Lecture topics and dates are subject to change. The schedule will be updated accordingly.
Schedule of Fall 2020 Online Lectures held via Zoom
| Date | Lecture Topic | Speaker, Affiliation | Virtual Tour |
| 26-Sept-20 | Introduction To Fermilab | Pedro Machado, Fermilab | Virtual tour of Fermilab Site |
| 3-Oct-20 | Special Relativity | Elina Fuchs, Fermilab and University of Chicago | Meet and Greet with the SMP Team |
| 10-Oct-20 | Quantum Mechanics | Dan Hooper, Fermilab | Physicist Panel |
| 17-Oct-20 | The Standard Model of Particle Physics | Allison Reinsvold Hall, Fermilab | Grid Computing Center Virtual Tour |
| 24-Oct-20 | How We Make and Detect Particles | Cindy Joe and Mandy Kiburg, Fermilab | Computing Panel |
| 31-Oct-20 | Quantum Computing | Gabe Perdue, Fermilab | SRF and Magnets Virtual Tour |
| 7-Nov-20 | The Ghostly Neutrinos | Karl Warburton, Iowa State University | TBD |
| 14-Nov-20 | LHC Physics
LHC Physics Slides: pdf |
Karri DiPetrillo, Alexx Perloff, Christian Herwig, Fermilab | CMS Virtual Tour |
| 21-Nov-20 | Energy and Long Term Hydrodynamical Flows on an Ideal Planet | Bryan Ramson, Fermilab | Engineering Panel |
| 28-Nov-20 | No Lecture – Thanksgiving Break | ||
| 5-Dec-20 | Galactic Astrophysics and Cosmology | Noah Kurinsky and Adam Anderson, Fermilab | SiDet Virtual Tour |
| 12-Dec-20 | Physics and Society | Pushpa Bhat, Fermilab | Graduation |
All lectures begin promptly at 9:00 AM. We recommend you join the Saturday Morning Physics Zoom meeting between 8:45 AM and 8:50 AM.
The lectures are two hours long, with a 10-minute break at about 10:00. Virtual tours and question & answer sessions start at 11:00; with everything wrapping up around 12:00 PM at the latest.