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Thursday, April 5
What: Opportunities in Science Education
Where: RNS 426
When: Thursday, April 5, 11:30-12:30. Drop in any time.
Are you planning to major in science? Do you enjoy spending time with youth? You can probably think of a teacher you’ve had who made a difference; have you ever thought you might be interested in teaching others?
If so, it’s a good time to start thinking about opportunities in science education. At St. Olaf, you can become a licensed middle or high school science teacher. Besides being a fulfilling job, science teachers are in demand, with new financial incentives coming into place. While there are many paths to becoming a science teacher, there are some big advantages to the licensure program at St. Olaf. Additionally, many other career paths involve some component of science education.
If you’d like to talk about what it’s like to be a science teacher and about possibilities and pathways to a teaching license, please drop in for an informal conversation and open advising with Emily Mohl, assistant professor in biology and education. You can also check out the resources here: https://pages.stolaf.edu/mohl/science-education-at-st-olaf/
Questions? Contact Emily Mohl, mohl@stolaf.edu, RNS 432.
Friday, April 6
MSCS Research Seminar: A rigorous error analysis framework for slender body theory
Laurel Ohm ’12, PhD student, University of Minnesota
Abstract: An increasingly important question in microbiology involves understanding how microorganisms use thin cilia to propel themselves through viscous fluid. Exploring how these thin structures interact with the surrounding fluid often requires numerical simulations of large numbers of fibers. Slender body theory simplifies these simulations by treating each fiber as a one-dimensional curve of forces. Despite the many numerical models based on slender body theory, there has been a lack of rigorous error analysis for the approximation itself–how well does a one-dimensional distribution of forces approximate a thin but inherently three-dimensional object? In this talk, we develop a mathematical framework for quantifying the error introduced by the slender body approximation. In addition to rigorously justifying a common modeling technique, our work provides a framework for answering related questions, including design of self-propelled microfluidic devices.
3:45 pm, RNS 204