QuarkNet Summer Workshop 2021

UO QuarkNet Workshop June 30, 2021, (almost) post-pandemic Edition

412 Willamette Hall, University of Oregon

Agenda

 9:30  Gather, introductions
 9:45  Jim Brau: g-2 of the muon I  [slides 16 MB pdf]
 10:30  Graham Kribs: g-2 of the muon II  [slides (dropbox)]
 11:00  Ray Frey: Update on LIGO and gravitational wave astrophysics  [slides 51 MB pptx]
 11:45  Laura Jeanty: Update from the LHC at CERN  [slides (dropbox)]
 12:30  Lunch (note that mandatory business masking protocols lifted today)
 2:30  Tim Cohen: Effective Field Theories: Ignorance is bliss  [chalk dust]
 3:15  Spencer Chang: Symmetries in Physics  [slides 2 MB pdf]
 4:00  Roundtable on teacher projects
 Links to Asher's demo products: spectrum carousel,  camera
 5:00  Justin Kittell/Robert Schofield: Tour of the Ant Lab


Contacts:
    Ray Frey, rayfrey (at uoregon.edu),  541-346-5873
    Anne McGinley, annem (at uoregon.edu),  541-346-4898

UO Faculty participants:
   Jim Brau, Spencer Chang, Tim Cohen, Ray Frey, Laura Jeanty, Graham Kribs

High school science teacher participants:

    Beth Churchill (Blanchet Catholic School)
    Ron Crawford (Bend HS)
    Christopher Doscher
 (Churchill HS)
    Daniel Friesen
 (Bend HS)
    Heidi Friesen
 (Bend HS)
    Jordan Hegedus
 (South Eugene HS)
    Justin Kittell
 (Oak Hill School)
    Dave Trapp  
(ex-QuarkNet)
    Asher Tubman  (South Eugene HS)
    Dani Tubman  (South Eugene HS)


Links:
Oregon QuarkNet
US QuarkNet


QuarkNet is supported by:

National Science Foundation and US Department of Energy

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