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Astronomy Seminars 734, 735, and 736

Maintained by LG

We offer a variety of seminar courses each year. These courses have numbers ASTR 734, 735, and 736; most are worth one or two credits. Some are repeated at semi-regular intervals; others are one-time events. The following subjects have been presented since 1992.


1992

Lithium, Beryllium & Boron: Ann Boesgaard

Submillimeter Astronomy: David Sanders

1993

Digital Image Processing: Jim Heasley

X-ray Astronomy: Pat Henry

1994

CCDs and Infrared Arrays: Klaus Hodapp & Gerry Luppino

High Resolution in Optical Astronomy: Francois Roddier & Malcolm Northcott

Numerical Stellar Dynamics: Josh Barnes

1995

Active Galaxy Nuclei: Alan Stockton

Star Formation: Tom Greene & John Rayner

1996

Observational Cosmology: Brent Tully

The Outer Solar System: Dave Jewitt

Submillimeter Astronomy: David Sanders

1997

Fundamentals of Astrophysics: Nick Kaiser

QSO Absorption Lines: Len Cowie

X-ray Astronomy: Pat Henry

1998

Astroparticle Physics: John Learned

Judgment in Research: John Kormendy

Stellar Populations: Jim Heasley

The Black Hole Paradigm of AGN Activity: John Kormendy

1999

The Formation of Galaxies: Len Cowie

General Relativity: Jeff Kuhn

Gravitational Lensing: John Tonry

Starbursts in Galaxies: Bob Joseph

2000

Submillimeter Astronomy: David Sanders

Star Formation: George Herbig

2001

General Relativity: Jeff Kuhn

Active Galaxy Nuclei: Alan Stockton

Planetary Atmospheres: Toby Owen

Scientific Writing: Steve Miller

Topics in Extragalactic Astronomy: Len Cowie

2002

Astrophysics of AGNs: Ken Chambers

Topics in Stellar Atmospheres: Rolf Kudritzki

Astronomical Instrumentation: Klaus Hodapp

Star Formation: Bo Reipurth

Cosmology Up Close: Brent Tully

2003

Field Theory for Astronomers: Nick Kaiser

Celestial Mechanics: Jim Heasley

Submillimeter Astronomy: Jonathan Williams

Solar Astronomy: Jeff Kuhn

Binary Stars: Bo Reipurth

2004

Imaging Systems: Christ Ftaclas

X-ray Astronomy: Pat Henry

Astrobiology: Karen Meech

Pan STARRS: Ken Chambers

2005

Extragalactic Star Formation: Nick Scoville

Computational Astronomy: Istvan Szapudi

Astroparticle Physics: John Learned

Astronomical Instrumentation: Klaus Hodapp

Astrobiology: Karen Meech

Solar Wind: Shadia Habbal

2006

Astronomical Data Processing: Gene Magnier

Astronomical Polarimetry: Haosheng Lin

Planetary Dynamics: Nader Haghighipour

Field Theory: Nick Kaiser

Solar Astronomy: Shadia Habbal

Early Universe Physics: Andrew Liddle

2007

Origin & Evolution of the Elements: Ann Boesgaard

Planet Formation: Joan Najita

Formation of Massive Galaxies: Arjun Dey

Planetary Dynamics: Nader Haghighipour

Astronomical Instrumentation: Klaus Hodapp

2008

Binary Stars: Bo Reipurth

Order of Magnitude Astronomy: Dave Jewitt

Astronomical Databases: Jim Heasley

Physics of the Innermost Heliosphere: Shadia Habbal

2009

Order of Magnitude Astronomy: Dave Jewitt

Early Galaxy Formation: Len Cowie & Esther Hu

Astrochemistry: Ralf Kaiser

The Sun: Core to Corona: Jeff Kuhn

Field Theory for Astronomers Nick Kaiser

Astronomical Instrumentation: Klaus Hodapp

2010

Observational Astronomy: Colin Aspin

Practical Adaptive Optics: Christ Ftaclas

Writing for Astronomers: Michael Liu

Solar & Stellar Magnetism: Ilia Roussev & Noé Lugaz

2011

Observational Astronomy: Colin Aspin

Submillmeter Astronomy: Jonathan Williams

Astronomical Instrumentation: Klaus Hodapp

Computational Astronomy: Istvan Szapudi

 

2012

Research Techniques: C. Casey & J. Zahid

Pan-STARRS: Kenneth Chambers et al.

 

2013

Writing for Astronomers: Michael Liu

Submillimeter Astronomy: Jonathan Williams

Instrumentation Klaus Hodapp

Active Galaxies Len Cowie/Guenther Hasinger

Astrobiology Karen Meech

 

2014

Magnetism, the Sun, and the Solar Wind Shadia Habbal

Computational Astronomy Istvan Szapudi

Star and Planet Formation Bo Reipurth

Astrobiology Karen Meech

 

2015

Astrobiology Karen Meech

Order of Magnitude Astronomy Jonathan Williams

Distance Scales in Astronomy Rolf Kudritzki

Super Earth Andrew Howard

Scientific Computing Norbert Schorghofer

Luminous Infrared Galaxies Dave Sanders

 

2016

Star and Planet Formation Bo Reipurth

Astrobiology Karen Meech

 

2017

Astrobiology Karen Meech

Distance Scales in Astronomy Rolf Kudritzki

Stellar Dynamics Josh Barnes

Astrochemistry Nienke van der Marel