We would like to invite anyone who is interested to attend the presentation
described below.

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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (ASME) DISTINGUISHED LECTURER

David A. Levinson

"The Amazing Effectiveness of the Mathematical Sciences"

WHERE:          Grote Hall, Room 129
WHEN:                   March 19, 2003 (Wednesday)
                        3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

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David A. Levinson holds the position of Staff Aerospace Engineer at the
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Advanced Technology Center in Palo Alto,
California, where he is responsible for producing special purpose computer
programs for predicting motions of complex mechanical systems, such as
multibody spacecraft, robotic devices, and aerospace mechanisms. Over the
years, he has been the recipient of numerous engineering awards, among them
the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) San Francisco
Section Outstanding Young Engineer Award, the AIAA San Francisco Section
Engineer of the Year Award in Astronautics, the AIAA San Francisco Section
Engineering Educator of the Year Award, the ASME Santa Clara Valley Section
Distinguished Mechanical Engineer Award, the American Astronautical Society
Outstanding Achievement Award, and the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
President's Award. He is the author or coauthor of 43 published technical
papers and a coauthor of two McGraw-Hill textbooks. Mr. Levinson is a Fellow
of both the American Astronautical Society and the ASME, and is an Associate
Fellow of the AIAA. He currently is chairman of the Discover "E" K-12
engineering outreach program for the Silicon Valley Engineering Council. He
is well-known for his unusual ability to explain complex ideas to general
audiences in an informative and entertaining way.

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Robert T. Bailey, Ph.D., P.E.
UC Foundation Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
College of Engineering and Computer Science
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone: (423) 425-4309
Fax: (423) 425-5229
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Homepage: http://www.utc.edu/~rbailey/
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