Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/group/1178/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Department of Astronomy 2023-2024 Colloquium Series Presents: (March 28, 2024 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/120081 120081-21844025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2024 3:30pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Astronomy

"The Loneliest Galaxies: Early Results from the Dwarfs In Void Environments (DIVE) Survey"

Although low-mass dwarf galaxies are useful laboratories for testing models of galaxy formation and evolution, they are especially susceptible to environmental effects. One way to untangle the effect of environment on galaxy evolution is to study galaxies located in extremely under-dense regions: cosmic voids. In this talk, I will present the Dwarfs In Void Environments (DIVE) survey, a Keck Cosmic Web Imager study targeting dwarf galaxies inside and outside local cosmic voids. The first results from DIVE probe the stellar kinematics of isolated dwarf galaxies, raising questions about the formation of stellar disks in low-mass systems. I will discuss ongoing and future prospects for this rich IFU dataset, and I will describe how IFU surveys like DIVE, in combination with simulations, are beginning to bridge the gap between resolved and integrated studies of dwarf galaxies.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:12:21 -0400 2024-03-28T15:30:00-04:00 2024-03-28T16:20:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Astronomy Lecture / Discussion Dr. Mia de los Reyes,
Department of Astronomy 2023-2024 DEI Series Presents: (March 29, 2024 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/120082 120082-21844026@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2024 9:30am
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Astronomy

"Renaming the Magellanic Clouds"

The two brightest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way are most commonly referred to as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. However, Indigenous communities around the world have known of the Clouds for centuries—far before the first Western explorers catalogued them. Furthermore, Ferdinand Magellan (for whom the Clouds are named) was a controversial historical figure and is considered by many communities to be a symbol of a violent colonial era. In this talk, I will explain several reasons why astronomers should rename these galaxies. I will also discuss an ongoing movement to rename the Clouds, including a proposed resolution that will be voted on at the IAU General Assembly this year.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:11:42 -0400 2024-03-29T09:30:00-04:00 2024-03-29T10:20:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Astronomy Lecture / Discussion Dr. Mia de los Reyes
Department of Astronomy 2023-2024 Colloquium Series Presents: (April 4, 2024 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/120083 120083-21844027@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2024 3:30pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Astronomy

"Protostars and protoplanetary disks with JWST: probing the material that builds planets"

Understanding how stars and planets are formed requires observations at long wavelengths in order to penetrate their dusty natal clouds. Thanks to its high sensitivity and resolution, Webb is a major step
forward in studying the physical and chemical structure of embedded protostars and disks. This talk will present an overview of recent results from a number of JWST programs on gaseous and icy molecules, from water to a variety of organic species. Together with related ALMA data, they point to a rich chemistry with a varying composition and C/O ratio that may be linked to stellar mass and to the physical structure of the planet-forming zones of disks.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:10:34 -0400 2024-04-04T15:30:00-04:00 2024-04-04T16:20:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Astronomy Lecture / Discussion Dr. Ewine van Dishoeck
Saturday Morning Physics | Bioinspired Microrobotics: Lessons from Nature (Family-Friendly Event) (April 6, 2024 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/118656 118656-21841372@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Department of Astronomy

Join us in person or via live stream: https://youtu.be/lbsL6DXRfHE

As we miniaturize robotic devices, we are limited by traditional materials, components, and designs and need to come up with innovative strategies for power, actuation, and control at small scales. Insects, cephalopods, and bacteria hold solutions to these challenges and have inspired new designs and capabilities in small-scale soft robotics.

This is a family-friendly event!

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Presentation Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:05:19 -0500 2024-04-06T10:30:00-04:00 2024-04-06T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Department of Astronomy Presentation Control Microrobot
Saturday Morning Physics | Van Loo Family Endowment Student Presentations (April 20, 2024 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/118752 118752-21841571@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Department of Astronomy

Join us in person or via live stream: https://youtu.be/mxa5Q9Kdq5U

Graduate student presentations by two U-M PhD candidates: "Making Powerful Lasers More Powerful," Tayari Coleman, Ph.D. Candidate (U-M Applied Physics) and "The Physics of Games and Rankings," Max Jerdee, Ph.D. Candidate (U-M Physics and Complex Systems)

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Presentation Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:49:54 -0500 2024-04-20T10:30:00-04:00 2024-04-20T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Department of Astronomy Presentation Weiser Hall