Department of Physics Colloquia - Spring 2012 Schedule

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 reading room.

To arrange a meeting with a colloquium speaker during their visit, please contact the corresponding host.

Physics Colloquium: Monday, January 9

Keith Heyward
Physics Department, NC State University
New Lecture Demonstrations from the Demo Room

Physics Colloquium: Monday, January 16

NO COLLOQUIUM - Martin Luther King Holiday

Physics Colloquium: Monday, January 23

Ekaterina Korobkina
Host:  Bob Golub
Nuclear Engineering, NC State University
UCN source at PULSTAR reactor

Physics Colloquium: Monday, January 30

Thomas Phillips
Host:  Dean Lee
Physics Department, Duke University
Antimatter Gravity

Physics Colloquium: Monday, February 6

Doerte Blume
Host:  Dean Lee
Physics Department, Washington State University
Universal few-body physics

Physics Colloquium: Monday, February 13

Fabian Heitsch
Host:  John Blondin
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Fate of High Velocity Clouds: Cosmic Rain?

Physics Colloquium: Monday, February 20

Thom LaBean
Host:  Dean Lee
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NC State University
Self-Assembling Materials Made from Engineered Biomolecules

Physics Colloquium: Monday, February 27

Roxanne Springer
Host:  NCSU Faculty Sponsor
Physics Department, Duke University
Low Energy Parity Violation in Few Nucleon Systems

Physics Colloquium: Monday, March 5

NO COLLOQUIUM - Spring Break

Physics Colloquium: Monday, 12

Harold Kim
Host:  Keith Weninger
School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
The two unknowns of nucleosomes: how they are formed and how they are removed.

Physics Colloquium: Monday, March 19

Eric Hudson
Host:  Jason Bochinski
Physics Department, UCLA
Molecular ions: a new addition to the quantum toolbox

Physics Colloquium: Monday, March 26

Michael Escuti
Host:  Dean Lee
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State University
Polarization gratings and beyond: how liquid crystals + holography = 'perfect' wavefront manipulation

Physics Colloquium: Monday, April 2

Lewis Johnson
Host:  Michael Paesler
Physics Department, Florida A&M University
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Physics Colloquium: Monday, April 9

Burley Packwood
Host:  Michael Paesler
Astroimaging: What Technologies Enable Both Professionals and Amateurs to Obtain Such Spectacular Astronomical Images?

Physics Colloquium: Monday, April 16

Peter Engels
Host:  Dean Lee
Physics Department, Washington State University
Novel dynamics in superfluid-superfluid counterflow

Physics Colloquium: Monday, April 23

Frank Spano
Host:  Kenan Gundogdu
Chemistry Department, Temple University
J- and H-aggregate Behavior in Conjugated Polymers

SPECIAL PHYSICS TALK: Derieux Science Lecture: Monday, April 23 - 10am

Thomas Russell
Polymer Science and Engineering, UMass Amherst
Capillary Wrinkling: Formation, Boundary Conditions and Topography

Physics Colloquium: Monday, April 30

McCormick Awards Presentation



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