September 20, 2004

SIGMA XI PUBLIC LECTURE
Monday, September 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Liff Auditorium
Mesa State College

The Mesa State chapter of Sigma Xi will host "A Grand Challenge: Homeland Defense in a Fragile Environment," a public lecture by guest speaker Peter Brandom on Monday, September 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Liff Auditorium. Brandom, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge Environmental Coordinator, will discuss how the U.S. Department of Defense has developed 'smart' ground machines that will make war safer for American men and women in combat, and how these machines were tested during the DARPA Grand Challenge between Barstow, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. Brandom will focus on the balance between preserving the environment and testing technology that promises to save American lives in combat.

This lecture is free and open to the public. For more information on this lecture or the Sigma Xi chapter, please contact Dr. Teri Coons at 970.255.1898.

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