Physics 104 "Opportunities in Physics"
Spring 2004
Mondays 3:50-4:45 pm room B-131
items in green are advisory only, not required parts of the course.
. topic speaker writing assignment
26 January The future of Physics; your future in Physics;
my future in Physics?
Prof. Chris Jacobsen (PBA in DC) .
2 February from a liberal arts major to a physics major to starting grad school, TA'ing, and starting work in Prof. Mendez's opto-electronics lab Megumi Kinoshita (a slightly unusual first year graduate student) questions
9 February Newtonian mechanics applied to hemodynamics and cardiovascular medicine -- science, business, and unsolved problems.  Click here for an interesting link. John Hui, PhD -- Vasomedical Inc. questions
13 February The Worlds of Physics
ESS 001, 7:30 PM
Prof. Philip B. Allen
"Electrical dipoles"
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16 February Physical oceanography, storm search, flooding of NYC, and eddies in the Black Sea Prof. Malcolm Bowman
Marine Sciences
questions
23 February Van de Graaf nuclear physics -- with tour Rich Lefferts questions
1 March Particle Physics Prof. Paul Grannis .
8 March Astronomy research for undergrads at Stony Brook Jesse Miner, undergraduate questions
12 March The Worlds of Physics
ESS 001, 7:30 PM
Prof. Madappa Prakash
"Mergers of Binary Stars: the
Ultimate Heavy -Ion Experience"
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15 March New Physics for New Devices Prof. K. K. Likharev questions
16 March  Simons Foundation Distinguished Lecture, 4:15PM, Harriman Hall: "Do we have a Standard Cosmological Model?" Prof. David N. Spergel
Princeton University
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22 March RHIC physics at Stony Brook and BNL Prof. Barbara Jacak no assignment
29 March Physics as Exploration Neil Christensen, grad. student,
Yang ITP
questions
5 April Spring Recess . .
12 April Batteries and Fuel Cells Prof. Clare Grey, dept .of  Chemistry questions
16 April The Worlds of Physics
ESS 001, 7:30 PM
Dr. Gerry Bunce, BNL
"The Sum Rule of Physics: 
Muon g-2"
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19 April History of Stony Brook Physics Prof. Peter Kahn questions
26 April Micro and Nano Technology Prof. Helmut Strey (Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biotechnology) questions
3 May Solid State and Nano Physics Philip B. Allen .