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

Sat Sep 26 09:36:45 PDT 2020

On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 10:56 AM <jjrudy1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I  had a friend at work and when he presented he said UM a lot!!
>
>  Good that he didn’t go to UNH
>
> *From:* LCTG <lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net at lists.toku.us> *On Behalf
> Of *George Gamota
> *Sent:* Saturday, September 26, 2020 10:54 AM
> *To:* 'Steve Isenberg' <smisenberg at gmail.com>; 'Lex Computer Group' <
> lctg at lists.toku.us>
> *Subject:* Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FYI: Saturday Morning
> UofM Physics Fall 2020 Presents Virtual Talks!
>
>
>
> Thank you Steve. As a UM alum, it will be good to see this.
>
> George
>
>
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> *From:* LCTG <lctg-bounces+ggamota=stma-llc.com at lists.toku.us> *On Behalf
> Of *Steve Isenberg
> *Sent:* Saturday, September 26, 2020 10:27 AM
> *To:* Lex Computer Group <lctg at lists.toku.us>
> *Subject:* [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FYI: Saturday Morning UofM
> Physics Fall 2020 Presents Virtual Talks!
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> 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. 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 17Smart 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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