Travel Between SeaTac and Downtown Tacoma There are several options for delegates traveling between Sea-Tac International Airport and downtown Tacoma. Private Transportation Options Capital Aeroporter, (800)-962-3579. This service is offering SHOT members a special convention rate for travel between the airport and the Hotel Murano. For SHOT attendees booking individually, the one-way fare is $25.00…
Read MoreTacoma Beyond SHOT Near the Hotel… The Tacoma Art Museum is dedicated to connecting people through art, and showcasing and collecting Northwest art. The museum features framed views of Mt. Rainier and a series of elegant galleries that wrap around an open-air interior stone garden. The galleries showcase traveling national and international exhibitions, as well…
Read MoreWelcome to Tacoma "…a stimulating arena where scholars from different places but with similar interests can meet and forge intellectual and social ties." -Arne Kaijser, SHOT President SHOT 2010 30 September – 3 October 2010 For engineering students and historians of technology, Tacoma may be most often associated with the spectacular collapse of the first…
Read MoreGetting to & Around Cleveland Continental Airlines, which operates a hub at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, has agreed to provide discounts to SHOT meeting attendees. The discounts range from 2-10% off the price of the ticket, plus an additional 3% discount if the tickets are booked on Continental’s website. Please use the offer code ZK9Y803338…
Read MoreSHOT 2011 Tours and Special Activities The following is a summary of the tours and special activities scheduled during this year’s Annual Meeting in Cleveland. Please click here for complete details (PDF). Because the tours are very popular and sell out quickly, you may want to register as soon as possible in order to avoid…
Read MoreSHOT 2011: SIG Events Albatrosses The Albatrosses, whose interests cover all things related to aviation and aerospace, will have an informal breakfast on Sunday morning followed by a roundtable session highlighting the current research of grad students and young scholars. To join the Albatrosses email list, send a short email Robert Ferguson. SIGCIS The SIG…
Read MoreTechnical Support for Presenters Audio-Visual Support Thanks to Case Western Reserve University, each session room at the meeting will be equipped with a digital projector and screen.� Speakers planning to use PowerPoint should make sure that they (or someone on their panel) will bring a laptop that can connect to the digital projector.� Should you…
Read MoreSession Schedule The program committee (chaired by Eda Kranakis) has put together an outstanding line-up of sessions.�You will not only be able to hear papers on timely topics such as the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, but also on topics ranging from superconductivity to technology and the body to the Tao…
Read MoreRegister Now for SHOT 2011 With an outstanding SHOT program of academic sessions and special events, and the co-location of the HSS and 4S meetings, SHOT 2011 offers an unusually rich opportunity for academic and social discourse. We encourage you to register early because SHOT tours are very popular and sell out quickly. Once again…
Read MoreOverview of the Program Once again this year, there is an extensive program of meetings, activities, and social events supplementing the more than fifty academic sessions. There will be meetings to talk about diversity in our organization and field of scholarship (Friday evening), and a special presentation by Paul Edwards on giving effective academic talks…
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