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
2	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 -
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 -
12	Nov. 19	TBA -
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.