THE COMPASS LECTURE SERIES

The Compass lectures are aimed at an undergraduate audience. Graduates, professors, and students of other departments are welcome. The lectures are held on given Tuesdays in 325 Old LeConte from 4-5pm. Tea and cookies are served at 3:30pm.

March 3, 2009
Physics for Future (and Newly-Elected) Presidents: What World Leaders Need to Know
Professor Richard Muller
Presented by Alexander Jacobsen

March 31, 2009
Superconductivity: History, Trains, and SQUIDs
Professor John Clarke

April 7, 2009
The New Energy Landscape: The Role of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Dr. Jeff Grossman

April 21, 2009
The Search for Terrestrial Exoplanets: The Kepler Mission
Professor Gibor Basri

April 28, 2009
The Large Hadron Collider: More Symmetries, More Matter, or More Universe?
Professor Lawrence Hall


Download the Compass lecture series poster.

Previous Semesters

Fall 2008
Spring 2008

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