Physics and Astronomy Seminar
TRAVEL DIRECTIONS FOR SPEAKERS

Fall 2009 Schedule


Tuesdays 11:30 am (refreshments at 11:20 am)
Meyerhoff Auditorium · 101 Ho Science Center

September 1: Welcome Back Mixer!
Come say hello and meet new friends and faculty! Pizza and soda will be provided!
September 8: Beth Parks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Colgate University
 and Claire Watts '10 -
Terahertz spectroscopy of single-molecule magnets: Unexpected results
September 15: 3rd Annual Ho Summer Research Symposium - with other NASC departments!
Representing the Physics & Astronomy department will be Sarah Sciarrino '10 and Douglas Schaub '12. Sarah will present Modeling Neuron Synchronization Using Josephson Junctions, and Doug will present Pitch Perception of Short Duration Tones.
Come show your support!
September 22: Astronomy Students Summer Research
Michael Lam '11 will present Reduction of ISM Scattering Effects in Millisecond Pulsar Timing
Phillip Patrick '11 will present Analysis of Optical and Radio Outbursts of Blazar PKS 1749+096
Steven Mohammed '11 will present Searching for Planets and Disks around 32 Brown Dwarfs in Taurus
September 29: Physics Students Summer Research
Robert Bikwemu '10
will present Analyzing polypeptides translocating through alpha-hemolysin constructs
Matthew Novenstern '11
will present Characterizing the Knight Move Phase transition
Douglas Packard '10
will present F-Ring of Saturn
October 6: Jeff Bary, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Colgate University
will give an introduction to the formation of stars like the Sun.
Michael Petersen '10
will present From Clouds to Solar Systems:
Star Formation and The Curious Case of DQ Tau

and Margaret Swaney '11 will present
 X-Ray Microcalorimetry
Monday
October 12:
Dr. Jeffrey Newmark, Solar Discipline Scientist, NASA HQ, Heliophysics Division -
Rockets, Spacecraft, Sun and Fun! · 4:15 pm in 328 Ho Science Center
October 13: Sabina Hurley '98, Flight Operations, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Operating NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory
October 20: Fall Recess - No Seminar
October 27: Ken Segall, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Colgate University
along with David Eng ’10, Gordon Brummer ’10, and Ashish Shah ’10 -
Tales from the Cold Side: Measuring and Modeling Josephson junctions
November 3: David Latimer, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, University of Kentucky -
The lighter side of dark matter
November 10: Etienne Gagnon, Visiting Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy, Colgate University -
Study of Molecular Dynamics on Femtosecond Timescales
November 17: Kiko Galvez, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Colgate University
Uncovering the mysteries of quantum mechanics with correlated photons
Seminar will be in 217 Lathrop
November 24: No Seminar 
December 1: Gregory Sloan, Research Astronomer, Infrared Spectrograph Science Center, Cornell University -
Title to be announced
December 8:  

Spring 2010 Schedule

January 19: to be announced
January 26: to be announced
February 2: to be announced
February 9: to be announced
February 16:  
February 23: Andreas Nonnenmacher, Goodrich Corporation -
Title to be announced
March 2:  
March 9:  
March 16: Mid-Term Recess - No Seminar
March 23:  
March 30:  
April 6:  
April 13:  
April 20:  
April 27: