Seminar - Thursday

Title: "Nano-Composites" by Tammie Borders

Time: Thursday, April 17th, 2008 @ 4pm

Place: Science Room 334

Tammie Borders is a graduate from the SFA Physics department and is now working at Lockheed Martin. All students and faculty are welcome to attend our seminars. Refreshments will be served. [ Seminar Calendar ]

Upcoming Events

Apr 30 - SPS Banquet

May 2 - Physics and Astronomy Student Appreciation Picnic

News and Links

Watch the April 25th issue of Science Magazine for a cover by a SFA Physics Graduate
http://www.sciencemag.org/magazine.dtl

Download Phun Beta Program

Haikus are easy But sometimes they don't make sense Refrigerator

http://www.phun.at/

Crayon Physics Download
http://www.kloonigames.com/crayon/

"I've been looking at the Voyagers lately because of the reception of radio emission coming from the heliopause. I ran into this little animation. It's not labeled but it's easy to tell which spacecraft is which. They are both about 95 AU out right now and crossing the heliopause should happen within 10 years." -- Dr. Markworth
http://web.mit.edu/space/www/voyager/voyager_traj/traj3d/traj3d.html

Uranus Events
http://www.arm.ac.uk/~aac/uranus/mutuals_ura.html

NASA Geeks Only Please
http://bmwsporttouring.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=UBB11&Number=1016238&page=0&fpart=all

WMAP Reveals Neutrinos, End of Dark Ages, First Second of Universe
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/wmap_five.html

Why is the universe's brightest blast still blazing?
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13659-why-is-the-universes-brightest-blast-still-blazing.html?feedId=online-news_rss20

Comic: Centrifugal Force
http://www.xkcd.com/123/

Message from the Chair to Alumni

Movies
 

 

MIT Physics Lectures
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/VideoLectures/index.htm

Solar Tsunami Video
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7326097.stm

This is a cool 3D application.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw - More

From Launch to Land: The Voyage of Columbus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOARToiteow

Space Shuttle Atlantis SRB Camera Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iurxEhL4UM

Internships, Job Opportunities and News

The Kirsten R. Lorentzen Scholarship
http://www.awis.org/careers/educationbio.html#naughton

NASA MUST Scholarship
http://education.nasa.gov/edprograms/stdprograms/MUST_Scholarship_Project.html

Return to sail power: Maiden voyage for world's first merchant ship powered by giant kite
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=509738&in_page_id=1811

The Brook Hill School, a private Christian college-prep day and boarding school in East Texas, has an opening for a full time physics teacher for the 2008-2009 school year. Please submit a resume by mail or email to: Connie Russell (crussell@brookhill.org)

PodCast Astronomy Lectures
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/podcast/index.html

National Solar Observatory (NSO) - Summer Research Assistantship Program
http://eo.nso.edu/sra/ - http://eo.nso.edu/ires/

Research In Science and Engineering at Rutgers
http://rise.rutgers.edu

Thermal Engine Stove Fans
http://tinyurl.com/yrxvh7
http://tinyurl.com/2gtxv5

Research Experience for Undergraduates at TCU
http://www.phys.tcu.edu/REU/index.html

Research Experience for Undergraduates at UNLV
http://www.physics.unlv.edu/reu/

Research Experience for Undergraduates at FIT
www.astro.fit.edu/sara-reu

BAH Job - "I was approached last week by a hiring manager wanting to know if I knew anyone interested in doing System Engineering for the Constellation Programs EVA Project Office. They are looking for someone with less than 5-years experience but would probably look at someone with more if they are from outside of the NASA EVA domain. If you know of anyone and you think they may be interested please let me know."
-- Josh Arceneaux jdarceneaux@yahoo.com

PhD Commics
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=940
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=941

DHS HS-STEM Summer Internship Program
www.orau.gov/dhsinternships

We are exploring new and different ways to offer courses at SFASU. Please help by completing the short survey in the link below. Your anonymous response will help us develop programs that reflect the needs of our students.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=q8LrgU5_2bTjyuCobMfaOWMg_3d_3d

Adjunct Professor at Sam Houston State University needed for the Spring 2008
Contact: Rex Isham, phy_eri@shsu.edu

New@Sky
http://news.sky-map.org

REU at WSU
http://www.physics.wsu.edu/reu.htm

SMART
https://www.asee.org/smart/index.cfm

SFA Scholarship Information
https://sfasu.scholarships.nelnet.net/

Tiny 'tin whiskers' imperil electronics
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071006/ap_on_hi_te/tin_whiskers

Barbara Lotze Scholarships for Future Teachers
http://www.aapt.org/Grants/lotze.cfm

Madison & Lila Self Graduate Fellowship
http://www2.ku.edu/~selfpro/

DHS HS-STEM Summer Internship Program
http://www.orau.gov/dhsinternships/

Jobs4Jacks - SFA Career Services System
https://www.myinterfase.com/sfasu/student

There are many other job opportunities available in the last few department newsletters:
http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/astro/social/physicsnews.html

Open Textbooks
http://www.maketextbooksaffordable.org/statement.asp?id2=37614

A U.S. Postal Service stamp commemorating the late UI physics Prof. John Bardeen, inventor of the transistor and a two-time Nobel Prize winner.

International Space Station Captures Image Of Large Thunderstorm Over West Africa (Link by Derek Migl)

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Clear skies,
Dan Bruton
astro@sfasu.edu