physics

PHY 497 Physics Seminar

Fall 2008 Schedule

All meetings are on Weds. from 3:20-4:15 p.m. in CH201 unless otherwise noted.

1 Sept. 3 Welcome
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Sept. 10

Jason Kouba & Sandy Sieber, UW-L

International Education Programs

3 Sept. 17

Sharon Kaempfer, UW-Milwaukee

Dual-degree Program at UW-M

4 Sept. 24

Bonnie Schmidt, UW-Madison

Dual-degree Program at UW-M

5 Oct. 1

Dr. Eric Korpela, Univ. of California, Berkeley

SETI@home and BOINC: Technical Challenges in the Search for ET

6 Oct. 8

Picnic (weather permitting) or pizza party

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7 Oct. 15

Ben Sharpe & Ben Koch, Univ. of Minnesota

Dual-degree Program at UM

8 Oct. 21 (Tuesday)

Dr. Frank Wilczek, 2008 DLS Speaker

The LHC Adventure

9 Oct. 29

Dr. Mark Pickar, Minnesota state University, Mankato

Safaris in Experimental nuclear Physics

10 Nov. 5

Dr. Richard Gran, University of Minnesota, Duluth Campus

Neutrino Oscillations and the MINOS Experiment

11 Nov. 12

TBA

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12 Nov. 19

TBA

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13 Dec. 3

Dr. Stefan Westerhoff, U W Madison

Ice Cube – Neutrino Astronomy at the South Pole

14 Dec. 10

Last Day

report submission

* A one page (double spaced-12 pt. font- individually written) summary of one of the talks is to be turned in by the end of the semester.

Contact Dr. Pillai in CH 2014 or at 785-8438 for further information, or email him at pillai.t@uwlax.edu.