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
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