Seminars
are held on Tuesdays, 3:45-4:45pm in SB 101, unless otherwise noted. Meet
at 3:30 in SB 157 for refreshments (refreshments are available even on
Tuesdays with no seminar!). See Calvin's
Visitor Resources for maps and directions to the Science Building.
Schedules from previous
semesters:
Fall 2002,
Spring 2002, Fall
2001, Spring 2001, Fall
2000, Spring 2000, Fall
1999.
| Date
|
Title
|
Speaker
|
| Friday,
February 14, SB110 |
Scitex
Inkjet: It's Not a Typical Desktop Printer |
Dr. James Katerburg
'75, senior scientist at Scitex |
| Friday,
March 7, SB110 |
Creation
or Curse? Entropy Earthquakes, Mosquitoes & Malaria |
Prof. Loren
Haarsma |
| Thursday,
April
3, SB010 |
Observations
of Cold Antihydrogen: Atoms made entirely of Antimatter |
Dr. Jerry Gabrielse
'73, Professor and Physics Dept. Chair, Harvard University |
| April 15 |
A Static, Visual,
and Quantitative Demonstration of Newton's Third Law |
Prof. David
Van Baak |
| Monday,
April 21 |
The Science
of Global Warming and the Status of the United States Policy on Climate
Change |
Dr. Tom Ackerman |
| May 13 |
SGRs: The Acronym,
the Object, and Some Observations of SGR 1900+14 |
Prof. Geoff
Lenters |
February 14: Scitex Inkjet: It's Not a Typical Desktop Printer
Scitex Inkjet printers operate at speeds up to 2000 pages/minute. Scitex
printheads involve a broad range of applied physics and engineering disciplines
such as fluid dynamics, vibration analysis, and electrostatics. An overview
of the operating principles at the heart of these high-speed printers
will be presented.
March 7: Creation or Curse? Entropy Earthquakes, Mosquitoes & Malaria
In Reformed theology,
the effects of the Fall are pervasive, affecting all of creation. So it
is tempting for us to blame everything which annoys or hurts us on the
Fall. When we study creation scientifically, however, we find that many
of the things which can annoy or hurt us -- from tiny viruses to the second
law of thermodynamics -- play an important, natural, and perhaps even
inevitable part in the functioning of God's complex and amazing creation.
We shouldn't be hasty to blame something on the Fall which was part of
God's good design. We'll explore this topic in a range of areas from the
laws of physics to biology to human behavioral dispositions.
April 3: Observations of Cold Antihydrogen: Atoms made entirely of antimatter
Antihydrogen atoms
are the simplest atoms made entirely of antimatter. An anti-electron (more
often called a positron) orbits an antiproton. Precise comparisons of
hydrogen and antihydrogen atoms promise to provide exceptionally sensitive
tests of the fundamental symmetries of nature. Cold antihydrogen atoms
were observed for the first time last fall, and Professor Gabrielse will
report on his work with the ATRAP collaboration which provided a background-free
observation of cold antihydrogen, and a first look at its internal states.
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