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The Speaker: Miss Ruth Ellen Miller is co-founder and president of NoUVIR Research, an award-winning fiber optic lighting company that manufactures light with zero UV and zero IR content under 25 U.S. Patents, many of which she is a co-inventor. NoUVIR’s products light everything from the Magna Charta and the world’s oldest human fossil “Lucy” to the 1560 portrait of Elizabeth Fitzgerald and the rare Civil War battle drum from Mt. Kennesaw. Author of the Reflected Energy Matching Theory (first published and reviewed in 1994), Ruth Ellen’s scientific contributions to museum practice has been called by the Smithsonian as “the greatest breakthrough in conservation science in the last decade.” Today REM Theory is practiced by museums around the world and is one of the key factors in understanding artifact preservation. Ruth Ellen has done numerous experiments with various light sources and materials, has written and co-authored papers, has lectured at museums and universities, and has even written several nationallypublished magazine articles handling the science in a fun, understandable way for the general public. Today she focuses on the numerous responsibilities of running a company that manufacturers over a hundred high-tech products and dedicates more than 10% of its annual budget to R&D. Yet she enjoys taking time out of her busy schedule to educate on photon theory and practice. The inside joke is that she has been repeatedly recognize nationally for her business success and is even quoted in university textbooks on entrepreneurship and self-help business books. But her pride is in the many museum professionals practicing Reflected Energy Matching. Of those, only a handful know the initials really stand for Ruth Ellen Miller.

Honors and Awards: Small Business Person of the Year 2000, State of Delaware names a star “NoUVIR”, Sussex County declares Ruth Ellen Day, Greater Seaford Area Business Person of the Year 2001, Entrepreneurial Spirit Award 2003, U.S. Chamber of Commerce “Blue Ribbon Company” 2006. Also look for the internationally-broadcast PBS show Small Business School featuring NoUVIR Research. NoUVIR is the only Delaware company to be chosen.

Abstract: Museums in America are responsible for over 4.8 billion artifacts. These artifacts are our national treasures. They are our nation’s soul, our cultural history and our art. Yet over 65% of these precious objects have experienced damage. And almost 100% of these treasures can be seriously threatened by photochemical damage when exhibited to the public. But what is the “photo” and what is the “chemical” part of the damage? Why do artifacts or anything else fade, yellow, crack, spall, chip and fall apart under light? What actually is light? Why does it create physical change? And how do you stop the chemical reactions without hiding an artifact in the dark?

Discover the fascinating world of the photon. We will explore where chemistry and quantum electrodynamics rub shoulders. You will learn about the Reflected Energy Matching Theory and how it is applied in places from the Library of Congress for lighting the draft of the Declaration of Independence to the United States Air Force that uses it to display FDR’s Sacred Cow, the first Air Force One to the Smithsonian where it is applied to the rare dicerotops. You will find out the “why” to radiation, visible light, UV, infrared, wavelengths and sight. It will be a short, fast talk. We will only be able to scratch the surface. But you will learn things Einstein would have gladly given away his Nobel Prize to know. And you will never look at chemistry in quite the same way again.

The April meeting will be held at Adelphia Restaurant in Deptford.

The restaurant is located at 1750 Clements-Bridge Road, Deptford NJ 08096

Please call the restaurant at 856-845-8200 for directions if needed. You can also check their web site at www.adelphiarestaurant.com.

Dinner selections: Grilled Salmon, Chicken Parmigiana, and Pasta Primavera.

Please email your reservation by Friday, April 17. Be sure to indicate your dinner choice!

Jennifer McCulley, jmcculley1@yahoo.com

Dennis A. Gaal, dennis.a.gaal@exxonmobil.com

New Jersey Department of Education Professional Development Provider number = 2538

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