Name: Eclipse 2024 Workshop at Indiana U - Bloomington
Start: 2024-04-08T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-04-08T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Multidisciplinary Engineering & Sciences Hall

Eclipse 2024 Workshop at Indiana U - Bloomington

Monday, 8 April 2024 - 09:00

Monday, 8 April 2024

09:00 Demo Setup & Arrival
Demo Setup & Arrival
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 Introductions, and Workshop details - Rex Tayloe, Indiana U. - Rex Tayloe (Indiana University)
Introductions, and Workshop details - Rex Tayloe, Indiana U.
- Rex Tayloe (Indiana University)
09:30 - 09:45
09:45 Welcome - Scott Wissink, Indiana U. - Scott Wissink (Indiana University)
Welcome - Scott Wissink, Indiana U.
- Scott Wissink (Indiana University)
09:45 - 10:00
10:00 Presentation: Eclipse Science: The Three Most Important Discoveries in History - Matt Caplan, Illinois State U. - Matt Caplan (Illinois State University)
Presentation: Eclipse Science: The Three Most Important Discoveries in History - Matt Caplan, Illinois State U.
- Matt Caplan (Illinois State University)
10:00 - 10:30
Abstract: Eclipse observations have been the key to the most important discoveries ever made about the universe and our place in it. These observations span thousands of years and are ongoing to this very day. From the vantage point of earth’s surface, eclipses – along with a clever pinch of geometry – have provided a unique way to answer the big questions: where are we, where are we going, and are we alone?
10:30 Presentation: Exoplanets - Anya Nugent, Northwestern U. - Anya Nugent (Northwestern University)
Presentation: Exoplanets - Anya Nugent, Northwestern U.
- Anya Nugent (Northwestern University)
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Short Break
Short Break
11:00 - 11:10
11:10 Presentation: STEM education in Secondary Education - Spencer Perry, Indiana U. - Spencer Perry (Indiana Univeristy Bloomington)
Presentation: STEM education in Secondary Education - Spencer Perry, Indiana U.
- Spencer Perry (Indiana Univeristy Bloomington)
11:10 - 11:40
11:40 Presentation: Neutrinos as Messengers from the near and far Universe - Anne Schukraft, Fermilab - Anne Schukraft (Fermilab)
Presentation: Neutrinos as Messengers from the near and far Universe - Anne Schukraft, Fermilab
- Anne Schukraft (Fermilab)
11:40 - 12:10
Neutrinos are elusive particles produced in abundance by cosmics sources such as the sun, supernovae or distant galaxies. They travel through space almost unaffected, which makes them ideal messenger particles to learn about the Universe. However, this property also makes them very difficult to detect, which led to complex experiments at remote places such as the South Pole and in underground mines.
12:10 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:10 - 12:30
12:30 Lunch (continued) and short (~5mins each) demo presentations - Rex Tayloe (Indiana University)
Lunch (continued) and short (~5mins each) demo presentations
- Rex Tayloe (Indiana University)
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 Demos, discussion, observation
Demos, discussion, observation
13:30 - 17:00

13:49 Start of partial eclipse
Start of partial eclipse
13:49 - 13:50

15:04 Totality
Totality
15:04 - 15:08

16:22 End of partial eclipse
End of partial eclipse
16:22 - 16:23