Events Archives – Creighton Distinguished Lectures

John and Janet Creighton at lecture event with with Peter Ungaro and R. Chidambaram

The Creighton Distinguished Lecture is sponsored by the Institute for Shock Physics’ John and Janet Creighton Distinguished Professorship and hosted by the Institute for Shock Physics and the College of Arts and Sciences

Kim Budil.

Kim Budil

April 6, 2022: Kimberly Budil (Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) presented the Creighton Distinguished Lecture entitled “National Security Challenges in the 21st Century: Deterrence, Bio-Resilience, Energy, and Climate.” 

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R. Chidambaram

R. Chidambaram

September 7, 2016: R. Chidambaram (Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet) presented the Creighton Distinguished Lecture entitled “International Partnerships for a Knowledge Economy.

WSU Insider: International Partnerships for a Knowledge Economy

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Donald Cook

Donald Cook

April 17, 2015: Donald Cook (Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs – Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration) presented the Creighton Distinguished Lecture entitled “U.S. Nuclear Deterrence: Policy Perspective and Scientific Needs”. 

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Peter Ungaro

Peter Ungaro

August 26, 2014: The Institute for Shock Physics’ Inaugural Creighton Distinguished Lecture was presented by Peter Ungaro (President and CEO, Cray Inc.).  Peter Ungaro’s lecture was entitled “Fusion of Supercomputing, Scientific Applications, and Big Data”.

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