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Sigma Xi Lecturer Dr. Robert Mathieu
December 4, 3:30pm - 4:30pmManoa Campus, Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Dr. C214
Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer
Dr. Robert Mathieu, Professor of Astronomy, U of Wisconsin–Madison
Stars That Go Bump in the Night
Description: The distances between the stars are vast, and until recently collisions between stars seemed highly unlikely. Now we think they happen quite frequently, particularly when binary stars encounter each other within clusters of stars, and create stars that as yet are unexplained by standard stellar physics.
These events bring together two classical fields of astronomy, stellar dynamics and stellar evolution.
Mathieu will introduce the audience to the basics of both, and then embark on a journey into the strange world of stellar collisions.
Professor Mathieu has been on the faculty of the Department of Astronomy of the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1987. He was educated at Princeton University and the University of California at Berkeley, after which he became a fellow of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He has served as president of the Board of Directors of the WIYN Observatory, and now chairs the University Committee of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
His research involves the formation and evolution of binary stars and the dynamics of star clusters. He also directs the NSF Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL; http://www.cirtl.net), whose mission is to prepare STEM graduate students to be both forefront researchers and excellent teachers. He also is the principal investigator of an NSF project to upgrade the Student Assessment of Learning Gains (SALG) instrument.
This lecture is presented in cooperation with the Institute of Astronomy Colloquium. Reception and light refreshments afterwards.
Event Sponsor
Zoology, Institute for Astronomy, and Hawaii Sigma Xi, Manoa Campus
More Information
Lea Hollingsworth, 808-236-7439, leav@hawaii.edu, Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer Flyer (PDF)
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| 10:00am | Graduate & Law Schools Fair Campus Center Mall & Courtyard |
| 10:00am | UH Library Exhibit Tours Hamilton Library 1st floor exhibits |
| 10:00am | Linguistics Final Oral Moore 575 |
| 11:00am | EWC Holiday Craft Fair John A. Burns Hall, 1601 East-West Road (located at the corner of Dole Street and East-West Road) |
| 12:00pm | Peace Art Contest: Library Reception and Showing Library |
| 12:00pm | Hollyer and Brennan on CTAHR Centennial volume 1800 East West Road, Henke Hall 325 |
| 1:30pm | Brett Ikehara, alto saxophone Orvis Auditorium |
| 2:00pm | Jodie Chock, clarinet Orvis Auditorium |
| 2:30pm | Laulima Assessment Tools 2: Tasks, Tests, Surveys Native Hawaiian Center Computer Lab, 7-421 |
| 3:00pm | Zoology Final Oral St. John 11 |
| 3:00pm | First Year Writing Assessment: Results & Findings Kuykendall 410 |
| 3:30pm | Sigma Xi Lecturer Dr. Robert Mathieu Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Dr. C214 |
| 3:30pm | 2008 Faculty Lecture Series Hamilton Library, Room 301 |
| 3:30pm | Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer - International Space Watanabe Hall, Rm. 112 |
| 7:30pm | A Snow Day Earle Ernst Lab Theatre at the Kennedy Theatre |
| 7:30pm | Brent Paul, guitar Orvis Auditorium |
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