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Physics Colloquia are held Wednesday beginning at 4:15pm in RLM 4.102 (The John A. Wheeler Lecture Hall) unless otherwise noted

Weekly Events | Special Events
Colloquia, Spring 2006 Semester
17 January 2006
3:30 p.m.
RLM 5.104
 SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM: "Correlated physics at the nanoscale: Building models for the quantum frontier"
Dr. Gregory Fiete
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC, Santa Barbara		 Host:
--
18 January 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102
 "The development of a 160 kBit molecular memory at 1011 Bits/cm2 as a catalyst for interdisciplinary research"
Dr. Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA		 Host:
Prof. Shih
25 January 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102
 "Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Quantum Magnet"
Dr. Vivian Zapf
Los Alamos National Laboratory		 Host:
--
1 February 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102
 "Playing with virtual photons: measurement and design of long-range QED forces and torques and their application in nanomechanics"
Prof. Federico Capasso
Harvard University		 Host:
Prof. Raizen
8 February 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102
 "Atomic Matter-Wave Diffraction by Transmission Gratings: Optics versus Quantum Mechanics"
Dr. Gerhard Hegerfeldt
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Gottingen, Germany		 Host:
Prof. Sudarshan
9 February 2006
3:30 p.m.
RLM 5.104
 "Electrical generation and absorption of phonons in carbon nanotubes"
Dr. Brian LeRoy
Delft University of Technology, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience (The Netherlands)		 Host:
--
15 February 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102
 "The Case for A Human Effect on Global Climate"
Dr. Ben Santer
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory		 Host:
Prof. Swinney
22 February 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102
 "Rods and gels in soft physics"
Prof. Tom Lubensky
University of Pennsylvania		 Host:
Profs. Swinney/Florin
27 February 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "Twists and turns in orbital angular momentum and cell mechanics"
Dr. Jennifer E. Curtis
University of Heidelberg		 Host:
Prof. Swinney
1 March 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 Distinguished Women in Science Lecture Series: "Designer Oxides that Work"
Prof. Karin Rabe
Rutgers University		 Host:
Prof. Markert
7 March 2006
3:30 p.m.
RLM 5.104		 SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM: "Exciton Correlations in Semiconductors Probed by Ultrafast Spectroscopy"
Prof. Xiaoqin (Elaine) Li
University of Colorado - Boulder
 Host:
Prof. MacDonald
15 March 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 SPRING BREAK
a speaker is not scheduled for this date		 Host:
none
22 March 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "The unraveling of powerful cosmic explosions"
Prof. Pawan Kumar
Dept of Astronomy, UT-Austin		 Host:
Prof. Markert
29 March 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 no colloquium held
a speaker was not scheduled for this date		 Host:
--
5 April 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "The physics of semiconductor nanowires: theoretical studies of their electronic, vibrational, and optical properties"
Prof. Mei-Yin Chou
Georgia Institute of Technology		 Host:
Prof. Markert
12 April 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "The UT Institute for Geophysics: Projects, Problems, and Opportunities"
Dr. Cliff Frohlich
Institute for Geophysics		 Host:
Prof. Gleeson
19 April 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "Intense Laser-Plasma Interactions: Taking the Reins"
Prof. Mike Downer
UT Austin
 Host:
Prof. Markert
26 April 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "First neutrino oscillations results from MINOS"
Prof. Karol Lang
UT Austin
 Host:
--
3 May 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 Distinguished Women in Science Lecture Series: "Seeking the small, silent type"
Prof. Janet Conradr
Columbia University		 Host:
Prof. Markert
Colloquia, Fall 2006 Semester
30 August 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 no talk given
a speaker was not scheduled for this date		 Host: none
6 September 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "Electron transport in molecular-scale transistors"
Prof. Zhen Yao
UT Austin		 Host:
Prof. Markert
13 September 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 MEL Oakes Undergraduate Lecture Series: "Relativity and Geometry"
N. David Mermin		 Host:
Prof. Gleeson
20 September 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "Methane Hydrate and Global Warming"
Dr. Robert L. Kleinberg
Schlumberger-Doll Research		 Host:
Prof. Markert
27 September 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "Quantum physics and number theory"
Prof. Wolfgang Schleich
University of Ulm		 Host:
Prof. Fink
4 October 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "Hurricanes"
Prof. Kerry Emanuel
MIT		 Host:
Prof. Swinney
11 October 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "Ions in Biological Channels: Natural Nanomachines"
Prof. Robert S. Eisenberg
Dept of Molecular Biophysics & Physiology, Rush Medical Center (Chicago)		 Host:
Prof. Swinney
18 October 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "Quantum vortices in a rotating crystal of atoms and light"
Prof. Murray Holland
JILA/Dept of Physics, Uni. of Colorado		 Host:
Prof. Heinzen
25 October 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "A Lesson From Albert Einstein"
Dr. John Rigden
The American Institute of Physics		 Host:
Prof. Raizen
1 November 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "Soft Materials and Collective Phenomena in Cellular Systems"
Prof. Erwin Frey
LMU Munich/Germany		 Host:
Prof. Florin
8 November 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "Experiments with superconducting pi-rings"
Dr. John Kirtley
IBM		 Host:
Prof. Shih
15 November 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "Coherent Optical Control of Quantum Dots: Progress Towards Quantum Computing"
Prof. Duncan Steel
University of Michigan		 Host:
Prof. Shih
22 November 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 -
a speaker was not scheduled for this date		 Host:
29 November 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "Quantum Nature of the Big Bang"
Prof. Abhay Ashketar
Penn State University		 Host:
Prof. Markert/GWC
6 December 2006
4:15 p.m.
RLM 4.102		 "Theoretical Challenges in Searches for the Higgs Boson"
Doreen Wackeroth
UT-Austin and SUNY Buffalo		 Host:
Prof. Dicus
   
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