Akron Physics Club

 
Club programs deal with current issues in Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Cosmology, Biology, and a host of other topics. Several new speakers are scheduled each year to present topics of current scientific interest.

Meetings are at the
Tangier Restaurant, 532
West Market, Akron,
Ohio

6:00pm Socializing - 6:30pm Dinner - Program about 7:30pm

Meeting Announcement

 

Akron Physics Club

 

  MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT: WEDNESDAY May 25, 2022

Topic: Current State of the Economy

Dinner at 6:30pm, Business at 7:00pm,  Presentation starts at 7:30pm
New Era Restaurant, 
10 Massillon Rd, Akron OH  44312



Dr. Sucharita Ghosh, University of Akron

will present

Current State of the Economy




Sign up at "Akron Physics Club Meetup.  Meeting is free.
https://www.meetup.com/Akron-Physics-Meetup


Visitors and students are always welcome.
If you currently are not on our email list and wish to attend our meeting, please send such request to:  (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). 
 

 


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Future Meetings: NOTHING scheduled right now.  These dates remain open.

November 29, 2022
January 24, 2023
February 28, 2023
March 28, 2023
April 25, 2023
May 23, 2023

 

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Podcasts and Speaker PowerPoint Presentations

On October 24, 2016, Dr. Rob Owen presented a wonderful lecture to us entitled, The Detection and Analysis of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Black Holes.

His material backing up the lecture can be found at www.black-holes.org

Click on the link to visit and exlore his great web site.

Physics in the news


New developments for commercialization of perovskites as introduced to us by Dr. Walter Lambrecht last November – 2018

Inkjet printed solar cells set to revolutionize green energy – TomoNews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaT07Cxk8I0&t=0s

Inkjet solar panels for windows and facades poised to revolutionize green energy?
Polish physicist and businesswoman Olga Malinkiewicz found a way to coat flexible foil with perovskites and later developed ink jet printing method that required no high heat.

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Cleveland Astronomical Society

February - The Violent Lives of Cluster Galaxies, by Dr. Chris Mihos

March - Star Formation and Star Clusters: Where are Most Stars Born?, by Dr. Don Terndrup 


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Astronomy Club of Akron - Celebrating our 70th Anniversary
https://www.acaoh.org/

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These chip-sized spaceraft are the smallest space probes yet 

Spacecraft have gone bite-sized. On June 23, 2017, Breakthrough Starshot, an initiative to send spacecraft to another star system, launched half a dozen probes called Sprites to test how their electronics fare in outer space. 


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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/these-chip-sized-spacecraft-are-smallest-space-probes-yet 

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ACESS – Akron Council of
Engineering and Scientific
Societies

Happenings

~ New and Improved ACESS
website!! Check it out at www.acessinc.org

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The University of Akron and Cleveland State University, along with California State University at Los Angeles, have joined together to work on some projects for NASA and the International Space Station, according to a University of Akron news release (Dec 1).

The universities have received a $840,000 grant through NASA's Physical Sciences Research Program for the projects, the release stated. The research will focus on the way materials solidify in space when gravity is lacking.

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20161201/NEWS/161209982

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University of Akron, Sandia pair up to bring new polymers

The University of Akron has a huge new partner (Sandia National Laboratories ) with big plans for what it views as the nation's top school for polymer science research and technology.

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20161127/NEWS/161129890

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Contact Us

Akron Physics Club email:  

akron.physics.club@gmail.com 

 

 

 

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