Adam Ross
Wednesday, February 2 2022
8:30 am in Olin 141
Conduction, Electron Energies, and Correlated Electron Materials

Raven Dawson
Wednesday, February 2 2022
3:10 pm on Zoom
The Physics of Rivers as Energetic and Material Conduits

Rivers are flowing bodies of energy, transporting water, sediment, and heat. Humans have long tried to control rivers to contain and manage their potentially destructive properties. In this talk, I look at transfers of energy that shape the river, physically and thermally, and consider whether principles helpful in predicting fluid movement at laboratory or flume scales can be scaled up to make effective predictions about river behavior and dynamics.

Katy Oda
Friday, February 4 2022
3:30 pm in Olin 141
Boldy Going, But Should We?  The Next Generation of Extremely Large Telescopes

Astronomy has at different times been driven by engineering advances, scientific goals, and political maneuvering. The next generation of telescopes, Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs) are propelled by all three. These instruments are the future of ground-based astronomy, and in this talk I aim to get you excited about their scientific promise, while also shedding light on some of the ways in which using them is complicated. Specifically, we’ll think about what it takes to make a telescope on the 30-meter scale, how atmospheric turbulence impacts observations, and how astronomers combat the atmosphere. There are profound social dimensions to this topic as well, and while we won’t be able to address the full scope of the issue, I will give you plenty of resources to explore further!

No talk – midterm break!
Monday, February 7 2022
8:30 am

Application Q&A Engineering Dual Degree Program Washington University in St. Louis Tuesday, February 1 5:00pm CST Join Zoom Meeting Meeting URL If you cannot attend this meeting, please don’t hesitate…

Thursday, February 3rd in Anderson 223 during common time (Noon – 1:00 pm). We’ll talk mostly about the campus-wide IDE Steering committee draft recommendations that come out on Tuesday the 1st. We’d love to welcome new first-year students and sophomores to the team!

Greetings, classes of 2023, 2024, and 2025!  Did you know that Carleton Physics and Astronomy offers a limited number of research positions during the summer? If you are interested in finding out more about this opportunity, take the first step and fill out the PHAS Summer research questionnaire. The form is due by Feb. 18th.

Graduate Student Position: Satellite Remote Sensing of the U.S. Corn Belt. NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) microwave remote sensing satellite was launched in January 2015. Since 2010 the European…

Each year, Purdue University welcomes some 30 students for our annual Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP). The application deadline of February 10 for this year’s program approaches.

Summer Opportunity for Upcoming Sophomores and Juniors Are you interested in conservation, STEM, or saving the environment? Do you want to gain research experience? Interested in traveling around California for…

To those of you pursuing graduate school, the Department of Physics at Michigan Tech welcomes your application to our graduate programs!