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May 22, 2008
For more on SFU’s Open House May 31 see www.sfu.ca/openhouse
Redefining physics
It’s an experiment that will revolutionize the way we understand nature at its most basic level - science that will change our understanding of the universe. The ATLAS project is gearing up for this summer’s launch – and visitors to SFU’s Open House on May 31 can get a sneak preview. Physicists from 35 countries have completed the Large Hadron Collider outside Geneva, Switzerland, which will soon smash protons against protons with the highest energies ever achieved in a lab. SFU researchers are among thousands of scientists anxiously awaiting the start of the project’s data collection in July. SFU researcher Dugan O’Neil is among researchers who will be on hand in SFU’s IRMACS 3D Theatre (ASB 10900) at 2:45 p.m. to showcase Canada’s contribution and explain the project’s significance.
Dugan O’Neil, 778.782.5623; doneil@sfu.ca
Feel the thunder
Studies aside, these university students are known to create a little thunder. Team Cheondoong (which is Korean for thunder) will demonstrate its powerful sound at SFU’s Open House on May 31 at Convocation Mall at 12:15, 2:15 pm. The group plays powerful traditional Korean percussion music with modernistic originality. Their dramatic performances have been carefully shaped by a Korean master (Sung Il Kim) and years of training. Their goal is to demonstrate the richness of Korean culture and performing arts through the dynamic nature and unique beats of its dramatic rhythms.
Fiona Burrows, PAMR, 778.782.3928
Redefining physics
It’s an experiment that will revolutionize the way we understand nature at its most basic level - science that will change our understanding of the universe. The ATLAS project is gearing up for this summer’s launch – and visitors to SFU’s Open House on May 31 can get a sneak preview. Physicists from 35 countries have completed the Large Hadron Collider outside Geneva, Switzerland, which will soon smash protons against protons with the highest energies ever achieved in a lab. SFU researchers are among thousands of scientists anxiously awaiting the start of the project’s data collection in July. SFU researcher Dugan O’Neil is among researchers who will be on hand in SFU’s IRMACS 3D Theatre (ASB 10900) at 2:45 p.m. to showcase Canada’s contribution and explain the project’s significance.
Dugan O’Neil, 778.782.5623; doneil@sfu.ca
Feel the thunder
Studies aside, these university students are known to create a little thunder. Team Cheondoong (which is Korean for thunder) will demonstrate its powerful sound at SFU’s Open House on May 31 at Convocation Mall at 12:15, 2:15 pm. The group plays powerful traditional Korean percussion music with modernistic originality. Their dramatic performances have been carefully shaped by a Korean master (Sung Il Kim) and years of training. Their goal is to demonstrate the richness of Korean culture and performing arts through the dynamic nature and unique beats of its dramatic rhythms.
Fiona Burrows, PAMR, 778.782.3928