Mathematics and Physics Evening Lectures
How Mathematics and Physics Make a Difference in the World
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Thursdays 17:00-19:00
Arrival from 17:00; lecture starts at 17:30
Northumbria University
Upcoming Lectures
19 NOV
Should I worry about space weather?
Physics Lecture
We interact with atmospheric weather every day of our lives and humanity’s increasing skill in predicting the weather benefits us all. Would it surprise you to learn that the near-Earth space environment, thousand of km above the Earth’s surface, also experiences “weather”? In this lecture, I will introduce the electromagnetic weather in space and how it can affect our lives.
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Please register for in-person or online attendance.
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Data collected here will be used to monitor the attendance to Evening Lectures series. It will not be shared with 3rd parties. Any questions regarding the nature of your answers please contact Antonio Portas at antonio.portas@northumbria.ac.uk
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Active from 17:15 on 19th November.
10 DEC
Mathematics Lecture – The complex beauty of fractal geometry
Mathematics Lecture
In this lecture, Matteo will explain – with the aid of some computer graphics – how fractals can be defined as geometrical objects characterised by two properties: self-similarity, and non-integer dimension. Differently from the ‘smooth’ figures of classical Geometry, such as circles or triangles, fractals turn out to be ‘rough’ and infinitely complex.
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Please register for in-person or online attendance.
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Data collected here will be used to monitor the attendance to Evening Lectures series. It will not be shared with 3rd parties. Any questions regarding the nature of your answers please contact Antonio Portas at antonio.portas@northumbria.ac.uk
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Active from 17:15 on 10th December
How to find us and joining lectures online
How to find us
The evening lectures will take place in Ellison Building A-block, room ELA 009.
The Ellison Building A-block is the building number 9a on the map below:
You want to enter the building using the automatic revolving doors located in Northumberland Road as seen in the photo below:
The entrance can be found with:
- Postcode NE1 8SG
- What 3 words: ///scouts.shower.exit
Alternatively you can use the entrance (set of automatic double doors) located on Ellison Place:
- Postcode NE1 8ST.
- What 3 words: ///moth.under.golf
Here is a short video showing the location of the room ELA 009:
Joining online
We encourage you to attend the evening lectures in person.
We understand, however, that this is not always possible, so we will be live-streaming the lectures using the Town Hall feature in Microsoft Teams. You don’t need to have Microsoft Teams installed on your device.
After booking a place for the evening lecture just press the Join online button next to each evening lecture description.
The button will open a webpage which you lets you choose to watch the either in your web browser, or join via the Teams app.
We recommend you join the lecture using a laptop/desktop computer rather than a mobile device.
Throughout the lecture you will be able to ask anonymous questions to our presenters using a moderated Q&A.
Click here to find out more about how to join and participate in a Town Hall meeting.
Previous Lectures
2024
07 Nov – Why does space sing? (And why should I care?) by Daniel Ratliff
14 Nov – Should I worry about space weather? by Clare Watt
21 Nov – How can we store energy, and why is it important? by Yolanda Sanchez
28 Nov – How much, how fast? Predicting ice sheet melt by Jo Zanker
05 Dec – The James Webb Space Telescope: New Eyes on the Universe by Henrik Melin
12 Dec – The complex beauty of fractal geometry by Matteo Sommacal
2023
- 09 Nov – Nature’s Blueprint: the physics of bio-inspired surfaces by Prashant Agrawal
- 16 Nov – Talking in Light: Satellite Laser Communication by Mansour Abadi
- 23 Nov – Heating with light: a possible way to new solar cell design by Giulia Longo
- 30 Nov – Why does space sing? And Why should I care? by Daniel Ratliff
- 30 Nov- When plants eat animals: what physics and chemistry can we learn? By Ciro Semprebon
- 07 Dec – Snowflakes in the Oven: Coronal Rain in the solar Corona by Patrick Antolin
- 07 Dec – An introduction to quantum Chaos by Remi Dubertrand
- 14 Dec – Complex beauty of fractal geometry by Matteo Sommacal
2022
- 02 NOV – Moulding the flow of light by Daniel Ho & Mike Taverne
- 09 NOV – Electrical currents in space by John Coxon
- 16 NOV – Make food waste, wood waste by Madeleine Combrick
- 23 NOV – Mathematical fractals by Matteo Sommacal
- 30 NOV – the Cahotic Quantum world by Remy Dubertrand
- 07 DEC – From lasers to Masers by Juna Sathian
- 14 DEC – Tackling climate change with solar photovoltaics by Neil Beattie
2021
- 09 DEC – Magnetic fields in the Universe by Stephane Regnier
- 02 DEC – Complex & intelligent systems by Ben Huard
- 25 NOV – Mathematical fractals by Mattteo Sommacal
- 18 NOV – Solar cells and light emission by Giulia Longo
- 11 NOV – Engineering solutions from waste by Madeleine Combrink
- 04 NOV – the Chaotic Quantum World by Remy Durbertrand
- 21 OCT – Engineering porous materials by Dominica Zabiegaj
- 14 OCT – Space Weather by Clare Watt
