2004-2005 Joint Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series 

17 Sept.

Prof. Jonathan Friedman - Amherst College
Title: "Single-Molecule Nanomagnets: Tunneling, Interference and Quantum Computing" [
abstract]

24 Sept.

Prof. Gordon Jones '89 - Hamilton College
Title: "3He-based Neutron Polarizers" [
abstract]

22 Oct.

Dr. Matthew DeCamp '96 - M.I.T.
Title: "Time Resolved X-ray Diffraction"

29 Oct.

Prof. Jason Zimba '91 - Bennington College
Title: "Go Pistons!" [
abstract]

12 Nov.

Dr. Arthur Cole '94 - Michigan State Univ./National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab
Title: "The Search for Supernova Signatures in an Ice Core"

3 Dec.

Dr. Brian Wecht '97 - M.I.T.
Title: "Exact Results from Supersymmetric Field Theories"

10 Jan.

Thesis students progress reports

27 Jan.

Joseph Shoer '06, Joseph Gangestad '06 and David Butts '06
Title: "Exploring Practical Aerodynamics" - Time: 1pm

25 Feb.

Einstein Centennial Colloquium - David Park - Webster Atwell-class of 1921 Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Title: "Photons and the Birth of the Quantum Theory"

4 March

Einstein Centennial Colloquium - David Park - Webster Atwell- class of 1921 Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Title: "Are Atoms Real? A Serious Answer to a Serious Question"

9 March

Einstein Centennial Colloquium - David Park - Webster Atwell-class of 1921 Professor of Physics, Emeritus
PUBLIC LECTURE - Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall - 8:00pm
Title: "1905: Albert Einstein's Annus Mirabilis"

11 March

Einstein Centennial Colloquium - David Park - Webster Atwell-class of 1921 Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Title: "The Invention of Relativity Theory"

9 April

Brian Cathcart - Author of "The Fly in the Cathedral"
Title: "Gentlemen at Work: How the Atom was Split"?

15 April

Prof. Elena Caceres - Brown University
Title: "String Theory and Quantum Chromodynamics" [
abstract]

22 April

Joint Physics, Astronomy & Mathematics colloquium
Prof. Kristopher Tapp - Assistant Prof. of Mathematics - Williams College
Title: "Yang-Mills Connections" [
abstract]

6 May

Prof. L. Mahadevan - Harvard University - Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Title: "Water Movements in Soft Materials: from Passive Gels to Active Plants" [
abstract]

10 May

Prof. Jay Pasachoff - Williams College - Astronomy Dept.
Title: "American Planetariums and Our New Zeiss Projector"
Time: 3:00 pm in TPL203

13 May

Prof. William Loinaz - Amherst College
Title: "Peering Beyond the Standard Model" [
abstract]

16 May
(Monday)

Thesis Student Final Talks - 1:30pm/John BackusMayes, 1:55pm/Sean O'Brien, 2:20pm/Colin Bruzewicz - 2:45pm - Break, 3:00pm/Joseph Kerckhoff, 3:25pm/Joshua Cooperman

17 May
(Tuesday)

Thesis Student Final Talks - 2:00pm/Aubryn Murray, 2:25pm/Justin Brown, 2:50pm/Jennifer Simmons, 3:15pm - Break, 3:30pm/Ryan Carollo, 3:55pm/Kamen Kozarev