Physics and Astronomy Seminar

Physics and Astronomy Seminar

Fall 2001 Schedule

Tuesdays 11:30 am (refreshments at 11:15 am)
217 Lathrop Hall

	September 4: Prof. Enrique Galvez, Colgate University Physics & Astronomy Department, "Geometric Phase of Optical Beams Carrying Orbital Angular Momentum"
	September 11: Seminar canceled today - rescheduled to September 18
	September 18: Colgate Student Research Talks: Marko Krco '02 (Dec'01), "HI Mapping of the Magellanic Stream at Arecibo Observatory"; Jeyhan Kartaltepe '03, "Measuring Weak Lensing in the HDFN and Flanking Fields"; Garrett Mason '03, "Meteroid Impacts on Mars"
	September 25: David Berger (CU'97), Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy, Georgia State University, "Resolving the Stars: An Introduction to the CHARA Array"
	October 2: Colgate Student Research Talks: Joseph Converse '03, "VLBI Reductions and Spectral Index Analysis of Several Gigahertz Peaked Spectrum Sources"; Matthew Pysher '04, "Creation of Entangled Photons Through Parametric Downconversion"; Adam Weiss '03, "Rotating Tractor Beams: Full Manipulation of Microscopic Particles Using an Optical Trap"
	October 9: Mid-term recess - no seminar scheduled.
	October 16: Colgate Student Research Talks: Michael Fine '02, "Using Deep, Multi-band Imaging to Probe High z Radio Galaxies"; Joseph Martin '04, "Optical Variability of the Blazar 1510-08"; Chris Hall '03, "Superconducting Vortices in Nb Thin Films"; Michelle Caler '02, "The Local Radio Luminosity Function at 1.46 GHz"; Emily Fryer '03, "Study of Variable Stars in the BL Lacertae Field" - *SPECIAL START TIME OF 11:20am...*
	October 23: Dr. Peter Backus, SETI Institute; "Project Phoenix: Progress and Prospects"
	October 30: Prof. Karen Fleming, Johns Hopkins University; "Membrane Protein Folding: Probing the Energetics of Transmembrane Helix-Helix Interactions" (Joint Physics & Biology seminar)
	November 6: Dr. Jonathan Friedman, Physics Department, Amherst College; "Quantum Taxonomy: Making a (Schrödinger's) Cat out of a SQUID"
	November 13: Dr. Wes Walter, Physics Department, Denison University; "Negative Ions: Efficacious Effluvia"
	November 20: Thanksgiving break - no seminar scheduled.
	November 27: Todd Krauss, University of Rochester, "Semiconductor Nanocrystals" (joint Physics & Chemistry seminar)
	December 4: John Beggs, National Institute of Mental Health, "A Neural Network in a Dish: Information Storage in Small Networks of Cortical Neurons"

Other Talks & Events - - Fall 2001

September 12: Dr. Robert Ballard, Discoverer of RMS Titanic, "Deep Sea Exploration" (Wolk Lecture, 7:30pm at Reid Athletic Center Cotterell Court) - canceled & rescheduled to April 10, 2002

October 23: Dr. Peter Backus, SETI Institute; "SETI: On the Brink of Discovery" (Public Lecture, 7:30pm, 300 Olin Hall/Love Auditorium) co-sponsored by Physics & Astronomy Department, CORE Scientific Perspectives and First Year Seminar Program

October 29: Prof. David Carrasco, Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Harvard University; "Cosmic Terror and Aztec Myths of Sacrifice" (Public Lecture, 4:00pm, ALANA Cultural Center) co-sponsored by Native American Studies and Division of Humanities

November 30: Dr. Paul Kwiat, Department of Physics, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; "The Quantum Information Revolution: From Quantum Cryptography to Quantum Computation" (Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Science Colloquium, 3:30pm, 209 Lathrop Hall)

Spring 2002 Schedule

	January 22: No seminar scheduled.
	January 29: Dr. Thomas Balonek, Colgate University, Physics & Astronomy Department; "Thirteen Years of Quasars and Active Galaxies at the Foggy Bottom Observatory"
	February 5: "Physics & Astronomy - Programs & Opportunities", discussion with department faculty about concentration requirements (including pre-engineering) and opportunities (research, employment).
	February 12: No seminar - rescheduled to February 14.
	February 19: Jeffrey Buboltz, Cornell University, Biophysics, "Why are Biomembranes so Complex? Mixing, Demixing and Domain Formation within Membrane Mixtures"
	February 21: M. Shane Hutson, Duke University, Department of Physics (Biophysics), "Unraveling the Role of Arginine-82 in the Bacteriorhodopsin Photocycle" ***Special lecture at 12:15pm (lunch served at 12:00noon), 217 Lathrop
	February 26: George Bowker, Duke University, Department of Biology (Biophysics), "The Shocking Truth about Pollen: Atmospheric Electricity and Wind Pollination"
	February 28: John Beggs, National Institute of Mental Health, "The Cortex in a Dish: How Information can be Stored in Sequences of Neural Activity" ***Special lecture at 12:15pm (lunch served at 12:00noon), 217 Lathrop
	March 5: No seminar scheduled.
	March 12: Jon Habif, (CU'98), University of Rochester, "Principles and Promises of Superconducting Electronics: Our Cool Future"
	March 19: No seminar - Spring Break
	March 26: Prof. George Gibson, University of Connecticut, Department of Physics; "Just What is the Connection Between Physics and Music?"
	April 2: Prof. William Wootters, Williams College, "Quantum Entanglement as a Resource for Communication"
	April 9: Prof. Robert Silsbee, Cornell University, The Physics of "Slow Light"
	April 16: Prof. Chad Orzel, Union College, "Squeezed States in a Bose-Einstein Condensate"
	April 23: Prof. Michael Brown, Swarthmore College, Dept of Physics & Astronomy; "Energetic Particles from Three-Dimensional Magnetic Reconnection Events at SSX"
	April 30: No seminar - Awards Convocation

Other Talks & Events - - Spring 2002

April 10: Dr. Robert Ballard, Discoverer of RMS Titanic, "Deep Sea Exploration" (Wolk Lecture, 7:30pm at Reid Athletic Center Cotterell Court)

	September 12: Dr. Robert Ballard, Discoverer of RMS Titanic, "Deep Sea Exploration" (Wolk Lecture, 7:30pm at Reid Athletic Center Cotterell Court) - canceled & rescheduled to April 10, 2002
	October 23: Dr. Peter Backus, SETI Institute; "SETI: On the Brink of Discovery" (Public Lecture, 7:30pm, 300 Olin Hall/Love Auditorium) co-sponsored by Physics & Astronomy Department, CORE Scientific Perspectives and First Year Seminar Program
	October 29: Prof. David Carrasco, Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Harvard University; "Cosmic Terror and Aztec Myths of Sacrifice" (Public Lecture, 4:00pm, ALANA Cultural Center) co-sponsored by Native American Studies and Division of Humanities
	November 30: Dr. Paul Kwiat, Department of Physics, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; "The Quantum Information Revolution: From Quantum Cryptography to Quantum Computation" (Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Science Colloquium, 3:30pm, 209 Lathrop Hall)