Elmhurst College

Departments of Mathematics & Physics
Seminar Series - Fall 2001


September 19 - Math/Physics Department Cookout (4:30 PM at Wilder Park)
All students/faculty/staff are welcome.

*September 26 - Donna Goodwyn (Elmhurst College)
"Using Blackboard Educational Software"

October 3 - Evans Afenya (Elmhurst College)
"Dealing with Treatment Failure in Cancer Chemotherapy - What are the Options?"

*October 10 - Keith Drew (Judson College)
"Playing with Blocks -- It's More Than Just Child's Play."

*October 12 - (No October 17 Seminar)
Terry Lagerlund, 2001 Alumni Merit Award recipient
"From Physics to Physiology" at 1:00 PM in Schaible Science Center

October 24 - Mark Timko (Elmhurst College) from a joint project with Lewis Polanco-Webb
"The Science of Airplane Noise at O'Hare"

October 31 - Abigail Hoit (Elmhurst College)
"Integer-Valued Q-additive Functions"

November 7 - No Seminar - Career Night
Meet at 7:30 in the Presidential Dining Room of the Frick Center

November 14 - Ian Hegner (NTN Bearing Corporation)
"The Vibration of a Tennis Racket"

November 21 - No Seminar - Thanksgiving

November 28 - Senior Paper Presentations

December 5 - Senior Paper Presentations


All talks are on Wednesday from 4:00-4:50 p.m. on the second floor of the Computer Science and Technology Center in Room 213 (except those marked otherwise). Everyone is invited for refreshments preceding the talks from 3:30-4:00 p.m. in the second floor lounge. Talks marked with an * are especially appropriate for a general audience. Please contact Dr. Abigail Hoit at 630-617-3414 or at abigailh@elmhurst.edu for more information or if you would like to give a talk.