Radiations

January 26 &endash; February 1, 2003

Weekly Calendar

January 28, Physics Table, Tuesday, 11:30-12:30 p.m., LDC 113 (Fireplace Room) Join the Department staff for lunch. We can meet on 3rd Olin at 11:25 for the short walk to the dinning hall or you can join us there.

Comps Calendar

January 27, Ghidewon Arefe, "Harnessing Solar Energy with Photovoltaic Cells", Monday, 3:10-4:20 p.m., Olin 02

January 29, Eli Morris, "Searching for CP Violation: A quest to understand our Universe's existence", Wednesday, 3:10-4:20 p.m., Olin O2.

January 31, Bryan Donald, "The Physics Behind Magnetic Resonance Imaging", Friday, 3:30-4:40 p.m., Olin 101.

Introductory papers of upcoming talks are available in binders in second and third floor lounges. These will provide you with important background information and a brief outline of the talks to be presented.

FYI

Copenhagen: For information about the Physics Department trip January 31 to see the play Copenhagen see: http://physics.carleton.edu/Faculty/kevin/Beta128/copenhagen_add.htm

2003 REU AND INTERNSHIP INFORMATION

List of REU and internship opportunities are also on the Carleton Physics Web page at http://physics.carleton.edu/Updates/finternships.html

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) has a Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program for Study in Medical Physics. It is designed to provide opportunities for undergraduates to gain exposure and experience by performing research in a medical physics lab or assisting with clinical services. For additional information, visit the web site at http://www.aapm.org/announcements/summer_undergrad_fellow/. Student application deadline: March 14, 2003.

The American Physical Society and IBM will co-sponsor a research internship program for undergraduate women in the summer of 2003. This is a salaried summer internship at one of IBM's U.S. research centers located in San Jose, CA; Yorktown Heights, NY; or Austin, TX. Information on the program, eligibility, and how to apply may be found http://www.aps.org/educ/cswp/ibmintern.html Deadline to apply is January 31, 2003.

Coe College Department of Physics REU in optics, materials science, acoustics. For more information see the web site at: http://www.public.coe.edu/departments/chemistry/reu. Deadline: March 1, 2003.

University of Colorado at Boulder Undergraduate Physics Research operated jointly by the Dept of Physics and JILA. The summer opportunities for research participation exists in the following specialties: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Gravitational Physics, Geophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, Elementary Particle Physics, and Plasma Physics. Applications due April 21, 2003. For more information see: http://physics.colorado.edu/reu/index.html

CUREA (Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy) at Mt. Wilson Observatory is a two-week, hands-on astronomy course using telescopes at Mt. Wilson. For more information and to apply for the 2003 program see the website http://www.curea.org/. Application deadline: April 1, 2003.

University of Michigan REU in Atmospheric Science. Research topics: computer modeling of cometary and planetary atmospheres, analysis of spacecraft and sounding rocket data, theoretical and experimental studies of the dynamics and chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere, design and fabrication of spacecraft hardware. More info at http://www.sprl.umich.edu/SPRL/REU/. Deadline: April 1, 2003.

University of Michigan Space Physics Research Lab. Deadline April 1, 2003. For more info, see the web site at: http://www.sprl.umich.edu/SPRL/REU

Penn State University Department of Physics has been designated a Research Experiences for Undergraduates site by the National Science Foundation. This program is designed to give a group of undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in frontier physics research at a major research facility. http://www.phys.psu.edu/REU/gen_reu_info.html. Deadline: March 1, 2003.