| Jun 05 | Come see a rare astronomical event! The transit of Venus is its passage across the face of the Sun. As seen from Earth, transits of Venus occur in pairs with more than a century separating each pair. The last Venus transit was in 2004, so the second event of the pair will occur on Tuesday, June 5. The transit begins at 5:04pm and will be visible until the sun sets. Visit the Warko Observatory site here for more information. |
| May 17 | The Warko Observatory is now open for the season! View the story in UMatters here and please visit the Warko Observatory site here for more information. |
| Apr 20 | Physics Colloquium (Flarsheim 310, coffee at 3:15)
Dr. Jonathan Kane (Shell/Massachusetts Institute of Technology) "The discontinuous Galerkin method, B-splines, and a link between image processing and computational physics" (view abstract) |
| Apr 16 | Final Ph.D. Defense of Sitaram Aryal "Ab Initio Calculations of Mechanical, Thermodynamic and Electronic Structure Properties of Mullite, iota-Alumina and Boron Carbide"
Flarsheim Hall Room 256 at 2:30 PM |
| Apr 12 | Prof. Caruso receives the Presidential Award for Early Career Excellence from UM President Wolfe. |
| Apr 09 | A UMKC Friends of the Library gift of $2,452 for new astrophysics textbooks for the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy was awarded to MNL. The proposal for the new collection was spearheaded by Prof. Brodwin with the help of Prof. McIntosh.
The books will be available for Fall 2012. |
| Apr 06 | Physics Colloquium (Flarsheim 310, coffee at 3:15)
Professor Mathias Schubert (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials) "New chemical, biochemical and biological sensing and separation principles based on highly ordered three-dimensional nanohybrid materials thin films" (view abstract) |
| Apr 02 | The department has officially been renamed the Department of Physics and Astronomy. |
| Mar 23 | Physics Graduate Student Society Seminar (Flarsheim Hall 310, Coffee at 3:15PM)
Tim Haines (Department of Physics, University of Missouri-Kansas City) "Island in the Universe" |
| Mar 16 | Physics Colloquium (Flarsheim 310, coffee at 3:15)
Professor Derek Stein (Brown University) "Nanostructures for Single-Molecule Biophysics" (view abstract) |
| Mar 02 | Physics Colloquium (Flarsheim 310, coffee at 3:15)
Professor Lizhi Ouyang (Tennessee State University) " First Principles Calculations of Temperature and Pressure Dependent Properties: Applications to Silicon Carbide and Metals" (view abstract) |
| Feb 24 | Physics Graduate Student Society Seminar (Flarsheim Hall 310, Coffee at 3:15PM)
Dr. Michelle Paquette (Department of Physics, University of Missouri-Kansas City) "The Emergence of Nanotechnology and Future Implications" |
| Feb 17 | Physics Colloquium (Flarsheim 310, coffee at 3:15)
Dr. Dusan Keres (University of California Berkeley) "Galaxy Formation: Physics and Numerics" (view abstract) |
| Feb 10 | Physics Graduate Student Society Seminar (Flarsheim Hall 310, Coffee at 3:15PM)
Naseer Dari (Department of Physics, University of Missouri-Kansas City) "Evolutionary algorithms as a problem solving method in solid state physics" |
| Feb 03 | Physics Colloquium (Flarsheim 310, coffee at 3:15)
Professor Massimo Marengo (Iowa State University) "Blowing a Standard Candle: the Disappearing Mass of delta Cephei" (view abstract) |
| Feb 03 | The Astronomical Society of Kansas City is offering scholarships to University of Missouri-Kansas City Physics students who have expressed an interest in studying Astronomy or a related field. The deadline for submission is June 15, 2012. Please review the link for more information on the requirements. |
| Jan 25 | Professor McIntosh will appear on KMBC-9 TV News tonight at 6:00PM regarding the solar storm that is hitting the Earth today. |
| Jan 24 | Professor McIntosh appears on Fox 4 TV News tonight at 5:00 PM and 6:00PM to discuss the solar storm hitting Earth today. View a video of the news story here. |
| Jan 20 | Physics Colloquium (Flarsheim 310, coffee at 3:15)
Professor Paul Rulis (Department of Physics, University of Missouri-Kansas City) "The Intersection of Superalloys and Supercomputers: Progress and Prospects" (view abstract) |
