Physics and Astronomy Seminar
Tuesdays 11:30 am (refreshments at 11:15 am)
217 Lathrop Hall
TRAVEL DIRECTIONS FOR SPEAKERS
September 10: Scott Lacey '96, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Colgate University, "Chaotic Light in Asymmetric Optical Microcavities"
September 17: Student Research Talks: Garrett Mason '03, "Deconfining Matter and the Search for the QGP"; Joseph Converse '03, "SECS Education"; Matthew Pysher '03, "Excitation of Atoms Using Orbital Angular Momentum".
September 24: Student Research Talks: Jeyhan Kartaltepe '03, "Neutral Hydrogen Absorption Toward Pulsar B0329+54"; Trevor King '04 and Chris Ritacco '04, "Vortex Motion in Superconducting Thin Films; Patrick Crawford '04, "10 Weeks of Geometric Phase and Interference"
October 1: Harold Craighead, Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, "Nanobiotechnology and Single Molecule Manipulation" (combined seminar with Biology)
October 8: Jack Dodd, Professor of Physics, Emeritus , Colgate University, "The Physics of War: Did you Expect Fermilab to be Free?"
October 15: No seminar: mid-semester break.
October 22: Ulrich Zurcher, Physics Department, University of Rhode Island, "Slower than Arrhenius: Relaxation in Supercooled Liquids"
October 29: John Howell, Assistant Professor of Physics (Quantum Optics), University of Rochester, "Quantum Cloning"
November 5: Bill Moore, Principal, Atlantic Renewable Energy Corp, Richmond, VA, "Wind Power Comes of Age: Commercial Wind Farming Comes to NY State"
November 12: Linda Nicholson, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University, "Dynamics, Thermodynamics & Insights into Protein Function"
November 19: Student Research Talks: James Martin '03, "Single Photon Interference"; Emily Fryer '03, "Splitting Light to Explore the Universe"; Chris Hall '03, "Optical Properties of Copper Nanorods"
November 26: No seminar: Thanksgiving break.
December 3: Stephen Ratcliff, Department of Physics, Middlebury College, "Astronomical Spectroscopy for the Young and Old"
December 10: Dr. Loling Song, Department of Physics, Cornell University, "Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy - From Photophysics to Intermolecular and Intracellular Dynamics"
January 21: Dr. Kenneth Segall, MIT, "Superconducting Circuits for Quantum Bits"
January 23: Dr. Rellen Hardtke, University of Wisconsin, "The Search for Gamma-Ray Burst Neutrinos from the Earth's South Pole" (NOTE: Special day and time; lunch served)
January 28: Prof. Michael Noel, Bryn Mawr College, "Ultracold Highly-Excited Atoms: A New Type of Designer Solid"
February 4: No seminar scheduled.
February 11: Dr. Rupali Chandar, STSI, "Title: TBA"
February 18: Canceled due to inclement weather... Dr. David Graff, Professor of Astronomy, United States Marine Merchant Academy, " Gravitational Microlensing"
February 25: Prof. Anita Corbett, Professor of Biochemistry, Emory University, "Nuclear Protein Import: Breaking Up is Hard to Do" ( joint seminar with Biology and Chemistry)
March 4: Richard Feynman Lecture Film Series on the Character of Physical Law, Part 1: The Relation of Mathematics to Physics
March 11: Lew Burkley, Geochemist and Investigative Scientist, National Science Foundation, "Misconduct in Science: A Case Study Discussion" ( joint seminar with Biology and Geology)
March 18: No seminar: mid-semester break.
March 25: Richard Feynman Lecture Film Series on the Character of Physical Law, Part 2: The Great Conservation Principles
April 1: No seminar scheduled.
April 8: Pat McGovern, Lunar and Planetary Institute, "Olympus Mons, Mars: Structural Characteristics and Hawaiian Comparisons, with Implications for Edifice Spreading and Flank Failure Scenarios" ( joint seminar with Geology)
April 15: No seminar scheduled.
April 22: Ian Hoffman (CU'98), National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Graduate Student at University of New Mexico, "The Rare and Mysterious Formaldehyde Maser"
April 29: Tobias Baumgart, Department of Applied Physics, Cornell University, "Domain Formation, Morphology, and Out-of-plane Curvature in Giant Unilamellar Vesicles with Microscopic Liquid/Liquid Phase Coexistence"
Other Talks & Events - - Spring 2003
March 28: Charles Holbrow, C.A. Dana Professor of Physics, Colgate University, "Harnessing Science and Government: Some Stories from the Life of Charles C. Lauritsen" (Featured speaker at Division of Natural Science & Mathematics Science Colloquium Series, 3:30 pm - 209 Lathrop Hall)
March 29: Holbrow Symposium: Charles H. Holbrow retirement fete.
April 14: Dr. Gabrielle Vail, New College of Florida and Florida Institute for Hieroglyphic Research "Decoding the Madrid Codex: An Ancient Maya Document" (2:45 pm in 217 Lathrop)
April 26: Astronomical Society of New York - Scientific Meeting: 209 Lathrop Hall, 10:00am - 5:00pm (click here for a rough agenda or contact Tom Balonek for further information at tbalonek@mail.colgate.edu).