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SUMMARY:Colloquium and Reception - An Overview of The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array Radio Telescope 
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In alignment with the global scope strategic initiative, LeBow College of Business will be hosting a colloquium facilitated by Richard Prestage to discuss ALMA - The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array.=0D=0A=0D=0AALMA will enable transformational research into the physics of the cold Universe, regions that are optically dark but shine brightly in the millimeter portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. Providing astronomers a new window on celestial origins, ALMA will probe the first stars and galaxies, and directly image the formation of planets. =0D=0A=0D=0AThe Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is a 66-element radio telescope currently under construction on the Chajnantor altiplano in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. With a construction cost of US $1.3B, ALMA is revolutionary in its scientific concept, in its engineering design, and in its organization as a global scientific endeavor. When completed in 2012, ALMA will be a transformational instrument, providing an imaging capability at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths equal in clarity of detail to the Hubble Space Telescope and large ground-based optical telescopes. In this talk he will present a general overview of the ALMA project, from the perspective of scientific goals, organizational structure, and technological implementation.=0D=0A=0D=0AColloquium: Pearlstein 403=0D=0A3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.=0D=0A=0D=0AReception: Pearlstein 4th floor lobby=0D=0A5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.=0D=0A=0D=0ARichard Prestage=0D=0AHead of Technical Services=0D=0AJoint ALMA Observatory=0D=0A=0D=0ARichard Prestage received a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Leeds (1981) and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of Edinburgh, UK (1984). After a NATO Fellowship at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory, Richard has worked at a number of major UK and US radio observatories, with an emphasis on telescope characterization and performance improvement. From 2006-2008 he was Site Director for the NRAO 100m Green Bank Telescope. For the last year, he has been Head of Technical Services for the Joint ALMA Observatory in Chile. =0D=0A
LOCATION:Pearlstein Business Learning Center
URL:http://www.lebow.drexel.edu/Event/almacolloquium
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