MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Freed
561-297-3022, lfreed@fau.edu

FAU Presents 'Hurricane: Threat and Beauty'
by Dr. Armin Fuchs

BOCA RATON, FL (January 20, 2006) - Florida Atlantic University presents Dr. Armin Fuchs, associate professor of Complex Systems and Brain Sciences at FAU, who will give an in-depth look at the energy and force of hurricanes. The presentation will take place Thursday, January 26 at 3:30 p.m. in the Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Center, room 126.

Fuchs will focus on how hurricanes can release the amount of energy equivalent to 400 hydrogen bombs, as well as the electricity used in the U.S in a six-month period during a single day. His 50-minute presentation will include satellite movies and demonstrations, concentrating on wind speed, hurricane originations and paths, basic mechanisms and storm predictions.

Fuchs has been an associate professor at FAU since 1995. He received his Ph.D. in physics from Universitat Stuttgart in Germany. Some of his research interests include application of the concepts of synergetics and the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems to behavioral sciences, biology and medicine. Widder also has co-authored numerous publications on studies such as rhythmic finger movements, cortical and cerebral activity in MRIs, human brain activity and motor behavior.

The Frontiers in Science Spring 2006 Public Lecture Series is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, supported by FAU's Lifelong Learning Society Endowed Professorship.

For more information, contact Patsy Jones at 561-297-1307 or patsyj@fau.edu.

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