October 7-9, 2004
UC Santa Barbara

Prof. Michael E. Fisher	Prof. Sankar Das Sarma

The Future of Physics:
A Celebration of 25 Years of the KITP

Professors Michael E. Fisher and Sankar Das Sarma participate in "The Future of Physics: A Celebration of 25 Years of the KITP," held from Thursday, October 7 - Saturday October 9, 2004 at the Kavli Institute of Physics at UC Santa Barbara.

Dr. Fisher participated on a panel and chaired the final panel, while Dr. Das Sarma gave a presentation and participated on a panel.

For schedule and presentations, please click here .

During the month of November, Distinguished University Professor Michael E. Fisher gave a series of lectures on "Statistical Physics and the Triumph of Models" at the Israel Institute of Technology's Institute of Theoretical Physics.

Geodynamo Open House --November 10, 2004

Geodynamo Lab Open House

On November 10, 2004, Professor Daniel Lathrop showed off his latest experiment at the Geodynamo Open House, which welcomed faculty, staff, students, administrators, alumni and friends to learn about what Maryland physicists are doing to study the Earth's magnetic field. The event marked the arrival of the experiment's main vessel, an aluminum sphere three meters in diameter that will be filled with liquid and spun in an effort to generate its own magnetic field.

Geodynamo Open House -- Prof. Dan Lathrop talks about the reserach project

Please click here for more information about the event and about Dr. Lathrop's exciting experimental work in this area.

Also, please click here to read the "Fear the Sphere" article in The Diamondback about the experiment.

This event was proudly hosted by The Department of Physics, the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP), the Institute for Physical Sciences and Technology (IPST) and the College of Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CMPS).