Google Hangout Seminars

Seminars are organized by Dr. William Slaton (@wslaton) with the Society of Physics Students (@UCAPhysicsClub). Seminars are open to anyone and geared for an undergrad physics/astro audience! Watch and participate via G+ or YouTube links. Follow the twitter hashtag #GHOSeminar for updates / announcements.

2016-2017 Seminar Series:

Seminar	Details
	9/23/2016
	Ralph Carruth (linkedin)
	Space Launch System and our Journey to Mars (web)
	YouTube
	10/28/2016
	Dr. Sung Jin Park (linkedin)
	Tissue-engineered soft-robotic stingray (web)
	YouTube
	11/11/2016
	Dr. Lindley Winslow (web)
	Ghostbusting in Real Life: Neutrinos and the Universe
	Youtube

2015-2016 Seminar Series:

The 2015-2016 physics and astronomy seminar series was supported by a grant from the University of Central Arkansas Foundation.

Seminar	Details
	9/8/2015
	Dr. Milton Garces (@isoundhunter)
	Extreme Infrasound (web)
	G+ Event / YouTube
	9/22/2015
	Dr. Greg Gbur (@drskyskull)
	The Physics of Invisibility (web)
	(G+ Event) / (YouTube)
	10/6/2015
	Dr. Robert Hovden (@hovden)
	Seeing Atoms with High-Energy Electrons (web)
	(G+ Event) / (YouTube)
	10/20/2015
	Dr. Cecille Labuda (@ncpaultrasonics)
	Sound waves, shear waves and micellar fluids. (web)
	(G+ Event) / (YouTube)
	11/3/2015 (5:30PM Central)
	Dr. Sarah Tuttle (@niais)
	Building an Instrument to Discover Dark Energy (HETDEX)
	(G+ Event) / (YouTube)
	11/19/2015 (5:30PM Central)
	Dr. David James
	Cosmic Dust (IMPACT LAB)
	(G+ Event) / (YouTube)
	12/1/2015 (5:30PM Central)
	Dr. Helen Maynard-Casley (@Helen_E_MC)
	Out of this World Crystallography (web)
	(G+ Event) / (YouTube)
	1/19/2016 (5:30PM Central)
	Dr. Ming Yi (@ymormy)
	Unraveling the Mysteries of Superconductors
	(G+ Event) / (YouTube)
	2/2/2016 (5:30PM Central)
	Greg Lyons (@fluidphys)
	The Physics of Pyrotechnic Whistles (web)
	(G+ Event) / (YouTube)
	2/16/2016 (5:30PM Central)
	Dr. Leslie Rogers
	The Diversity and Demographics of Distant Rocky Worlds (web)
	(G+ Event) / (YouTube)
	3/1/2016 (5:30PM Central)
	Dr. Edward Thomas
	Using Dusty Plasmas to Study All Four States of Matter (web)
	(G+ Event) / (YouTube)
	3/15/2016 (5:30PM Central)
	Dr. Michael Busch
	Asteroid Radar Astronomy and Space Missions
	(G+ Event) / (YouTube)
	4/19/2016 (5:30PM Central)
	Dr. Rodolfo Montez (@rudy_phd)
	The Death of Sun-like Stars as Seen from Space (web)
	(G+ Event) / (YouTube)

2014-2015 Seminar Series:

The 2014-2015 physics and astronomy seminar series is supported by a grant from the University of Central Arkansas Foundation. Seminars are organized by Dr. William Slaton (@wslaton) with the Society of Physics Students (@UCAPhysicsClub). Click on the YouTube links to watch previous seminars.

Seminar	Details
	9/23/2014
	Dr. Jane' Kondev
	The Physics of Bacteria
	G+ Event / YouTube
	10/14/2014
	Dr. Abby Kavner (@mineralphys)
	Mineral Physics
	G+ Event / YouTube
	10/23/2014
	Dr. Alexa Halford (@PlasmaNerd )
	Space Balloons and Killer Electrons
	G+ Event / YouTube
	11/4/2014
	Dr. Pamela Gay (@starstryder)
	Citizen Science with CosmoQuest
	G+ Event / YouTube
	11/11/2011
	Dr. Erik Klemetti (@eruptionsblog)
	Rejuvenated Volcanoes
	G+ Event / YouTube
	11/18/2014
	Dr. Jeff Terry (@nuclear94)
	US Nuclear Energy Policy
	G+ Event / YouTube
	12/2/2014
	Dr. Makita Phillips (@HeyDrP)
	Superconductors: Hot vs Cold
	G+ Event / YouTube
	1/13/2015
	Dr. Camille Alleyne (@camillelisa)
	ISS Rsearch at NASA
	G+ Event / YouTube
	1/22/2015
	Dr. Keivan Stassun
	Hearing the Stars Sing, and Other Astronomical Discoveries with Big Data
	G+ Event / YouTube
	1/27/2015
	Dr. David Zaslavsky (@ellipsix)
	In Search of Saturation: The Structure of Hadrons at High Energy
	G+ Event / YouTube
	2/3/2015
	Dr. Renee Hlozek (@reneehlozek)
	Current Challenges in Cosmic Microwave Background Cosmology
	G+ Event / YouTube
	2/10/2015
	Dr. Meg Rosenburg (@trueanomalies)
	Craters in Context: Science and History of Impact
	G+ Event / YouTube
	3/5/2015
	Nick Hunt-Walker (@nhuntwalker)
	Stellar Winds and Mass Loss in the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution
	G+ Event / YouTube
	3/12/2015
	Dr. Elena Long (@Elena_Long)
	Understanding the Nature of Normal Matter
	G+ Event / YouTube
	3/16/2015
	Dr. Sarah Ballard (@hubbahubble)
	Choose Your Own Adventure: Multiplicity of Planets among the Smallest Stars
	G+ Event / YouTube
	3/31/2015
	Dr. Lindsay Waldrop (@invertenerd)
	Tiny heart, Big Controversy: What is the pumping mechanism of the vertebrate embryonic heart?
	G+ Event / YouTube
	4/9/2015
	Dr. Ed Rivera-Valentin (@PlanetTreky)
	Planetary Radar Astronomy: The Arecibo Story
	G+ Event / YouTube
	4/14/2015
	Dr. Brett Carter (@DrBrettCarter)
	Space weather and its impact on our technology-dependent society
	G+ Event / YouTube

Pioneer Google Hangout Seminar Speakers

These brave souls were our first Google Hangout Seminar Speakers!

Date & Time	Presenter (twitter)	Speciality/Topic/Title	YouTube
4/15/2014	Dr. Krystle McLaughlin (@biophyskrys)	Stopping the Relaxosome Complex: Aiding and Abetting the Transmission of Antibiotic Resistant Genes	YouTube
11/21/2013	Dr. Sarah Horst (@PlanetDr)	Titan as Prebiotic Chemical System	YouTube
11/14/2013	Dr. Matthew Francis (@DrMRFrancis)	Gravity: A Love Story	YouTube
11/8/2013	Dr. Katherine Mack (@AstroKatie)	Dark Matter	YouTube
4/23/2013	Dr. Phil Metzger (@DrPhiltill)	The Coming Revolution of Industry in Space	YouTube
3/12/2013	Dr. Jason Hattrick-Simpers (@jae3goals)	Energy Seminar	YouTube