| Aug. 30: | Welcome Back and Student Summer Research Talks!
Come say hello and meet new friends and faculty!
Michael Fusco '13"CUREA 2011: Photometry of DOAR 21"
Pizza and soda will be provided! |
| Sept. 6: | 5th Annual Ho Summer Research Symposium - with other NASC departments!
Representing the Physics & Astronomy department will be Joshua Adams '12 and Amanda Zranchev '12
Come show your support! |
| Sept. 13: | Joint lecture with Geology
Christina (Tina) Viviano '06 , Ph.D. Candidate, Earth & Planetary Science, The University of Tennessee
“Extending the Mapping of Clay Minerals in the Ancient Martian Crust using Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy” |
| Sept. 20: | Physics & Astronomy Student Summer Research Talks
Katie Iadanza '13: "Analysis of the Optical Variability of the Quasar S5 0716+714"
Lauren Bearden '13:"Short Timescale Variations in the Spectrum of Beta Lyrae"
Michael Michonski '12: "Measuring Insulation with Thermocouple Wires" |
| Sept. 27: | Physics & Astronomy Student Summer Research Talks
Sean Guo '13: "Examining the Role of the Organic Materials in Barnacles using X-PEEM Microscopy"
Peter Williams '13: "Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes in the 100-500 Gigahertz Range"
Hunter Schubert '12: "Preparing and Projecting Quantum Spatial Modes"
Shreeya Khadka '14: "Polarization Patterns in High-Order Vector Beams" |
| Oct. 4: | Jonathan Leach, Research Associate, Dept of Physics, University of Ottawa "High-dimensional Quantum Entanglement and Holographic Ghost Imaging"
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| Oct. 11: | Fall Recess - No Seminar |
| Oct. 18: | Jarrett Moyer '06, Yale University, "A Promising New Complex Oxide for Spintronics: Fe-doped Cobalt Ferrite"
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| Oct. 25: | Joint lecture with Geology and Chemistry
Michael O'Brien, GE Global Research
“Aminosiloxane Solvents for CO2 Capture” |
| Nov. 1: | Melanie Lott, Bryn Mawr
“The Physics of Dance" |
| Nov. 8: | Physics & Astronomy Student Summer Research Talks
Jimmy Fung '12 and Flora Cheng'13: "Single-molecule Magnet Mn12-acetate Terahertz Spectroscopy"
Ryan Freeman '13: "Mechanical Properties of Barnacles"
Max Miller '12: "Fun with Josephson Junctions" |
| Nov. 15: | Brian Walsh '06, Boston University, "Planetary Magnetospheres"
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| Nov. 22: | No Seminar  |
| Nov. 29: | Liang Niestemski, Visiting Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy, Colgate University "Understanding High Temperature Superconductivity"
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| Dec. 6: | Louisa Gilder, Author, The Early History of Entanglement: EPR Before 1935 |
Jan 24:
| Kenneth Segall, Associate Professor, Physics & Astronomy, Colgate University "Can superconductors cure epilepsy? The nonlinear dynamics of Josephson Junctions" |
Feb 7:
| Patrick Crotty, Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy, Colgate University "Neural Synchrony in the Brain" |
Feb 14:
| Jonathan Levine, Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy, Colgate University "Terrestrial Ages of Meteorites"
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Feb 21:
| Dr. Rodolfo Montez, Jr., Post-doc, RIT "X-ray Emission from Dying Stars"
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Feb. 28:
| Lisa Marshall, Post-doc, Harvard "Spectroscopy on Single Quantum Dots"
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| Mar. 6: | Devin Edwards '07, Graduate Research Assistant, Physics Dept, Univ of CA Santa Barbara "New Methods in High Frequency Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) for Biological Systems" |
| Mar. 27: | Carlos Hernandez Garcia, Free Electron Laser, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility “Electron Sources for Accelerators” |
| Apr. 3 | Giovanni Milione, Institute for Ultra fast Spectroscopy and Lasers, Physics Dept, City College of NY of the City University of NY “Vector Light Beams and the Total Angular Momentum of Light" |
| Apr. 10 | David Whelan, Dept of Astronomy, University of Virginia “The Formation and Early Evolution of Super Star Clusters: The Biggest Star Formation Events in the Universe” |
May 1
| Anthony Annunziata, Ph.D. (CU'05), IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, "Magnetic Memory in Integrated Circuits: From Basic Physics to Products"
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