Fwd: Advances in technology for World War II at MIT

[shellEy Rosenbaum Lipman]

AEOs,

Courtesy of Capt Andy Ingraham from Minute Man squadron -- you may be interested in promoting this at your squadron!

--shellEy

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From: Andy <ingraham.m...@rcn.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 3:53 PM
Subject: Advances in technology for World War II at MIT
To: Harry Ingraham <ourobor...@gmail.com>, Sharon Ingraham <sbim...@gmail.com>, "Shelley L. Rosenbaum Lipman" <shelley-...@lipmanfamily.org>


An upcoming IEEE talk at Lincoln Labs in Lexington (Hanscom):

6:00 PM, Wednesday, 14 July

"Technology Goes to War"

by Deborah G. Douglas, Curator of Science and Technology, MIT Museum

World War II is sometimes called the "Wizards' War" because of the
extraordinary contributions made by the scientists and engineers to
the war effort.  The nation's research universities were central to
this work but even among the most elite institutions, the
contributions of MIT are unparalleled.  Many know of the famous MIT
Radiation Laboratory that made pioneering contributions to the
technology of radar and was the second largest wartime R&D project but
far fewer of projects such as Doc Draper's gunsights (which turned the
tide of the Navy's battle in the Pacific), the Chemical Warfare
Service Lab that transformed gas mask technology and invented gasoline
flame throwers, or Jay Forrester's early work on a flight simulator
that led to the Whirlwind computer.  Dr. Douglas presents an
illustrated slide lecture that reviews the fascinating history of MIT
and the birth of the military-industrial-university complex.

Deborah G. Douglas is the Curator of Science and Technology at the MIT
Museum.  She has also held positions at the National Air and Space
Museum, NASA Langley Research Center, Chemical Heritage Foundation and
taught as an adjunct assistant professor at Old Dominion University.
She has curated two dozen exhibitions on a wide variety of MIT-related
science and technology topics, including Mind and Hand: The Making of
MIT Scientists and Engineers, and is also the curator for the
Institute’s 150th anniversary exhibition opening in 2011.  A
specialist in aerospace history, Douglas is the author of American
Women and Flight since 1940 and several essays, articles and reviews.
She is the author of the chapter on MIT and World War II, in the
forthcoming MIT Press volume, "Becoming MIT: Moments of Decision."

Meeting will be held at MIT Lincoln Laboratory Cafeteria, 244 Wood
Street, Lexington, MA.  For directions please see:
http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/map.html

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"Surrounded by a thin, thin, thin 16-millimeter shell."