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Center for STEM Learning
393 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0393
www.colorado.edu/csl
t 303 492 9546
f 303 492 3352
[email protected]
Spring 2016 STEMinar Schedule
The STEMinar is a bi-weekly graduate student seminar at CU that seeks to promote
interdisciplinary interaction among graduate students in STEM departments.
At each STEMinar, a different graduate student gives a talk, which is followed by a reception.
Pizza will be served.
Location: Duane F-1117 (11th Floor Commons Room in Duane/Physics)***
Talk 5:00pm – 6:00pm
February 4th
Phil Orlandini, Geology
Deep Rupture: Earthquake Friction Melts Far Outside of the Crustal
Schizosphere
February 11th
Yomay Shyur, Physics
Cold Molecular Collisions: Creating Space-like Conditions in the Lab
February 25th
Cliff Blakestad, Math**
Playing with p-Adic Numbers
March 3rd
Pedro Rodriguez, Computer Science
Creating an Artificial Intelligence that Plays Trivia Games
March 10th
Breanne Newell Stamper, Int. Physiology**
Healthspan and Lifespan, Does Living Longer Mean Being Healthier
for Longer?
April 7th
Hannah Miller, Geology
Water/Rock Reactions Leading to Hydrogen Production and its
Implications for Microbial Habitability on Other Planets
April 14th
Cliff Bridges, Math
High Stakes Legos
April 21st
Kaitlyn Davis, Anthropology
Protohistoric Social Networking: What We Can Learn about Interregional Interaction from Design, Use-Wear, and Sourcing Analyses
of Archaeological Artifacts
April 28th
Matthew Tooth, Aerospace Engineering
Witnessing the Decline of Arctic Sea Ice: How Airborne and Satellite
Remote Sensing Techniques Help us Understand the Current and
Future States of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover
**Febraury 25th and March 10th STEMinars will be held in Muenzinger D144.
For more information about the STEMinar please visit our website: http://www.colorado.edu/csl/steminar