On December 13, Sunday, the Junior Philippine Physics Society along with the Sidlakan Negros Photographers will be having a public observation of the Geminids Meteor Shower. The event will be held at the Astro-Meteo Observation Deck of the Physics Department of Silliman University, from 8pm - 12am.
Meteor shower data:
Zenithal Hourly Rate (ZHR)=100 per hour
Parent comet: 3200 Phaeton
Constellation: Gemini, Eastern horizon
Remarks:New moon, so view will be good and faint meteors will be visible.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Chaos and Entropy: Lectures by Prof. Alfonso Albano
Last Thursday, July 30, 2009, Silliman University was graced with the opportunity to listen to two lectures by Professor Alfonso M. Albano. Prof. Albano is among the balik professor lecturers of the DOST. He received his undergraduate degree in Physics from UP, and his Masters in Physics from the University of Iowa. His current study is focused on nonlinear dynamics and Chaos.
Professor Alfonso M. Albano's lectures were entitled:
THREE DECADES OF CHAOS:
Nonlinear dynamics, time series analysis, & applications to medicine & biology
and
ENTROPY IS WHAT YOU DON'T REMEMBER
The lectures were held at the Silliman Hall from 10am-12pm, and from 2pm-4pm. The lectures were attended by the faculty, staff and students of the Physics department; Dr. Gerardo Maxino and his students from Maxino college; SU president, Dr. Malayang; faculty and students from philosophy, biology, mathematics, chemistry, political science and engineering.
In his 1st lecture, he discussed about chaos theory, its background and uses. He discussed the three-body problem of Henri Poincare, Edward Lorenz' theories - model atmosphere, Lorenz attractor, Lorenz butterfly (butterfly effect). He discussed how a chaotic system can manifest order; an order which provides information that other techniques may not give. This order in a chaotic system is applied to medical uses such as electroconvulsive therapy, electromyography, and electroencephalogram. However, he also pointed out that these information provided by nonlinear dynamics is not enough.
In his 2nd lecture, Prof. Albano described entropy in terms of missing information. He presented the views of Shannon, Boltzmann & Landuer. He also discussed about Maxwell's demon and it's violation to the 2nd law of thermodynamics. He described how forgetting or destroying information could increase the entropy of the universe.
His lectures were respectively followed by an open-forum in which students from different disciplines actively asked questions. The number of questions asked even surprised Prof. Albano since he usually has trouble making his students ask questions after a lecture.
Professor Alfonso M. Albano's lectures were entitled:
Nonlinear dynamics, time series analysis, & applications to medicine & biology
and
ENTROPY IS WHAT YOU DON'T REMEMBER
The lectures were held at the Silliman Hall from 10am-12pm, and from 2pm-4pm. The lectures were attended by the faculty, staff and students of the Physics department; Dr. Gerardo Maxino and his students from Maxino college; SU president, Dr. Malayang; faculty and students from philosophy, biology, mathematics, chemistry, political science and engineering.
In his 1st lecture, he discussed about chaos theory, its background and uses. He discussed the three-body problem of Henri Poincare, Edward Lorenz' theories - model atmosphere, Lorenz attractor, Lorenz butterfly (butterfly effect). He discussed how a chaotic system can manifest order; an order which provides information that other techniques may not give. This order in a chaotic system is applied to medical uses such as electroconvulsive therapy, electromyography, and electroencephalogram. However, he also pointed out that these information provided by nonlinear dynamics is not enough.
In his 2nd lecture, Prof. Albano described entropy in terms of missing information. He presented the views of Shannon, Boltzmann & Landuer. He also discussed about Maxwell's demon and it's violation to the 2nd law of thermodynamics. He described how forgetting or destroying information could increase the entropy of the universe.
His lectures were respectively followed by an open-forum in which students from different disciplines actively asked questions. The number of questions asked even surprised Prof. Albano since he usually has trouble making his students ask questions after a lecture.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
IYA Awareness-Chalk Drawing Competition
The Physics 25 classes, headed by Sir Karpov Buss, along with the psychology students, will be having a chalk drawing competition today at 10:00am at the Luce sidewalk. This is part of the awareness for the International Year of Astronomy 2009. The theme of the said event will be the same for IYA, which is,
"The Universe, Yours to Discover"
This is in fulfillment of one of the IYA's major goals, which is to increase scientific awareness.
"The Universe, Yours to Discover"
This is in fulfillment of one of the IYA's major goals, which is to increase scientific awareness.
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