Saturday Science @ LSU

2012-2013 Public Lectures

This years Saturday Science @ LSU series of lectures for high school students, teachers, and the public will begin on October 20, 2012. We invite you to join us for, we think, an interesting and exciting series.

All the lectures will be held at 10:00-11:15 AM in 130 Nicholson Hall on the Saturday's listed below at LSU, Baton Rouge. We hope you will join us, and will look forward to seeing you and your students.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Param Singh • Physics and Astronomy • (225) 578-7513 •

DATE TITLE OF TALK SPEAKER - DEPARTMENT
Oct. 20 - "We are all Stardust: The origin of elements in the cauldrons of the cosmos" Catherine Deibel
LSU Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Nov. 24 - "Einstein's Legacy: Black holes and Gravitational waves" Peter Diener
LSU Center for Computation and Technology (CCT)
and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Dec. 15 - "The Mississippi River and Its importance to our Working Coast: Past, Present and Future" Clinton Willon
LSU Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jan. 19 - "Development of Asian Monsoon and its impact on the Rise of the Himalaya and the Early Human Civilizations" Peter Clift
LSU Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
Feb. 16 - "Nano Theater: Research Experiments with Scanning Probe Microscopy" Jayne Garno
LSU Dept. of Chemistry
March 16 - "Beyond Google: Searching for Music, DNAs and Emails" Rahul Shah
LSU Dept. of Computer Science,
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sci.
April 20 - "Gulf SERPENT: Partnering with industry to explore life in deep sea"
 Mark Benfield
LSU Dept. of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
May 11 - "Gamma Rays from Lightning" Michael Cherry
LSU Dept. of Physics and Astronomy