[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FYI: Saturday Morning UofM Physics Fall 2020 Presents Virtual Talks!

[Steve Isenberg]

Gentlepeople,
This may be of interest to those physicists and physicist-wannabes in the
group.
The University of Michigan has been holding Saturday morning live physics
lectures campus (Ann Arbor, MI) for years, and this year they're holding
them online which is a gift to those who might be interested (me!) but are
too far from Michigan (me!).
The lectures are free.  Sign up if you want to be notified of future events.
Regards,
-steve

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From: Carol Rabuck <crabuck at umich.edu>
Date: Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 4:17 PM
Subject: Saturday Morning Physics Fall 2020 Presents Virtual Talks!
To: Saturday Morning Physics <Saturday.Morning.Physics at umich.edu>


Dear Saturday Morning Physics Community,
We are excited to announce that Saturday Morning Physics is back for Fall
2020! This Fall four lectures will be presented online at 10:30 a.m. on
October 3, 10, 17, and November 14. Each lecture will be followed by our
traditional live Question and Answer session with the speaker. Click on the
links below to access the YouTube link for each lecture. Please note: each
link will be active only during each talk’s specific date and time.We begin
the series with Astrophysicist Ann Parsons giving a live remote lecture on
October 3rd. Professors Fred Adams, Julie Young, and Alec Thomas will each
present a pre-recorded lecture. During each lecture, you may submit your
questions for the lecturer by email to *physics at umich.edu*
<physics at umich.edu>. Your questions will be presented to the speaker and
the audience by a moderator.

Thank you for being such a loyal audience. We look forward to having you
join us for this exciting and unique Fall series.

Sincerely,

The Saturday Morning Physics Team
Tim Chupp
Roy Clarke
Carol Rabuck
Monika Wood

*SATURDAY MORNING PHYSICS – Fall 2020*

*Each lecture is 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.*



*October 3*
*Exploring Titan with Dragonfly!*

*Ann Parsons – Astrophysicist (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)*YouTube
talk link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=y4dh-dv4AxQ
“Live” remote lecture followed by “live” Q&A
NASA has recently selected the Dragonfly Mission to study the surface
chemistry of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan! Dragonfly will land on Titan and
then fly to dozens of different locations over its surface to study its
prebiotic chemistry and to look for potential biosignatures.


*We celebrate the James Robert Walker Lecture on this occasion.*


*October 10The Degree of Fine-Tuning in our Universe** – **and Others*

*Fred Adams – Ta-You Wu Collegiate Professor (U-M Physics)*YouTube talk
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPs7-svpZW8
Pre-recorded Lecture followed by “live” Q&A
The fundamental constants of nature must fall within a range of values in
order for the universe to develop structure and ultimately support life.
The relevant parameters include the strengths of the fundamental forces,
particle masses, cosmic energy densities, abundances of ordinary matter and
dark matter, and the amplitude of primordial density fluctuations. This
talk considers current constraints on these quantities and assesses the
degree of tuning required for the universe to be viable.


*October 17**Smart Maritime Propulsion and Energy Harvesting Concepts*
*Julie Young **–** Professor (**U-M *
*Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering)*YouTube talk link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zey20C9_c1M
Pre-recorded Lecture followed by “live” Q&A
Some of the topics covered in this talk include, how can we design smart
marine propulsion and energy harvesting devices to keep our oceans blue?
What are the interesting physics fundamentals that govern how bodies move
in water? How can we take advantage of advances in materials,
manufacturing, sensing, and control?



*November 14The Light Fantastic**Alec Thomas **– *
*Professor (U-M NERS and U-M Physics)*YouTube talk link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGJg-eJF61c
Pre-recorded Lecture followed by “live” Q&A
Since the invention of Chirped Pulse Amplification (Strickland and Mourou,
Physics Nobel 2018), lasers have become increasingly powerful by squeezing
energy into inconceivably short pulses. The pulses of intense light
produced by these lasers, such as the new ZEUS facility being constructed
at U-M, can generate precision beams of high energy particles for new
technologies, produce the conditions of extreme astrophysical environments
in the laboratory and create matter from (almost) nothing.


*Discover more about Saturday Morning Physics:*saturdaymorningphysics.org




*The University of Michigan Physics Department:*lsa.umich.edu/physics


*View past lectures on YouTube:*http://tinyurl.com/nwb8ydu

-- 
*Carol E. Rabuck **she/her/hers
<https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/node/532/>*

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