McKeever to lecture on science and tech-based economic growth

Monday, April 7, 2014

McKeever to lecture on science and tech-based economic growth

Plans to use Unmanned Aerial Systems Industry to illustrate

Dr. Stephen McKeever will present "Economic Growth Based on Science and Technology: An Illustration using the Unmanned Aerial Systems Industry in Oklahoma,"  at 7 p.m. Friday April 11, in Physical Sciences, room 103 at Oklahoma State University. The lecture is free and open to the public. Prior to the lecture, a reception with coffee and pastries will be held in Physical Sciences 117 starting at 6:30 p.m.

McKeever is secretary of science and technology for the State of Oklahoma, director of the National Energy Solutions Institute, and Regents Professor of Physics at OSU. He is also the former vice president for research and technology transfer at OSU (2003-2013). As secretary of science and technology, he serves on the governor’s cabinet and is chairman of the Governor’s Science and Technology Council and UAS Advisory Council. He also sits on numerous boards and has served on several national scientific committees.

McKeever has authored or co-authored over 200 scientific publications and six books, and has six US and nine International patents in the area of radiation detection and measurements, specializing in development and applications of luminescence in radiation dosimetry. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, a fellow of the Institute of Physics, a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, and a member of the Health Physics Society.

The lecture is part of the 59th Pentasectional Meeting of the American Chemical Society at OSU which that brings together over 150 scientists, educators, and students from the five local ACS sections in the state. The meeting is hosted by OSU and the Oklahoma Section of the American Chemical Society.