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Interview with John Mather
John C. Mather was study scientist and project scientist for the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) and principal investigator for the Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS) on that mission. He shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics with George Smoot for measurements of cosmic microwave background radiation that support important elements of the big bang theory of the universe’s origin. Read more...
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On the Wallops Range
“I tell people I’m a true geek,” Jay Pittman says, laughing. He’s driving on a two-lane strip of blacktop flanked by summer-green crops, heading seven miles southeast from the main base of Wallops Flight Facility toward a tiny barrier island off Virginia’s Eastern Shore, where the Wallops launch and research range stretches along a sandy strand of the Atlantic Ocean.
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The Next-Generation Workforce
and Project Management
The workplace is changing in ways not due entirely to the introduction of new technology or new philosophies of management. The workforce itself is changing. The rise of the millennial generation brings workers who are more introspective, more connected to the world and their community, and less willing to align themselves to the needs of employers. Read more...
