Please join the UA Department of Physics and Astronomy as a special guest for a showcase of our graduate student research, on Friday, Nov. 20, from 5-7 p.m., in the first-floor hallway of Gallalee Hall. This open-house poster presentation and competition will share projects of seasoned researchers along with those who are just getting started. Stop in any time during the evening until 6:15 to vote for your favorite presentation, and attend the awards ceremony at 6:30.
We'd be honored if you'd join us to support and encourage our future scientists and to learn more about physics research at the University. Please help us spread the word. See you there,
http://uanews.ua.edu/2009/11/open-house-featuring-ua-physics-students-research-set-for-nov-20/
Gary J. Mankey, Graduate Director
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Friday, November 13, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
PH111: student talks schedule
I've made up a preliminary schedule for your talks, which you can find here.
As a reminder, talks should be about 20 minutes in length, with a question & answer period of about 5 minutes following each talk. Timing will be rather strictly enforced so we can get through all of your talks in only three class periods. Finally, keep in mind that it is expected that all group members contribute to the oral presentation.
The first set of talks is on 16 November, which is only two weeks away ...
As a reminder, talks should be about 20 minutes in length, with a question & answer period of about 5 minutes following each talk. Timing will be rather strictly enforced so we can get through all of your talks in only three class periods. Finally, keep in mind that it is expected that all group members contribute to the oral presentation.
The first set of talks is on 16 November, which is only two weeks away ...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Advising Season
If you didn't see the email from me already ... here it is. It is advising season again, and time to figure out what to take next semester.
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Dear Physics Majors (and potential Physics Majors),
If you don't know already, I am the undergraduate adviser for physics and astronomy. Once again, it is advising time. Some time during the next two weeks, I would like to sit down with each of you and informally discuss how things are going, what your plan is, and try to answer any questions you might have. This is your chance to ask all sorts of difficult questions, and I will do my best to answer them. Most likely, I can tell you what courses you still need to take, what requirements you have left to fulfill, or how you might get more involved in our program, for instance.
I am available to meet in either my Gallalee office (rm 110) or my Bevill office (rm 228), whichever is more convenient for you. Below, at the bottom of this post, is a list of times and places I am available. If you would like to set up an advising meeting, send me a quick email (pleclair-at-ua.edu) indicating your preferred time block and location (Bevill or Gallalee).
Recall that you need to have your 'advising hold' cleared each semester in order to proceed with registration. This means you need to meet with *someone*, who can then have your advising hold cleared electronically. There is no longer a need for paperwork, but you still need to be advised. Along those lines, this semester Dr. Mewes (tmewes-at-ua.edu) and Dr. Williams (drwilliams3-at-ua.edu) have agreed to help out with advising. If your schedule does not fit with mine, you have occasion to see Dr. Mewes or Dr. Williams for other reasons, or would just rather see them instead, you can feel free to contact them as well.
Finally, some of you are far enough along and well-organized enough that you basically know what you need to do. Fair enough. If this is the case, email me your proposed schedule for the S10 semester, and if I don't see any problems with it, I'll clear your advising hold and we'll call it a day.
My free times
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Mondays: 1:15-3:45, Gallalee
Tuesdays: 10-3:45, Bevill
Wednesdays: 1:15-3:45, Gallalee
Thursdays: 10-6, Bevill
Fridays: 12-6, either location.
Best Regards,
-Dr. LeClair
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Dear Physics Majors (and potential Physics Majors),
If you don't know already, I am the undergraduate adviser for physics and astronomy. Once again, it is advising time. Some time during the next two weeks, I would like to sit down with each of you and informally discuss how things are going, what your plan is, and try to answer any questions you might have. This is your chance to ask all sorts of difficult questions, and I will do my best to answer them. Most likely, I can tell you what courses you still need to take, what requirements you have left to fulfill, or how you might get more involved in our program, for instance.
I am available to meet in either my Gallalee office (rm 110) or my Bevill office (rm 228), whichever is more convenient for you. Below, at the bottom of this post, is a list of times and places I am available. If you would like to set up an advising meeting, send me a quick email (pleclair-at-ua.edu) indicating your preferred time block and location (Bevill or Gallalee).
Recall that you need to have your 'advising hold' cleared each semester in order to proceed with registration. This means you need to meet with *someone*, who can then have your advising hold cleared electronically. There is no longer a need for paperwork, but you still need to be advised. Along those lines, this semester Dr. Mewes (tmewes-at-ua.edu) and Dr. Williams (drwilliams3-at-ua.edu) have agreed to help out with advising. If your schedule does not fit with mine, you have occasion to see Dr. Mewes or Dr. Williams for other reasons, or would just rather see them instead, you can feel free to contact them as well.
Finally, some of you are far enough along and well-organized enough that you basically know what you need to do. Fair enough. If this is the case, email me your proposed schedule for the S10 semester, and if I don't see any problems with it, I'll clear your advising hold and we'll call it a day.
My free times
-----------------
Mondays: 1:15-3:45, Gallalee
Tuesdays: 10-3:45, Bevill
Wednesdays: 1:15-3:45, Gallalee
Thursdays: 10-6, Bevill
Fridays: 12-6, either location.
Best Regards,
-Dr. LeClair
Monday, September 21, 2009
PH111: links relevant to today's lecture
These are by no means exhaustive, but are just a few introductory-level discussions of some of the things we talked about today.
A nanotechnology lecture by Feynman from 1959 (!).
Information processing and thermodynamics.
Physical limits of computing.
A nanotechnology lecture by Feynman from 1959 (!).
Information processing and thermodynamics.
Physical limits of computing.
PH111: information storage physics
Some of the slides I'll use today are here.
After the lecture, I'll try to update them to include the things I'm going to do on the whiteboard ...
After the lecture, I'll try to update them to include the things I'm going to do on the whiteboard ...
Thursday, September 17, 2009
PH111: Drake equation, next seminar
Interesting article about updates to the Drake equation.
Next week, I'll be giving the seminar again, this time on information storage physics. There will be some light reading posted later today, but for now you might peruse this older talk I gave. (Warning, 22Mb PDF.) It is specifically about magnetic information storage, but might get you thinking along the right lines.
Next week, I'll be giving the seminar again, this time on information storage physics. There will be some light reading posted later today, but for now you might peruse this older talk I gave. (Warning, 22Mb PDF.) It is specifically about magnetic information storage, but might get you thinking along the right lines.
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