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29
Mar 2019
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
MP110
Ruxandra Serbanescu
Students' Attitudes towards Experimental Physics: Survey Results (PHY224H1F 2018)
23
Nov 2018
1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
MP 110
Natalia Krasnopolskaia and Brian Wilson
Electronic Papers and Online Grading
Physics Education Group meeting
19
Oct 2018
1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
MP110
David Harrison
Personality types and student performance in an introductory physics course
For the past two years we have been collecting data on the personality type of students in our large introductory physics course for life science students (PHY131).
30
Sep 2018
2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Isabel Bader Theatre **NEW LOCATION 93 Charles Street West Toronto, ON, M5S 2C7 Canada
Janet Rossant, Mark Lautens, Robin Marjoribanks, Bryan Koivisto (moderator)
Back to the Future: Yesterday’s Research brings Tomorrow’s Innovations
From stem cell therapy to self-driving cars, all modern technology and medical therapies have their roots in research from the past.
05
Sep 2018
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
TBA
PhySU Ice Cream Sale
25
May 2018
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
MP 110
Bei Cai
Applying backward design strategy to redesign physics undergraduate lab courses at Queen's
01
May 2018
4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MP102
Dr. Essam Heggy
Exploring Volatiles on Planetary Surfaces Using Radar Observations
Water on Mars, on Jupiter Icy Moons, on Asteroids and perhaps even more water on more bodies of our solar system — Are water and life unique to Earth?
17
Aug 2017
4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MP 102
Ramon Ramos
How long does a particle take to tunnel?
03
Aug 2017
4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MP 102
Nelson Liu
Chemistry in Action: Making Molecular Movies with Ultrafast Electron Diffraction
13
Jul 2017
4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MP 102
Dan Weaver
Science advocacy in Canada: What is the role of evidence and scientists in a democracy?
29
Jun 2017
4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MP 102
Christopher Luciuk
Making "Contact" with Ultracold Atom Experiments
22
Jun 2017
4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MP 102
Madeleine Bonsma
The CRISPR-Cas System: A Window into the Microbial World
15
Jun 2017
4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MP 102
Aharon Brodutch
Ignorance is strength: Quantum measurements in a non-local world
08
Jun 2017
4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MP 102
Ciarán Hickey
Topology, Physics and Entanglement
10
Apr 2017
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MP 606
Kraig Winters
Steady stratified flow over ridges: the hydraulic regime
20
Mar 2017
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MP 606
Christiane Jablonowski
Bridging Scales in Weather and Climate Models with Adaptive Mesh Refinement Techniques
16
Feb 2017
4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m.
60 St. George Street MP 102
Bangalore Sathyaprakash
Listening to black hole swan song: A new window for observational astronomy
19
Jan 2017
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Sandford Fleming Building, 10 King's College Road, SF1105
Michael Roukes
Nanotechnology for Massively-Parallel, Multi-Physical Interrogation of Brain Activity
Although our understanding of the properties of individual neurons and their role in brain computations has advanced significantly over the past several decades, we are still far from elucidating how complex assemblies of neurons – that is, brain circuits – interact to process information.
21
Nov 2016
1:10 p.m. - 2 p.m.
MP 606
Miriam Diamond
Dark Photon Searches in ATLAS
18
Aug 2016
4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MP 134
Robert Schaffer
Spin liquids: exotic quantum magnets
07
Jul 2016
4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MP 134
Rina Piccolo
Quirky Quarks: A Cartoon Guide to the Fascinating Realm of Physics
23
Jun 2016
4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MP 202
Oliver Watt-Meyer
Everything you wanted to know about the polar vortex but were too afraid to ask
16
Jun 2016
4:10 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MP 202
Matthew Badali
Ecological niche overlap and how it affects the coexistence of competing species
20
Apr 2016
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
McMaster University, JHE A114/Live Stream
Dr. Terry Hendricks
Thermal Electric Generator Energy Harvesting Research at NASA-JPL – Where We Are Now & Where Can We Go
Webcast link: http://VidyoReplay.McMaster.ca/replay/webcastShow.html?key=lfAXYUx0vPS7TmH
01
Feb 2016
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MP 606
Henry L. Buijs
Fourier Transform Spectroscopy for atmospheric research and operational use; a historical perspective

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