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Fall 2009

Fall 2009 | Spring 2010 |

Unless otherwise noted, colloquia are held at 4:00 p.m. in Physics room 203.
Tea/cookies are served at 3:30 p.m. in Physics room 242.

Next Colloquium

Thursday December 03, 2009

Elena Aprile

Elena Aprile
Columbia University
"The Search for Dark Matter with the XENON Experiment"
Time: 4:00pm
Location: PHYS 203 - Refreshments are served at 3:30 p.m. in Physics room 298
Host: Ian Shispey



Date

Speaker

Host

Abstract

August 27
Aravinthan Samuel
Aravinthan Samuel
Harvard University

"Biological rhythms: feeding and moving in C. elegans"

Ian Shipsey Abstract
September 03
Philip Kim
Philip Kim
Columbia University

"Graphitic Carbon: From Analogy of Relativistic Quantum Mechanics to Carbon Based Electronics"

Yong Chen Abstract
September 10
Peter Schiffer
Peter Schiffer
Penn State

"Fun in the Sand: Some experiments in granular physics"

Ian Shipsey Abstract
September 17
Robert V. Duncan, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research, Professor of Physics
Robert V. Duncan, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research, Professor of Physics
University of Missouri

"The Significance of the Fleischmann - Pons Effect, Twenty Years Later"

Yeong Kim Abstract
September 24
David DiVincenzo
David DiVincenzo
Quantum Group

"Pioneers of Quantum Computing"

Yuli Lyander Geller Abstract
October 01
Mark Raizen
Mark Raizen
University of Texas at Austin

"Comprehensive Control of Atomic and Molecular Motion"

Ian Shipsey Abstract
October 08
Kameshwar Wali
Kameshwar Wali
Syracuse University

"SATYENDRA NATH BOSE (1874-1974) and S. CHANDRASEKHAR (1910-1995)"

Anant Ramdas & Ian Shipsey Abstract
October 15
Prof. Konstantin K. Likharev
Prof. Konstantin K. Likharev
Stony Brook University

"Nanoelectronics: Prospects and Challenges"

Gabriele Giuliani Abstract
October 22
Norbert Neumeister
Norbert Neumeister
Purdue University

"THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER The Discovery Machine"

Nick Giordano Abstract
October 29
Stan Brodsky
Stan Brodsky
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University

"AdS/QCD and Novel Phenomena in Hadron Physics"

Fuqiang Wang Abstract
November 05
Prof. Dave Reitze
Prof. Dave Reitze
University of Florida

"LIGO: Chasing After Gravitational Waves"

David Nolte Abstract
November 12
David Stork
David Stork
Ricoh Innovations and Stanford University

"Did Early Renaissance Masters 'Cheat' Using Optics? Computer Science, Physics, and Art History Address a Bold Theory"

Virgil Barnes Abstract
November 19
Andrew Kent
Andrew Kent
New York University

"Quantum Spin Dynamics in Molecular Nanomagnets"

Yuli Lyanda-Geller Abstract
December 03
Elena Aprile
Elena Aprile
Columbia University

"The Search for Dark Matter with the XENON Experiment"

Ian Shispey Abstract
December 10
Greg Tarle
Greg Tarle
University of Michigan

"Grappling with Dark Energy: The Dark Energy Survey"

Ian Shipsey Abstract