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Physics, Astronomy and Engineering News May 1, 2006 |
Please come join the faculty and staff of the Physics and Astronomy Department to celebrate the season of spring and end of the spring semester. Date: May 3rd - Wednesday
We will provide barbeque beef and sausage, beans, rolls, and potato salad. Faculty and staff are requested to bring covered dishes such as salads, vegetables and desserts. Students are requested to bring soft drinks, chips, napkins or plastic eating utensils. Please let us know if you will join us and what you would like to bring. Sign up list in Room 322 or just call Trina at 468-3001. Volleyball anyone? On-Campus Job Opportunity If you would like to be a lab instructor for the department in the Fall semester please see Mr. Piran in room 327. We have weekly prep meetings, it pays well, and it's a good experience. Advising and Fall Courses
You can still get advised this week.
SFA Math Courses Offerings for the next few years:
Astronomy Minor: The course of study includes introductory physics, introductory astronomy, observational astronomy, and astrophysics. The requirements for the minor in astronomy are PHY 131 (or 241), 132 (or 242), AST 105, 305, and 335. All minor programs must be approved on the degree plan by the Chair of the Department. Engineering Minor: A minor in engineering requires a minimum of 18 hours of engineering course work. The requirements for the minor in engineering are EGR 111 or 112 and EGR 215, 343, 250, and 321. All minor programs must be approved on the degree plan by the Chair of the Department. Engineering Prefixes: There are now also engineering prefixes for Engineering Statics and Dynamics (EGR 250 and EGR 321). Fall 2006 Courses AST
105 - Modern Astronomy
Contributors' Links
Video: Quadruplets Cracking up
Movie: Mario LIVE
Movie: Copperfield SFASU OFF-CAMPUS JOB LISTINGS
The World's Safest Table Saw - Wow Movies
Bridge - Millau viaduct on the E11 between Paris and Barcelona in southern France
Top 10 Ways to Destroy the Earth Cloud Chambers Scientists Detect New Kind of Cosmic Explosion Movie: Incredible Machines - Rube Goldberg
Movie: mentos + diet coke/pepsi = explosion
Movie: Crazy Base Jumping
Movie: Water Rocket 'Jetpack'
Movie: How to build an Airbus A380 in about 7 Minutes
Movie: Heliodisplay Video Heliodisplay Movie: Snake sensation Video Table of Physical Constants Magic Underwater bubbles -- Fake Video? Laser Projectors Coming to Cell Phones and PDAs Brachistochrone
Job Opportunity (by Dr. Markworth) Wanted: Student Instructor for SFA 101. This Fall we are putting together a set of linked courses, which will include SFA 101, PHY 108, and ENG 111. A set of linked courses means that the students are the same in each class and the instructors coordinate meeting times and even course material to enhance progress. I have taught SFA 101 for a number of years, but this time will be slightly different. We will have a targeted class of Physics and Pre-Engineering majors. The student instructor can offer important advise and guidance in helping students make the transition to college life. I am looking for a junior or senior, female, physics or engineering major, with a GPA of at least 2.75. We have found that it works best if the instructor and student instructor are of opposite gender. The time of the class is already set at 12:30 - 1:20 PM TR. The student instructor is a paid position, requiring a minimum of six hours per week. We will be asking each of our student instructors to enroll in a one hour class: GBU 475.002 Special Problems: Leadership in Action, which Dr. Tim Clipson will instruct this fall. The class will meet at 3:30 on Tuesday afternoons for one hour and all our student instructors will be required to attend. If this class works into your degree plan, it will count toward graduation credit and you will be asked to pay for the course. If it doesn't work into the degree plan, then it will not carry credit, you do not pay for it, but yuou still must attend. The one hour of class per week counts toward the six hours of required work. Please contact Dr. Markworth soon if you are interested.
Astronomy Laboratory Supervisor The Department of Physics at The University of Texas at Arlington seeks applicants for the position of Astronomy Laboratory Supervisor. The successful candidate will perform supervision and related functions in association with the introductory astronomy laboratories, as well as develop and present shows for the new Digistar-3 Planetarium at UT Arlington, the fourth-largest university-associated Planetarium in the U. S. See also the UTA Physics and Planetarium websites, http://www.uta.edu/physics/ and http://www.uta.edu/planetarium/. Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree and Astronomy Laboratory experience (with teaching component preferred) as well as computer programming competency. All applicants must apply online at www.uta.edu/jobs. In addition to a submitted online application, immediately provide: a letter of interest, 3 professional letters of reference, a list of 3 professional references (with phone numbers), and a resume to Amy Osborn at osborn@uta.edu. The 3 letters of reference must be sent to Amy Osborn directly via email by the "issuer", not the applicant. For all other additional materials to be submitted, email submission is also requested. If you have any questions, please call 817-272-3461 or email employment@uta.edu. Review of applications will start May 3, 2006. UTA is an EO/AA employer.
Job Opportunity Please send your resumes to James Stinson below or call him at the number below. See me for more details.
Dr. Bruton-
Thanks to everyone for the links and information above. Feel free to send any interesting links that you find. This email message is sent to students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the department. If you would like to be removed from the emailing list or are getting multiple copies of these newsletters, then feel free to reply to this message with your request. Clear skies,
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