ESS 495 - NASA Space Grant Seminar: Rocks-n-Stars

Time: Thursdays 2:30-3:20
Room: Johnson 102
Instructor: Dr. Erika Harnett (Earth and Space Sciences)
Email: eharnett at ess.washington.edu

This course is credit/no credit. Students of all levels and backgrounds are welcome. There are no prerequisites for this course.

Note: Click on the title of the speaker's talk to access the questions for each week.
Questions will not be handed out in class. You must bring them with you.

Tentative Speaker List for Spring 2012 and Weekly Questions

March 29: Sarah Schmidt - University of Washington Astronomy
"Using Large Survey Data to Understand the Smallest Stars"
April 5: Dr. Ian Dobbs-Dixon - University of Washington Astronomy
"Atmospheres of extra-solar planets"
April 12: Dr. Roger Myers - Executive Director Aerojet Corporation
"Electric Propulsion and Integrated Systems Capture"
April 19: Deidre Lockwood - University of Washington Oceanography
"Groundtruthing via container ship: improving satellite-based predictions of ocean primary productivity"
April 26: Kristin Broms - University of Washington Biology
"How will Climate Change Affect the Ranges and Movements of South African Bird Species?"
May 3: Dr. Roger Buick - University of Washington Earth and Space Science
"Earliest Evidence for Life on Earth"
May 10: Sarah Loebman - University of Washington Astronomy
"Inferring the Existence of Dark Matter in Galaxies: A Survey of Current Observation Constraints"
May 17: David Smith - University of Washington Biology
"The High Life: Airborne Microbes on the Edge of Space"
May 24: Dr. Wayne Lee - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
"Landing Rovers on Mars: Lessons learned from the Mars Exploration Rover Mission"
May 31: Final Quiz - This is the last day of class, not during finals week.

Slides for Current Speaker

Sarah Loebman

Evaluation

To receive credit for the course you needed to get at least half of the question on the final quiz correct. There will be 25-30 questions on the quiz. The quiz is based on questions each speaker answers during their talk. It will be multiple choice and you must bring a standard (scantron) answer form with you to record your answers on. The quiz is closed book/closed notes

How to view Webcast

Each talk will be webcast live via an ESS Webstream. Recordings will not be archived until after Spring Quarter is over. If you can not attend a class, you can watch the broadcast live but you will not be able to watch a recording later during the quarter in order to prepare for the exam.

To connect you first need a UWNetID (the name in your @uw.edu email account) and Adobe Flash installed on your computer (sorry, IPads won't work). Go to https://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/dwp/video/ls_php/channel.php?n=ESS-495 . Video will begin streaming approximately 5 minutes before the seminar begins. You can move the windows around and resize them. To ask a question, send it via the Chat feature. I will ask the question for you either during the seminar (if it is a point of clarification) or at the end (for a general question). Please be aware that there is few second delay in what you are viewing.

Syllabus

2012

Previous Years' Speaker list

2008
2009
2010
2011

Last modified: Thu May 10 12:43:08 PDT 2012