Radiations

September 16-22, 2001

Weekly Calendar

Wed, Sept 19, 4:30-5:30 pm, Olin 02

Seniors Meeting: An important meeting for senior majors to discuss the senior year and preparing for your life after Carleton. (That means mainly comps, and applying for jobs or grad schools.) Any juniors thinking about doing physics comps this year should also attend.

Thursday, Sept 20, 12:00-1:00 pm LCD

Physics Table: Join the Department staff for lunch and good company for the first Physics Table of 2001-02. We can meet on 3rd Olin at 11:50 for the short walk to the new dinning hall or you can meet us there.

Weekly Seminar: We are looking for volunteers to give 20-minute talks at our Friday seminars on their summer work experiences. We are all anxious to hear the what, why, and where of your summer job. If you are intertested in giving such a talk, please contact Bill Titus as soon as possible

Student Science Poster Session is scheduled for Friday, October 5 at 3:30 in Hulings. If you have a poster already made describing your summer research or if you'd like to make one up, again contact Bill Titus.

Physics Fall Picnic is scheduled for Friday, September 28. We need 2 seniors to plan the fabulous fun fall event. Please contact Ann by Friday, Sept 14th if you will be willing to volunteer to be a coordinator. Ann has the planning information.

College of Engineering: University of Wisconsin - Madison Opportunities in Engineering Conference. Selected students will hear faculty presentations on research, tour labs, meet with current graduate students and individually with faculty in the student's area of interest, and tour the city of Madison as well as the UW campus. All expenses, including travel, housing, and food for the four-day conference are paid in full by the College of Engineering. Conference is November 7 - 11, 2001. See Nelson for an application or apply on-line http://www.engr.wisc.edu/services/dao/opps

Application deadline is September 28, 2001

Washington University School of Engineering A representative from Washington University (St. Louis) will be on campus all morning Wednesday, October 3, 2001. This would be a great opportunity to hear about the 3-2 dual degree program. Contact Nelson Christensen to make an appointment

Dual degree program at the University of Minnesota in engineering. Get a BS/BS in 5 years or a BA/MS in 6 years. See Nelson Christenen for details.

Nelson also has all the information on the dual degree programs of Washington University (St. Louis) and Columbia University.

Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities Information and applications are available on the web site: http://national-academies.org/fellowships. Application deadline: Nov 19, 2001. Predoctoral fellowships are intended for students who have enrolled in or plan to enroll in a Ph.D. or Sc.D. no later than fall 2002.

Seniors: National Foundation Graduate Research Feffowship applications are now available. The three fellowships are awarded for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees in science, math, and engineering fields. These award are for students at or near the beginning of their graduate. Deadline for application is November 7, 2001 Check out the web site: http://www.orau.org/nsf/nsffel.htm

All appllicants are expected to apply electronically. Paper-version guidlines are available in Olin 331 (Ann’s office).

Library Books Received August 2001

Location: Science General.

QC174.12 .A465 2001.

"Quantum Measurement Of A Single System," Orly Alter and Yoshihisay Yamamoto

New York : Wiley, c2001.

Location: Science General.

QC174.8 .K34 1999.

Kadanoff, Leo P.

"Statistical Physics: Statics, Dynamics and Renormalization," Leo P. Kadanoff

Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, c2000.

LOCATION = Science General.

QC174.8 .S35 2001.

"Introduction to Statistical Physics," Silvio R. Salinas

New York : Springer, 2001.