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.
1992Lithium, Beryllium & Boron: Ann Boesgaard Submillimeter Astronomy: David Sanders 1993Digital Image Processing: Jim Heasley X-ray Astronomy: Pat Henry 1994CCDs and Infrared Arrays: Klaus Hodapp & Gerry Luppino High Resolution in Optical Astronomy: Francois Roddier & Malcolm Northcott Numerical Stellar Dynamics: Josh Barnes 1995Active Galaxy Nuclei: Alan Stockton Star Formation: Tom Greene & John Rayner 1996Observational Cosmology: Brent Tully The Outer Solar System: Dave Jewitt Submillimeter Astronomy: David Sanders 1997Fundamentals of Astrophysics: Nick Kaiser QSO Absorption Lines: Len Cowie X-ray Astronomy: Pat Henry 1998Astroparticle Physics: John Learned Judgment in Research: John Kormendy Stellar Populations: Jim Heasley The Black Hole Paradigm of AGN Activity: John Kormendy 1999The Formation of Galaxies: Len Cowie General Relativity: Jeff Kuhn Gravitational Lensing: John Tonry Starbursts in Galaxies: Bob Joseph 2000Submillimeter Astronomy: David Sanders Star Formation: George Herbig 2001General Relativity: Jeff Kuhn Active Galaxy Nuclei: Alan Stockton Planetary Atmospheres: Toby Owen Scientific Writing: Steve Miller Topics in Extragalactic Astronomy: Len Cowie 2002Astrophysics of AGNs: Ken Chambers Topics in Stellar Atmospheres: Rolf Kudritzki Astronomical Instrumentation: Klaus Hodapp Star Formation: Bo Reipurth Cosmology Up Close: Brent Tully 2003Field Theory for Astronomers: Nick Kaiser Celestial Mechanics: Jim Heasley Submillimeter Astronomy: Jonathan Williams Solar Astronomy: Jeff Kuhn Binary Stars: Bo Reipurth 2004Imaging Systems: Christ Ftaclas X-ray Astronomy: Pat Henry Astrobiology: Karen Meech Pan STARRS: Ken Chambers |
2005Extragalactic Star Formation: Nick Scoville Computational Astronomy: Istvan Szapudi Astroparticle Physics: John Learned Astronomical Instrumentation: Klaus Hodapp Astrobiology: Karen Meech Solar Wind: Shadia Habbal 2006Astronomical 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 2007Origin & Evolution of the Elements: Ann Boesgaard Planet Formation: Joan Najita Formation of Massive Galaxies: Arjun Dey Planetary Dynamics: Nader Haghighipour Astronomical Instrumentation: Klaus Hodapp 2008Binary Stars: Bo Reipurth Order of Magnitude Astronomy: Dave Jewitt Astronomical Databases: Jim Heasley Physics of the Innermost Heliosphere: Shadia Habbal 2009Order 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 2010Observational Astronomy: Colin Aspin Practical Adaptive Optics: Christ Ftaclas Writing for Astronomers: Michael Liu Solar & Stellar Magnetism: Ilia Roussev & Noé Lugaz 2011Observational Astronomy: Colin Aspin Submillmeter Astronomy: Jonathan Williams Astronomical Instrumentation: Klaus Hodapp Computational Astronomy: Istvan Szapudi
2012Research Techniques: C. Casey & J. Zahid Pan-STARRS: Kenneth Chambers et al.
2013Writing for Astronomers: Michael Liu Submillimeter Astronomy: Jonathan Williams Instrumentation Klaus Hodapp Active Galaxies Len Cowie/Guenther Hasinger Astrobiology Karen Meech
2014Magnetism, the Sun, and the Solar Wind Shadia Habbal Computational Astronomy Istvan Szapudi Star and Planet Formation Bo Reipurth Astrobiology Karen Meech
2015Astrobiology 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
2016Star and Planet Formation Bo Reipurth Astrobiology Karen Meech
2017Astrobiology Karen Meech Distance Scales in Astronomy Rolf Kudritzki Stellar Dynamics Josh Barnes Astrochemistry Nienke van der Marel
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