Fall 2012 Seminars
| Date | Title (Topic) | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, September 11 | Snacks at 3:30 in SB157 Seminar class at 3:45 pm | |
Tuesday, September 18 |
Recollision Excitation in Quantum Descriptions of Double Ionization of Helium |
Students Eddie Chen, Nathan Harkema, and Christian Woolley; Professor Stan Haan |
| Tuesday, September 25 | Radioecology--uptake of radionuclides in plants | David Bytwerk, Oregon State University |
| Tuesday, October 2 | Snacks at 3:30 in SB157 Seminar class at 3:45 pm | |
| Tuesday, October 9 | Extreme Binary Stars: the fast, the hot, and the downright strange |
Students Daniel Van Noord and Richard McWhirter; Professors Steve Steenwyk and Larry Molnar |
| Tuesday, October 16 |
Students Shaun Alsum, Andrew Hess, Jacob Lampen, and Margeaux Carter; Professor Matthew Walhout | |
Tuesday, October 23 |
No seminar class or snacks | |
Tuesday, October 30 |
Practical advice for starting a career in physics and astronomy | Bonnie Speyers, Career Counselor for Calvin's Career Development Office and Professor Loren Haarsma |
Tuesday, November 6 |
Instructor's Goals for Using Example Solutions in Introductory Physics | William Mamudi, Western Michigan University |
| Tuesday, November 13 | Biophysics of lipid-sugar phase transitions | Students Kyle Bussis and Erica Chan; Professor Paul Harper |
| Friday, November 16 3:30 pm NH 078 |
The Botjes Miniature Planetarium, Driven and Regulated by a Chauncey Jerome Clock | Clarence Menninga (Professor of Geology, Emeritus) |
Tuesday, November 20 |
Asteroid collisions | Students Hannah Pagel and Sam Van Kooten; Professor Larry Molnar |
| Tuesday, November 27 | Measurements of interactions between lipid membranes | Horia Petrache (Associate Professor of Physics, Indiana Univ Purdue Univ Indianapolis) |
| Tuesday, December 4 | Snacks at 3:30 in SB157 Seminar class at 3:45 pm |
