In this talk I will describe the laboratory astrophysics program of the Jim Lawler group at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, focusing on the laboratory techniques and instruments used for the measurement of transition ...

Strongly-coupled Coulomb systems are typically fluid-like plasmas characterized by the ratio of the nearest-neighbor electrical potential energy to the average kinetic energy. When this ratio is near unity, the plasmas are ...

Some scientists direct their careers with laser focus to answer a small set of questions. Others wander around like a trapped photon. I will tell the story about how a plasma physicist ended up studying combustion chemistry, ...

Poster presentation on Cerium transition probabilities

In this talk, I will highlight a recently completed investigation into a challenge brought against our earlier work on vanadium. The discrepancy between six transition probabilities and its resolution touches on several ...

This presentation gives an overview of Jim Lawler's career, focusing on a few of his important contributions to science.

With a warming global climate, regional climates will undergo changes to their temperature, precipitation, and wind regimes. Consequently, the potential exists for these shifting climatological conditions to affect dunefields ...

In her 2018 interview with Pat Calchina, Mare Chapman details her life in Madison. She spoke of the time period between 1971 and present. The following topics were discussed: Coming out to herself and others as a lesbian, ...

In her 2018 interview with Pat Calchina, Gail Hirn details her life In Madison, Wisconsin. She spoke of the time from 1967 to the present and of the following topics: lesbianism, living in UW dormitories, coming out as a ...

In her interview with Joy Block on December 5, 2018, Hansa Davé talks about her experience growing up and going to school in India. She discusses her first days in the United States and finding community in a new country. ...