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Photo by NASASTS-129 Astronauts on a space walk. During the third space walk the MISSE 7 experiments were installed <strong>and</strong> turnedon. All 8 tribometers successfully turned on <strong>and</strong> began making measurements in space. On the top right <strong>of</strong> the imagethe Express Logistics Carrier can be seen attached to the ISS.CurieT H EL e c t u r e S E R I E SThe Curie Lecture was established in honor <strong>of</strong> MarieCurie. She was both a physicist <strong>and</strong> chemist <strong>and</strong> the firstfemale winner (1903) <strong>of</strong> the Nobel Prize. Marie Curie isstill the only person who has been awarded the prize intwo different areas <strong>of</strong> science.Christine OrtizAssociate Pr<strong>of</strong>essorMaterials Science <strong>and</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>Massachusetts Institute <strong>of</strong>TechnologyDr. Christine Ortiz presented“Natural Armor: An Encyclopedia<strong>of</strong> Protective <strong>Engineering</strong> Designs”for the 2009 Curie Lecture, heldDecember 10. This annual seriesbrings prominent women engineers to visit the department. Ortizholds a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute <strong>and</strong> an M.S.<strong>and</strong> Ph.D. from Cornell University all in the field <strong>of</strong> materialsscience <strong>and</strong> engineering. She has 100+ scientific publications inmore than 20 different academic Journals <strong>and</strong> has given morethan 100 invited national <strong>and</strong> international lectures. For a detailedlook at Dr. Ortiz’s research please visit: http://dmse.mit.edu/faculty/faculty/cortiz8
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