Astrobiology

Two Columns

Dr. Richard Walker, June 14, 2004

	Dr. Walker describes the contents of a carbonaceous chondrite to the interns.
	Marina Yoder examines a stony-iron meteorite in thin section.
	Graduate student Tracey Centorbi describes rock crushing as part of the processing necessary for isotopic analysis.
	The Laser-Ablation Inductively Coupled Mass Spectrometer Lab was part of the Maryland Geology tour.
Drs. Jason Dworkin and Joeseph Nuth, July 8, 2004
	Dr. Jason Dworkin explains what will soon be in his laboratory.
	Dr. Joe Nuth explains the equipment in his laboratory.

	Dr. Lee Mundy gives an overview of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Maryland
	Dr. Derek Richardson gives the students an introduction to small body collisional computation.
	Dr. Richardson explains the computational capacity of his Borg!
	Dr. Michael A'Hearn gives an overview of the Deep Impact mission.