Spring 2012

Spring 2012
All sessions will be in Massengill unless otherwise noted.
Date & Time Speaker Title
Thursday,
Jan. 19,
7:00 p.m.
 Dr. David Toth,
Merrimack College		 Party Time: How Many People Does It Take...?
Thursday,
Jan. 26,
7:00 p.m.
 Phillip Kirlin,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst		 Music Informatics: Computational Approaches to Music Analysis
Tuesday,
Jan. 31,
7:00 p.m.		 Saturnino Garcia,
University of California, San Diego		 Computer science in a world of multiple cores and dark silicon
Thursday,
Feb. 9,
5:30 p.m.
Trexler 372		 Dr. Daniel Robb,
Berry College		 Adapting Newton's Laws to Modeling Nanoparticle Growth
Sunday,
Feb. 12,
5:30 p.m.
Trexler 372		 Dr. Elizabeth McGrath,
University of California - Santa Cruz		 Exploring the Formation of the Largest Galaxies in the Universe
Tuesday,
Feb. 14,
5:30 p.m.
Trexler 372		 Dr. Mark Loeffler,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center		 Radiation and Thermally-Driven Chemistry Present on the Icy Satellites
Tuesday,
February 21,
7:30 p.m.
Wortmann Ballroom
(Colket Center) 		Dr. Jeffrey Bennett
University of Colorado / Big Kid Science		 Math for Life
Wednesday,
March 14,
7:00 p.m.
 Dr. Robert Allen,
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse		 Surviving an Outbreak of Zombiism
Thursday,
March 15,
6:00 p.m.
 Dr. Dan Kalman,
American University		 The Mathematical Elephant
Thursday,
March 22,
7:00 p.m.		 Mr. Roy Boone,
Department of Defense		 From Nuclear Engineering to Counterproliferation
Thursday,
April 5,
7:00 p.m.
 Mr. Avery Makel,
Roanoke College		 An Investigation Into Sustainable Refrigeration for Developing Countries
Thursday,
April 12,
7:00 p.m.
Antrim Chapel		 Tim Chartier,
Davidson College		 Mime-matics