First Conference Announcement - February 16, 2011

Post date: Feb 17, 2011 3:42:15 AM

Dear friends and colleagues,

We are announcing a conference entitled:

Stars, Companions, and their Interactions

A Memorial to Robert H. Koch

The conference will honor the many contributions of Robert H. Koch (1929-2010) to the field of stellar astronomy. Topics will include ground and space-based studies of binary systems (including polarization), stellar evolution, instrumentation (contemporary and historic), and extreme mass ratio systems (including exoplanets, brown dwarfs, and microquasars). It will be held at Villanova University from Wednesday, August 10 to Friday, August 12, 2011.  For further information on registration, and  presentation of papers on the above topics, please visit www.gravic.com/RHKochConference.

Sincerely,

The Scientific and Local Organizing Committees

Scientific Organizing Committee

Michael F. Corcoran (Chair), Universities Space Research Association

Nicholas M. Elias II, National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Edward J. Devinney, Jr., Villanova University

Edward Guinan, Villanova University

Bruce J. Hrivnak, Valparaiso University

Tony Hull, University of New Mexico

Edward Sion, Villanova University

Local Organizing Committee

Bruce D. Holenstein (Chair), Gravic, Inc.

Carol Ambruster, Villanova University

Edward Guinan, Villanova University

Javad Siah, Villanova University

Edward Sion, Villanova University