Mercer Physics Seminar Schedule Fall 2007 to Spring 2008

Next Physics Seminar: TBA 


The physics seminar is normally held on Wednesday at 4:30pm, in the Science & Engineering Building Auditorium (SEB 110), and is preceded by light refreshments at 4:15pm outside SEB 203.

Check out the article on our seminar series from the Nov 11, 2004 Cluster!
Past Seminar Archive (Fall 1998 - Spring 2007)

Spring 2008
date speaker department title
W 4/23 Student presentation -- Travis Gibson: Newton - The Untold Story
W 4/9 Paul MacNeil Electrical & Computer Engineering Celestial Mechanics for Fun and Profit
W 3/12 Peter Brown Philosophy The Copernican Revolution: 
Scientific Hypothesis or Metaphysical Reality?
W 2/27 Student presentation -- Travis Gibson: The Physics Around Us
W 2/20 Creighton Rosental Philosophy Why Did the Church Have a Problem with Galileo?
W 1/30 Phil McCreanor  Biomedical & Environmental Engineering Integrated Solid Waste Management: Trends, Technologies, and Trade Offs
W 1/16 Randall Peters  Physics Abiding Influence of the Pendulum

Fall 2007

date speaker department title
W 12/5 Student presentation -- Travis Gibson: The Physics of Superheroes
W 11/28 Hodge Jenkins Mechanical
& Industrial
Engineering
Capstan Design and Control for Drawing Optical Fiber: A Case Study in Mechatronics Design
W 11/14 Randall Peters Physics Play-Time with Physics Simulations
W 11/7 Clayton Paul Electrical &
Computer 
Engineering
What is "Partial Inductance"?
W 10/31 Sinjae Hyun Biomedical &
Environmental 
Engineering
Computer Simulation of Human Vascular Problems. CFPD and VP in BIomedical Engineering
W 10/17 Loren Sumner and Joshua Gibson Mechanical
& Industrial
Engineering
Investigation of the non-wetting potential of a droplet in a narrow channel with a gaseous passing flow
W 10/10 Randall Peters Physics

The Fast Fourier Transform. Use of Excel to Demonstrate its Power and Idiosyncrasies 

W 10/3 Matthew Marone Physics Spotlight on the Astronomy Club at Mercer
W 9/19 John Lee Physics Cloaking Made Possible?
W 9/12 Douglas Young Physics Calculating the Entire Magnetic Field of a Solenoid: An Application of Open Source Tools for Scientific Computing
W 9/5 Jose Balduz Physics Causal Sets, Graphs and the Planck Scale Mirage
W 8/29 Randall Peters Physics Study of the Spectral Evolution of Earthquakes with a New Frequency Domain Tool, the Cumulative Spectral Power

Past Seminar Archive (Fall 1998 - Spring 2007)