Radiations

October 13-19, 2002

Weekly Calendar

October 16, Physics Table, Wednesday, Noon-1 p.m., LDC 113. Join the Department staff for lunch. We can meet on 3rd Olin at 11:50 for the short walk to the dinning hall or you can join us there.

October 19, Materials Science Open House, Saturday 9:00 a.m. &endash; 1:00 p.m., University of Minnesota. The University of Minnesota Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Open House. There will be interesting research presentations and cool laboratory tours, plus snacks and a pizza lunch. Please let Cindy Blaha know if you are interested in going to the open house.

Comps Reminder: October 16 is the first comps deadline. A brief written report of your progress in selecting a comps topic is due Wednesday October 16. This should be submitted to Ann Passe.

Physics Talk: "Linear Induction Motor Propulsion for Pneumatic Capsule Pipeline Freight Transportation," Robert M. O'Connell (Tim's Dad), Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Missouri

The excessive use of trucks to transport freight causes problems such as air and noise pollution, premature road damage, excessive fuel consumption, traffic congestion, and safety concerns. In addition, trucks and other surface and air modes of transporting freight are subject to hijacking and terrorist attacks. All of these problems can be alleviated by shipping a portion of the freight, including valuable and militarily sensitive material, in underground pipelines.

October 24, 2002, 1:00 &endash; 2:00 pm, Olin 02

Students interested in engineering studies are invited to visit with Professor O'Connell following the talk in the Olin 2nd floor student lounge. Refreshments will be available.

Science Night At Carleton Lecture Series The third in a series of four lectures by young science professors at Carleton will be October 24, "Particulate Matter in the Environment: Air Pollution, Health Effects, and Measurement Techniques," Deborah Gross, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

The lectures are about cutting edge topics in science. These presentations are designed for the general public so listeners are not required to have a technical background in the fields being discussed. All lectures will be given in Olin 141 at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday evenings.

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

Seniors: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship applications are now available. These awards are for students at or near the beginning of their graduate studies in science, math and engineering. Deadline for application is November 7, 2002. Check out the web site: http://www.orau.org/nsf/nsffel.htm All applicants are expected to apply electronically. Paper-version guidelines are available in Olin 331 (Ann's office)

The Oak Ridge Science Semester (ORSS) enables students to join ongoing investigations at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in research areas as diverse as astrophysics, cell biology, DNA sequencing, genetic mutagenesis, parallel computing, robotics, toxicology, and much more. In their research, ORSS student participants use the sophisticated resources available at the Laboratory, including supercomputers, state-of-the-art electron microscopes, lasers, and analytical instruments such as a fourier transform mass spectrometer and a scanning tunneling microscope. Application deadline for the program beginning August 25-Dec 13, 2003 is March 1, 2003. Check out the website at: http://www.denison.edu/oakridge/ Bruce Thomas is the campus program advisor.

Argonne National Laboratory Summer Energy Research Undergraduate Laboratory Fellowship and Student Research Participation Program These are two separate programs. You are welcome to apply to both. Apply for the ERULF program through the U.S. Dept. of Energy's web site at http://www.scied.science.doe.gov Deadline: Feb 7, 2003. For the Argonne Student Research Participation Program only, apply through the Division of Educational Programs web page at http://www.dep.anl.gov/ Deadline: February 7, 2003.

Arecibo Observatory (Puerto Rico), Summer Student Program. National Astronomy & Ionosphere Center, Cornell University, 504 Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, New York 14853-6801. email: jtm14@cornell.edu. Open to undergraduates. Deadline: February 1, 2003. http://www.naic.edu/about/summer/summer.htm.

University of Connecticut REU Program. Open to undergraduates with B average or above. Web: http://www.physics.uconn.edu/ Deadline: February 25, 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 Visitor Committee, 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

Lehigh University Summer Research Participation Program in Physics. Open to rising seniors. Research activities available: solid state physics; statistical physics and the physics of fluids; atomic, optical, and plasma physics; astrophysics, elementary particle and nuclear physics. Application deadline: March 7, 2003. Web: http://www.physics.lehigh.edu/reu/index.html

National Aeronautics and Space Administration The NASA-USRP accepts applications from undergraduates enrolled full-time in an accredited U.S. college or university. Applicants must be rising juniors or seniors at the completion of the Spring 2002 semester/quarter. Eligible fields of study are academic major or demonstrated coursework concentration in engineering, mathematics, computer science or physical/life sciences. Please visit the NASA-USRP website at http://education.nasa.gov/usrp/ for further program information, application and updates. Online applications will be available Nov 1, 2002.

National Radio Astronomy Observatory Summer Program. Undergraduate students who are US citizens or permanent residents and are enrolled in a degree program are eligible to apply for the 10 to 12 week program. Deadline: January 24, 2003. http://www.nrao.edu/administration/directors_office/summer-students.shtml

University of Oregon Materials Science Institute NSF/REU. We are interested in students that have a strong interest in both Chemistry and Physics. Program URL: http://materialscience.uoregon.edu/. Application deadline is Feb 15, 2003.

University of Rhode Island Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships Program in Oceanography and Ocean Engineering. Topics include satellite oceanography, plate tectonics, Gulf Stream dynamics, climate change, air-sea interaction, volcanic eruptions and hurricane dynamics. Web: http://espo.gso.uri.edu/~surfo/. Deadline: March 15, 2003.

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Summer Intern Program at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center in Cambridge, MA. Research areas: observational and theoretical cosmology, extragalactic and galactic astronomy, interstellar medium and star formation, laboratory astrophysics, supernovae and supernova remnants, planetary science, solar and stellar astrophysics. For more information and application materials, see web page at http://hea-www.harvard.edu/REU/. Deadline: February 1, 2003

The Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA) REU program. -- SARA expects to host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program sponsored by the National Science Foundation in the summer of 2003. SARA is a consortium of five universities: The Florida Institute of Technology, East Tennessee State University, Florida International University, The University of Georgia, and Valdosta State University. The program is 8 to 10 weeks in duration, and includes an observing run at the SARA 0.9-m telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. The program is open to U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Applications for the 2002 program are due on or before February 7, 2003. http://www.astro.fit.edu/sara-reu/

US Department of Energy Research Undergraduate Laboratory Fellowships: The applications for summer 2003 positions will be accepted Oct 15, 2002 through Feb. 10, 2003. The Laboratory interests include solar and related renewable energy research and energy efficiency. These summer research positions may be of interest to physics, chemistry, geology, and biology students. For further information: http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/ERULF/about.html

University of Wisconsin-Madison The Astronomy Department and the Astrophysics group of the Physics Department will host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates program in Astronomy and Astrophysics for eight students, for the ten weeks from June 2 to August 8, 2003. Applications are due on Feb 1, 2003. Application materials should be available by Dec 1, 2002. http://wisp11.physics.wisc.edu/~reu/