Upcoming Seminars

Minnesota Microscopy Society – Sigma ZetaJoint Meeting at Bethel University Minnesota Microscopy Society –

When: October 23, 2007

Where: Eastlund Room, Community Life Center, Bethel University

Address: 3900 Bethel Dr. St. Paul, 55112

http://www.bethel.edu/special-events/campus_map.htm

Time: 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Speaker: Prof. James Kakalios from the University of Minnesota

School of Physics & Astronomy

Topic: The Uncanny Physics of Super Hero Comic Books

http://www.physicsofsuperheroes.com

Bios: James Kakalios received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1985, and has been reading comic books for much longer.

After a post-doc at the Xerox-Palo Alto Research Center, he tired of those California winters and joined the physics faculty at the University of Minnesota in 1988, where he has been ever since. His research involves experimental condensed matter physics, in particular the properties of disordered systems, from amorphous silicon to granular media to voltage fluctuations recorded in the brain. In 2001 he created a Freshman Seminar at the University of Minnesota, entitled "Everything I Know About Physics I Learned from Reading Comic Books," which led to his writing a popular science general audience book The Physics of Superheroes.

Program:

4:30 - 5:30 Registration & Social Hour

5:30 - 6:30 Dinner

Hunters Chicken: Whole chicken braised with mushrooms,

roasted garlic, fresh herbs and tomatoes, Wild Rice Pilaf and

Fresh Green Beans. Dessert.

6:30 – 6:45 Sigma-Zeta meeting

6:45 – 7:00 MMS Presentation: What is the MMS?

7:00 – 8:00 Talk by Prof. Kakalios