Physics Slam
Saturday, January 13th, 2018 at 7:30pm
University of Oregon
156 Straub Hall
FREE and open to the public
Six physicists turn into slammers for one night as they compete with each other to bring you the clearest and most entertaining explanation of a topic in physics. Each has only 10 minutes to wow you with secrets and subtleties of nature that took them their entire careers to discover. That's it - 10 minutes. No fuss, no intellectual fog, and absolutely no unexplained jargon. Instead, you get good old-fashioned entertainment and a solid foundation in physical science, or the slammers haven't done their jobs.
This year's Physics Slam takes place during a special event - the University of Oregon is hosting 200 undergraduate physics majors from the Pacific Northwest for the 2018 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP). These participants will be the judges to determine which slammer will go home with the top prize.
physicsSlam.pdfMeet the slammers!
Dr. Benjamín Alemán
Dr. Tim Cohen
Dr. Ben Farr
Dr. Laura Jeanty
Dr. Jayson Paulose
Dr. Tristan Ursell
For questions, contact uo.cuwip2018@gmail.com
Hosted by the University of Oregon physics department, the UO Master's Industrial Internship Program, and UO Women in Physics, and supported by the American Physical Society and local sponsors.
These conferences are supported in part by the National Science Foundation (PHY-1622510) and by the Department of Energy Office of Science (DE-SC0011076). Further details are available on the APS conference website.
