The former senior adviser for the Office of International Science and Engineering at NSF has been named deputy director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Julia A. Moore, who had been with NSF for 10 years, began her new post on 27 June and will focus on nanotechnology’s societal impacts.
Five scientists involved with development of the Corona satellite—the world’s first operational photo reconnaissance satellite, designed to observe Soviet missile capabilities during the Cold War—have been jointly awarded the 2005 Charles Stark Draper Prize, one of engineering’s top honors, by the National Academy of Engineering. Minoru Sam Araki, Francis J. Madden, Edward A. Miller, James W. Plummer, and Don H. Schoessler were presented with the award at a February ceremony in Washington, DC, “for the design, development, and operation of Corona,” and will share...
