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Sandia National Laboratories VP Discusses Nuclear Weapon Control
Date: October 7
Location: UT Club, President's Room West
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law presents a discussion "International Nuclear Control in a Global Technology Environment: Effectiveness and Challenges" with Joan Woodard, executive vice president and deputy laboratories director, Sandia National Laboratories. Refreshments will be served.
Woodard's management role at Sandia National Laboratories includes oversight of engineering support and design to the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile; research, development and testing services; and the manufacture of specialized non-nuclear products and components for national defense and security applications. Woodard also chairs the laboratories' management council for the Nuclear Deterrent. She serves on a number of advisory boards, including the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board and is a lifetime member of the Society of Women Engineers.
This presentation is part of the Strauss Center's Technology, Innovation and Global Security Speaker Series, which brings world-renowned experts to campus to discuss how to sustain innovation and prevent modern technology from being misused.
About the Strauss Center
The Strauss Center works to engage the best minds in academia, government and the private sector in developing practical solutions to the pressing problems of an increasingly globalized world. Randy Diehl, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, serves on the center's governing board, and seven liberal arts professors are Strauss Center fellows for 2008-09.