The GRC on Laser Diagnostics in Combustion provides a unique forum for multidisciplinary interaction. Combustion is an academic component of mechanical engineering, but fundamental studies use significant chemistry and physics. The GRC and its "off the record" policy has enabled candid industrial participation.
- Jay Jeffries
In 1993, big, loveable Jonathan Fracter from NIST walked right through a plate glass window at Colby- Sawyer College. It was not funny at the time, of course, but it has been discussed anecdotally ever since - especially the speed with which the college put stickers of owls on the other windows.
- George R. Pilcher
The GRC on Polymer Colloids helped to bring together scientists from a wide range of disciplines, from physics to medicine. This type of interaction helped to improve the mechanism of synthesis method (emulsion polymerization), advance theoretical physics, and also find new applications for polymer colloids.
- D. Sunil Jayasuriya
Wolfgang Seifert, a very competitive guy, was challenged to hold one leg out while on his hands and knees to "show great strength." There he was for almost thirty minutes looking like a dog marking his territory... it was quite a start in science for a young graduate.
- Cindy Lee
I remember the 1998 Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms conference, when the non-U.S. were nearly all lost at sea while whale-watching... a plot for U.S. domination of the field?
- Liz Sockett
People tell me that Ledoux and I engaged in a tug of war over the microphone while arguing about the meaning of his experiments! (I believe this story, although I don't recall the physical struggle.)
- Mary-Dell Chilton