Hubert Palmer Yockey, 99, died peacefully under hospice care at his home in Bel Air, MD, on January 31, 2016, with his daughter, Cynthia Yockey, at his side. Born in Alexandria, Minnesota, he was the son of the late Frederick Milton and Mae Palmer Yockey. Dr. Yockey was a retired experimental nuclear physicist, who began […]
Visit from Scientist Kicks Off Mastodon Matrix Project at Bel Air Library
From the Harford County Public Library: Dr. Carlyn Buckler, Director of the Mastodon Matrix Project in Cornell, NY visited the Bel Air Library on January 7 to share her enthusiasm for mastodons with replicas of a few finds her team had excavated in New York. Teeth and tusk examples were the highlights of the evening […]
Meet the Scientist and Explore the Mastodon Matrix at Bel Air Library
From the Harford County Public Library: The mastodon master, Dr. Carlyn Buckler of the Museum of the Earth, will be toting a baby mastodon tusk to the Bel Air Library to share with future scientists on Monday, January 7 at 6:30 pm. Her talk will focus on the fossilized remains from these ancient ancestors of […]
Award-Winning Scientist and Engineer from Aberdeen Proving Ground Speaks to Students at Roye-Williams Elementary School
From Harford County Public Schools: On December 15, 2011, a group of fourth and fifth grade students in Dr. Guilbault’s class at Roye-Williams Elementary School learned about biomechanics and human connectomes from Dr. Reuben Kraft, mechanical engineer and researcher at APG’s U.S. Army Research Lab. Dr. Kraft was recently awarded the Presidential Early Career Award […]