Unless noted otherwise, Physics Colloquia are held at 4:00 pm
in Riddick 301.
Refreshments are served from 3:30 to 4:00 in Riddick Hall's Hearth.
To arrange a meeting with a colloquium speaker during their visit, please contact the corresponding host.
Physics Colloquium: Monday, August 31
No ColloquiumNo Colloquium: Monday, September 7
Labor Day HolidayPhysics Colloquium: Monday, September 14
Eric BucklandHost: Michael Paesler
Bioptigen
Enabling Advances in Ophthalmic HealthCare through Optical Coherence Tomography:Taking Technology from Bench to Bedside
Physics Colloquium: Monday, September 21
Stefano CurtaroloHost: Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University
Phase stability in nano-catalysts: what it is going on in those systems?
Physics Colloquium: Monday, September 28
Mary SchweitzerHost: Michael Paesler
Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences (MEAS), North Carolina State University
Dinosaurs under the microscope: A new look at old bones
Physics Colloquium: Monday, October 5
Alexander SaundersHost: Albert Young
Los Alamos National Lab, Physics Division
Proton Radiography at Los Alamos: Looking inside Explosions
Physics Colloquium: Monday, October 12
Petro MaksymovychHost: Daniel Dougherty
Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
Local Polarization-dependent Electron Transport Through Ferroelectric and Multiferroic Surfaces
Physics Colloquium: Monday, October 19
Fabian HeitschHost: John Blondin
Department of Physics & Astronomy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Setting the Star Formation Rate & Efficiency: Towards Physically Satisfactory Answers
Physics Colloquium: Monday, October 26
Patrick MoyerHost: Michael Paesler
Department of Physics and Optical Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Single Molecule Biophysics in Live Cells
Physics Colloquium: Monday, November 2
Jacqueline KrimVisiting Professor of Physics, Duke University, on sabbatical leave from NCSU Physics
Friction, force chains, and falling fruit
Physics Colloquium: Monday, November 9
Vincent MeunierHost: Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Computational modeling of carbon nanostructurse for energy storage and nanoelectronics applications
Sayers Lecture: Monday, November 16
Stephen HudgensSanta Clara University
Phase-change Memory: Progress in Development of a New Computer Data Storage Technology[PDF]
Physics Colloquium: Monday, November 23
Weitao YangHost: Jerzy Bernholc
Department of Chemistry, Duke University
Insight and Progress in Density Functional Theory
Physics Colloquium: Monday, November 30
Richard E. Toohey, Ph.D., CHPHost: Michael Paesler
Acting Vice-President for University Partnerships, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
The Unfortunate Mr. Litvenenko: Radiobiology and Toxicology of Po-210