Physics and Astronomy Calendar
Fall Semester
Wednesday, September 2nd 2009
Monday, September 7th 2009
Tuesday, September 8th 2009
Wednesday, September 23rd 2009
Speaker: Dan Polsgrove
Subject: The public portion of Dan's PhD oral exam
Thursday, October 1st 2009
Speaker: Lucy Fortson, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
Subject: The New World of Gamma Ray Astronomy
Lucy Fortson is a candidate for a faculty opening.
Friday, October 2nd 2009
Speaker: Lucy Fortson, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
Subject: Zooniverse: Constructing a Virtual Facility to get the best Science out of Citizen Science
Lucy Fortson is a candidate for a faculty opening.
Saturday, October 3rd 2009
Speaker: Dr. Terry J. Jones, U Minnesota, Astronomy
Tuesday, October 6th 2009
Speaker: Professor Helen Quinn, Stanford University
Subject: Wandering planets, falling apples, curving spaces, whirling stars: How unravling the mysteries of gravity has taught us about the universe
Monday, October 26th 2009
Suggested free will donation $5.
Thursday, November 12th 2009
Speaker: Brian Anderson, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Subject: "Continuous Global Birkeland Currents from the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment: AMPERE.
Monday, November 16th 2009
Speaker: Greg McKusky, University of Minnesota
Subject: Density of States Effects in Nickel Based Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
This is the public portion of Mr. McKusky's thesis defence.
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