On October 31st, everyone will be giving a brief oral presentation on a topic of their choice. Each student will be allotted precisely 3-3.5 minutes for their talk. Computers will be strictly forbidden for making presentations, and use of the blackboard or other visual aids will be discouraged. Typed or handwritten speech notes are not only allowed but recommended.
| 14:10-14:16 | All | Setup |
| 14:16 | Pravina | What are nuclear fission and fusion, and why are they sources of energy? |
| 14:20 | Davide | What particle physics puzzle led to the discovery of the electron-neutrino? |
| 14:24 | Patricia | 1979 Physics Nobel Prize: theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interactions |
| 14:28 | Susanna | 2008 Physics Nobel Prize: spontaneous symmetry breaking |
| 14:32 | PJ | 2001 Physics Nobel Prize: Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) |
| 14:36 | Linda | Why is the “Death Star” in Star Wars science fantasy? |
| 14:40 | Breen | How do Star Trek/Star Wars “tractor beams” violate known laws of physics? |
| 14:44 | Maddy | How do Star Trek “wormholes” violate known laws of physics? |
| 14:48 | Eric | What is a tachyon, and why is it dangerous? |
| 14:52 | Jill | Where do cosmic rays come from, and what happens when they bang into the atmosphere? |
| 14:56 | Mike | Time dilation’s sibling: Lorentz Contraction |
| 15:00 | Celina | What are the similarities and differences between electromagnetism and gravity? |
| 15:04-15:16 | All | Pee break |
| 15:16 | David | Is there such a thing as a magnetic monopole? Why or why not? |
| 15:20 | Yongjoon | How does a microwave oven work? |
| 15:24 | Alysha | What are the Van Allen belts and what is an aurora? |
| 15:28 | Lana | What is the fate of our Sun? |
| 15:32 | Kris | What is a supernova? What is left behind afterwards? |
| 15:36 | Jiwon | What happens when two black holes collide? |
| 15:40 | Erin | Bending of light by the sun in the 1919 solar eclipse |
| 15:44 | Chi | What is gravitational time dilation and how does GPS work? |
| 15:48 | Alexandra | What is a Quasar? |
| 15:52 | Jacob | The Cosmic Censorship Hypothesis |
| 15:56 | Rose | What is LIGO? |
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