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DESCRIPTION:What Question Would You Ask an Astrophysicist?\n\nSpeaker: Dr. 
 Jaymie Matthews\, Emeritus Professor\, Department of Physics and Astronomy
 \, The University of British Columbia\n\nAbstract:\nEclipse Event\nRecent 
 landing of craft on moon.\nSpace station.\nObservations of stars with magn
 et fields.\nCompare rocket and ion propulsion to Mars?\nAny questions abou
 t astronomy.\n\nAstronomy education and public outreach are important face
 ts of Matthews’ life and career. He served on the Board of Directors of 
 Vancouver’s H.R. MacMillan Space Centre for almost 20 years\, and on the
  Board of Youth Science Canada. In 2015\, he received the Canada-Wide Scie
 nce Fair Alumni Award.  He was awarded a 1999 Killam Prize for teaching ex
 cellence in the UBC Faculty of Science\, and the 2002 Teaching Prize of th
 e Canadian Association of Physicists. In 2016\, Dr. Matthews was awarded t
 he Canadian Astronomy Society’s Qilak Award for his efforts in astronomy
  education and public outreach. Qilak is the Inuit word for the “canopy 
 of the heavens” or the sky overhead. He has an asteroid named for him.\n
 \nSpeaker(s): Dr. Jaymie Matthews\,  Emeritus Professor\n\nAgenda: \nRegis
 tration is optional\, but we want to know who to expect.\n10:00 AM P.D.T. 
 Suggest you log in at 9:45 AM (12:45 PM Montreal) to check connection and 
 say hello.\nAll IEEE members are welcome\, especially those Life Members t
 hat don&#39;t have a local Affinity Group.\n\nWe are looking for speakers for 
 the rest of the year\, contact Carl Zanon &lt;sczanon@shaw.ca&gt; if interested.
 \n\n9:45 AM Zoom opens\n10:00 AM Welcome and speaker introduction\n10:05 A
 M Speaker\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/438695
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/438695
ORGANIZER:Conrad Guelke &lt;cguelke@telus.net&gt;
SEQUENCE:28
SUMMARY:TALK 27: Ask an Astrophysicist?
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 an&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;western&quot;&gt;R
 egistration is optional\, but we want to know who to expect.&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10
 :00 AM P.D.T. Suggest you log in at 9:45 AM (12:45 PM Montreal) to check c
 onnection and say hello.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;All IEEE members are welcome\, especi
 ally those Life Members that don&#39;t have a local Affinity Group.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br
 &gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;We are looking for speakers for the rest of the year\, 
 contact Carl Zanon &amp;lt\;sczanon@shaw.ca&amp;gt\; if interested.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;9:45 A
 M Zoom opens&lt;br&gt;10:00 AM Welcome and speaker introduction&lt;br&gt;10:05 AM Spea
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