Natural Science Lecture Series

The video lectures listed below are streamed in Windows media format.

April 16, 2010 - Stacy Cusack
Space Station Training Lead NASA, Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
"Experience of a NASA Flight Controller, Astronaut Trainer & Martian"

April 9, 2010 - Peter Luthiger
Operations Manager, Mestena Uranium LLC
Corpus Christi, Texas
"Uranium Mining in South Texas"

January 22, 2010 - Norbert T. Rempe
Principal Engineer/Geologist Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
Carlsbad, New Mexico
"Perspectives on Working Geologic Waste Repositories"

October 30, 2009 - Jim Sinclair
Co-owner, TeXas Environmental Studies and Analysis, LLC (tx-esa.com)
"Wind/Wildlife Interaction Along the Texas Coast"

October 23, 2009 - Vernon Kramer
Instructor of Geology, Del Mar College
"Life on Mars - Living and Working in a Mars Analog Environment on Earth"

April 24, 2009 - Dr. Kirk Cammarata
Associate Professor of Molecular and Plant Biology, Department of Physical and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
"Seagrasses Under Stress: Linkages With Epiphytic Biofilms And Eutrophication"

April 17, 2009 - Louis Katz
Professor of Art, Ceramics, Department of Art, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
"Clay from Cold to Hot: A Look at the Dynamics of Firing Clay-based Ceramics"

January 29, 2009 - Dr. James R. Garrison
Division of Coastal Geology and Stratigraphy, Center for Water Supply Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
"Origin and Evolution of Padre Island Revealed by Ground-penetrating Radar"

November 21, 2008 - Beth O'Brien
Government and Community Liaison, Babcock & Brown Ltd.
"Harnessing the Wind of Texas"

November 14, 2008 - David Newstead
Wildlife Biologist, Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program
Wind Energy on the Texas Coast: Is "Clean" Necessarily "Green"?
 

October 17, 2008 - Dr. Egon T. Weber II
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical & Evnironmental Science, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
"Freshwater on Dry Island" Investigating Padre Island Freshwater Resources

April 11, 2008 - Rick Stryker
Director, Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History
"AFTER EXTINCTION: When Natural History Museums disappear,
what will science museums be like?"

March 7, 2008 - Dr.Stephen W. Ponder, MD, FAAP, CDE
Children's Diabetes & Endocrine Center, Driscoll Children's Hospital
"Children of the Corn Syrup"

February 22, 2008 - James R. Garrison, Jr. PhD.
Research Associate, Dept. of Physical & Environmental Sciences, TAMUCC
"The Geologic History of the Nueces River Valley"

February 15, 2008 - W. Vernon Kramer
Instructor of Geology, Del Mar College
"Finding Useful Minerals & Mining on Mars Isn't That Easy"

November 16, 2007 - Frank G. Cornish
South Texas Explorationist, Imagine Resources, LLC
"Risky Business: Oil and Gas Exploration"

November 9, 2007 - Dr. L. Rex McAliley
Assistant Professor of Biology, Del Mar College
"Ecology, Natural History and Conservation Genetics
of an Endangered Iguanid, Sauromalus varius"

March 30, 2007 - Dr. James R. Garrison, Jr.
Research Associate and Adjunct Professor of Geology, TAMUCC;
Adjunct Professor of Geology, Del Mar College
"Dinosaur Paleoecology: A Multidisciplinary Case-study from Utah"

February 23, 2007 - Dr. Gary Jeffress
Professor of Geographic Information Science at TAMUCC
"The Conrad Blucher Institute, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi:
Research and Education Programs"

January 26, 2007 - Dr. Carlos A. Garcia
Former President, Del Mar College
"Hyperglycemic Effects on the Retinal Sodium Potassium Pump"

November 10, 2006 - Dr. Jaehyung Yu & Dr. Thomas McGhee
Department of Physics and Geosciences, Texas A&M - Kingsville
"Undergraduate Research Engagement in the Geospatial
Technology Laboratory, Texas A&M--Kingsville"

November 3, 2006 - Dr. Richard L. Watson
Consulting Geologist, Aransas Pass, TX
"Texas Beach Erosion Caused by Engineering Changes to the Coast and Rivers"

October 27, 2006 - Dr. John W. "Wes" Tunnell, Jr.
Associate Director, Harte Research Institute
"Coral Reefs of the Southern Gulf of Mexico -- Resources and Impacts"

September 29, 2006 - Dr. James R. Garrison, Jr.
Research Associate and Adjunct Professor of Geology, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi;
Adjunct Professor of Geology, Del Mar College
"The Neoichnology of the Microtidal Gulf Coast of Texas:
Implications for Paleoecology and
Facies Reconstruction in Microtidal Shoreline Systems"

April 7, 2006 - Dr. Phillip Davis
Professor of Computer Science,
Del Mar College
"GIS--Exploring the New World of Geospatial Technology"

February 3, 2006 - Dr. Thomas Naehr
Assistant Professor of Geology and Envitronmental Science,
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
"Paving the Ocean Floor"

October 21, 2005 - John Metz
Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather Service, Corpus Christi
"Weather Forecasting in South Texas"

October 7, 2005 - Dale Nelson
Chief Meteorologist, KRIS-TV Corpus Christi
"The Christmas Eve Snowstorm"

January 16, 2004 - Dr. Kenneth H. Dunton
Marine Science Institute, University of Texas, Austin
"Meltdown in the Alaskan Arctic: Consequences of Climate Change"

November 5, 2004 - Dr. Harry Shipman
Professor of Astronomy, University of Delaware
"The Big Bang: Where the Universe Came From"

November 12, 2004 - Dr. Kurt Cammarata
Associate Professor of Biology, TAMUCC
"Genomics: Biological Discovery in the 21st Century"

 

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