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Here are some upcoming events in chronological order.
Physics Seminars Thu, April 26th, 4:00pm
Luke - "3D Stereo Programming Results" Room 334
Rusty - "The Resonance Tube"
Billy - "Discovery of Exoplanets"
Physics Banquet Thu, April 26th, 6:30pm
The Sigma Pi Sigma Banquet has been set for Thursday, April 26, 2007 in the University Center. Sigma Pi Sigma is the honor society for the Society of Physics Students. Please see Ali Piran for tickets. http://www.sigmapisigma.org/
Math Seminar Fri, April 27th, 1:00pm
"Linear Dimension Reduction for Multivariate Skew-Normal Populations in Statistical Discriminant Analysis"
Dean Young, Professor of Statistics, Baylor University
1pm, Friday, April 27 in Math/Nursing Room 357
Physic Seminars Tue, May 1st, 4:00pm
Jose M. - "The Cylindrical Squid" Room 334
Jose S. - "AFM Results from the Thin Films Lab"
James - "TBA"
Spring Picnic Thu, May 3rd, 5:00pm
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
Time: 5:00 pm
Place: Pecan Acres Park on Starr Ave.
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.
More News
Potentially habitable planet found
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070425/ap_on_sc/habitable_planet
Last December, Japan`s Hinode spacecraft observed a massive explosion on the sun. Researchers analyzing the data have produced a must-see movie of the flare`s magnetic underpinnings. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/24apr_hubble4sun.htm?list184210
Does anyone remember SkyLab?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h754eszxRfk
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,
Dan Bruton
astro@sfasu.edu
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