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An award winning writer who has contributed to the Smithsonian, Time and Vanity Fair Mark Wortman has also contributed to NPR and the History Channel. He's taught at several universities, including his alma mater, Princeton, and he served as an advisor for the film The Millionaires Unit, U.S. Naval Aviators in the First World War. He's the author of several terrific books, including 1941 Fighting the Shadow War A Divided America in a World at War, The Millionaires Unit, The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War, and American Airpower. The Bonfire, the Siege and Burning of Atlanta, and the book we're going to discuss today, Admiral Hyman Rickover, engineer of power.

Ray Smith a Historian, Author, Newspaper Columnist and Photographer in Oak Ridge, TN and Alan Carr, Senior Historian/Program Manager at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Both men sit down with Executive Director and AMSEcast host: Alan Lowe to discuss the Manhattan Project and its long term benefits.

As President of the East Tennessee Economic Counsel (ETEC) Tracy works to create economic growth by engaging business and public policy leaders towards opportunities created by our region's federal assets while enriching public and private investments.

Working to advance fusion science and engineering Rick Lee works at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility operated by General Atomics for the Dept. of Energy. Sharing a passion for fusion Rick leads several outreach teams for students.

As Deputy for Laboratory Operations Dr. Alan Icenhour until recently retiring coordinated overall operations and support functions at ORNL: facilities operations; environment, safety, and health; business operations; security; human resources; communications; and technology transfer.