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Physics, Astronomy and Engineering News
April 5, 2007

Seminar - Thursday

Title #1: "Abundance of the Elements"  
               by Mark Mason
 
Title #1: "Wilson-Devinney Solutions for NP Andromeda"  
               by Luke Whittlesey

Time: Thursday @ 4pm  - April 12th

Place: Science Room 334

All students and faculty are welcome to attend our seminars.  
Refreshments will be served. 

 
Please Vote "Yes!" 
 
We could use your support.  The daily opinion poll in the local newspaper
concerns lighting protection for the SFA Observatory.  We hope you have a
moment to log onto...

http://www.dailysentinel.com/news/content/homepage/home_poll.html

And register a "yes."

Norman L. Markworth
Department of Physics and Astronomy  
Stephen F Austin State University 
 
 
Science Stuff  
 
Leaping Shampoo Movie 
http://www.glumbert.com/media/leapingshampoo 
 
Sci-doku 
http://www.sciam.com:80/page.cfm?section=scidoku 
 
Wiki-Sky  (Like Google Maps)    
http://tinyurl.com/23jahy
http://tinyurl.com/2efzw3 
http://www.wikisky.org/ 

Engineering CAD Job 
http://classifieds.dailysentinel.com/classifieds-bin/classifieds?tp=Nacogdoches&property=nacogdoches&classification=employment&ad_id=145911712&temp_type=detail
  
Snow in Nacogdoches    
http://observe.phy.sfasu.edu/~ast305/Bruton/100_0624_s.jpg 
 
Pi is Wrong?
http://www.math.utah.edu/~palais/pi.html 

This is a really cool example of retrograde motion with Saturn.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070407.html 
 
Cool intereactive size comparision by Nikon
http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/feelnikon/discovery/universcale/index_f.htm 

Architect claims to solve pyramid secret (Cool animation link included)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1501ap_france_pyramid_theory.html?source=mypi 
 
  
Math and Science Stipend  

The Center ISD Board approved stipends for all high school certified math
and science teachers in the amount of $8,000.00 for the 2007-2008 school
year at our meeting on April 5th, 2007. This stipend will be above the base
amount set for all teachers in our district. Currently the board is
completing a market salary study through the Texas Association of School
Boards which should drive our base salaries above districts in our area.
Please pass along to your departments or to potential applicants. Any
assistance you can provide in locating certified math & science applicants
for our district is appreciated.

Sincerely,

Kelly Rodgers, Superintendent of Schools
Center Independent School District
404 Mosby
Center, TX 75935
(936) 598-5642 
  
 
More Science Stuff  

Movie:  Big Telescope Troubles  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LBMn8lO9k8 

Saturn`s North Pole Hexagon and Aurora   
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/media/cassini-20070327.html
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=2549 
 
How supernovas are made    
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=fee40f12-e612-4446-ba2e-6e0d5cb01ac3&f=06/64&fg=email
 
The odds of Alien Life    
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=06a04601-0ef0-4cc3-9abb-0b47709de2a8&f=06/64&fg=email
 
Saturn`s Hexagon         
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=17b8ff98-97ab-49c7-9ff4-1aae77c90d85&f=06/64&fg=email
 
Auroras: Dangerous Beauty   
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=e3302f09-7e87-44fc-a944-521e6a619aa1&f=06/64&fg=email 
 
Movie:  This looks fake but it`s real. 
http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/stereoimages/preview/preview_transit.shtml 
 
Movie: History of AT&T   
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtFtcp4mNzA 
 
Join the World-Wide Hunt for Stars, March 8 - 21, 2007!!  
http://www.globe.gov:80/globeatnight/ 
 
New Horizons: Io
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/gallery/missionPhotos/pages/030107.html 

Movie: Grape Plasma Microwave Fireball 
http://www.break.com/index/grape_plasma_microwave_fireball.html  
http://c3po.barnesos.net/homepage/lpl/grapeplasma/ 
 
Movie: Excellent Size Comparison of Planets  
http://video.google.com:80/videoplay?docid=-3974466981713172831  
 
Movie: Ship floats on nothing 
http://www.glumbert.com:80/media/float  
  
Movie: An Orbcomm communication satellite passes in front of the Moon  
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/23jan_ltps.htm?list184210 
  

Scholarships and Fellowships
   
Summer Workshop/Course
http://www.physics.aamu.edu/WorkshopForm.html 

TCU REU 
http://www.phys.tcu.edu/REU/index.html

Women in Physics
http://www.womeninphysics.org
 
NSF REU Program
http://www.baylor.edu/casper/index.php?id=20535 
 
DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
http://www.krellinst.org/csgf  
 
REU at UNT 
http://www.phys.unt.edu/REU  
  
Summer Undergraduate Research Focus 
http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/surf/ 
http://www.mse.gatech.edu/surf.html 
 
REU in Biostatistics
http://www.stat.ncsu.edu/sibs/SIBSbrochure_2007.pdf  
 
Summer Research at Georgia Institute of Technology
http://www.sure.gatech.edu  
 
REU in Las Vegas
http://www.physics.unlv.edu:80/reu/  

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Clear skies,
Dan Bruton
astro@sfasu.edu

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