Physics Events

of interest to undergraduates, high school students, and the general public

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

and the Birmingham, Alabama area

 

For more information:  Contact Tom Nordlund, nordlund@uab.edu , (205) 934-0340,  -4736



Seminars, Talks, etc.

Topic Speaker Date Location

2007 Einstein Lecture

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2006 Einstein Lecture:

The Quantum Information Revolution: Einstein's Legacy

 

(Public lecture; also, final event of 2006 Workshop for High School Students)*

Poster Announcement Nov 12

Poster+description Nov 12

Paul Kwiat     Link http://www.physics.uiuc.edu/people/Kwiat/ 

Bardeen Professor of Physics and of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sunday,

Nov. 12 2006

4:00-5:00 PM

Refreshments 3:30 PM

UAB Campbell Hall room 405

1300 University Blvd

Parking: Lot 15A, W side of 13th St, just N of Univ. Blvd

Map

* Co-sponsored by Alabama Power Foundation, UAB Science & Technology Honors Program, Dept. of Physics and School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

 


Competitions, Workshops, etc.

Event Dates Location

2007 UAB Physics Workshop for High School Students   http://www.phy.uab.edu/outreach/hs.shtml

July 5,6,9,10, 2007 and tba

UAB Dept. of Physics and Alabama Adventure theme park

2007 Central Alabama Regional Science & Engineering Fair

UAB-CORD Regional Science Fair

Mar 10, 2007 See link

2006 UAB Physics Workshop for High School Students   http://www.phy.uab.edu/outreach/hs.shtml

July 5-7 and Nov. 12, 2006

UAB Dept. of Physics and Alabama Adventure theme park

 

2005 World Year of Physics: Physics Enlightens the World. 

Light beams from UAB and McWane Center prepare to intersect, symbolizing the relay of a signal commemorating the 50th anniversary of Einstein's death.  April 18, 2005, Birmingham, AL.

Photo by Paul Baker, Dept. of Physics, UAB.