Ames Laboratory

We focused on Ames Lab Past and Present. The past largely focused on "Ames Project" contribution to the Manhattan Project. This part of the show had guests Steve Karsjen, Public Affairs Director at Ames Lab, Steve Houk, a professor at ISU with a joint appointment at Ames Lab, and Kathy Svec talking about her father Harry Svec. The second half of the show addressed Ames lab Present with guests Adam Schwartz, Director of Ames Lab and Tom Lograsso, the Deputy Director of Ames Lab. They talk about some of major invention of Ames Lab such as lead free solder and current research efforts such as research with magnets made from rare earth elements.

Originally broadcast 03/10/2016
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