This WEB site is
sponsored by
the University of Akron.

Meetings are at the
Tangier Restaurant, 532
West Market, Akron,
Ohio


    

Welcome to the Akron Physics Club WEB site.

Club programs deal with current issues in Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Cosmology, Biology, and a host of other topics.

Several new speakers are scheduled each year to present topics of current scientific interest.

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT: JANUARY 23, 2012

Tangier, 532 West Market Street, 6:00 PM- Dinner at 6:30

RESERVATIONS or REGRETS by January 19th to:
Reservation Secretary Bob Erdman: pearlybob@gmail
(330) 656-2275

Dr. Evalyn Gates
Executive Director and CEO of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History

She will speak to us about:

Einstein's Telescope:
The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe

 

THE SPEAKER:

Evalyn Gates is the Executive Director and CEO of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.   Before coming to the Museum in May, 2010, she was the Assistant Director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago.

Her research focuses on various aspects of cosmology and particle astrophysics, from neutrinos to the cosmic microwave background.  Most recently she has been working on various aspects of dark matter, and searching for ancient stellar fossils in the form of the oldest white dwarfs.  

After receiving her Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Case Western Reserve University in 1990, Gates held postdoctoral fellowships at Yale University and the University of Chicago, and was a member of the theoretical astrophysics research group at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. She spent seven years at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, initially as Director of Astronomy and then as Vice President for Science and Education. 

Gates has a strong interest in addressing the under-representation of women and minorities in the physical sciences and has written several articles on the topic of women in physics.  She is also committed to inviting individuals of all ages and backgrounds to explore the ideas and discoveries of current scientific research. Her first book, Einstein’s Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe, was published by W.W. Norton in February 2009.

 

 

VISITORS ARE WELCOME - COLLEGE STUDENTS are FREE

(But everybody needs a dinner reservation!)

    Please join us for our next meeting.  Pre-registration for dinner is required so that we can guarantee our reservations.  Dinner is $19.  To register, send an email to our Reservations Secretary - Charlie Wilson, at cww3mmwilson@juno.com  (or 330-836-4167)


Future meetings:

Date	Guest Speaker	Topic
February 27, 2012	Dr Gary Hamed	Tearing of Natural Rubber Vulcanizates
March 26, 2012	Dr John Lekki , Senior Scientist NASA Glenn Research Center Optical Technology and NDE Branch	Environmental Monitoring of Microcystis Algae in Lake Erie with Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery
April 23, 2012	Dr Andrew Resnick Assistant Professor of Physics Cleveland State University	Biofluiddynamics and the Physiological Role of the Primary Cilium
May 21, 2012	Dr Chris Martin Assistant Professor of Physics Oberlin College	The Herschel Inner Galaxy Gas Survey (HIGGS project)

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