September 29, 2011 Dr. Stuart S.P. Parkin
IBM Research Centre, San Jose, California The Spin on Electronics! The Science and Technology of Spin Currents in Nano-materials and Nano-devices.
September 22, 2010 Dr. Thomas E. Mason
Director, Oak Ridge National Library, and President & CEO, UT-Battelle, LLC Powering the 21st Century: Sustainable Energy Solutions.
November 12, 2009 Dr. David Keith
Dept. of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, and Dept. of Economics, University of Calgary- Dangerous Abundance: Navigating the Twin Challenges of Oil Scarcity and Climate Change.
September 18, 2008 Dr. Don Eigler
IBM Almaden Research Centre, San Jose, California -兩The Small Frontier.
October 10, 2007 Dr. Lisa Randall
Professor of Physics, Harvard University- Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions.
September 28, 2006 Dr. Gerhard Ertl (Nobel Laureate 2007)
Dept. of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin From Simple Atoms to the Complexity of Nature: Reactions at Surfaces.
October 6, 2005 Dr. Art McDonald (Nobel Laureate 2015)
Queen's University & The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute (SNOI) Exploring the Universe from Deep Underground.
September 30, 2004 Dr. Kerry Emanuel
Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA Predicting Hurricanes and Hurricane Risk: Is Juan a Sign of More to Come?
October 17, 2003 Dr. Peter Fromherz
Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany Brains & Chips: Computer Neuron Interfacing.
October 25, 2002 Dr. Mark Reed
Yale University The Coming Age of Nanoelectronics.
February 1, 2002 Professor Carlo Montemagno
UCLA -"Convergence: Integrating Modern Biology with Modern Engineering and Physics."
October 11, 2000 Professor Steven Chu (Nobel Laureate in 1997)
"The Laser Cooling and Trapping of Atoms and Biomolecules."
September 14, 1999 Professor Douglas Osheroff (Nobel Laureate 1996)
"Superfluidity in Helium Three: The Discovery through the eyes of a Graduate Student."
September 21, 1998 Professor Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (Nobel Laureate 1991)
"Bubbles, Foams and Other Fragile Objects"
October 2, 1997 Professor Michael Grunze
"Manipulating the Solid Liquid Interface from Sensors to Lithography."
October 4, 1996 Professor Joseph Taylor (Nobel Laureate 1993)
"Binary Pulsars and Einstein's Gravity: The Layman's Guide to a Modern Astrophysical Experiment."
October 13, 1995 Professor Melissa Franklin
"Strong Forces, Small Distances & Large Hands: Putting the Finishing Touches on Quarks."
October 28, 1994 Dr. George Bednorz (Nobel Laureate 1987)
"High Tc Superconductivity: A Challenge for Science and Technology."
October 8, 1993 Professor N. David Mermin
"The Vision of Einstein: The Caution of Bohr."
October 9, 1992 Dr. Heinrich Rohrer (Nobel Laureate 1986)
"Possibilities of Miniaturization"
October 4, 1991 Professor Leo P. Kadanoff
"Snatching Chaos From Order: Complex Results from Simple Systems."
September 28, 1990 Professor Robert J. Birgeneau
"High Tc Superconductivity Comes in from the Cold."
October 27, 1989 Professor Ernst Bauer
"The Many Faces of a Surface"
October 14, 1988 Dr. Willard S. Boyle (Nobel Laureate 2009)
"Ingredients for Innovation"
October 9, 1987 Professor Rudolf L. M繹ssbauer (Nobel Laureate 1961)
"The Solar Neutrino Puzzle."
October 3, 1986 Professor Michael E. Fisher
"Universality and Singularity: Phase Transitions and Our Understanding of the Physical World."
November 4, 1985 Professor Werner Israel
"A Romp through Relativity and Cosmology."
October 7, 1984 Professor Ronald W. P. Drever
"The Search for Gravitational Radiation from the Stars: New Developments Using Laser Interferometry."
September 22, 1983 Professor Arthur L. Schawlow (Nobel Laureate 1981)
"Spectroscopy in a New Light."
October 28, 1982 Professor Val L. Fitch (Nobel Laureate 1980)
"Matter Antimatter Asymmetry."
October 15, 1981 Professor Edward M. Purcell (Nobel Laureate 1952)
"Life in the Magnetic Field."
October 3, 1980 Professor Chen Ning Yang (Nobel Laureate 1957)
"Gauge Fields: Generalization of Electromagnetism."
September 24, 1979 Professor Sir Brian Pippard
"The Ivory Tower under Seige."
October 12, 1978 Professor Freeman Dyson
"The End of the Universe."
September 19, 1977 Dr. Ivar Giaever (Nobel Laureate 1973)
"Surface Physics and Immunology."
