Jess & Mildred Fisher College of Science & Mathematics


COLLEGE EVENTS FOR THE 2012 CALENDAR YEAR


Date Topic Speaker Time Place
Dec. 21 "What Was The Christmas Star?" Dr. Alex Storrs
Towson University
7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Watson-King Planetarium,
Smith Hall 521
(campus map)
Nov. 30 "Online Undergraduate Physics Labs: Promises, Problems, and Pitfalls" Dr. Ann Reagan
College of Southern Maryland
12 noon Smith Hall, 326
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 11:30 a.m.)
Nov. 16 "Supernovae: Near and Far" Dr. Parviz Ghavamian
Towson University
8 p.m. Watson-King Planetarium,
Smith Hall 521
(campus map)
Nov. 16 "Physics Almost Saved The President!" Dana Molloy, Zoey Warecki, Jim Selway and James Overduin
Towson University
12 noon Smith Hall, 326
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 11:30 a.m.)
Nov. 15 "Visual Analytics for Science and Technology: STEM Product Development" Dr. Timothy Akers and
Dr. Kevin Peters
Morgan State University
4 p.m. 7800 York Road, room 320
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 3:45 p.m.)
Nov. 13 "Mathematical Predictions in the Biological and Physical Sciences" Dr. Dawn Lott
Delaware State University
4 to 5 p.m. 7800 York Road, room 459
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 3:30 p.m.)
Nov. 9 "It's a Telescope, It's a Plane, no it's SOFIA!" Mr. Brian Eney
Adjunct Faculty at Towson University
12:15 p.m. Smith Hall, 326
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 12:00 noon)
Nov. 2 FCSM Fall College Forum Dean David A. Vanko
Towson University
2:30 to 4:30 p.m. University Union, Chesapeake Rooms,
Towson University
(campus map)
Nov. 2 “The Higgs Boson: How Did We Get There?” Dr. Helio Takai
Brookhaven National Laboratory
12 noon Smith Hall, 326
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 11:30 a.m.)
Oct. 25 "Elections with Partially Ordered Preferences" Dr. Peter Coughlin
University of Maryland
4 p.m. 7800 York Road, room 320
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 3:30 p.m.)
Oct.19 "Telescopes As Time Machines" Dr. Jennifer Scott
Towson University
8 p.m. Watson-King Planetarium,
Smith Hall 521
(campus map)
Oct. 19 "Phase Entanglement With Macroscopic Coherent States" Mr. Brian Kirby
Ph.D. Candidate
Towson Univ. Alumnus
12 noon Smith Hall, 326
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 11:30 a.m.)
Oct. 5 "Arsenic contamination in the rice cropping system: Implications for human health" Dr. Angelia Seyfferth
University of Delaware
12 noon Smith Hall, 320
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 11:30 a.m.)
Oct. 9 "Chiral Metal Sulfoxide Complexes as Switches and Catalysts: Two Sides of the Same Hand" Dr. Timothy Brunker
Towson University
4:30 p.m. Smith Hall, 556
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments in 554 at 4 p.m.)
Sept. 21 "Autumn Colors" Dr. Alex Storrs
Towson University
8 p.m. Watson-King Planetarium,
Smith Hall 521
(campus map)
Sept. 21 "A Minority Report on Black Hole Mass Measurements" Dr. Alireza Rafiee
Towson University
12 noon Smith Hall, 420
Towson University
(campus map)
Sept. 13 Urban Environmental Biogeochemistry Lab Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony   3 p.m. Smith Hall, Lower Level
Towson University
(campus map)
Aug. 8 "A Wonderful Universe" Dr. Alireza Rafiee
Towson University
8 p.m. Watson-King Planetarium,
Smith Hall 521
(campus map)
July 20 "The Galaxies of Summer" Timothy Willig
Towson University Alumnus
8 p.m. Watson-King Planetarium,
Smith Hall 521
(campus map)
June 15 "Saturn Spectacular" Dr. Alex Storrs
Towson University
8 p.m. Watson-King Planetarium,
Smith Hall 521
(campus map)
May 18 "Maryland Historical Astronomy and the Transit of Venus" Mr. Brian Eney
Adjunct Faculty at Towson University
8 p.m. Watson-King Planetarium,
Smith Hall 521
(campus map)
May 12 Towson University Field Station Open House   12 noon
to
4 p.m.
