Stephen F. Austin State University

Physics and Astronomy Seminars
Fall 2003

Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00pm in room 334 of the Miller Science Building.
Please send corrections or suggestions to astro@sfasu.edu.

Date Tentative Title Speaker
September 4 Meeting with Seminar Students Only Seminar Instructors
September 11 Naval Nuclear Propulsion LT David Boyanton
September 18 Meeting with Seminar Students Only Seminar Instructors
September 25 Engineering at UT Tyler Troy Henson, Dean and Professor of Electrical Engineering
October 2 Getting Started With The PIC Microcontroller RANDY INNERARITY
October 2 Horsepower from Force Functions for Bicycles DANIEL WILSON
October 9 Engineering at LeTourneau University Roger V. Gonzalez, PhD, PE
October 16 Molecular Simulations Armen Nalian, SRC
October 23 SPS/APS/AAPT Trip to Lubbock SPS/AAPT/APS
October 30 Theory And Operation Of Wankel-Rotary Engines JEREMY PRUITT
November 6 Creating the SFA Rover RANDY INNERARITY
November 6 Challenging Einstein TERESSA MORONES
November 6 Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy OLADIPO OGUNJIMI
November 13 The Space Shuttle Columbia Paul Hill, Flight Director, NASA
November 20 Bernoulli's Principle MIGUEL MOLINA
November 20 Binary Stars JEREMY PRUITT
November 20 Measuring the Speed of Sound with an Oscilloscope DANIEL WILSON
November 27 Thanksgiving Holiday SFA
December 4 Characterization of Evaporated Au and Au (111) Substrates by STM OLADIPO OGUNJIMI
December 11 Fiber Optics MIGUEL MOLINA
December 11 The Six Simple Machines TERESSA MORONES
December 18 Final Exams SFA

TBA - To Be Announced
TBA time slots will be filled with local speakers after our traveling speakers select their dates.

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