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Because Engineers Rule the World
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Smithsonian, American History Museum, D.C.
For More Information:
Betsy Mendelsohn
301 405 0527
bmendel@umd.edu
"Because Engineers Rule the World"
Allison Marsh, University of South Carolina
Join the Tuesday Colloquium on the history of technology organized by the National Museum of American History. Refreshments at 3:30pm.
Dr. Marsh holds a B.S. in Engineering (Swarthmore) and a Ph.D. in History of Science, Medicine and Technology (Hopkins). Trained as a historian of technology, her research focuses on how the general public comes to understand complex engineering ideas through informal education. She is currently working on The Ultimate Vacation: A History of Factory Tours in America in both book and exhibit form. She currently is the Goldman-Sachs Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution's NMAH.
To gain access to the colloquium (held in NMAH Rm. 4609) you must phone Roger Sherman (202-633-3419) or phone David Haberstich (202-633-3721) before 3:00pm; after 3:00pm call 443-885-1041.
This Event is For: Public
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