This friday at Simon Fraser U. is "International Tesla Day 2006" and all-day symposium (registration required, $20, deadline Tues.)
Nikola Tesla: Celebrating the Legacy http://tesla2006.irmacs.sfu.ca/ Schedule Friday, November 17, 2006 the IRMACS Centre, Simon Fraser University 1. 8:00 - 9:00 Registration and Coffee 2. 9:00 - 9:30 Opening Remarks 3. 9:30 - 10:30 Prof. Aleksandar Marincic, Serbian Acad of Sci Nikola Tesla contribution to radio development 4. 10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break 5. 10:45 - 11:45 Prof. Emeritus Anthony Arrott, Dept of Phys, SFU Tesla and Edison according to Henry Ford 6. 11:45 - 13:00 Lunch (provided) 7. 13:00 - 14:00 Prof. Emeritus Konrad Reichert, ETH Zurich, Sw. Permanent-magnet machines, trends, problems and simplified simulation by fe-methods 8. 14:00 - 15:00 Prof. Bret Heinrich, Department of Physics, SFU Spintronics-new way of electronics 9. 15:00 - 15:15 Coffee Break 10. 15:15 - 16:15 Prof. Jose Marti, Department of Elect. Eng., UBC Nikola Tesla, an Engineer 11. 16:15 - 17:15 Prof. Milos D. Ercegovac, Comp Sci Dept, UCLA Omnipresence of Tesla's work and ideas 12. 17:15 - 19:30 Reception (found by Segue F.) (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website billb at amasci com http://amasci.com EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair Seattle, WA 425-222-5066 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci
