Physics Events

2005-2006 Joint Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series

23 Sept.

Prof. Susan Courtney '88 - Johns Hopkins University
Title: Biased Competition in Working Memory and Cognitive Control: Evidence from Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging" "

30 Sept.

Dr. Fenner Milton '62 - Director/Army Night Vision Laboratory
Title: "Twenty Lessons Learned from an "alternate" Career in Physics and an Introduction to Cutting Edge Night Vision Technology"

6 Oct.

Johnny Huckans - N.I.S.T. - Gaithersburg, MD
Title: "Optical Lattices: A Playground for Ultra-cold Atoms"
Time: 4:00 pm

13 Oct.

RE-SCHEDULED - Dr. Michael Johanning - N.I.S.T. - Gaithersburg, MD
Title: "Atom Molecule Superposition and the all Optical Sodium BEC"

28 Oct.

Carlos Vicente - University of Virginia
Title: "The Two Dimensional Electron Gas in Tilted Magnetic Fields: Localization and Delocalization in the Second Landau Level"

4 Nov.

Peter Nicholas '98 - Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Leo Tsai '98 - Harvard-Smithsonian
Title: "Some Current Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging"

8 Nov.

Dr. Benjamin Lev - California Institute of Technology
Title: Magnetic Microtraps for Cavity QED, BECs, and Atom Optics" - Time: 4:00 pm

18 Nov.

David Santiago - Stanford University
Title: "On the Existence of Roton Excitations in Bose Einstein Condensates: Signature of Proximity to a Mott Insulating Phase" [abstract]

2 Dec.

Lily Childress - Harvard University
Title: "Quantum Repeaters and the Nitrogen-vacancy Center in Diamond"

6 January

Thesis Students - Progress Reports
2:00pm/Syed Akhtar, 2:15pm/Ersen Bilgin, 2:30pm/Utsav KC, 2:45pm/Robert Cooper, 3:00pm/Creston Herold - 3:15pm/Break, 3:30pm/Paul Lindemann, 3:45pm/Joseph Shoer, 4:00pm/David Butts III, 4:15pm/Joseph Gangestad, 4:30pm/Owen Westbrook
Thompson Physical Laboratory, Room 205

3 February

Prof. Mihai Stoiciu - Williams College Mathematics Dept.
Title: "Spectral Theory of Random Schrodinger Operators" [abstract]

24 February

Daniel Aalberts - Williams College
Title: "Asymmetry and Abundance of RNA Pseudoknots"
Biology Colloquium - 2:30pm- TBL112

1 March

James Voelkel
Title: "Myths about Tycho and Kepler's Work"
Time: 12:00 noon

3 March

Prof. M. Cristina Marchetti - Syracuse University
Title: "Hydrodynamics and soft physics: from complex fluids to living cells" [abstract]

10 March

Prof. Seth Major - Hamilton College
Title: "Quantum Gravity: Is it Physics? [abstract]

7 April

Michael Rust - Harvard University
Title: "Watching Viruses Infect Cells in Real-Time"

14 April

Prof. David Cohen - Swarthmore College
Title: "X-ray Emission from Massive Stars" [abstract]

20 & 21 April

Sigma Xi Lectures - 4:15pm - Jay Pasachoff, Astronomy Dept.

28 April

Colin Mccormick - NIST - Gaithersburg, MD
Title: "Bullseye: Nonlinear Diffraction and Beam Reshaping in Hot Atomic Rubidium Vapor"

5 May

Prof. Nima Arkani-Hamed - Harvard University
Title: "Fundamental Physics in 2010"

15 May

Physics Dept. & Astronomy Dept. Thesis Students' Results
1:00pm - Kashif Akhtar; 1:25pm - Joseph Schoer; 1:50pm - Joseph Gangestad; 2:15pm - Owen Westbrook; 2:40pm - David Butts; 3:15pm- BREAK; 3:20-pm - Paul Lindemann; 3:45pm - Ersen Bilgin; 4:10pm - Rob Cooper; 4:35pm - Utsav KC

