Super- and extraterrestrial physics
Description
Thursday 23 February 2012, the Department of Engineering Physics of the Royal Institute of Engineers at Hotel Breukelen in Breukelen will organise its annual mini-symposium entitled: SUPERIOR and OUTSIDE PHYSICS
Applied and theoretical physics have played a prominent role in the study of celestial phenomena and later the universe from the very beginning. We know the story of Galileo Galilei, who pointed a telescope at the sky in 1609 and described things that would change the then prevailing world view. Without a telescope, a physical instrument, his discoveries would not have been possible. 348 years later, 4 October 1957, the first artificial moon orbited the earth. And all this time, physics made its contribution. Not only in the field of observation but also in the field of constantly adapting and rewriting the world view.
What is the situation now?
This symposium can help you a bit on your way.
Jeroen Rotteveel of ISIS (Innovative Solutions in Space) will start with a lecture on the so-called nanosatellites, small space systems that have recently attracted a lot of attention.
This will be followed by Paul Wesselius connected to the Kapteyn Institute and SRON (Netherlands Institute for Space Research) both in Groningen with a lecture on the recently launched Herschel satellite and the Dutch instrument HIFI (Heterodyne Instrument for Far Infrared). The evening will conclude with a lecture by Saleem Zaroubi, also from the Kapteyn Institute. He will explain a discovery that was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2011. The discovery that the universe is expanding at an accelerated rate. This lecture will be given in English
18.30 Room open
18.55-19.00 Opening by Coen Groen (chair of Department of Engineering Physics)
19.00-19.45 Ir. Jeroen Rotteveel
"The development of nanosatellites and their applications"
20.00-20.45 Dr. Paul Wesselius
"Herschel and HIFI: design, construction and first results"
21.00-21.45 Prof. Dr. Saleem Zaroubi (English)
"The discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae"
22.00 Closing
Location
Hotel Breukelen (next to Breukelen railway station)
Stationsweg 91, 3621 LK Breukelen
Organiser
Technical Physics
Name and contact details for information
Coen Groen