Robert I. Strozier Lecture Series showcases Armstrong Campus faculty research
Photography Professor Bridget Conn
- Friday, Feb. 16, Engineering Professor Cameron Coates, Ph.D., will discuss, “Journey to Mars: Test Activities at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center,” highlighting NASA’s plan to send humans to Mars by the 2030s. A fixture on the Armstrong Campus since 2002, Coates was selected as a NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Faculty Fellow at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the last two summers. He earned master’s and bachelor’s degrees in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Friday, March 23, Anthropology Professor Laura Seifert will present, “Digging Savannah: Monks, Freedman, Ghosts and Myths.” Her lecture will focus on recent research at both the Benedictine Monastery and Freedman School on Skidaway Island, and the Sorrel-Weed House on Madison Square. While new historical details bring up thorny issues of privilege and descendant communities’ access to their own past, she will also discuss how to introduce new histories to old sites and how to address archaeological findings that contradict historical myths. Seifert holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in anthropology from East Carolina University.
- Friday, April 13, Chemistry Professors Sarah Gray, Ph.D., and Sarah Zingales, Ph.D., will present, “Hoptimization of the Brewing Process: How Beer is Made.” The talk will cover the general brewing process and the ingredients that go into making beer, as well as what leads beer to skunk, and how you can avoid it. In addition, their collaboration with a local microbrewery, Southbound Brewing Company, will be discussed. Gray earned a doctorate in analytical chemistry from the University of Montana and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Trinity College. Zingales holds doctorate and master’s degrees in organic chemistry from Georgia State University.