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Welcome and Opening
Dr. Martin M. Sokoloski
Chair, 2012 STEM Workshop
Planning Committee
Qin Shi Huang
(秦始皇)
First Emperor of China
in 221 BC
• Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇) First
Emperor of China in 221 BC
• Conquered all
opposing states &
unified China in 221
BCE, establishing the
Qin Dynasty
• Built and unified various sections
of the Great Wall of China
• Buried with Terracotta Army
• Standardized currency, weights
and measures & established a
better system of writing
• Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇) First
Emperor of China in 221 BC
• Conquered all opposing states &
unified China in 221 BCE,
establishing the Qin Dynasty
• Built and unified
various sections of
the Great Wall of
China
• Buried with Terracotta Army
• Standardized currency, weights
and measures & established a
better system of writing
• Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇) First
Emperor of China in 221 BC
• Conquered all opposing states &
unified China in 221 BCE,
establishing the Qin Dynasty
• Built and unified various sections
of the Great Wall of China
• Buried with
Terracotta Army
• Standardized currency, weights
and measures & established a
better system of writing
• Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇) First
Emperor of China in 221 BC
• Conquered all opposing states &
unified China in 221 BCE,
establishing the Qin Dynasty
• Built and unified various sections
of the Great Wall of China
• Buried with Terracotta Army
• Standardized
currency, weights and
measures
• Lead to the opening of the SILK ROAD
• And Commerce between Europe
[Africa] and Asia
The 21st Century Silk Road
STEM
Enterprise
National
Non-profit
International
Life
science Workforce
Basic
Applied
Policy
Industry
Physics
$$$
Development
Federal
engineering
Facilities
Production
??? Output ???
Metrics
Measures
Indices
Figures of Merit
Academic
Biology
“I think there is a science – a social science – of
science policy, and to practice it one must:
• gather and report data objectively,
• labor diligently to discover all relevant factors,
• and be prepared to consider alternative
interpretations of what we observe.”
John Marburger, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office
of the President
American Physical Society, ‘Scientific Integrity in Government ‘, Tampa, Florida, April
17, 2005
Measures Must Have a Modicum of Reality
Otherwise Bad Things Can Happen
Melt Down in 2008
In The Age Of Aquarius Austerity
“Gentlemen, we have run out of
money. Now we shall have to
think.”
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Prime Minister of the UK
1940-45 and 1951-55