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Seminar Overview
This semester's seminar series is sponsored by United Space Alliance Below is the schedule for our Spring 2009 Seminar series. University credit is available for the series in two ways. Non-physics majors can receive class credit by signing up for PHYS 4732. Students can earn continuing education certificates through this series. The cost is $15 per individual seminar, $40 for any three seminars, or $99 for the entire series.
To register, visit our on-line
registration Web site (click the "Physics Seminars" link). For assistance, please call the Center for Educational Programs at 281-283-3530. If you are not pursuing a credit, you are still welcome to attend at no charge. All talks take place Monday evenings in Bayou 1211; they start at 7pm.
Archive:
Spring 2008 Seminars Plug-in Information and Downloads: Windows Media Player allows you to play audio and video clips | Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions. Spring 2009 Seminars
1/23/09
"Black Holes: Powerhouse of the Universe"John Hawley, Professor and Chair of Astronomy, University of Virginia
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Streaming Video 2/2/09
"Space Exploration, Unique Blend of Engineering and Science"David Wolf, Astronaut, NASA Johnson Space Center
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Audio "Macho Mengi Interferometric Telescope" Michael Mccullar, Project Leader, National Society of Black Engineers
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PowerPoint Presentation 2/9/09
“Cosmology on the Microscopic Scale” Paul Padley, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University
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PowerPoint Presentation 2/16/09
“Physics Education is more than techniques, It is a new paradigm of teaching”John Clement, Physics Instructor, St. Pius X High School
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PowerPoint Presentation 2/23/09
“How is the Landscape Upon Which Life Evolves Selected: Spontaneous Emergence of Modularity”Michael Deem, John W. Cox Professor, Rice University
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PowerPoint Presentation 3/2/09
"Seeing Biological Interactions at the Nanometer Scale"Ching-Hwa Kiang, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rice Univ.
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PowerPoint Presentation 3/9/09
"Using Mathematica to Address Physics Education Problems"G. Raymond Brown, Adjunct Instructor of Physics, University of Houston Downtown
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PDF 3/23/09
Shapley Lecture - "Searching for Unicorns and Extraterrestrial Civilizations"Robert Rood, Professor of Astronomy, University of Virginia
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PowerPoint Presentation 3/30/09
"Numerical Cosmology: Building a Dynamical Universe"David Garrison, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Houston-Clear Lake
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PowerPoint Presentation 4/6/09
"Non-linear Effects in Dense Nano-Particulate Systems"Daniel Fry, Research Engineer, NASA Johnson Space Center
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PDF 4/13/09
Topic: MedipixLawrence Pinsky, Professor & Chairman of Physics, University of Houston
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PowerPoint Presentation 4/20/09
“Plasma Physics Applications for Aerospace Technology” Alfonso Tarditi, Principal Engineer, GeoControl Systems Inc. and Research Associate, UHCL
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PowerPoint Presentation Electric Propulsion |
Plasma |
UHCL Research |
Torch Movie 4/27/09
“The 200 kW VASIMR Experimental Engine (VX-200): Design Challenges and Recent Results”Lenny Cassady, Project Engineer, Ad Astra Rocket Company
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