TRIUMF, UBC, and SFU are proud to present the 2011-2012 Saturday morning lecture series on Frontiers of Modern Physics. The lectures will be at a level appropriate for high school students and members of the general public. There is no charge for admittance, and students are encouraged to bring friends and interested family members. Teachers and members of the public are also welcome.
Note that lectures are being held in three locations this year: TRIUMF (on the UBC Campus), at the SFU Burnaby Campus, and at the SFU Surrey Campus. Some lectures are being repeated on different dates at these locations. Links to maps of the various locations are at the bottom of this page.
If you wish to receive email reminders or notifications of schedule changes, please register your email address.
Note: The April 14 Saturday Morning lecture location has been changed to the Old Barn Community Centre on the UBC Campus (6308 Thuderbird Blvd. Link to Google Maps. Downloadable map showing parking pdf) This is due to ongoing disruptions at the TRIUMF Auditorium due to nearby construction.
| October 1, 2011 10am - 12pm Location: SFU Burnaby Acadmic Quadrangle AQ 3149 | The Physics of Musical Instruments (Part I) - Chris Waltham The Physics of Musical Instruments (Part 2) - bring your own instruments! - Chris Waltham |
| October 15, 2011 10am - 12pm Location: TRIUMFAuditorium | The Future of Nuclear Medicine: Molecular Imaging - Paul Schaffer Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: In Touch with Atoms - Yan Pennec |
| November 19, 2011 10am - 12pm Location: TRIUMF Auditorium | Everyday Radiation & Fukushima - Joe Mildenberger The Interstellar Medium and Star Formation - Bill McCutcheon |
| November 26, 2011 10am - 12pm Location: SFU Surrey Galleria 3 Room 3090 | Everyday Radiation & Fukushima - Joe Mildenberger The Future of Nuclear Medicine: Molecular Imaging - Paul Schaffer |
| January 14, 2012 10am - 12pm Location: TRIUMF Auditorium | SNOLAB - Particle Physics A Mile Underground - David Sinclair Kimberlite Magmas: Taxiscabs for Diamonds - J. K. Russell |
| January 21, 2012 10am - 12pm Tentative Location: SFU Burnaby | Kimberlite Magmas: Taxiscabs for Diamonds - J. K. Russell Quantum Entanglement - Einstein's Spooky Action at a Distance - P. Walden |
| February 11, 2012 10am - 12pm Location: SFU Surrey | Casting Light on Anti-Matter: The ALPHA project at CERN - Makoto Fujiwara Excursions in the Land of Nuclear Instability - Corina Andreoiu |
| February 25, 2012 10am - 12pm Location: TRIUMF Auditorium | Computer Simulations of Fluid Flows and Magnetic Fields in Planets & Stars - Gary Glatzmaier Casting Light on Anti-Matter: The ALPHA project at CERN - Makoto Fujiwara |
| April 14, 2012 10am - 12pm Location: Old Barn Community Centre, UBC | Extinction and the Medea Hypothesis - Peter Ward Using the Biggest Machine in the World to Study the Smallest Things in the Universe - Dugan O'Neil |
| April 21, 2012 10am - 12pm Location: SFU Burnaby | Using the Biggest Machine in the World to Study the Smallest Things in the Universe - Dugan O'Neil Semiconductor Physics, Cell Phones and Einstein - Simon Watkins |
While we encourage all interested students to attend, we ask that teachers do not make the lectures mandatory for their classes. We will not be signing attendance forms for students. If anyone has questions or concerns about this, please contact our student coordinator Dana Giasson.
A PDF poster for this lecture series is available for download here.
All lectures start on Saturday mornings at 10:00am, unless noted otherwise above. Parking will be available in the TRIUMF parking lot and SFU Burnaby.
For the TRIUMF site: Maps and directions to TRIUMF
For the SFU Burnaby site: Maps and directions to SFU Burnaby. Sessions for October 2011 will be in Academic Quadrangle AQ 3149.
For the SFU Surrey site (located just south of the Surrey Central Skytrain station): Maps and directions to SFU Surrey. Sessions for November 2011 will be in Galleria 3 Room 3090.
