearing Sea Ice
April 18th: Fred Harris
Charm in China
March 21st: Walter Rhee
Kitchen Science
Febuary 21st: Terrilea Burnett
Hereditary Cancers
January 17th: Alan Tokunaga
The Maunakea Thirty Meter Telescope

2016

December 20th: Steven Businger
Wind on the Water: the Weather and Climate of Oahu
November 15th: Veronica Bindi
Cosmic Rays and Space Exploration
October 18th: Donald Thomas
Revisiting and Revising Hawaii's Groundwater Models
September 20th: Rebecca Cann
On the DNA Trail
May 17th: Ruth Gates
The Wonderful World of Corals
April 19th: Rich Pyle
Saving the Biodiversity Library
March 15th: Eugene Magnier
The Pan-STARRS Survey
February 16th: Kim Binsted
The Mars HI-SEAS project
January 19th: Patrick Cross
Ocean Wave Energy

2015

2014

December 16th: Sarah Park
Ebola and Other Epidemic Threats to Hawaii
November 18th: Klaus Sattler
Nanophysics from Fundamentals to new Discoveries
October 21st: Guenther Hasinger
Black Holes and the Evolution of Galaxies
September 16th: Chris Measures & Axel Timmermann
El Nino: To be or not to be
May 20th; Andrew Howard
Earth-like Exoplanets
April 16th; Hainang Yang
Asbestos and Cancer
March 18th; Kim Holland
Shark Tales
February 18th; Olga Boric-Lubecke and Victor Lubecke
Doppler Radar Physiological Monitoring
January 21st' Michael Garcia
Hawaii Volcanism

2013

2012

December 18th: Gordon Grau
Sustainability in Hawaii
November 20th: Robert Jedicke,
Earth’s Minimoons
October 16th: Don Thomas,
Hawaii’s Geothermal Resources
July 17th: Dr. Ginnie Watson,
Science, Technology and Security in the Asia-Pacific Region (Joint meeting with Sigma XI).
May 22nd: Bruce Howe,
New Tools for Observing the Ocean from the Surface to the Abyss.
April 17th: Heather Spalding,
Discovering New Coral Reef Ecosystems in Hawaii.
March 20th: Doug Carlson,
Honolulu Rail:
January 17th: Nader Haghighipour,
The Search for Earth-like Planets Outside our Solar System

2011

December 13th: Dr. Margo Edwards,
Deep Ocean science
November 15th: Dr. Hope Jahren,
Trees that Grew in the Dark?
October 18th: Jim Crisafulli,
International Lunar Research Park.
September 20th: J. Scott Hauger,
Climate Change and Security in the Asia-Pacific Region.
May 17th: Michael Deweert,
Fission Without Critical Masses
April 19th: Tim Wong,
Micro-scale Concentrated Solar Power
March 15th: Peter Gorham,
Searching for Neutrinos in Antarctica
February 15th: Peter Mouginis-Mark,
Progressing Towards Hawaii’s Own Space Program
January 14th: Bruce Anderson,
Dengue Fever

2010

November 16th: Steve Freeland
Is Life on Earth a Cosmic Accident?
October 19th: Eric DeCarlo,
Military Munition Disposal in Hawaiian Waters
September 21st: John Hawkins And Colleen Murakami,
Science Education in Hawai‘i
May 18th: Gerard Fryer,
Tsunami Warning
April 20th: James Campbell,
Protecting the Pacific from Pandemic Panic
March 16th: Chris Measures,
Burying atmosheric CO2: Hope or Hype?
February 16th: Eric Miller,
Riding the Green Wave.
January 19th: Neal Atebara,
A New Eye on Diabetes.

2009