Radiations

Department of Physics and Astronomy

October 7-13, 2001

Weekly Calendar

Thursday, Oct 11, 12:00-1:00 pm, 113 LCD, Physics Table Join the department staff for lunch and good company. We can meet on 3rd Olin at 11:50 for the short walk to the new dinning hall or you can meet us in room 113 at the Language Center Dining Hall. Students off-board are invited to bring their lunch.

Friday, Oct 7, 3:30-4:30 pm, Olin 02, Fall Seminar: John Dulka: Temperature Distribution and Heat Flows in the High Voltage Feedthrough Ports for the Atlas Lar Calorimeters; Jeff Hellman: 2-D Image Filtering and Computed Tomography; Katie Devine: OH Masers at 4765 MHz or Radio Astronomy at the Very Large Array.

The Twelfth Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics invites undergraduate authors to submit papers on their research. The Symposium will be held Friday and Saturday, Nov 9 & 10 at Argonne National Laboratory. Authors should prepare a 15 minute presentation and allow an additional 5 minutes for questions from the audience. There is a $35 registration fee. Deadline for electronic receipt of abstracts is Tuesday, Oct 9, 2001. Please contact Bill Titus for more information. http://www.dep.anl.gov/ugsymp/

Nancy Knight from the Iowa State engineering program will be on campus Monday October 22 from 1 - 2:30 pm. She will be available to answer questions on their graduate program; Cookies included. For more information contact Nelson Christensen.

Comps Information Comps information is now on the Physics web page at: http://physics.carleton.edu/Updates/fcompsinfo.html

Future Fall Friday Seminars:

10/19 Randy Hulet, Bose Condensation, Rice University Physics Department

10/26 John Prineas, Semiconductor Quantum Wells: What They Are and What You and Astronomy Can Do With Them, Iowa State University Department of Physics and Astronomy

11/02 Matt Hahn, Neutrino Oscillations; Tim O’Connell, Fitting of a Simple Mathematical Model to a Complex Simulation; Andrew Eppig, Stop-and-go, Ebb and Flow: Kinesin Mobility and the Brownian Ratchet

11/09 Suzanne Rousseau, CPT Symmetry and Optical Pumping; Doug Sigford, Students of the Solar Wind: A Scientific and Academic Endeavor; Henry Brock, Raising Walls and Food for Forty: Carpentry and Camp

US Department of Energy Research Undergraduate Laboratory Fellowships:The applications for summer 2002 positions will be accepted Dec. 1st through Feb. 1, 2002. 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

National Security Education Program Scholarships provide financial support to undergraduates who plan to study abroad in 2002-03. Applications are available in the Off-Campus Studies Office. For more information: http://www.iie.org/nsep or email Helena Kaufman at hkaufman@acs.carleton.edu.Application deadline: January 15, 2002.

Past and Current REU Information: http://physics.carleton.edu/Updates/finternships.html