Celebration of Learning 2022 presentation schedule
Celebration of Learning May 4, 2022, showcases work by students, faculty and staff at Augustana.
Here is a schedule of posters and oral presentations by area of study or program. Four sessions are offered from 10 a.m.-3:45 p.m. in the Olin Center, Old Main, Hanson Hall, Wallenberg Hall in the Denkmann Memorial Building and at the Augustana Teaching Museum of Art.
Poster sessions will be held in the Gerber Center Gävle rooms.
Poster Session I will run from 9-10 a.m. and includes Texas Medical Center, Public Health, Geology, Biology, Pre-Veterinary Medicine, Neuroscience and Psychology
Poster Session II will run from 1-2:15 p.m. and includes FYI, Economics, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Communication Sciences and Disorders, the Upper Mississippi Center, Geography, Sociology and Anthropology, and Mathematics.
Oral Presentations I 10-11:15 a.m.
Sociology and anthropology, Olin 305
History, Hanson 102
Computer science, math, Olin 209
Business, multi-media journalism, Classics, Old Main 117
Asian studies, Old Main 132
Oral Presentations II 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Sociology and anthropology, Olin 305
Texas Medical Center Olin 209
Augustana Prison Education Program, Hanson 102
French, Old Main 117
"Jenny Lind presents PT Barnum — Responding to Vocational Crises," Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Memorial Building
Oral Presentations III 1-2:15 p.m.
Physics, engineering, astronomy, Olin 305
Political science Olin 209
Biology, geography, Hanson 102
French, Old Main 117
Religion, Old Main 132
Art and graphic design, Augustana Teaching Museum of Art
Oral Presentations IV 2:30-3:45 p.m.
Creative writing, Olin 305
Freistat Center, Olin 209
Philosophy, Old Main 117
Religion, Old Main 132
Special events
• Fresh Films will host Yassir Lester, creator and head writer for "Armor Wars," an upcoming series based on the Marvel Comics storyline of the same name coming to Disney+. Join in at 6 p.m. via Zoom.
• "A Demonstration of Quantum Entanglement for Introductory Physics Students," presented by Dr. Cecilia Vogel and Dr. James van Howe at the Hanson laser lab from 2:30-3:45 p.m.
Space is limited and RSVPs are requested.
Description: Come to the laser lab and see the experiment that Einstein was wrong about! Einstein called quantum entanglement "spooky action at a distance," and thought that experiments would prove it false. Instead, experiments like this one reinforced that quantum mechanics was indeed right.
We have developed a demonstration of quantum entanglement appropriate for presentation to introductory physics students. Quantum entanglement means a non-classical correlation between the states of separated particles. In our demonstration, two photons are produced by a beta barium borate crystal, and the polarization states of these photons are random, but completely correlated.
Our demonstration begins with a lesson on classical polarization (as one might see in polarizing sunglasses), and then demonstrates the surprising difference in polarization behavior for quantum entangled photons. The polarization states of the two entangled photons are random, like the flipping of two coins, but imagine if the two coins always landed both heads or both tails, never one of each. That is the behavior of the entangled photons - random polarizations, but always the same!