You are expected to research selected topics in Physics using the library and internet resources in order to prepare oral presentations for the class. The style of the talks is intended to simulate presentations at Physics professional society meetings and research seminars. A short written summary (abstract) of the content of each talk is required. The summary should include a bibliography.
Each of you will prepare and give two intermediate length (15 to 20 minute) talks and one full class period (40 to 50 minute) talk. The initial selection of topic and initial research for the 20 minute talks must originate in one of the approved review journals. The long talk may originate from any recognized professional source. Each talk must concern itself with a different area of Physics and must not duplicate the topic chosen by another student.
You are expected to practice critical listening skills by being attentive audience members for both fellow student presentations in class and departmental invited speakers at the Thursday afternoon Colloquium. Evaluation forms will be completed for each speech.
Scheduled Meetings |
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| Tuesday & Thursday |
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| Thursday |
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Actual class meetings depend on speaker schedules. The first meeting was Tuesday, January 16, 2001.
Speaker Schedule |
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| Jan. 18 4 pm |
Peggy Norquist, Mich Tech Univ Raghava Panguluri, Mich Tech Univ |
"Ab Initio Relativistic Configuration Interaction
Calculations for Lifetimes of Ta II Odd Parity J=1 States" "The Effects of Motion on Quadrupolar Nuclei in Solids by Magnetic Resonance" |
| Jan. 25 11 am |
Siegfried Ip | "Close Binary System" |
| Jan. 25 4 pm |
Wellesley Pereira, Mich Tech Univ Anil Kandalam, Mich Tech Univ |
"COMCAM Sky Monitor Operating at KPNO" "Theoretical Study of Structural and Vibrational Properties of Small Clusters of AIN, GaN, and InN" |
| Jan. 30 | Daniel Lanterman | "Scanning Probe Microscopy" |
| Feb. 1 4 pm |
Harry Shipman, Dept of Physics & Astronomy, Univ of Delaware | "White Dwarf Stars and Black Holes; How Stars End Their Lives" |
| Feb. 6 | Siegfried Ip Mike Larsen |
"X-Ray Novae" "Hurricanes Simplified" |
| Feb. 13 | Ryan Grimes Andrew Leanna |
"Nuclear Fusion and Current Experiments in Fusion Reactors" "Control of Turbulence" |
| Feb. 15 11 am |
James Vopal | "Precision Nuclear Measurements with Ion Traps" |
| Feb. 22 4 pm |
Joe Darling, Mich Tech Univ Hutian Jiang, Mich Tech Univ |
"The Composition of Cosmic Rays" "A Theoretical Study of Native & Rare-earth Defect Complexes in Beta-PbF2" |
| Feb. 27 | Dan VanWasshenova David Wiggins |
"Abundance Ratios and Galactic Chemical Evolution" "Origin of the Solar System" |
| Mar. 1 11 am |
James Vopal Sean Hagood |
"Effect of High Pressure on Molecules" "National Security and Nuclear Weapons" |
| Mar. 13 | Mike Larsen David Wiggins |
"Introduction to Strange Attractors" "Detection of Explosives" |
| Mar. 15 11 am |
Ryan Grimes Andrew Leanna |
"Tubulence in the Intersteller Medium" "Foam Flows" |
| Mar. 15 4 pm |
Vincent Larson, Dept of Math, UW-Milwaukee | "How Convexity Affects the Physics and Simulation of Fluid Dynamics" |
| Mar. 20 | Daniel Lanterman Dan VanWasshenova |
"Atmospheric Turbulence" "The Cosmological Constant" |
| Mar. 22 11 am |
Siegfried Ip | "Characterization of Stelllar Coronagraph in Lab" |
| Mar. 22 4 pm |
Weidong Yang, Mich Tech Univ | "The Cross-Phase Coronagraph" |
| Mar. 27 | Erhan Sekercioglu | "Public Key Cryptography" |
| Mar. 29 11 am |
Ryan Grimes | "The Acoustics of the Marimba" |
| Mar. 29 4 pm |
MTU Physics Grad Students | Poster Presentations |
| Apr. 3 | Sean Hagood | "Design Using Op Amps" |
| Apr. 5 11 am |
James Vopal | "Piezoelectric Droplet Generator" |
| Apr. 5 4 pm |
Jim Jensen, Passive Standoff Detection Team, US Army SBCCOM | "Results from the Owl Field Test, Nevada Test Site" |
| Apr. 10 | Andrew Leanna | "Formation of Narrow Films by Ion Milling" |
| Apr. 12 11 am |
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| Apr. 12 4 pm |
Hans Verlinde, Dept of Meteorology, Penn State Univ | "I've Looked at Clouds from Both Sides Now..." |
| Apr. 17 | Mike Larsen | "The Search for Inhomogeneities in Clouds" |
| Apr. 19 11 am |
Daniel Lanterman | "Light Scattering & Extinction in Laboratory Clouds" |
| Apr. 19 4 pm |
Stuart Whittington, Dept of Chemistry, Univ of Toronto, Canada | "Statistical Mechanics of Random Co-Polymers" |
| Apr. 24 11 am |
David Wiggins | "All Sky Photometry: The Pierre Auger All Sky Monitor" |
| Apr. 24 4 pm 139 Fisher |
Yap Yoke Khin, Dept of Electrical Engineering, Osaka Univ, Japan | "Influence of In-Situ Ion Bombardment on the Formation of Carbon Related Materials and Carbon Nanotubes" |
| Apr. 26 11 am |
Dan VanWasshenova | "Design and Implementation to Select Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays" |
| Apr. 26 4 pm |
JaeTae Seo, Dept of Physics, Hampton Univ, Hampton Virginia | "Crystal Growth, Optical Spectroscopy, and Tunable Mid-Infrared Laser Development of Transition Metal Ion-Doped Cadmium Maganese Telluride" |
| May 1 | Erhan Sekercioglu | "Use of Computer Simulations to Model the Universe" |
| May 3 11 am |
Erhan Sekercioglu Sean Hagood |
"Protein Folding" "The Geodynamo" |
| May 3 4 pm |
MTU Physics Undergrad Students | Senior Research Seminar |
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