Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2018
Volume 63, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 5–9, 2018; Los Angeles, California
Session H05: The Legacy of Millie Dresselhaus: Women, Carbon, and SocietyInvited Undergraduate
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Sponsoring Units: FPS Chair: Laurie McNeil, Univ of NC - Chapel Hill Room: LACC 152 |
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 2:30PM - 3:06PM |
H05.00001: Millie as Mentor, Role Model and Inspiration Invited Speaker: Cherry Murray The physics community lost the celebrated physicist Mildred Dresselhaus ( Millie ) on February 20, 2017. Millie was an inspiration and role model to me as well as to many women and men in physics. I met Millie, the first female professor I had ever met, during my first week as an entering freshman at M.I.T. in 1969. She was a fantastic role model for me and other female students. Later on, Millie’s active and generous mentoring of many graduate students in the physics and electrical engineering departments both inside and outside of her own big group was extremely helpful to generations of students, both men and women. I will describe some of Millie’s efforts and activities over the years that greatly advanced the opportunities for women students, professors and employees at M.I.T. |
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 3:06PM - 3:42PM |
H05.00002: Millie Dresselhaus: An Inspiration of Young Generations, a Great Carbon Scientist, a Role Model and Colleague Invited Speaker: Mauricio Terrones
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018 3:42PM - 4:18PM |
H05.00003: The Legacy of Millie Dresselhaus: Women, Carbon, and Society Invited Speaker: Harriet Kung Dr. Mildred (Millie) Dresselhaus served as the Director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science (SC) during 2000 – 2001. She was the 7th Director of SC (and its predecessor, the Office of Energy Research) since the founding of the Department of Energy in 1977. Prof. Dresselhaus took over the reins of SC during a time of significant fiscal challenges, with flat to declining budgets in the preceding decade. The fiscal year 2000 was the turning point for SC, reversing the funding trend to start a gradual increase of the Office’s budget and scope. Millie insisted on a balanced strategy to ensure that the growth in scientific user facilities was balanced with funding for research. Despite her short tenure in DOE, the foundation she established set the framework for SC in the ensuing decades. Prof. Dresselhaus continued to advance U.S. science and the missions of SC beyond her Directorship. Most notably, she led and initiated a few community-based strategic planning activities to chart the course of the “Science for Energy” strategy. This talk will highlight Millie’s major contributions to the DOE Office of Science, including a range of anecdotal stories and testimonies collected from those whose lives and careers were intimately touched by Millie. |
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 4:18PM - 4:54PM |
H05.00004: Millie Dresselhaus and the Climate for Women in Physics Site Visit Program Invited Speaker: Kimberly Budil This talk will discuss the Climate for Women in Physics Site Visit Program and the important role that Millie Dresselhaus played in its creation and evolution. This program, administered by the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CSWP) of the American Physical Society (APS), provides expert site visit teams on request to institutional leadership wishing to better understand and improve the environment in their organization. Starting in the early 1990’s, it grew out of a program focused on investigating the climate for minorities in physics and today visits can be jointly hosted with the Committee on Minorities (COM). To date approximately 64 academic departments and 15 major collaborations, research institutes, and national laboratories have requested site visits and benefited from the many lesson learned and best practices identified. |
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 4:54PM - 5:30PM |
H05.00005: The Status of Women in Physics in the "Post-Millie" Era" Invited Speaker: Amy Graves
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