Discovering the Extraordinary Science of the Everyday

Alan Burnham will describe the science educational outreach activities of the Livermore Science and Society Center, including current activities at Science Fairs and schools, plans to expand our mobile outreach capability, and plans to build a science center in downtown Livermore.

 

Alan is the founder and CFO of the Livermore Science and Society Center.  He has BS and PhD degrees in chemistry from Iowa State University and the University of Illinois.  He worked for 31 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on a variety of energy and national security projects.  He then led an oil shale recovery project in Colorado for 7 years.  For the last 5 years he has been a consultant and an adjunct professor at Stanford University.  He has about 250 professional publications, including two books.