Olsen Seminar Abstract
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Olsen, Assistant Director, SPS National Office + Sigma Pi Sigma (formerly Physics Chair at Lewis & Clark College)
Time + Place: 2:00pm Wednesday, November 2, in TCCW 201
Abstract: Only a small fraction of all students who earn the bachelor’s degree go on to obtain the PhD degree in Physics. AIP has been collecting information on the education and careers of physicists for decades. The first part of this talk will address the variety of careers pursued by those who complete the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in physics. We will consider the numbers of physicists pursuing various tracks and some valuable sources of information for those embarking upon their careers. The second part of the talk will touch upon all the programs of SPS that advance physics students in scholarship, research, outreach, and good fellowship. From hosting art shows that reveal the connections between art and science to presenting your research results to fellow students in Europe, SPS may be a valuable resource. The final part of the talk will briefly describe research into chaos as demonstrated in fluid flow. We will speak of how chaos is characterized and how one particular chaotic flow was brought under control.
