Saturday Physics Honors Program
Saturday Physics Honors Program, an outreach program for high school students, is also open to the general public.
The lectures are free of charge and are scheduled from 10:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., unless indicated otherwise.
Lectures are held in Room 141, Loomis Laboratory of Physics, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois. (Map to Loomis)
Parking is available on the east side of the building in lot B21.
Fall 2007 Schedule
September 15
The Great Scientific Instruments: Why Do We Build Them [PDF]
Professor David Hertzog,
Department of Physics, University of Illinois
September 29
The Liquid Crystalline State of Matter: From the
Laboratory to the Shopping Mall
Professor Paul Goldbart,
Department of Physics, University of Illinois
October 13
Fire or Ice? The Fate of the Universe [PDF]
Professor Jon Thaler, Department of Physics, University of Illinois
October 27—Physics Day
Physics Van Performance and Tours of Research Laboratories
November 10
Over the Moon with Carbon Nanotubes [PDF]
Professor Nadya Mason, Department of Physics, University of Illinois
December 1
Mysteries of the Cold Universe [PDF]
Professor Smitha
Vishveshwara, Department of Physics,
University of Illinois
For more information, contact Toni Pitts, Coordinator of Recruiting,
Advising, and Special Programs
217.244.2948 or tpitts@illinois.edu.