{"616189":{"#nid":"616189","#data":{"type":"event","title":"How the Universe Made the Elements in the Periodic Table","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch4\u003EA Frontiers in Science Lecture to celebrate 2019, the International Year of the Periodic Table\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe creation of the elements in the universe took billions of years and required various processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe first few minutes of the big bang produced only hydrogen (H) and helium (He). No new elements were formed until a few hundred million years later when the first generation of stars were born and they started fusing H and He into slightly higher-mass elements, such as carbon and oxygen. Various fusion reactions by multiple generations of stars eventually created elements up to iron (Fe).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHowever, normal stars cannot produce elements beyond Fe. Creation of elements heavier than Fe required the cataclysmic explosions of supernovas. These violent deaths of massive stars not only completed the natural elements in the periodic table. They also enabled human life, because certain life processes require heavy elements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Speaker\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/james-sowell\u0022\u003EJames \u0026ldquo;Jim\u0026rdquo; Sowell\u003C\/a\u003E is an astronomer at Georgia Tech and the director of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.astronomy.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ethe Georgia Tech Observatory\u003C\/a\u003E. He has taught Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s two Introductory Astronomy courses for 27 years and the advanced Stellar Astrophysics course for 20 years.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe won the inaugural CETL Undergraduate Educator Award in 2009.\u0026nbsp; He often performs public outreach and education, including the widely popular, monthly \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/events\/public-nights-georgia-tech-observatory\u0022\u003EPublic Nights at the Observatory\u003C\/a\u003E; presentations at schools; and workshops for K-12 teachers. He developed the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aloha.gatech.edu\/about\u0022\u003EAloha Telescope\u003C\/a\u003E. This remotely controlled facility in Hawaii allows Atlanta area K-12 teachers and students to view live images of the Moon during regular school hours.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESowell earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from Vanderbilt University and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He joined Georgia Tech in 1989.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Frontiers in Science Lectures\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLectures in this series are intended to inform, engage, and inspire students, faculty, staff, and the public on developments, breakthroughs, and topics of general interest in the sciences and mathematics. Lecturers tailor their talks for nonexpert audiences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Periodic Table Frontiers in Science Lecture Series\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThroughout 2019, the College of Sciences will bring prominent researchers from Georgia Tech and beyond to expound on little-discussed aspects of chemical elements:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EFeb. 6, James Sowell, \u003Cstrong\u003EHow the Universe Made the Elements in the Periodic Table\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMarch 5, Michael Filler, \u003Cstrong\u003ECelebrating Silicon: Its Success, Hidden History, and Next Act\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EApril 2, John Baez, University of California, Riverside, \u003Cstrong\u003EMathematical Mysteries of the Periodic Table\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EApril 18, Sam Kean, Author, \u003Cstrong\u003EThe Periodic Table: A Treasure Trove of Passion, Adventure, Betrayal, and Obsession\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESept. 12, Monica Halka, \u003Cstrong\u003EThe Elusive End of the Periodic Table: Why Chase It?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EOctober, Taka Ito, \u003Cstrong\u003ETurning Sour, Bloated, and Out of Breath: Ocean Chemistry under Global Warming\u003C\/strong\u003E (This will take place on the Thursday of Homecoming Week 2019)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ENov. 12, Margaret Kosal, \u003Cstrong\u003EThe Geopolitics of Rare and Not-So-Rare Elements\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EClosest public parking is Visitors Area 2, on Ferst Street by the Student Center, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pts.gatech.edu\/visitors#l3\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/pts.gatech.edu\/visitors#l3\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003ERefreshments served after every lecture\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETo celebrate the periodic table\u0026rsquo;s long-running success, the United Nations proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements.\u0026nbsp;Throughout 2019, the College of Sciences\u0026rsquo; 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