3651922902_432f2c3e62_o, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. Father’s day was especially enjoyable. The best things about the day can’t be captured on film, but these Osprey at Potato Creek could be.  A helpful photographer who had been watching these birds for some time suggested that we stick around until the father returned from fishing.  It was good …

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MasterclassTelecon, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. Dan Karmgard, three high school students and I participated in a Masterclass in Particle Physics telecon with teachers from the Cincinnati QuarkNet Center and an Atlas physicist from CERN. We used EVO software to support the conversation. Here’s a screencast of what the telecon looked like. (This is just a …

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0612091046.jpg, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. Here’s another dedicated set of student research associates at the Notre Dame QuarkNet Center in June 2009.

0610091458.jpg, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. Three QuarkNet REHS research associates enjoying a demonstration.

downsized_0609091107.jpg, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. Here’s a picture of Laura Ficker via Flickr. (I’ve always wanted to say that:) On behalf of one:ten communications, Laura is introducing NDeRC blogging to the new cohort of NDeRC Fellows. Using a cell phone, you can upload an image to Flickr, edit it in Picnik, and post it from …

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2009-06-03_1340, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. This is a Nexus map of my facebook friends constellation. (You can generate one of these for your own friends network yourself by clicking this link while logged in to your facebook account.) This sort of social networking visualization tool has been around for a while. (Here’s a review of …

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0512091417.jpg, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. Today I met with 3 NDeRC astronomy Fellows!

2009-05-06_1656, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. From International Grid This Week. Notice what’s happening with computing, and what happened with electricity. There seems to be a poverty barrier, stopping progress for a larger percentage of households as the cost of the technology increases. (Here’s another US curve, more detailed and harder to read.) It would be …

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0429091923.jpg, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. Greg Crawford, Dean of Notre Dame’s College of Science, led a discussion on Nanohealth at the inaugural Science Cafe: a monthly cultural event held at “Notre Dame Downtown” on Michigan Avenue. The Science Cafe could and should become an important element of revitalizing STEM community and culture in Michiana. Thanks …

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Next Steps 2009, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. Just got to blog this: a four-day old zebrafish, captured by cell phone held up to the eyepiece of a low-powered microscope. Imaging is amazing.