Physics & Astronomy Seminars
Fall 2025 Schedule
Location and Time: 1:30 PM in Tracy Hall 102 (campus map)
Speakers and topics will be posted as they are confirmed, and are subject to change due to cancellations or other rescheduling needs.
| Date | Speaker & Affiliation | Topic or Title | Flyer | |
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| Sept 3 | WSU Physics & Astronomy Faculty | Introduction to Undergraduate Research |  |
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| Sep 10 |  |
Jason Steffen University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
Galactic Chemical Evolution and the Properties of Planets |  |
| Sep 17 |  |
Maria J Rodriguez |
Black Holes: Cosmic Monsters or Gateways to the Unknown? |  |
| Sep 24 |  |
Qi Feng University of Utah |
Searching for Elusive Messengers with Ground-Based Gamma-Ray Telescopes |  |
| Oct 1 | Ammon Washburn Goldman Sachs |
Liquidity Optimization under Uncertainty |  |
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| Oct 8 |  |
Jess McIver University of British Columbia |
New discoveries with gravitational-wave astrophysics |  |
| Oct 15 |  |
Shai-Anne Nalder University of Utah |
From Lab Bench to Community: The Life of a Parasite (and a Scientist) |  |
| Oct 22 |  |
Maureen Hintz Utah Valley University |
Using the Planetarium to teach Scientific Modeling *Unusual location: this will be held in the Ott Planetarium in Lind Lecture Hall* |
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| Oct 29 |  |
Sterling Cornaby Moxtek |
Manufacturing X-ray Sources for Handheld X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) and what it's like being a Physicist in a Manufacturing Company |  |
| Nov 5 |  |
Spencer Brickey Weber State University |
Signatures in Silence: Searching Faint Stellar Systems for Dark Matter's Hidden Signal *Student talk* |
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| Nov 12 |  |
Scott Lucchini Harvard |
Refueling the Milky Way |  |
| Nov 19 | Wesley Flinders Weber State University |
Quantum Wave Simulation: A Comparison of Two Methods *Student talk* |
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| Nov 26 | Wesley Brown Weber State University |
Game-Powered Learning *Student talk* |
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| Dec 3 | Sean Feeny Weber State University |
From Standing Waves to Black Holes: Using Numerical Methods In Physics *Student talk* |
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