Radiations

November 17-23, 2002

Weekly Calendar

 

November 19, Tuesday, Physics Table, 11:30-12:30 p.m., LDC 117, Join the Department staff for lunch. We can meet on 3rd Olin at 11:20 for the short walk to the dinning hall or you can join us there.

November 20, Wednesday, Summer Internship Talks, Wednesday, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Olin 02

Jill Bingham - Biogeochemistry Research in Ocean Sciences, REU program at Old Dominion University

Aleks Diamond-Stanic - Adaptive Optics, Summer school at UC-Santa Cruz

James Lloyd - Apparent Superluminal Interference, REU program at Rice University

November 20, Last Day of Fall Term Classes

 

FYI

Job Opening in the Physics Department Office Winter Term. We need a student office assistant for winter term, 5 to 10 hours per week. Duties include operating office machines, general office duties and running errands. Best job on campus!! See Ann for details apasse@carleton.edu or ex 4383.

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

University of Chicago Materials Center REU Program, with support from the National Science Foundation, offers the opportunity to gain valuable research experience working with faculty members from the Departments of Chemistry, Geophysics, Mathematics, and Physics. Interdisciplinary approaches to cutting edge materials problems will be emphasized. http://physics.uchicago.edu/reu_sum.html Application deadline: February 15, 2003.

University of Colorado, Global Climate Change and Society is a research program that examines the nature of knowledge, and the role that knowledge (scientific and otherwise) plays in societal debates. Open to undergraduates .with a GPA of 3.2 or more and 1 course each in physical science and in philosophy. For additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/Research/GCCS Deadline: March 15, 2003.

Georgia Institute of Technology NSF-funded research experience for undergraduates in chemical, condensed matter, nonlinear, and optical physics. Web: http://www.physics.gatech.edu/ http://www.physics.gatech.edu/ Preference given to rising seniors. Deadline: March 1, 2003.

NASA Academy 2003. Three locations. At Goddard, students study the development and operation of space systems, and the advancement of essential technologies. At Dryden, students explore the realm of flight and make discoveries used in the design of future aircraft. At Ames, students study life's origin, evolution, distribution in the universe and destiny, from the protection of our planet to the evolution of terrestrial life into space. See http://www.nasa-academy.nasa.gov/ http://www.nasa-academy.nasa.gov/ Deadline: Jan 31, 2003

High Altitude Observatory, 2003 Summer Undergraduate Student Visitor Appointments. College students who will be entering their senior year in the fall of 2003. HOA VisitorCommittee, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000. Dr. Paul Charbonneau at cmw@ucar.edu or, Deadline: January 3, 2003. http://www.hao.ucar.edu/public/inside/summer.html

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Summer REU Program. Research areas: experimental atomic, molecular and laser physics; astronomy/astrophysics; theoretical atomic and molecular physics and condensed matter physics; high pressure science. Web: http://www.physics.unlv.edu/~farley/reu/. Deadline: March 3, 2003.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Summer REU sponsored by NSF for women and minorities. Ten students will be recruited with priority given to women and minorities who are physics majors. For further information, contact Dr. Robert Wood, e-mail: chunnaic@uwm.edu or check-out the web page for the application packet at : http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Physics/ . Application deadline: March 31, 2003.