CSP Fall 2009 Seminar Schedule


Date Speaker Status / Title(if available)
September 10 Robert Marshall
Stanford University
Ionospheric Effects of Intense Lightning Discharges
September 17 Joshua Semeter
Boston University
Anatomy of a Magnetospheric Flux Tube
September 24
Graduate Student Poster Session
October 1 Natalia Buzulukova
NASA Goddard
Earth Ring Current: Global Imaging and Global Modeling
October 8 James Green
University of Colorado
Probing the Inter-Galactic Medium with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
October 15 Harlan Spence
Boston University
Early Results from the LRO Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER)
October 22 Timothy Cook
Boston University
A Discussion on Exoplanets
October 29 Walter Harris
University of California Davis
Nature vs. Nurture: Exploring the reasons behind compositional differences in comet nuclei and the role of solar weathering in driving them
November 5 Gary Swenson
University of Illinois
The Lower Thermosphere and Wave Coupling from Below
November 12 Randy Kimble
NASA Goddard
A Powerful New Imager for HST: Performance and Early Results of Wide Field Camera 3
November 19 Jamie Cook
NASA Goddard
Cometary amino acids from the STARDUST mission
November 26 Thanksgiving Break / Fall Recess *No Seminar*
December 3 Nathan Schwadron
Boston University
Comparison of Interstellar Boundary Explorer Observations with 3-D Global Heliospheric Models
December 10
AGU Practice Talk




Day & Time: Thursdays (unless noted otherwise)
3:30 – 4:00 Pre-seminar reception
4:00 – 5:00 Seminar
Place: Room 502 (5th floor)
725 Commonwealth Avenue
Parking: Available in the Warren Towers Garage for a fee
Further Questions: Please contact Ms. Despina Bokios
617-353-5990,
Additional Information:   Please contact Professor Supriya Chakrabarti
617-353-5990,
Website: http://www.bu.edu/csp