Austin Physics for Fun

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You DO need to check with the AAS site regularly for the latest event information and schedule -- https://austinastro.org/

Last minute update to the event!!!!

This happens because they use our usual room as end of semester testing.

Remember that if you are coming in person, we will be in a different building, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, room 2.206, next door to our usual ETC location.

The May General Assembly meeting will be this coming Friday. PLEASE NOTE: WE WILL NOT BE IN OUR USUAL ROOM. We will be in CPE 2.206. CPE is also on the northeast corner of Dean Keeton and Speedway, to the west and perpendicular to ETC where we usually meet. There may be some parking on Dean Keeton, and the Speedway Garage (paid parking) is a block north of Dean Keeton.

Practical Astronomy will be a bit different this month. Junior Member Kovidh Suri will speak on "Planetary Formation." Kovidh impressed several of us older folks at STEM Girl Day. Come and listen to a member of the next generation of amateur astronomers.

AAS has this to say...

We will be back at The University of Texas at Austin campus, in the Engineering Teaching Center, ETC 2.136, at the northeast corner of Dean Keeton and Speedway.

7:30

“Exoplanets: Finding Life in the Galaxy”
Rob Zellem, Research Astrophyicist, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysicis Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Rob Zellem (RSCH AST, STLR GALCTIC&XTRGLTC ASTR) -- https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci/bio/robert.t.zellem

Explore Alliance Ambassadors - Robert Zellem -- https://explorescientific.com/pages/explore-alliance-ambassadors-robert-zellem?srsltid=AfmBOorj32rWBPlxXAMqckqtrinnN8598tRKgpVsGqFZs_oe6Z_h-A6X

Rob Zellem -- https://science.nasa.gov/people/rob-zellem/

The Astronomical League -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_League

The Astronomical League -- https://www.astroleague.org/

After the meeting we usually gather for fun and fellowship at the Crown & Anchor at 2911 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78705.

This presentation will be on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@austinastro7430/live
(Zoom link will be sent via email to members.)

Some parking is available on nearby streets, and the Speedway Garage (paid parking) is at 27th Street. For those not aware, parking can be challenging.

Engineering Teaching Center II (ETC) -- https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/campus/buildings/nlogon/maps/UTM/ETC/

UT Austin Main Campus Map -- https://trecs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=697c20f19d2841d3a13965918a9b82fb

UT Austin Visitor Parking -- https://parking.utexas.edu/parking/visitor

We usually go out to a local eatery afterward to get a snack and talk about things astronomical (or not :).

Spark Talks is a fun series of short talks on all kinds of STEM topics, shared by members of our community. It's a chance give a talk, hear something new, gain new insights, get inspired by what others are working on, and maybe even find a new hobby to explore!

Come join us for some interesting short talks. Please reach out to Abhir by email at abhirjoshi@live.com or via Meetup messages if you want to give a short talk. The talks could be as short as 10-15 minutes.

Talk topics:
1. TBD

We encourage small group discussions of 3-4 people following the presentations, though participation is optional. This will give everyone a chance to share their interests and what they are up to these days.

During the meetup, remember to follow these guidelines:
* Be courteous to your conversation partners.
* Don't monopolize time. Give your partners a fair share of speaking time.

Hybrid means that participants are both in person and online.

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You DO need to check with these sites regularly for the latest event information and schedule -- https://www.meetup.com/austin-fpga-meetup-group/

Ever wonder how engineers and scientist proto-type new products or build affordable bespoke research equipment? Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) are one of the primary methods used.

Boolean Algebra -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_algebra

Logic Gate -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_gate

Karnaugh Map -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnaugh_map

Quine–McCluskey algorithm -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine%E2%80%93McCluskey_algorithm

Field Programmable Gate Array -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array

Hardware Description Language -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_description_language

VHDL -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHDL

Austin FPGA has this to say...

Meet other FPGA developers developers in the Austin area. We're happy to discuss any aspect of development but some of us are especially interested in finding better ways of helping beginners get up to speed.

We hold monthly meetings at the Diogenes Makerspace with both physical and virtual participation. Details are in each Event's description. In between meetings we hold conversations on a Discord server.

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This is a personal challenge activity. If you have questions, need help, or want to organize with other members feel free to post comments below.

You DO need to check with this site details of the event -- https://rngday.com/en/

Randomness -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randomness

RANDOM.ORG -- https://www.random.org/

Living in a State of Sin: Pseudo-Random Number Generators for Random Linear Network Coding -- https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10461442

Cryptography -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography

Cypherpunk -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk