Seminars and Events

BSU Department of Physics Invites You to Join the First Friday Astronomy.

First Friday Astronomy is open to the public and happens every first Friday (even in the summer months).

Lectures start at 7:30 pm (MT) in the Liberal Arts Building (LART), room 106. Events are open to the public and donation-supported.

You can donate at boi.st/astronomy and live-stream at boi.st/astrobroncoslive.

Fall 2024 Line Up:

List of presenters:

1. September 6, 2024 – Dr. Franck Marchis, Senior Astronomer and Director of Citizen Science at the SETI Institute and Chief Science Officer and co-founder at Unistellar – Stargazing and Beyond: A Global Network of Citizen Astronomers
2. October 4, 2024 – Dr. Lindsay DeMarchi, Astrophysicist – Thrifted Causes: Satellite Constellations and the Public that Sees Them
3. November 1, 2024 – Dr. John Mather, Recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics, Senior Astrophysicist, NASA GSFC, and former JWST Senior Project Scientist – Opening the Infrared Treasure Chest with JWST
4. December 6, 2024 – Dr. Lori Pigue, Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science – Rocks to Rocket Fuel: Orbital Spectroscopic Investigations of the Lunar Surface from the Visible to Thermal Infrared

To see Upcoming Event Details, head to Physics Events.

Observatory:

For more information on our Observatory and events, please head to our Observatory webpage.

Physics Fall Colloquium Series:

Lectures start at 1:30 pm MT in MPCB408 every Friday beginning August 30th.

To attend virtually – head here https://boisestate.zoom.us/j/95312560855

Contact physics@boisestate.edu for questions.

List of presenters:

1. August 30th – John Martin, Ph.D. student at Boise State University’s Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering – The Evolution and Future of Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnets: Addressing Energy Needs and Strategic Material Shortages
2. September 6th – Dr. Franck Marchis, Senior Astronomer and Director of Citizen Science at the SETI Institute and Chief Science Officer and co-founder at Unistellar – Stargazing and Beyond: A Global Network of Citizen Astronomers
3. September 13th – Jake Anderson, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor Boise State University’s Department of Geoscience – Acoustics from whitewater features
4. September 20th – Virtual Only – Chris Thomas, Ph.D., University of Washington – Decoding the Sequence of Biomolecules Using Nanopores 
5. September 27th – Casey Kennington, Ph.D., Associate Professor Boise State University’s Department of Computer Sciences – Why Should I Care About Large Language Models?
6. October 4th – Lindsay DeMarchi, Ph.D. – Thrifted Causes: Satellite Constellations and the Scientists that See Them
7. October 11th – David Estrada, Ph.D., Professor Boise State University’s Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering – 2D and Layered Materials for Energy, Water, and Healthcare
8. October 18th –  Jesse Barber, Ph.D., Professor Boise State University’s Department of Biological Sciences – Sensory Ecology as a Window into Conservation and Evolution
9. October 25th – Bryan Rosenblatt, M.S., Lab Instructor Boise State University’s Department of Physics – Controls on the Frequency Content of Near-Source Infrasound at an Open-Vent Volcano (Villarrica)
10. Location – LART 106 – November 1, 2024 – Dr. John Mather, Recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics, Senior Astrophysicist, NASA GSFC, and former JWST Senior Project Scientist – Opening the Infrared Treasure Chest with JWST
11. November 8th – Mahmood Mamivand, Ph.D., Associate Professor Boise State University’s Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering – Materials Morphology Engineering with Deep Learning
12. November 15th – Micron Engineers – Physics and Micron -Meet the Engineers and Campus Recruiter
13. November 22nd – Jerry Mock, Boise State University’s Department of Geosciences – Almost Not Remote Sensing: UAS Research on Fuego Volcano, Guatemala

To see Upcoming Event Details, head to Physics Events.