EP 345 - Space Science Seminar
Embry-Riddle University
Fall 2015
M. Anthony Reynolds


INFORMATION

This is a one credit seminar course, in which we meet weekly (on Thursdays) to discuss the latest developments in space science.  If there is a colloquium, we attend it, which supersedes our usual discussion.

Required Text: none


See the syllabus for more detailed information.



READING LINKS

1. Thursday, September 3, 2015
    Speaker: None
    Reading:  Earth's crustal rebound - Regional Elastic Rebound Calculator and Postglacial Rebound Calculator
    Further information: Lake Bonneville History, Glacial isostatic adjustment, Structure of the Earth,

2. Thursday, September 10, 2015
    Speaker: Andy Ludu, ERAU, Department of Mathematics
    Reading: Solitons, by Claudio Rebbi

3. Thursday, September 17, 2015
    Speaker: Marty Mlynczak, NASA Langley
    Reading: The SABRE instrument on the TIMED satellite 

4. Thursday, September 24, 2015
    Speaker: None
    Reading: Possible violations of Lepton universality 
    Further information: LHCb measurements of B meson decay 

5. Monday, October 5, 2015 - DSC Seminar series
    Speaker: Weiping Yu, NASA Langley

6. Thursday, October 22, 2015
    Speaker: Jason Aufdenberg, ERAU, Physical Sciences Department
    Reading: The Faces of Stars 

7. Thursday, October 29, 2015
    Speaker: Tomomi Otani, ERAU, Physical Sciences Department
    Reading: Extrasolar planets
    Further information: O-C diagram basics, application to RR Lyr variable stars 

8. Thursday, November 5, 2015
    Speaker: Bing Cao & Yafang Guo, ERAU, Physical Sciences Department

9. Thursday, November 19, 2015
    Speaker: Jonathan Snively, ERAU, Physical Sciences Department
    Reading: Gravity Waves 

10. Monday, November 23, 2015 - DSC Seminar series
    Speaker: Riccardo Bevilacqua, University of Florida, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
    CANCELLED

11. Tuesday, December 1, 2015
    Speaker: Bruce Jakosky, University of Colorado


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