Seminar Schedule
2024-2025 science seminar Schedule
Upcoming Presentation is on April 17th
From Classroom to Publication: Double Star Observations by Undergraduate Researchers
Jon Pugmire
The Astronomy Research Seminar course has enabled students to engage in undergraduate research on double star astrometry. This presentation will outline our observational methods, data analysis techniques, and initial findings. Our results, set to be published in four articles in the Journal of Double Star Observations, highlight the precision of our measurements and the importance of undergraduate research.
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, Sept 5 | Kevin Powell | To Infinity and Beyond |
| Thursday, Sept 12 | Riley Bradshaw | What Does It Take to Keep Water in the Tap? |
| Thursday, Oct 3 | Todd Flanagan | Cloud Seeing in Utah |
| Thursday, Oct 10 | Michael Olson | Gambling - The Best Way to Win |
| Thursday, Oct 24 | Trent Fawcett | Who is going to win the election? Current Polls, Models and a Monte Carlo Simulation |
| Thursday, Oct 31 | Nicole Taylor | Gene Editing and Medicine |
| Thursday, Nov 7 | Larry Smith | The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2024 |
| Thursday, Nov 14 | Anthony P. Smith | Does Science Need Values? |
| Thursday, Nov 21 | Jon Pugmire | James Webb Space Telescope |
| Thursday, Jan 16 | Heber Allen | To SQL or NoSQL |
| Thursday, Jan 23 | Jonathan Bodrero | Crunching Cookies, Crunching Data |
| Thursday, Jan 30 | Larry Smith | The Trouble with Significant Figures |
| Thursday, Feb 6 | Adam Teichert | Making Digital Circuits out of People |
| Thursday, Feb 20 | Scott Meek | How much is a million? The true scale of geologic time |
| Thursday, Feb 27 | Dave Love | Biogeography of Utah |
| Thursday, March 13 | Michael Andersen | Vertically-Integrated Curriculum |
| Thursday, March 20 | Steve Hart | How Old is the Universe Really? |
| Thursday, March 27 | Chad Dewey | A Look into Utah's Attempt to Get 18.5 Million Acres of Federal Land |
| Thursday, April 3 | Kevin Powell | Group Table Puzzles |
| Thursday, April 10 | Jeannie Kleinhans | Communicating science: How do scientists and science communicators represent their work? |
| Thursday, April 17 | Jon Pugmire | First Results of Astronomy Research Seminar |
