STEM Scholars Presentation: Building the First “Steamship” as Part of the High Technology Revolution

Life Members – 4:00PM, Wednesday, 9 September

STEM Scholars Presentation: Building the First ‘Steamship’ as Part of the High Technology Revolution

STEM Scholars Presentation: Building the First ‘Steamship’ as Part of the High Technology Revolution, John Laurence Busch, Historian and Author John Laurence Busch will expand upon his previously given “Engineers Presentation: Building the First ‘Steamship’ in History” by showing how to place this first steamship, the Savannah, into a much broader historical context. The result will provide engineers with new methods and tools with which to engage and encourage young students in the study of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). This Scholars Presentation will show why the first-of-its-kind Savannah serves as an important milestone in the ongoing “high technology” revolution, and how this new way of looking at modern-era technological history can serve to promote the study of STEM. The presentation also will provide specific examples of how high technologies have served as important tools for progress in the Modern Era.

The presentation is an outgrowth of his book, “STEAM COFFIN: Captain Moses Rogers and The Steamship Savannah Break the Barrier. STEAM COFFIN has received widespread praise and acclaim, as evidenced by more than two dozen positive book reviews in periodicals from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. John’s speaking tour so far has taken him from Maine to Puerto Rico to California, and across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe, where he has given over 300 presentations before a wide variety of audiences.

“Busch’s supremely readable account…represents the creation of a long-needed missing piece of maritime history… It may properly be termed a page-turner, and is strongly recommended.” — Marine Technology Magazine

“A beautifully written and engaging narrative… John Laurence Busch has made a major contribution to American maritime history with this fine book.” — Naval War College Review

For additional background, visit www.steamcoffin.com.

The meeting will be held at the Lincoln Lab Auditorium, 244 Wood Street., Lexington, MA at 4:00 PM. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM. Registration is in the main lobby. Foreign national visitors to Lincoln Lab require visit requests. Please pre-register by e-mail to reception@ll.mit.edu and indicate your citizenship. Please use the Wood Street Gate. For directions go to http://www.ll.mit.edu/; for other information, contact Steve Teahan, Chairman, at (978)763-5136, or Steve.F.Teahan@raytheon.com

To assist us in planning this meeting, please pre-register at http://www.ieeeboston.org/Register/