17433 Big Falls Rd Monkton, MD 21111
May 4 "Survivability and Lethality Analysis: The Physics of Behind Armor Debris" Roberto Gonzalez
Army Research Laboratory at
Aberdeen Proving Ground
12 noon Smith Hall, 420
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 11:30 a.m.)
April 29 22nd Annual Student Honor's Convocation   1 p.m. University Union, Chesapeake Rooms
(campus map)
April 26 "Symplectic Toric Varieties: The Tale behind the Logo of the 2012 Bridges Conference" Dr. Alexander Munson
Towson University
4 p.m. 7800 York Road, room 320
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 3:30 p.m.)
April 20 “The Planets of Antiquity” Timothy Willig
Towson University Alumnus
8 p.m. Watson-King Planetarium,
Smith Hall 521
(campus map)
April 20 “Multiferroic LuFe204: bulk, thin film and interface to metal nanoparticles” Dr. Xiaoshan Xu
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
12 noon Smith Hall, 420
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 11:30 a.m.)
April 13 "Career Center Resources" Lorie Logan-Bennett
Director of the Towson University Career Center
12:30 p.m. Smith Hall, 420
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 12 noon)
April 6 “Kuiper Belt Object Colors, Lightcurves and Binaries” Dr. Susan Benecchi
Carnegie Institution of Washington
12 noon Smith Hall, 420
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 11:30 a.m.)
April 5 "The Existence of Periodic Solutions of Hybrid Dynamical Systems" Dr. Thomas Seidman
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
4 p.m. 7800 York Road, room 320
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 3:30 p.m.)
April 5 "Economic Pricing of Mortality-Linked Securities in Actuarial Science & Risk Management" Dr. Ken Seng Tan
University of Waterloo
3:30 to
4:40 p.m.
7800 York Road, room 205
Towson University
(campus map)
March 30 "Improving Work-Life Satisfaction for Individuals in STEM Workshop" Dr. Donna J. Dean and
Ms. Cynthia Simpson
Association for Women in Science
1 to 4 p.m. Smith Hall, 289
Towson University
(campus map) (lunch provided at 12:15 p.m. RSVP required)
March 30 “Investigation of ISE in a Commercial SiAlON”
and
“Solar System Tests of the Equivalence Principle”
Mr. Eugene Shanholtz
TU Undergraduate Physics Major
and
Mr. Jack Mitcham
TU Undergraduate Physics Majors
12 noon Smith Hall, 420
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 11:30 a.m.)
March 29 "Finite reductive groups: Representations and liftings" Dr. Joshua Lansky
American University
4 to 5 p.m. 7800 York Road, room 320
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 3:30 p.m.)
March 16 "Space Invaders" Mr. Brian Eney
Adjunct Faculty at Towson University
8 p.m. Watson-King Planetarium,
Smith Hall 521
(campus map)
March 13 "Active and Inquiry Learning in Freshman Biology" Dr. Brian White
U. of Massachusetts at Boston
3:30 p.m. Smith Hall, 289
Towson University
(campus map)
March 3 Women in Science Forum Dr. Pamela Lottero-Perdue
Dr. Sommer E. Gentry
Ms. Elena S. Takaki
8: 30 a.m.
to
1 p.m.
Towson University
Smith Hall 356
(campus map)
Feb. 17 "Mars Attacks" Dr. Alex Storrs
Towson University
8 p.m. Watson-King Planetarium,
Smith Hall 521
(campus map)
Feb. 17 “The Archean Earth as a Pale Orange Dot” Dr. Shawn Domagal-Goldman 12 noon Smith Hall, 420
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 11:30 a.m.)
Feb. 3 "Copper Speciation in Variably Toxic Sediments: Ely Copper Mine Superfund Site, Vermont" Dr. Bryn Kimball
U.S. Geological Survey
12 noon Smith Hall, 420
Towson University
(campus map) (light refreshments at 11:30 a.m.)
Jan. 20 "Stars Over Dineh Bike'yah" Dr. Alex Storrs
Towson University
8 p.m. Watson-King Planetarium,
Smith Hall 521
(campus map)


The Jess and Mildred Fisher
College of Science and Mathematics
Smith Hall, Room 312 (campus map)
Phone: 410-704-2121
Fax: 410-704-2604
E-mail: fcsm@towson.edu

 

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