Spring 2012 Seminars
| Date | Title (Topic) | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, January31 | Snacks at 3:30 in SB157 Seminar class at 3:45 pm | |
Tuesday February 7 |
Video Games as Virtual Physics Labs |
Andrew Vanden Heuvel, part time instructor, Calvin College |
| Tuesday, February 14 | The Largest Structures in the Universe | Student Nathan Harkema and Professor Deborah Haarsma, Calvin College |
| Tuesday, February 21 | Snacks at 3:30 in SB157 Seminar class at 3:45 pm | |
| Tuesday February 28 | Self-organized interlocking complexity in biology and economics |
Professor Loren Haarsma, Calvin College |
| Tuesday, March 6 3:30 p.m. running time 90 min. |
Movie with Spanish Dept | |
| Tuesday, March 13 | Snacks at 3:30 in SB157 Seminar class at 3:45 pm | |
Tuesday, March 20 |
No seminar class or snacks | |
Tuesday, March 27 |
Asteroid collisions | Student Sam Van Kooten and Professor Larry Molnar, Calvin College |
| Tuesday, April 3 | Snacks at 3:30 in SB157 Seminar class at 3:45 pm | |
Tuesday, April 10 |
Snacks at 3:30 in SB157 Seminar class at 3:45 pm | |
| Friday, April 13 SB 010 (note room change) | Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Universe | Jake Vander Plas '03 graduate student at the University of Washington |
| Tuesday, April 17 | Advanced Astronomy Imaging Technology |
Dr. Bern Kosicki, MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
Tuesday, April 24 |
No seminar class or snacks | |
| Tuesday May 1 | Discovery Physics with Jets at the Large Hadron Collider | Prof Adam Gibson-Even, Valparaiso University |
