Science Seminars is a weekly list of science-related seminars sponsored by colleges, research institutes, and other organizations throughout Penn State. Science Seminars is published by the Penn State Eberly College of Science as a service to Penn State and its surrounding communities

Science Seminars

6 to 12 September 2004

 

MONDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER

(none)

TUESDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER

"Physical Review Letters and Physical Review B: The Editorial Office and the Peer Review Process," Sami Mitra, Physical Review Letters, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Jainendra Jain, Department of Physics (863-1162).

"Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) Methods for Elliptic Problems," Johnny Guzman, Cornell University, 4:00 p.m., 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

WEDNESDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"How the Galaxy Got Its Mass and Other Just So Stories," Ari Maller, University of Massachusetts, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Steinn Sigurdsson, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

 

THURSDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER

"Strong Law of Large Numbers (SLLN) for Weighted Independent Random Variables," Michael Lin, Ben-Gurion University (Israel), 4:00 p.m., 104 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Mining Genome Sequences for Novel Biocatalysts and Applications to Asymmetric Organic Synthesis," Jon Stewart, University of Florida, 12:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Stephen Benkovic (865-2882).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Aerosol Influences on Clouds and Precipitation," Bill Cotton, Colorado State University, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (865-0478).

"Can a Solid be Superfluid?" Moses Chan, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (865-7533).

 

FRIDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER

"Phenomenological Issues in Loop Quantum Cosmology: Part One," Parampreet Singh, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Agricultural Biotechnology: The Turfgrass Connection," Albert Kausch, HybriGene, Inc., 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1615).

"Lowest-Unoccupied Molecular Orbitals (LUMOs)! or Seeing is Believing: Structural Dynamics and Functions are Closely Linked in (Single) RNA Enzymes," Nils Walter, University of Michigan, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Philip Bevilacqua, Department of Chemistry (863-3812).

 

SATURDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER and SUNDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER

(none)

 

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