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Conference SpeakersConfirmed for the plenary:
Mr. Christopher joined Westinghouse Power Systems Division in 1973 and served in various management positions. He was General Manager of the Westinghouse Nuclear Service Division from 1982-1995. Christopher holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Mechanics from Georgia Tech. He graduated from the Naval Nuclear Program and was a licensed engineering officer of Operating Nuclear Submarines. In 1980, Christopher earned a Master of Business degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Weiner is co-author of two textbook series: Environmental Engineering and Environmental Pollution and Control, which are in their third and fourth editions, respectively, and has published more than 100 technical publications. She has received a dozen awards for her work in environmental science, the most recent of which is the 1998 YWCA Women on the Move Award in Science and Technology. She has served as a Congressional Science Fellow and is a member of AAAS, the Society for Risk Analysis, the Health Physics Society, and was elected to the Board of the American Nuclear Society in 2000. Dr. Weiner has been a member of the Sierra Club for 35 years. She has led a number of wilderness backpack trips and family trips for the Club's National Outings Program, and was a member of the club's Clean Air Committee and Energy Committee in the 1980s. She was also very active with the American Lung Association, the Mountaineers, the Washington Environmental Council, and similar organizations. Dr. Weiner holds B.S. and M.S. degees in Physics from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Weiner and her husband, Dr. Hubert Joy, live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Confirmed for the banquet:
Dr. Waltar served as President of the 16,000-member American Nuclear Society during 1994-1995. He was elected a Fellow of the Society in 1984. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Washington, an M.S. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in engineering science from the University of California at Berkeley. In addition to a distinguished career with Battelle Northwest Laboratory and Westinghouse Hanford Company in advanced reactor design, reactor safety, and nuclear waste technologies, Dr. Waltar served on the faculty at the University of Virginia. He co-authored the Fast Breeder Reactor textbook that, along with the Russian translation edition, has become the standard international text in the field. In addition to organizing numerous international technical conferences, Dr. Waltar has published over 65 open literature scientific articles. He has consulted for LANL, the IAEA, the U.S. DOE, Washington Public Power Supply stems, Entergy Corp., and the KfK in Karlsruhe, Germany. He has received numerous honors and recognitions, both for professional achievement and community service. Following two years of organizational efforts, Dr. Waltar was elected the Founding President of the Eagle Alliance, a nation-wide educational movement to revitalize nuclear science and technology in America. With support ranging from the American Medical Association to prestigious universities, and from utility CEOs to Nobel laureates, this movement could become pivotal to the restoration of nuclear growth in the United States. Dr. Waltar's latest book, AMERICA THE POWERLESS: Facing Our Nuclear Energy Dilemma, was written to ease public fears regarding nuclear energy. As a part of his passion to achieve public understanding of energy issues, he has given scores of lectures to service groups, colleges, churches and scientific organizations throughout the United States and 15 foreign countries. Confirmed for the Professional Development Workshop:
Foulke joined the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in 1968 and left a position on the General Manager's staff when he transferred to the Westinghouse Nuclear Energy Systems organization after TMI. At Bettis, he has held management positions in fleet performance analysis, reactor methods and programming, reactor safety, environmental assessment, physical security, safeguards, and nuclear materials management. He held management positions in training and simulation with Westinghouse Nuclear Energy Systems from 1981 to 1991. He also served as Adjunct Professor in the Nuclear Engineering Department at Penn State University from 1984 to 1988 where he taught courses in Nuclear Dynamics and Control, and Special Topics. Foulke was appointed Fellow of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in 1993 after having served as a member of the ABET Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) from 1984 to 1992; as Chair of the TAC from 1991 to 1992; and as a member of the International Accreditation Committee from 1992 to 1995. He is currently an active member of the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET and regularly leads two accreditation visits to Schools of Engineering in the United States each fall. Foulke was and is a principal in the development and administration of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Fellowship Program announced in the Summer of 2001. He has been a Registered Professional Engineer (Nuclear) in Pennsylvania since 1997. A member of the American Nuclear Society since 1966, he has served as a member of ANS Board of Directors from June of 1998 to the present time. He has served as a member or chair of many committees. He is a Board Member and Past Chair of Pittsburgh Local Section of the ANS. He was and is an initiator of outreach activities of the Pittsburgh ANS Section to local science teachers and students. Foulke began service as the Vice-President / President Elect of the American Nuclear Society in June of 2002. |
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