Physics & Astronomy - Valparaiso University

: Colloquium Series Fall 2009 Schedule Welcome (8/28)Kress Lecture (9/9)CC Symposium (9/10)Student Summer Research I (9/18)Chemical Engineering (9/25)Astronomy and Education (10/2)Medical Imaging (10/9)Silicon Carbide Power Electronics (10/23)Student Summer Research II (10/30)Supernova Survey (11/6)Student Summer Research III (11/13)Senior Research (12/4)

Fall 2009 Colloquium Schedule

DATE	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION AND TOPIC
8/28/09	Dr. Stan Zygmunt	Valparaiso University, Department of Physics and Astronomy "Welcome!”
9/04/09	---------------	Neils Science Center Fall Picnic Picnic information
9/09/09 (Wednesday)	Dr.Owen Gingerich Kress Lecture, 7:30 pm Neils 234	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics “Kepler, Galileo and the Birth of Modern Astronomy”
9/10/09 (Thursday)	Dr. Owen Gingerich CC Symposium, 6:30 pm CCLIR Community Room	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics “The Divine Handiwork: Evolution and the Wonder of Life”
9/18/09	Ben Barber, Andy Schiller, Nate Kellams, Disa Walden	Valparaiso University, Department of Physics and Astronomy "Summer Undergraduate Research”
9/25/09	Dr. William Schneider	Notre Dame University, Dept. of Biological & Chemical Engineering "What’s a Chemist Doing Teaching Chemical Engineering?”
10/02/09	Dr. David Bradstreet	Eastern University, Department of Astronomy and Physics “Astronomy and Education”
10/09/09	Ron Kneusel ‘88 Homecoming Colloquium	ITT Visual Information Solutions “The Physics of Medical Imaging”
10/16/09	---------------	NO COLLOQUIUM --Fall Recess from Classes
10/23/09	Dr.Kraig Olejniczak	ValparaisoUniversity College of Engineering “The Use of Silicon Carbide (SiC)-Based Power Electronics in High-Performance Applications”
10/30/09	Megan Kania, Tim Olson, Katelyn Holub, Stephan Dolph	Valparaiso University, Department of Physics and Astronomy "Summer Undergraduate Research”
11/06/09	Dr. Peter Garnavich	Notre Dame University Department of Physics “SDSS-II Supernova Survey”
11/13/09	Sam Schaub, Dan Brandt, Kristie Shaw, Zach Nault	Valparaiso University, Department of Physics and Astronomy "Summer Undergraduate Research”
11/20/09	---------------	NO COLLOQUIUM --Thanksgiving Recess from Classes
11/27/09	---------------	NO COLLOQUIUM --Thanksgiving Recess from Classes
12/04/09	Dan Brandt, Nate Kellams, Disa Walden, Stephen Dolph	Valparaiso University, Department of Physics and Astronomy “Senior Research Projects”
12/11/09	TBD