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Welcome!. 4:00-4:30 Pizza, veggies, beverages, demos, meet students and faculty 4:30-4:50 Prof. Nancy Forde: “The physics of life” 4:50-5:10 Prof. Howard Trottier: “Dark energy and the accelerating universe” 5:10-5:50 Short information presentations:

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  1. Welcome! 4:00-4:30 Pizza, veggies, beverages, demos, meet students and faculty 4:30-4:50 Prof. Nancy Forde: “The physics of life” 4:50-5:10 Prof. Howard Trottier: “Dark energy and the accelerating universe” 5:10-5:50 Short information presentations: Prof. Simon Watkins “Careers in Physics” Gary Liu “Science Coop Program” Prof. Barbara Frisken “Programs and Courses” Nichol Furey: “Undergrad Research Experiences” 5:50-? Dr. Elana Brief: “Tours of Research labs”

  2. A water drop forming http://mrsec.uchicago.edu/Nuggets/Spout/

  3. Very fast, very small transistor This is 10 times smaller than the width of a hair SFU physicists made this

  4. Tarantula nebula Nebula - a mass of gas or dust within a galaxy Photo from Hubble Space Telescope

  5. A double rainbow in Hawaii http://www.mussell-family.com/hawaii/hanalei_double_rainbow.jpg

  6. A simulated proton-proton collision at very high energy Proton: tiny particle with positive charge Protons are found in the nucleus (centre) of atoms Image courtesy of Mike Vetterli

  7. A nest made of tiny carbon “nanotubes” http://www.physicscentral.com/pictures/pictures-04-02.html

  8. Astronaut on the moon Photo credit: NASA

  9. Writing with a single molecule of DNA http://physics.ucsd.edu/~des/Science_Cover.jpg

  10. Enjoy some images of Physics… SFU

  11. All snowflakes are different http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/photos/photos.htm

  12. Neutrino detector Neutrino: a tiny particle with no charge (and maybe no mass!) This detector is more than 2km underground in an old nickel mine in Sudbury, Ontario The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) is looking for neutrinos from the sun Photo courtesy of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  13. A soap film Image Credit: H. Bordeaux/ Univ. Bordeau

  14. The Andromeda galaxy The closest galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy http://www.galaxyphoto.com/

  15. The sight of sound F/A-18 Hornet creates a shock wave as it breaks the sound barrier. The shock wave is seen as a large cloud formed by the cooling of the air. U.S. Navy photo by Ensign John Gay

  16. The LHC: A super-high-energy proton-proton collider Proton: tiny particle with positive charge The LHC is Located in Geneva, Switzerland SFU physicists work on it Image courtesy of Mike Vetterli

  17. Iron on copper This is 2500 times smaller than the width of a hair The kanji characters spell “atom” http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/atomo.html

  18. Enjoy some images of Physics… SFU

  19. The Eagle Nebula Nebula - a mass of gas or dust within a galaxy Photo from Hubble Space Telescope

  20. Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Published four physics papers in 1905 that changed the way we understand the universe 2005 is the “World Year of Physics” to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this work Photo by Yousuf Karsh

  21. A hollow optical fibre Image Credit: F. Benabid/Univ. of Bath

  22. A bullet going through an apple Photo by Harold Edgerton

  23. The Hubble Space Telescope Photo credit: NASA

  24. A “random laser” made out of beads Image Credit: D.S. Wiersma/LENS/INFM

  25. Saturn – the sixth planet from our sun Photo from Cassini, NASA

  26. Enjoy some images of Physics… SFU

  27. Neutrino detector Neutrino: a tiny particle with no charge (and maybe no mass!) This detector is more than 2 km underground in an old nickel mine in Sudbury, Ontario The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) is looking for neutrinos from the sun A person Photo courtesy of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  28. Lightning strikes a tree http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/lwx/lightning/lgtng-hits-tree.jpg

  29. Atomic steps in a semiconductor This whole picture is 50 times smaller than the width of a hair SFU physicists took this picture

  30. Catch a wave! Pattern formed by liquid in a shaking pan Image credit: M. Torres/CSIC, Spain

  31. The surface of Mars Photo credit: NASA / JPL / Cornell

  32. A gas of atomic magnets spontaneously oscillates These atomic magnets are rubidium atoms An SFU physicist did this experiment! Image from Jeff McGuirk

  33. Cloud patterns over mountains http://earthasart.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/karman_hires.jpg

  34. Enjoy some images of Physics… SFU

  35. The moon during an eclipse http://www.astronomy.gr/images/gallery/large/Moon_Eclipse.jpg

  36. A not-quite-perfect copper metal surface http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/hexagone.html

  37. Red blood cell shapes Diverse shapes can be predicted from physics principles SFU physicists made these images. http://www.sfu.ca/biophysics/research/RBC/RBC.html

  38. A silk thread in a flowing soap film Image courtesy of Jun Zhang, NYU

  39. Quantum corral: iron on copper http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/corral.html

  40. Sub-atomic particle tracks in a bubble chamber http://www.physto.se/~grulab/studmat/fys2004/fy1200/hemsidan/pics/bubble-chamber2.jpg

  41. Ice crust on Jupiter’s moon Europa Jupiter is the fifth planet from our sun It has 62 moons! Image Credit: NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab

  42. Two spiral galaxies collide Photo from Hubble Space Telescope

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