MONDAY, OCTOBER 20

“Chaos in General Relativity,” Neil John Cornish, Cambridge University (England), 2:00 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

“Vortex Motion in Superconductors: Spinning, Sliding, and Swimming Upstream”
(condensed, atomic, and molecular physics), Chris Lobb, University of Maryland,
3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-5350).

“Pennsylvania Small Grain Industry: Importance Production and Rust Disease Problems,” Tina Wu, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

“A Deterministic Multivariate Interpolation Algorithm Via Generalized Vandermonde Matrix Nullspaces,” Zelijko Zilic, Lucent Technologies, 4:00 p.m., 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

“Genetic Analysis of RNA Polymerase II Transcription in Yeast,” Karen Arndt, University of Pittsburgh, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Dave Gilmour, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21

“Bylis Hillman Reaction,” Dengming Xiao, Penn State, 12:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-4041).

“Some Observations Regarding Beuker’s Conjectured ‘Super’ Congruences,”
Scott Ahlgren, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

“Supersymmetric Brane Dynamics,” A. Hanany, Institute for Advanced Study, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Elementary Particles and Fields Group/Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (865-4376).

“Besov Spaces, Sobolev Spaces, and Multilevel Representations,” Jinchao Xu, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

“Distal-less-3 and the Control of Differentiation in Mouse Epidermis,” Thomas Sargent, National Institutes of Health, 4:00 p.m., 8 Mueller Laboratory, host: William Jeffery, Department of Biology (865-2329).

“Morse Theory in Riemannian Geometry (continued),” Konstantin Shemyak,
Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, host: Dima Burago, Department of Mathematics (865-7741).

“Role of HLA-H on Iron Transport,” Richard Woods, Tufts University, 4:00 p.m.,
110 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

(title to be announced), Alex Furman, Penn State, 6:00 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22

“Artificial Photosynthesis: Design and Characterization of an Inorganic ‘Leaf’,”
David Kashack, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0119).

“How Do Trees Make Wood: Factors Associated With Xylogenesis,” Nancy E. Eckardt, University of Oxford (England), 12:20 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory,
Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-0323).

“Pseudo-holomorphic Curves in Symplectic Manifolds II,” Augustin Banyaga,
Penn State, 1:25 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

“Embedding Spheres With Ergodic Geodesic Flow in R^3,” Keith Burns, Northwestern University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

“Exploring the Orion Star Formation Region with the Hubble Space Telescope”
(colloquium), Bob O’Dell, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).
 

THURDAY, OCTOBER 23

“Dynamical Systems and Related Topics Workshop,” Penn State, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., 123 Atherton Street (Atherton Hotel-Regency Ballroom), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

“Phase Equilibria and Crystal Chemistry of Ceramic Systems of Interest for Wireless Communicatins,” Bob Roth, The VIPER Group, 11:00 a.m., 301 Steidle Building, Ceramic Science and Engineering Program (865-4992).

“The Distribution of Generating Functions,” Bob Vaughan, University of Michigan, 11:20 a.m., 104 McAllister Building, host: Winnie Li, Department of Mathematics
(865-1669).

(title to be announced), Karen Camarda, Penn State, 11:30 a.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

“The Ligands to Iron-Sulfur Clusters in Proteins: Why Sulfurs and Not Oxygens?,”
John Golbeck, Penn State, 12:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0889).

“Electron Emission and Transport in Wide-Band-Gap Semiconductors” (colloquium), Paul Cutler, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics
(865-2832).

“Cryptosporidium Parvum: Livestock and Wildlife Contribution to Contaminating Municipal Water Supplies,” Jennifer George, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 16 Agricultural Science and Industries Building, host: L. Sordillo, Department of Veterinary Science (863-5786).

“Ecological Literacy: A Case Study in Sustainable Living,” Elan Shapiro/
Liz Walker/Jay Jacobson, Ithaca College, 3:45 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory,
host: Chris Uhl, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-7221).

“Can a Two-Stage Procedure Enjoy Second-Order Properties,” Nitis Mukhopadhyay, University of Connecticut, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics
(865-1348).

