Physics Colloquium Past Events /
09
Oct
2014
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Ian Eisenman
Changes in the sea ice cover in both polar regions: observations, simulations, and theories
02
Oct
2014
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Qimiao Si
Quantum Criticality – How It Works, and How It Elucidates Electronic Matter
25
Sep
2014
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Christian Haas
Arctic Sea Ice – where are we headed?
18
Sep
2014
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
Bahen Centre (BA) 1190
Noah Finkelstein
Educational Transformation at a Critical Time: why us and why now -- the promises of disciplinary engagement
11
Sep
2014
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Benjamin Lev
The SQCRAMscope
03
Apr
2014
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Dan Falk
The Science of Shakespeare
27
Mar
2014
4 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Scott Franklin
Tangled Granular Matter
06
Mar
2014
4 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Giorgio Gratta
Neutrinos from Hell: the Dawn of Neutrino Geophysics
27
Feb
2014
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Norbert F. Scherer
Insights into stochastic growth and division of single bacterial cells, or A Bug's Life
13
Feb
2014
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Stefan Myrskog
Concentrating the Sun: Concentrated Photovoltaics and design challenges at 1000 Suns
06
Feb
2014
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Stephen Morris
Consider the Icicle
30
Jan
2014
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Jan Kycia
Studying Monopoles in Spin Ice at Ultra Low Temperatures
23
Jan
2014
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Peter Olson
The Geodynamo from a Whole-Earth perspective
16
Jan
2014
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Jason Petta
Spooky Action at a Distance: Generating Entanglement in Quantum Dot Circuits
05
Dec
2013
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Jens Dilling
Understanding the universe, one rare isotope at a time.
28
Nov
2013
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Ted Hsu
Let’s strengthen the voice of scientists in parliament!
21
Nov
2013
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Andreas Hemmerich
When bosons condense in excited states
14
Nov
2013
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Naomi Leonard
Towards Flawless Flocking: Models and Mechanisms from Animal Groups
07
Nov
2013
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Alan Madej
Moving Beyond the Current Limits of Time: Single Ion Optical Atomic Clocks and the Quest for the Ultimate Isolated Quantum System
31
Oct
2013
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Francis Halzen
Evidence for High-Energy Extraterrestrial Neutrinos at the IceCube Detector
24
Oct
2013
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Peter Brown
The Chelyabinsk Airburst and its Implications for the Impact Hazard at the Earth
03
Oct
2013
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Andy Mackenzie
Complex oxides: a new playground for physics and technology
26
Sep
2013
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Chandra Varma
Higgs Bosons in Condensed Matter Physics
19
Sep
2013
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Mihaly Horanyi
The Lunar Surface: A Dusty Plasma Laboratory
12
Sep
2013
4:10 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
McLennan Physics (MP) 102
Jim Sethna
Sloppy models, Differential geometry, and How Science Works