Linn-Benton Community College

The Fall Physical Science Speakers Series will be held each Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. at Linn-Benton Community College in Madrone Hall, room MH-113, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. The talks are free and open to the public, and will cover a variety of topics in physics and earth science.  “Robotics, Volcanoes and Crushing MIT” will be the first talk in the series, presented by LBCC’s Remotely Operated Vehicle Team Wednesday, Oct. 10 at noon. Additional series presentations include: Wednesday, October 17: Mindi Hartzlett-Jones, Elia DeJesus, and Angela Clegg: “LBCC Student Undergraduate Research Experiences: Streams to sediment cores” Wednesday, October 24: Dr. Jim O’Connor, US Geological Survey, “The Missoula Floods” Wednesday, October 31: TBA Wednesday, November 7: Craig Risien, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, “The Ocean Observing Initiative” Wednesday, November 14: Jon Edwards, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Orego...

The Linn-Benton Community College Physical Science Department is offering a brown bag speaker series each Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. during fall term in Madrone Hall, room MH-113, Albany campus, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW. The talks are free and open to everyone, are non-technical and cover a variety of topics in physics, chemistry, earth science and food and fermentation science. For more information, contact LBCC physical science faculty Deron Carter at 541-917-4745. Wednesday, Oct. 5 Dr. Jennifer Field, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University “Analyzing Drugs in Wastewater: A New Tool for Drug Epidemiology” Wednesday, Oct. 12 Coquille Rex, Jacob Clarno, Sundeep Kaur, Brady Fry “LBCC Student Undergraduate Research Experiences: From robots and deep-sea volcanism to mapping faults to modeling phytoplankton” Wednesday, Oct. 19 Dr. Tom Olsen, Assistant Director, Society of Physics Students “Careers in Physics and Society of Physics Students” Wednesda...

Linn-Benton Community College's Physical Science Department received a donation of two Vernier Software and Technology LabQuest measuring tools for use in its new physical science project room in Madrone Hall. The LabQuests were donated by second-year LBCC computer science physics student and Corvallis resident Nathan Murrow and LBCC physical science faculty member Greg Mulder, who won them through a competition on Facebook held by Vernier Software and Technology. The company awarded their 500th Facebook fan, Murrow, and the fan’s referrer, Mulder, the LabQuest Quick Start Package as part of the social media competition. The LabQuests will be part of the scientific equipment inventory kept in the project room for student use only. Acting a little bit like a "tricorder" from Star Trek, the LabQuests allow students to take measurements of anything from light to sound, magnetism to radioactivity, force, motion and much more, said Mulder. "The project room space was des...