Rocky Mountain ASA Chapter Speakers List

Updated 3/18/2019

Please review these individuals’ ASA profiles for more personal info.

Andy Fletcher, Colorado Springs

Terry Gray, Fort Collins

Allan Harvey, Boulder

Brent Nelson, Lakewood

Ken Touryan, Indian Hills

Julie Woodman, Lakewood

Andy Fletcher (Colorado Springs)

andyfletch42@gmail.com

719-660-2602

I’ve been speaking on various topics in science in high schools, some colleges and universities, and for church groups since 1991, full-time since 2002 when I set up the precursor to the non-profit that now supports the work. I’m based in Colorado Springs.

Topics are relativity (Big Bang, Black Holes), quantum theory, chaos and complexity theories, the Strong Anthropic Principle/Fine-tuning vs. the Multiverse, evidence for the existence of God in nature, bits and pieces on String Theory, Inflation, Dark Energy and Matter, alternative origin theories in science, evolution/creationism/intelligent design/epigenetics/Complexity, and so on.

The talks have been designed for and delivered primarily to schools offering the IB curriculum world-wide, over 260 schools in 42 countries so far. They fit Into what is called Theory of knowledge (TOK), a course in the IB. Locally, I did the talks for 17 years at Palmer HS, 13 years at Rampart HS, several years at TCA, Air Academy HS, Pueblo East HS, and a few others here in Colorado Springs, in Denver, and in Creede, of all places. List of schools is on the website, along with endorsements from teachers and students.

In terms of colleges etc., I do an evening presentation at Pikes Peak CC every other year (April 6 this year) co-hosted by the Astronomy and Philosophy Departments. I did three conferences at Cambridge U in England, keynoting at two of them, keynoted at a conference at Mount Kenya U in Nairobi, and did an evening years ago at Colorado College.

I’ve spoken at a number of local, domestic and international churches, list on request. Most interesting was several times at a couple of churches in the Geneva area with audiences that included physicists from CERN and key figures in the discovery of the Higgs boson.

I’ve written three books out of the talks and recorded them twice as film series, the second one available for purchase. I also recorded one of the books as an audio book.

I have various Youtubes and interviews available if you’d like to have the links.

Andy Fletcher, President
LUE Inc.
www.lifeuniverseverything.org

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Terry Gray

Grayt2@gmail.com

970-372-7464

Terry M. Gray is available to give talks with the following titles: "Credo of an Evolutionary Creationist," Global Energy Needs in 2100--A Back-of-the-Envelope Calculation," "Electronic Waste (E-waste)--Materials, Energy, Economics, Social Justice, and the Future."

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Allan Harvey (Boulder)

(720) 431-5613

1) Science and Nature in Christian Perspective.

A distillation of a class I taught with that title, summarized here:

http://steamdoc.itgo.com/sci-nature/index.html

2) The Chosen Species: Human Uniqueness and the Image of God

Would cover the same ground as this essay I wrote:

http://steamdoc.itgo.com/writings/human.html

3) Phony Warfare: Myths about the Science/Faith Relationship

Would be mostly about history (like how it is a myth that the church said the Earth was flat in the days of Columbus) but also how some mistaken thinking distorts the relationship today.

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Brent Nelson (Lakewood)

bnelsonpv@gmailcom

303-513-7532

Energy Extraction and Use of Fossil Fuels (oil, natural gas, and coal)

Conversion and Use of Renewable Fuels (bio-fuels, hydrogen, solar-fuels)

Electricity Generation (nuclear, geothermal, concentrating solar power, ocean power, wind, hydroelectric, photovoltaics)

Electricity Use and the Smart Grid (the internet of things, lighting, electric vehicles)

Space Heating (solar, geothermal, fuels)

Miscellaneous Energy Topics (thermal-electrics, methane hydrates)

What You Can Do as an Individual to Lower your Energy Consumption and Carbon Footprint

The Energy, Water, Land-Use Nexus

Or any combination of the above with varying amounts of Christian stewardship messages.

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Ken Touryan (Indian Hills)

kenell@comcast.net

303-888-1738

Here is a list of talks and presentations I have given, and still do, to both Christian and secular audiences.

1-Five evidences that support the Truth claims of the Christian Faith; a cumulative evidence approach.

2a-Present and future directions in renewable technologies (Brent will be the better candidate for this topic)

2b-Alternate energy that includes Nuclear, Fusion and Renewable energies.

3-The Gordian Knot of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Why the Christian perspective of defending Israel does not tell the real story.

4a-Are we alone in the universe? (I have spent decades on this topic, and am publishing a paper)

4b--UFOs, what are they?(The improbable aerodynamics of UFOs)

5- The Armenian genocide that Hitler used to justify perpetrating the Jewish holocaust

6-The USDOE Initiatives for Preventing the Proliferation (IPP) of Weapons of Mass Destruction ; My experiences in helping implement the project(1996-2007).

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Julie Woodman (Lakewood)

jwoodman@ccu.edu

303-963-3122

1.) The Human Microbiome - a current research interest that I am starting up with students (this could be extended to include creation care given that we have over 10,000 different species in our bodies at any time)

2.) Using the study of chromosome segregation to appreciate the intricacies of creation

3.) Yeast and Humans: How we are different, how we are the same (Using a genetic disease model to explain how our molecular similarities to yeast can be used to advance medical research)

4.) Being a Christian woman in a science field: Balancing (and integrating) faith, work, and family

I would feel most comfortable addressing a student population. :)

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