23 Sept.	Prof. Susan Courtney '88 - Johns Hopkins University Title: Biased Competition in Working Memory and Cognitive Control: Evidence from Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging" "
30 Sept.	Dr. Fenner Milton '62 - Director/Army Night Vision Laboratory Title: "Twenty Lessons Learned from an "alternate" Career in Physics and an Introduction to Cutting Edge Night Vision Technology"
6 Oct.	Johnny Huckans - N.I.S.T. - Gaithersburg, MD Title: "Optical Lattices: A Playground for Ultra-cold Atoms" Time: 4:00 pm
13 Oct.	RE-SCHEDULED - Dr. Michael Johanning - N.I.S.T. - Gaithersburg, MD Title: "Atom Molecule Superposition and the all Optical Sodium BEC"
28 Oct.	Carlos Vicente - University of Virginia Title: "The Two Dimensional Electron Gas in Tilted Magnetic Fields: Localization and Delocalization in the Second Landau Level"
4 Nov.	Peter Nicholas '98 - Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Leo Tsai '98 - Harvard-Smithsonian Title: "Some Current Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging"
8 Nov.	Dr. Benjamin Lev - California Institute of Technology Title: Magnetic Microtraps for Cavity QED, BECs, and Atom Optics" - Time: 4:00 pm
18 Nov.	David Santiago - Stanford University Title: "On the Existence of Roton Excitations in Bose Einstein Condensates: Signature of Proximity to a Mott Insulating Phase" [abstract]
2 Dec.	Lily Childress - Harvard University Title: "Quantum Repeaters and the Nitrogen-vacancy Center in Diamond"
6 January	Thesis Students - Progress Reports 2:00pm/Syed Akhtar, 2:15pm/Ersen Bilgin, 2:30pm/Utsav KC, 2:45pm/Robert Cooper, 3:00pm/Creston Herold - 3:15pm/Break, 3:30pm/Paul Lindemann, 3:45pm/Joseph Shoer, 4:00pm/David Butts III, 4:15pm/Joseph Gangestad, 4:30pm/Owen Westbrook Thompson Physical Laboratory, Room 205
3 February	Prof. Mihai Stoiciu - Williams College Mathematics Dept. Title: "Spectral Theory of Random Schrodinger Operators" [abstract]
24 February	Daniel Aalberts - Williams College Title: "Asymmetry and Abundance of RNA Pseudoknots" Biology Colloquium - 2:30pm- TBL112
1 March	James Voelkel Title: "Myths about Tycho and Kepler's Work" Time: 12:00 noon
3 March	Prof. M. Cristina Marchetti - Syracuse University Title: "Hydrodynamics and soft physics: from complex fluids to living cells" [abstract]
10 March	Prof. Seth Major - Hamilton College Title: "Quantum Gravity: Is it Physics? [abstract]
7 April	Michael Rust - Harvard University Title: "Watching Viruses Infect Cells in Real-Time"
14 April	Prof. David Cohen - Swarthmore College Title: "X-ray Emission from Massive Stars" [abstract]
20 & 21 April	Sigma Xi Lectures - 4:15pm - Jay Pasachoff, Astronomy Dept.
28 April	Colin Mccormick - NIST - Gaithersburg, MD Title: "Bullseye: Nonlinear Diffraction and Beam Reshaping in Hot Atomic Rubidium Vapor"
5 May	Prof. Nima Arkani-Hamed - Harvard University Title: "Fundamental Physics in 2010"
15 May	Physics Dept. & Astronomy Dept. Thesis Students' Results 1:00pm - Kashif Akhtar; 1:25pm - Joseph Schoer; 1:50pm - Joseph Gangestad; 2:15pm - Owen Westbrook; 2:40pm - David Butts; 3:15pm- BREAK; 3:20-pm - Paul Lindemann; 3:45pm - Ersen Bilgin; 4:10pm - Rob Cooper; 4:35pm - Utsav KC