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Graduate Student Government Presents Research Colloquium February 2-3, 2012

Published February 20, 2012

Research

Each spring, GSG sponsors the Graduate Research Colloquium Poster & Presentation Competition. Poster Presentations in physics include (view the abstract list):

“Thallium Doping of (PbSn)_.5Te_.5 and Iodine Doping of PbTe to Create More Efficient Thermoelectric Materials” by MICHAEL ADLER (Physics Undergraduate Major)
“Computational Prediction of the Behavior of MOF-74 Under Hydrated Conditions” by ANDREW J. KENNEDY & LOREDANA VALENZANO (Assistant Research Scientist)

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Explorations into the Inertial and Integral Scales of Homogeneous Axisymmetric Turbulence

Published February 16, 2012

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Kelken Chang
Physics Dept.
Michigan Tech University
Thursday, February 16, 2012
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

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Stretch, Fold, and Spin: Dynamical Structures and Nonlinear Mechanisms of Mixing

Published January 26, 2012

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Douglas Kelley
Yale University
(Faculty Candidate for SFHI Water)
Thursday, January 26, 2012
4:00 pm, Rekhi Hall, Room B006

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AsfalisMed Makes Top Five

Published January 25, 2012

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AsfalisMed has made it to the top five ideas in the Intel Innovators Competition. The team earned almost 10 million Social Capital Points from virtual investors. The Round 2 Battleground begins on January 26, 2012. The five finalists compete for a $50K award from the Panelists and $50K from the Top Fan. For more information or to participate, search for Intel Innovators in Facebook. AsfalisMed is the entrepreneurial concept of Michigan Tech students Travis Beaulieu and Joel Florek.

APS Report Stimulates New BA Programs at Michigan Tech

Published January 17, 2012

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Michigan Technological University is starting two new physics degree programs aimed at increasing physics literacy and helping train new physics teachers, based in part on recommendations from an APS report. READ MORE | PDF

AAA Lecture Series Gallery

Published January 17, 2012

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Every year the AAA runs a series of lectures free and open to the public. Included in the series gallery:
January 2012. Robert Nemiroff. Michigan Technological University/NASA. “Best Short Astronomy Videos”
January 2009. Robert Nemiroff. Michigan Technological University. “Astronomy Picture of the Day”

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Cosmic race ends in a tie

Published January 10, 2012

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Result puts limit on how ‘lumpy’ space-time can be.
A race between two energetic photons that began more than 7 billion years ago and spanned half the cosmos has ended in a virtual dead heat. The result, if it stands up to scrutiny, would tighten the limits, suggested by some theories, on how ‘lumpy’ space-time can be. The work, to be presented on 11 January at the 219th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas, by Robert Nemiroff of the Michigan Technological University in Houghton and his colleagues, relies on an analysis of a short-lived, powerful stellar explosion known as a γ-ray burst that was recorded by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in May 2009 and dubbed GRB 090510A. The study focused on two photons, one with an energy of 25 gigaelectronvolts (GeV) and another of about 1.5 GeV, which were separated by just 0.00136 seconds. READ MORE

Very High Energy Gamma-ray Observation of the Radio Galaxy M87

Published January 5, 2012

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Michelle Hui
University of Utah
Thursday, January 5, 2012
4:00 pm, Fisher 101 NEW ROOM

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