Seminars begin at 11:30 a.m. in the Meyerhoff Auditorium (101 Ho Science Center). More details will be added to this schedule as they become available throughout the semester.
August 28 - Welcome back and Summer Research Student Talks: Daniel Schussheim '14
"Modeling the behavior of two-level atoms excited by phase diffusive lasers with MATlab" and Robera Gelata '14
"THz Spectroscopy of Carbon Nano-tubes"
September 4 - Summer Student Research Presentations
- Physics and Astronomy - Betty Anderson "The Optimization of Synchronization of Entorhinal Cortex Stellate Cells in Small-World Networks"
- Visualization Lab - Ian Dwyer "Biology in the Ho Tung Visualization Laboratory"
- Biology - Parker Lewis "The Effects pf Wnt/β-catenin and FGF Signaling Pathways on the Zebrafish Lateral Line"
- Geology - Jaclyn Baughman "Uranium Contamination and Groundwater Migration"
- Geography - Sara Cavallo "Reading the Tea Leaves: Mapping Land Cover in Southern Uganda"
- Chemistry - Silvia Bobeica "The Synthesis of C-linked Galactosyl - α - Serine Tn antigen Mimics"
- Math - Jack Holland and Adriana Sperlea "Modeling and Computational Analysis of Zebrafish Segmentation"
- Computer Science - Rohan Mehta "The Effect of Multipath IP routing on TCP Performance"
- Psychology/Neuroscience - April Bailey "The Effects of Hand Gestures on Learning Novel Phonemes"
September 11 - Summer Research Student Talks:
- Lauren Bearden '14 "Trends in the Short-term SSI Variability over 100 Carrington Rotations from the UV through the Near IR"
- Michael Fusco '13 "Hubble STIS Data: A Spectroscopic Census of Hd-32297"
- Katie Iadanza '13 "Photometric Analysis of the Transiting Exoplanet TrES-1"
- Alyssa Sokol '14 "Sidereal Period Determination of Koronis Family Asteroid (1635) Bohrman"
September 18 - Summer Research Student Talks
- Mary Rose Devine '13 "Computational modeling of stochastic noise in ion channel currents of stellate cells"
- Maggie Dievendorf '13 "Optimizing nickel extraction for meteorite analyses"
- Jennifer Calzarette '14 "Evolution and Algae: A Comparison of Barnacle Exoskeletons"
- Tanya Zakowich '14 "The Effect of Algae Growth and Scarring on Shell Strength of Lake Tanganyika Snails"
September 25 - Summer Research Student Talks
- Ryan Freeman '13, Matt Brunetti '13, Peter Williams '13, and Sean Guo '13 "Nonlinear and Neural Dynamics of Josephson Junctions"
October 2 - Mike Hildreth, Professor of Physics, Notre Dame
"The Discovery of the Higgs Boson at CERN"
October 9 - Fall recess (no seminar scheduled)
October 16 - Summer Research Student Talks - Visualization Lab Research: Sarah Byer'15 (
Hercules and the Summer Skies); Ben Diamond'13 (
Original Music); Ian Dwyer'14 (
Intercellular Flight); Alan Dowling'15 (
Murder on the Ides); Kevin Tuttle and Alex Burnett'15, RIT (
Making of a Star and Her Entourage)
October 23 - John Tarduno, Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth &
Environmental Sciences and Physics & Astronomy, University of Rochester
“Magnetic field strength, water and life on the early Earth” (joint seminar with Geology)
October 30 - Don Campbell, Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University
"Illuminating the Solar System: Searching for Ice on the Moon and Imaging Asteroids with Radar" cancelled due to inclement weather
November 6 - Summer Research Student Talks: Dani Solomon'13
Measurement of Stink Bug BVOCs and Their Role in SOA Formation; Kevin McCullough'14
Using Spatial Light Modulators to Encode Spatial Modes onto Single Photons; Michael Senatore'14
Single Photon Quantum Optics; Flora Cheng'14
My Summer in Ottawa: 3 Months, 4 Projects
November 13 - Britton Plourde, Associate Professor of Physics, Syracuse University
Using Superconductors to Process Quantum Information
November 20 - Thanksgiving Week (no seminar scheduled)
November 27 - Paul Alsing, US Air Force Research Lab,
Quantum Computing at AFRL/RI
December 4 - Steven Gimbel, Gettysburg College,
"Einstein's Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of Politics and Religion" (joint seminar with Jewish Studies)