Carleton College Physics and Astronomy

Weekly Bulletin November 8 - November 14

Friday, November 10 3:30 Olin 108

STUDENT TALKS:

CHRIS COOPER, "Blow Wind, Blow; or How I Measured Wind on Mars"

CHRISTINA ELLIS, "Summertime Silicon Surface Conditioning: Fun with Acids"

Chris and Christina report on their work last summer, at NASA Ames Research Center and FSI International respectively.

Tuesday, November 14 Noon CTR

PHYSICS / ASTRONOMY TABLE: Meet in Olin 309 at 11:50 a.m. for the walk to the CTR or join us there at noon.

1. Engineers James Erwin (Columbia University will be here tomorrow, November 9 . If you haven't arranged an appointment to talk with him, do it immediately. Contact Bruce Thomas (Olin 342, x4389, BTHOMAS)

2. Juniors and Seniors We are looking for graders for 126 (Instrumentation) and 231 (Classical Mechanics) for next term. Benefits: Learning physics even better than you already know it and high pay. See Bruce Thomas ASAP if interested.

3. Astro Computer System Manager Trainee Needed Are you a first-, second-, or third-year student with an interest in computers and (preferably) astronomy? Would you be interested in being system manager of our six-Sun UNIX network? We are looking for someone to learn the ropes from our current excellent manager, Justin Morgan, over the next two terms and then to take over next year. Please contact Joel Weisberg ASAP if interested.

4. American Physical Society Undergraduate Poster Sessions Contact Joel if you would like to present a poster on your scientific work at the APS St. Louis meeting (March 18-22) or Indianapolis meeting (May 2-5).

5. Graduate Fellowships The U.S. Department of Energy is offering a number of graduate fellowship programs ranging from nuclear engineering to applied health physics. The programs are administered through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education and the brochures are posted on second Olin for further information.

6. PHYSBEE. 12-0. Wow. Runge-Kutta!

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