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Physics & Astronomy Seminar Schedule

Trinity University
 
Fall 2004

                                  

 All seminars are on Tuesdays at 4:00 PM, 

in Marrs McLean Science Center (MMS), Room 170,

*** unless otherwise noted! ***

(MMS is located at the eastern terminus of Oakmont Ct.)

 

Date SpeakerInstitution Title/Topic
Sept. 7Erin Rericha UT AustinShocks in Rapid Granular Flows
 

 

Sept. 14Reese McKayTUModeling and Prototyping of a Zoom Telescope for LIGO Optical Levers
 

Sept. 14

 

Penny Lee WhetstoneTUUsing MatLab to Analyze and Display Pattern Formation in Liquid Crystals
 

 

 
 

***MONDAY***

 Sept. 20

 

Richard Sramek

 

NRAO

 

ALMA - Millimeter Wavelength Radio Astronomy
 

 

 

***MONDAY***

 Sept. 27, ***IN NORTHRUP HALL 040 (in basement)***(arranged by AVPAA:BR Dr. Diane Smith)

 

Eric Barron

 

Penn State

 

The Mismatch of Model Simulations and Observations During Isotope Stage 3: Is Natural Variability More Important than Previously Considered in Paleoclimate Studies?
 

 

Sept. 28Mario DiazUT BrownsvilleCosmological Gravitational Waves
 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 5Matthias SchroeterUT AustinThe Sandbox Version of Statistical Mechanics 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 12James SharberSwRIInitial Results of Particle Measurements on Mars Express
 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 19Miranda MartinTUMachining Tools to Aid in Liquid Crystal Research and Designing Ideas for Experimental Labs
Oct. 19Erin PerezTUSearching for Polarization in the Radio Jets of Quasars
Oct. 19David PrebishTUNothing to do with Liquid Crystals
Oct. 19Skyler SaucedoTUMeasurements of Anisotropic Conductivities in a Nematic Liquid Crystal
Oct. 19Victoria WinbowTUApplications of Semi-Classical Methods to Molecular Spectra
 

 

Nov. 2 Eugene ClarkTUDo Quasars Change Their Radiative Efficiency Over Time?
Nov. 2 Daniel SpiegelTUDynamics of Localized Electroconvection Patterns
Nov. 2 Robert LairdTUPhotons: The Swiss Army Knife of Physics
Nov. 2 Dennis UgoliniTULIGO Optical Studies and Prototyping
Nov. 2 Gordon MacAlpine TUAdventures in Astrophysics
 

 

***MONDAY***, Nov. 15, ***IN WAXAHACHIE ROOM IN COATES CENTER***(arranged by TWIST)Jenny Cooke,Emilie Kopp, Amber Rakowitz, Scott Schaefer, Lam Yu

 

UT-Austin, Rice, Rice, Rice, Rice

 

Pizza Dinner & Panel Discussion on Grad School

 

 

 

Nov. 16 

Winfried Teizer 

 

Texas A&MSingle Molecule Magnets - The Ultimate Frontier in Magnetism

 

 

 

 

 

 
Nov. 23David Young

 

SwRI 

 

Cassini: Early Views of the Saturnian System

 

 

 
Nov. 30Eric Danielson TUOscillating Parsec-scale Radio Jets in Quasars
Nov. 30Brett Miracle TULasers Behaving Badly: Measuring and Eliminating Unwanted Optics Phenomena
Nov. 30Penny Lee Whetstone TUInvestigating Cultural Bias in the High School Physics Classroom
 
Dec. 7Reese McKay TUA Zoom Telescope for LIGO Optical Levers
Dec. 7Skyler Saucedo TUUsing Matlab to Model the Ginzburg-Landau Equation with a Finite Difference Method