An Airman Goes To Stanford

Events 1) Guest lecture in the Stanford seminar on 3D printing of aerospace systems.  --The class was about the benefits of 3D printing in austere environments. Format was 15 minutes lecture on terrestrial environments. Dr.Senesky lectured for 15 minutes on space environments. Students then were assigned 5 environments: space, arid environment, underwater, city, arctic and provided pros and cons to the rest of the class. 2) Meeting with Army Chief of Staff --Talked about his concerns over the next 10-15 years 3) Attended two day Quantum Computing conference. https://www.q2b.us.  --Hosted by QCWare and supported by NASA and Google. Linked an Austin-based QC start-up with the Austin DIUx office. 3) Meeting with Mr. Mike Sellitto (https://www.cnas.org/people/michael-sellitto) --Works for DoS on the NSC on cyber policy --Discussed next steps in national cyber policy 4) One-on-One with Mr. Andy Grotto (https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/people/andrew-j...

Behind, so here is two months at once. Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?  Graham Allison. Allison walks the reader through historical conflicts dealing with the rise of national powers. This often led to the larger power waging war to limit the expansion of a rising power.  https://www.amazon.com/ Destined-War-America-Escape- Thucydidess/dp/B06ZZPQNT5/ref= sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509402211& sr=8-1&keywords=destined+for+ war Kissinger: Volume I: 1923-1968: The Idealist , Niall Ferguson. The most thorough biography I have ever read. Ferguson was asked by Dr. Kissinger to do his biography and it does not disappoint. The book follows Dr. Kissinger through his formative years in Europe to his immigration to the US, back to Europe for WWII as an Army enlisted Counterintelligence agent and up to his selection by President Nixon as the NSA. Well worth the time.  https://www.amazon.com/ Kissinger-I-1923-1968- Idealist/dp/B0149GRQQ6/re...