All talks at Claddagh Hall, Nimmos Pier and start at 8pm
Sept 29th
Dr. John Mc Donald B.Sc, Computational Astrophysics Lab, Centre for Astronomy,NUI Galway,
www.astro.nuigalway.ie/
Topic "The fascinating Universe, probing problems in Pulsars & Plasma using PIC
PIC is an acronym for the "Particle-In-Cell" approach, a computational methodology for the numerical modelling of plasmas
John graduated in 2004 from NUI Galway with a 1st class
B.Sc. honours degree in Experimental physics wielding the Isotron Westport Prize in Experimental Physics 2004 and a plethora of University prizes for first place in examinations. After completion of his undergraduate education in 2004.
John joined the team at the Computational Astrophysics Laboratory in the I.T. Department, National University of Ireland, Galway, where he pursued a Ph.D. in the application of high-powered computational models to problems in pulsar
emission theory in pulsar magnetospheres.
October 20th
Speaker: Professor Paul Mohr, (Retired) Dept of Geology
NUI Galway
Topic: Naked Eye Astronomy, What the Greeks knew and saw that most of us don't
Nov 17th or 24th TBA
Speaker: Professor Richard Butler, Head of Dept of Chemistry,NUI Galway
Topic "Iapetus and the Black Stuff: Strange Moons of Saturn and Secrets of the Early Solar System"
Galway Astronomy Festival January 30th-31th 2009
with Nine Talks!
Ronan Newman
galwayastronomyclub.blogspot.com/
www.galwayastronomyclub.ie
  