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October 26, 10 am – 4pm
Small Hall (behind Phi Beta Kappa Memorial
Hall)
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This year’s PhysicsFest
theme is
You may think you know the states of matter (solids, liquids, gases, right?). But we will try to prove you wrong!
Come to experience first-hand a liquid you can jump on, dancing solids, flying magnets and more!
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PhysicsFest 2013 Photo Competition!
Check out all wonderful submissions
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Join us for our second annual
Undergraduate Physics poster session and
competition
Location – Small Hall Library,
10-11.30am
Come and see what the next generation
scientists and researchers are up to!
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Visit
research labs (12 - 4pm)
Have you ever wondered how a research
lab really looks? This is your chance to see several physics and applied
science labs and talk to people who work there.
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Participating scientists:
Mumtaz Qazilbash -
Photon spectroscopy (Room 028)
R. Ale Lukaszew – Thin films and
nanostructures (Room 030)
Gina Hoatson – Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance (NMR) and Superconducting Magnets (Room 115)
Gunter Luepke – Ultrafast studies of novel materials (Room
064)
Seth Aubin – Bose-Einstein Condensates (Room
067)
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For our younger visitors we
offer an exciting treasure hunt – we will be searching for our own Higgs boson!
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Daylight astronomy? Why not! Take a short
elevator ride to the roof of Small Hall to see the Sun and planets as
you’ve never seen them before.
Observations start an 12pm, weather permitting.
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 Want to try your hands on
physics experiments? Come to our Physics
Playroom!
Fun hands-on science for everyone
from 1 to 101!
Location – Small Hall 122
Open 10am – 4pm
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Interactive
demonstrations
Ever wondered about how a hovercraft
works? Or what happens with air when it is really cold? Join physics
students for fun ways to learn physics. Guaranteed excitement for all
ages.
Location – Small Hall 110
Demonstration
starts at 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30 pm and 3.30pm
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 Want to know more about
cutting edge science?
Presentations from
Physics professors
Location – Small Hall 111
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12pm
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John Delos
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Saving babies in a heartbeat
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1pm
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Marc Sher
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Nobel lecture: Higgs bosons
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2pm
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Hannes Schniepp
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The Brown Recluse Spider's Nano-Ribbons of Strong Sticky Silk
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3pm
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Sarah Phillips
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The Particles that Make Up Our World and How to Find Them
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