Science and Engineering Council of Santa Barbara
November Luncheon
at
The Elephant Bar Restaurant
Thursday, November 11, 2004 12:00-1:30 PM

Casting For Solutions
A Microscopic Look at Bone Fracture Dynamics

As people are living longer and the baby-boom generation reaches their senior years, there is an increasing need to study ailments afflicting the elderly. Hip fractures, for example, are very common amongst this segment of our population. Despite the obvious and growing importance of understanding bone fractures, there is a huge amount of work remaining to be done before it can be understood down to the microscopic and molecular level. This talk will summarize recent progress in developing a microscopic model of bone fracture processes.

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Professor Paul Hansma
Department of Physics, UCSB

Prof. Paul Hansma did his graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, on semiconductivity and the Josephson effect. Since coming to UCSB in 1972, he has worked on electron tunneling microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, atomic force microscopy, biomineralization, and, most recently, bone, which he will talk about today.

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$12 for SEC members; $15 for non-members.
Information: Barbara Keaney (E-mail: scieng@silcom.com or call 805-684-4927).
Reservations NOT required.
Elephant Bar Restaurant: 521 Firestone Road.
Website: http://www.scieng.org

From the President: This month we are pleased to welcome Renco Encoders, Inc. of Goleta to Corporate membership and Glenn Stuck, a past member who has rejoined the SEC as an individual. This month's program with Professor Hansma promises to be both entertaining and insightful, particularly for all of us who are experiencing the aging process first hand. Looking ahead to December 9 we will hear from Eric McFarland of GRT regarding advances in natural gas extraction technologies. Please join us.

Tim Murphy