22
Sept. Prof.
Kevin Jones - Physics Dept. Chair, Williams College 29
Sept. Prof.
Christopher Monroe - University of Michigan 13
Oct. Dr.
Douglas Martin - Brandeis University 20
Oct. Brian
Gerke '99- University of California, Berkeley 27
Oct. Dr.
Elizabeth Juarros - University of Connecticut 3
Nov. Dr.
Ana Jofre - National Institute of Standards and
Technology 10
Nov. Prof.
Andrew Skinner '92 - Skidmore College 14
Nov. Brant
Nelson '87 - Formerly, Spitzer Space Center, Caltech 17
Nov. Prof.
Prof. Ioana Niculescu - James Madison University 1
Dec. Dr.
Noel Goddard - Harvard University 25
January Thesis
Students Progress Reports - 2:00pm-Brian Munroe, 2:20pm -
Toby Schneider, 2:40pm - Megan Bruck, 3:00pm - Arjun Sharma,
3:20pm - Break, 3:40pm - Owen Simpson, 4:00pm - Jared
Strait, 4:20pm - Daniel Sussman, 4:40pm - Alexei Zaliznyak
2
Feb. David
Park, Webster Atwell-Class of 1921 Professor of Physics,
Emeritus - Williams College 2
Mar. Prof.
Dayle Smith - Whitman College 9
Mar. Prof.
David Weiss - Pennsylvania State University 15
Mar. (Thursday) Prof.
Ward Lopes - Mt. Holyoke College 6
April Prof.
Peter Collings - Swarthmore College 13
April Ginel
Hill '00 - Stanford University 20
April Heidi
Hammel - Planetary Sciences Institute 27
April Judy
Karpen - Naval Research Lab 3
May Eugene
Matranga - former NASA Engineer 14
May Final
Thesis talks
Title: "Photoassociation: when atoms go bump in the light"
Title: "Quantum Computing and Individual Atoms"
Title: "Structure and function of kinesin: a fluorescent
look at a molecular motor" [ abstract]
Title: "Nearly Normal Galaxies in a Preposterous Universe"
[abstract]
Title: "Polar Molecules in the Ultracold Realm"
[abstract]
Title: "HYDROSOMES: Optically trapped femtoliter containers
for single molecule studies" [abstract]
Title: "A Chain-Boson Model for the Decoherence of Coupled
SQUIDS"
Title: "Thermal Dust Reverberation in Active Galactic
Nuclei: What is Markarian 335 Doing This Week?"
Title: "Large Bjorken x: Convergence Point for High and
Medium Energy Physics" [abstract]
Title: "Why This Genetic Code?"
Title: "Complex-valued Probability?"
Title: "Modeling electron transfer properties of
metalloproteins"
Title: "How to and why make a one-dimensional gas"
[abstract]
Title: "The development of order in ultra-thin PS-PMMA
diblock copolymer films" [abstract]
Title: "Chromonic Liquid Crystals: A New form of Soft
Matter" [abstract]
Title: "Investigating gecko adhesion with a MEMS 2-axis
force sensor"
Title: "Uranus and Neptune: Hot Studies of Ice Giants"
Title: "The Sun through new glasses: what's hot in solar
physics" [abstract]
Title: "X-15 and Apollo: the role of engineering in space
exploration" - Time: 4:00 pm