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The Centre College Physics Colloquium & Film Series |
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This is a series of talks on a variety of physics topics alternating with a series of physics-related films. They will happen Wednesdays from 3-4pm in Olin 129, with alternate weeks having a talk or a film showing. Come and enjoy physics, refreshments, and lively conversation with fellow students and faculty members. No knowledge required...all are welcome! | |
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| | Feb. 10 | Film: The Atom Smashers, a documentary of the intensive search for the Higgs boson particle at the Fermilab particle accelerator near Chicago. Scientists rush for a discovery as the more powerful Large Hadron Collider nears completion in Switzerland. (3-4pm in Olin 129) | |
| | Feb. 17 | Colloquium: Physics Students John Gruenewald and Chris Robinson discuss the physics research projects that they have been involved in. (4-5pm in Olin 124) | |
| | Feb. 24 | Film: The Great Robot Race: Join NOVA for an exclusive backstage pass to the DARPA Grand Challenge—a raucous race for robotic, driverless vehicles sponsored by the Pentagon, which awards a $2 million purse to the winning team. Armed with artificial intelligence, laser-guided vision, GPS navigation, and 3-D mapping systems, the contenders are some of the world's most advanced robots. Yet even their formidable technology and mechanical prowess may not be enough to overcome the grueling 130-mile course through Nevada's desert terrain. From concept to construction to the final competition, "The Great Robot Race" delivers the absorbing inside story of clever engineers and their unyielding drive to create a champion, capturing the only aerial footage that exists of the Grand Challenge. (4-5pm in Olin 124) | |
| | Mar. 3 | Colloquium: Brian Hodge presents Advanced Intravital Microscopy: Confocal and Multi-Photon Fluorescence. Multiphoton fluorescence microscopy is a powerful research tool that combines the advanced optical techniques of laser scanning microscopy with long wavelength multiphoton fluorescence excitation to capture high-resolution, three-dimensional images of specimens tagged with highly specific fluorophores. Topics to be discussed include: Optical Theory, Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging, In-vitro tissue imaging, and Bio-signatures. (4-5pm in Olin 124) | |
| | Mar. 10 | Film: Runaway Universe. The movie follows the efforts of two rival teams of astronomers as they search for exploding stars, map out gigantic cosmic patterns of galaxies, and grapple with the ultimate question: What is the fate of the universe? (4-5pm in Olin 124) | |
| | Mar. 17 | Film: Codebreakers. This film delves into the history of secret communications and the people who wrack their brains to decipher them. The program probes the most celebrated of all cryptographic coups: the breaking of the World War II codes used by Japan and Germany and how codebreaking helped shorten the war. (4-5pm in Olin 124) | |
| | Mar. 24 | Spring Break (no meeting) | |
| | Mar. 31 | Colloquium: Dr. Gang Cao (University of Kentucky) Title to be announced (4-5pm in Olin 124) | |
| | Apr. 7 | Colloquium: To be announced (4-5pm in Olin 129) | |
| | Apr. 14 | Film: To be announced (4-5pm in Olin 129) | |
| | Apr. 21 | Colloquium: Dr. Bill Crummett (4-5pm in Olin 124) | |
| | Apr. 28 | Film: To be announced (4-5pm in Olin 129) | |
| | May 5 | Colloquium: To be announced (4-5pm in Olin 129) | |
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