“Green Fluorescent Protein,” Brandon Doyle, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0889).
“Hardy’s Legacy to Number Theory” (colloquium), Bob Vaughan, University of Michigan, 4:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building (refreshments at 4:00 p.m. in 212 McAllister Building), host: Gary Mullen, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

“Winding Numbers and a Proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra,” Paul Baum, Penn State, 5:45 p.m., 116 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24

“Dynamical Systems and Related Topics Workshop,” Penn State, 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., 123 Atherton Street (Atherton Hotel-Regency Ballroom), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

“Analysis of Liposomes in Applications of Drug Delivery,” Jamal Berry, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0119).

“Cavity Ringdown Laser Absorption,” Dan Lehman, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0119).

“K-Theory for Frechet Algebras,” Nigel Higson, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 117 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

“Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Shock Waves in Molecular Materials,” Dana D. Dlott, University of Illinois, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0119).

“Local Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Convection-Diffusion Equations,”
Chi-Wang Shu, Brown University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, host: Jie Shen, Department of Mathematics (863-2036).

“The New Atlas of U.S. Mortality,” Linda Pickle, NCHS/Center for Disease Control, 4:00 p.m., 206 Walker Building, Department of Geography (863 -7091).

“Polydnaviruses: Life at the Parasitoid/Host Interface,” Donald Stoltz,
Dalhousie University (Canada), 11:15 a.m. (coffee at 11:00 a.m.), 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Naomi Lovallo, Department of Entomology
(865-1895).
 
 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25

“Dynamical Systems and Related Topics Workshop,” Penn State, 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., 123 Atherton Street (Atherton Hotel-Regency Ballroom), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26

“Dynanmical Systems and Related Topics Workshop,” Penn State, 9:00 a.m. to
12:45 p.m., 123 Atherton Street (Atherton Hotel-Regency Ballroom), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 

************
 

Science Seminars is published weekly on Wednesday as a service of the Penn State Eberly College of Science.  It is distributed to faculty and administrative aides in the Eberly College of Science and to other subscribers at Penn State and nearby communities.  It also is available on a number of electronic bulletin boards such as the Emc2 bulletin board system in CALENDAR, the PSU campus news system in the newsgroup PSU.CALENDARS and PSU.DEPT.CSE, the Penn State Gopher host at INFO.PSU.EDU, and the college's worldwide web site at < http://www.science.psu.edu/lectures/seminars/seminars.html >.

Reporters for Science Seminars and the areas they cover are as follows: [agriculture: Kay Moore]  [anthropology: Alan Walker]  [astronomy and astrophysics: Kerry Kubalak]  [biochemistry and molecular biology: Tamara Housel]  [biology: Karen McNeal]  [biotechnology institute: Janice Kennedy]  [center for gravitational physics and geometry: Karen Brewster] [ceramic science and engineering: April Benson]  [chemical engineering: Cheryl Sharpe]  [chemistry: Stephanie Stine]  [computer science and engineering: Sara Barrier and Karen Alise Corl]  [curriculum and instruction: Ravinder Koul]  [earth and mineral sciences: Linda Spangler]  [ecology: Greg Keller]  [education: Tom Dana]  [entomology: Thelma Brodzina]  [mathematics: Rosemary Manning]  [nutrition: Anna Mary Smalley]  [physics: Tammy Accordino]  [plants: Janice Kennedy]  [poultry science: Ruth Nyman]  [Science, Technology, and Society Program: Karen Snare]  [Sigma Xi: Pat Gong]  [statistics: Bonnie Cain]  [veterinary science: Loretta Muchinsky].

Seminar notices are due no later than 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday of the week prior to the event to Barbara Kennedy at SCIENCE@PSU.EDU.  If you would like more information, call Barbara Kennedy at (+1) 814-863-4682.

NOTICE: PRESS RELEASES AVAILABLE

Press releases occasionally are written for some of the lectures sponsored by the Eberly College of Science.  If you would like to receive copies of these press releases in the future, send a note to Barbara K. Kennedy at SCIENCE@PSU.EDU.  Your e-mail address will be added to a distribution list.

This publication is available in alternative media on request.

Penn State is an affirmative action, equal opportunity university.  Penn State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities.  If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact the office in charge of the seminar in advance of your attendance.  U.Ed. SCI 98-41

This issue of Science Seminars was produced by Barbara K. Kennedy and Pamela Davis.