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Past Colloquia 2004-2005
Fall 2004
| Date | Speaker | Host |
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| August 26 | Professor Dale J. Van Harlingen Professor of Physics and Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering Department of Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Title: "The Physics and Applications of p-Josephson junctions" |
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| September 2 | Professor Thomas D. Rossing Northern Illinois University Title: "Vibrations in Cymbals, Bells, and Steelpans" |
Giordano |
| September 9 | Professor Fuqiang Wang Department of Physics Purdue University Title: "Discovering the Quark-Gluon Plasma: Are we there yet?" |
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| September 15 | Special Colloquium, 7:00pm, Fowler Hall Professor Richard E. Smalley Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Rice University Title: "Our energy challenge" |
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| September 23 | Professor Edward F. Redish Professor of Physics University of Maryland Title: "Problem Solving and the Use of Math in Physics Courses" |
Hirsch |
| September 30 | Professor Devendra Lal Scripps Institution of Oceanography Title: "Solar studies from the Moon and the Earth and nuclear reactions above the photosphere" |
Ramdas |
| October 7 | Professor Wei Cui Department of Physics Purdue University Title: "Probing Black Hole-Jet Connection on All Astronomical Scales" |
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| October 14 | Professor Peter L. Biermann Professor for Astronomy and Astrophysics Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie Title: "The last Gamma Ray Burst in our Galaxy" |
Cui |
| October 21 | Professor Marc Caffee Department of Physics Purdue University |
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| October 22 | Special Centennial Colloquium: Professor David Cassidy Natural Science Program Hofstra University |
Durbin |
| October 28 | Professor Laura Cayon Title: "Learning about the early universe through the statistical distribution of the cosmic microwave background radiation" |
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| November 4 | Professor Tin-Lun (Jason) Ho Distinguished Professor Mathematical and Physical Sciences The Ohio State University Title: "The Exploding Field of Quantum Gases" |
Giuliani |
| November 11 (tentative) | Dr. Marcela Carena Theoretical Physics Dept., MS106 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
Bortoletto |
| November 18 | Dr. Boris Kayser, Theory Group Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Title: "The physics of neutrinos" |
Shipsey |
| December 2 | Professor David Koltick Department of Physics Purdue University |
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| December 9 | Professor Douglas D. Osheroff Stanford University Title: "The Nature of Discovery in (experimental) Physics" 4:00 PM Fowler Hall, Stewart Center Reception: Stewart Center Gallery, Stewart Center 3:00-3:45 PM |
Giuliani |
Spring 2005
| Date | Speaker | Host |
|---|---|---|
| January 13 | Professor Daniel Elliott Electrical & Computer Engineering Purdue University Title: "Coherent Optics in "Two-Level" Atoms" |
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| January 20 | Professor Graham Cooks Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Purdue University Title: "A chemist's view of mass spectroscopy" |
Nolte |
| January 27 | ||
| February 3 |
Professor Keith Schwab University of Maryland and National Security Agency Title: "Nanomechanical systems at the quantum limit" |
Koltick |
| February 10 | Professor Yeong Kim Department of Physics Purdue University Title: "Cold Fusion: Current Status and Future Prospects — Could it solve the World's future energy problems?" |
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| February 17 | Professor Paul Richards Department of Physics U.C. Berkeley Title: "Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background" |
Nolte |
| February 24 | Dr. Scott Ransom National Radio Astronomy Observatory Title: "The Incredible Double-Pulsar Binary: A pulsar "Holy Grail" at last" |
Finley |
| March 3 | Professor David Nolte Department of Physics Purdue University Title: "The BioCD: Tuning in Molecular Recognition on a Disk" |
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| March 10 | Professor Sankar Das Sarma Distinguished University Professor and Director of Condensed Matter Theory Center Condensed Matter Theory Center Department of Physics University of Maryland Title: "Tidbits about qubits: Spin computation in nanostructures" |
Giuliani |
| March 17 | Spring Break | |
| March 24 | March Meeting |
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| March 31 | Professor Leonid Glazman McKnight Presidential Chair of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute School of Physics and Astronomy University of Minnesota Title: "Transport in a Luttinger Liquid" |
Giuliani |
| April 7 | Aaron Chou Fermilab Title: "Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays: A Window to the Extreme Universe" |
Bortoletto |
| April 14 | Dr. Andreas Kronfeld Fermilab Title: "Predictive Lattice QCD" |
Shipsey |
| April 21 | Dr. Joe Lykken (CANCELED) Fermilab Title: "String Theory" |
Barnes |
| April 28 | John Hopfield The Howard A. Prior Professor of Molecular Biology Department of Molecular Biology Computational Neurobiology; Biophysics Princeton University Title: "The dynamics of brain computation" |