• Student Research Presentation by Bill Mueller and Meeks Brucker

    October 7 (Tuesday) Noon-1:00pm, Olin 04

    Join Bill and Meeks as they talk about there summer research. Bill will be talking about “Hydrostatic Stability of Shrimpfish (aeoliscus strigatus)”. The title of Meek’s talk is still unknown.

  • Columbia University Dual Degree Program Informational Meeting

    October 7 (Tuesday) 3:00pm, Olin 202

    Jamie Farris from Columbia University will be here to talk with interested students about the engineering dual degree opportunities at Columbia University. Jamie will be able to answer all questions about the dual degree program (opportunities, curriculum, disciplines, pre-requisites, application, financial aid, etc). Contact Nelson Christensen (nchriste@carleton.edu) if you have any questions.

  • Kip Thorne Lunchtime Talk

    October 9 (Thursday) Noon-1:00pm, Olin 04

    The Chesley Lecturer Kip Thorne will give a lunchtime talk “LIGO and LISA – Probing the Astrophysical Universe with Gravitational Waves, and Probing Quantum Mechanical Behavior of Human-Sized Objects. Kip will give a brief survey of the astrophysical discoveries that LIGO (the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) and LISA (the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) are likely to make. He will also describe the possibility for using LIGO’s instruments to observe and explore the quantum mechanical behavior of human-sized objects (LIGO’s 40 kilogram mirrors).

  • TOPS ’09

    TOPS is a six-week summer program aimed at physics and engineering majors who are currently in their sophomore or junior year and are considering careers in teaching at the secondary level. The program is hosted by the Center for Ultracold Atoms (CUA) at MIT and Harvard. The goal of TOPS is to provide college students with an exceptional teaching experience that will reinforce their interest in pre college physics teaching. For more information and an application visit http://www.rle.mit.edu/cua/new/tops.asp or talk to Brianne Gutmann who took part in this program last summer.

  • Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship

    The Hertz Foundation is offering graduate fellowships for innovators in the applied physical, biological and engineering sciences. They are looking for applicants with exceptional creativity, a broad understanding of physical principles, and outstanding potential for innovative research. Preference is given to seniors and first year graduate students. The application deadline is October 31, 2008. Note that only general GRE scores are needed at this time. More information and an application can be found at www.hertzfoundation.org.

  • Kip Thorne

    Chesley Lecture by Kip Thorne

    October 9 (Thursday) 7:30-9:00 pm, Olin 149

    Kip Thorne, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at California Institute of Technology, will give the 23rd annual Chesley Lecture entitled “The Warped Side of the Universe: From the Big Bang to Black Holes.”

  • Kip Thorne Teatime Department Talk

    October 10 (Friday) 4:00-5:00pm, Olin 02

    “Numerical Relativity: Probing the Warped Side of the Universe with Computer Simulations, and Connections to LIGO”.

    Kip will expand on this topic, which he will introduce in his Chesley Lecture Thursday evening. He will describe, briefly, the history of numerical relativity, the breakthroughs and discoveries of the past several years, and his vision for where this field is going over the coming five or ten years.

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