Physics Events

2008-2009 Joint Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series

19 Sept.

Physics and Astronomy faculty - Williams College
Title: "All about graduate school"

26 Sept.

Prof. Scott Hill '97- University of Dallas
Title: "An Introduction to Small-world Networks"

3 Oct.

Prof. Elizabeth Rhoades - Yale University
Title: "Adventures on the energy landscape: watching single proteins fold"

17 Oct.

Prof. Marek Demianski - Warsaw University and Visiting Professor of Astronomy at Williams College
Title: "Planck Mission: A new window at the very early universe"

24 Oct.

Prof. Anthony Dinsmore - University of Massachusetts
Title: "How Crystals Form: Colloids as a Tool to Study Phase Transitions" [abstract]

31 Oct.

Prof. Christina (Reynolds) Dunn '97 - Bennington College
Title: "Creating the Giant: Fabricating the Mirrors of the European Extremely Large Telescope" [abstract]

7 Nov.

Dr. Andrew Speck '00 - Harvard University
Title: "Manipulating Atoms and Other Physical Systems with Half-Cycle Electromagnetic Pulses"

14 Nov.

Prof. Alán Aspuru-Guzik - Harvard University
Title: "Quantum computation for quantum chemistry"

21 Nov.

Prof. Emily Maher - Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Title: "Final Tau-Neutrino Results from the DONuT Experiment"

5 Dec.

Prof. David Griffiths - Reed College
Title: "Hidden Momentum"

9 Jan.

Hornor Thesis Progress Talks

6 Feb.

"Summer Research Extravaganza"

13 Feb.

Prof. Jonathan Friedman - Amherst College
Title: "Relaxation and Tunneling in Single-Molecule Magnets" [abstract]

27 Feb.

Prof. Laura Cadonati - U Mass Amherst
Title: "LIGO and its progress towards gravitational wave astronomy" [abstract]

6 Mar.

Prof. Alain Laederach, Department of Biomedical Sciences & School of Public Health - SUNY Albany
Title: "Identifying RNA folding through kinetic model enumeration" [abstract]

13 Mar.

Prof. Jorge Moreno - Haverford College
Title: "Do mergers of dark matter halos trigger quasars?" [abstract]

10 April

Toby Schneider '07 - MIT/Woods Hole and Joseph Shoer '06 - Cornell University
Title: "Engineering after Williams" (Autonomous Marine Vehicles, Flux Pinned Spacecraft and a tour of engineering reseach

16,17 April

Prof. James Carlton - Williams/Mystic Seaport Program
Sigma Xi Faculty Research Lectures

24 April

Dr. Steve Maxwell - NIST - Gaithersburg, MD
Title: "Dynamics of a sodium spinor condensate" [abstract]

1 May

Prof. Jack Harris - Yale University
Title: ""How an atomic orbital can flow through a resistive wire " [abstract]

8 May

Dr. Seth Shostak - SETI Institute
Title: "Efficiency in SETI Searches" [abstract]

18 May

Honors Thesis Presentations

19 Sept.	Physics and Astronomy faculty - Williams College Title: "All about graduate school"
26 Sept.	Prof. Scott Hill '97- University of Dallas Title: "An Introduction to Small-world Networks"
3 Oct.	Prof. Elizabeth Rhoades - Yale University Title: "Adventures on the energy landscape: watching single proteins fold"
17 Oct.	Prof. Marek Demianski - Warsaw University and Visiting Professor of Astronomy at Williams College Title: "Planck Mission: A new window at the very early universe"
24 Oct.	Prof. Anthony Dinsmore - University of Massachusetts Title: "How Crystals Form: Colloids as a Tool to Study Phase Transitions" [abstract]
31 Oct.	Prof. Christina (Reynolds) Dunn '97 - Bennington College Title: "Creating the Giant: Fabricating the Mirrors of the European Extremely Large Telescope" [abstract]
7 Nov.	Dr. Andrew Speck '00 - Harvard University Title: "Manipulating Atoms and Other Physical Systems with Half-Cycle Electromagnetic Pulses"
14 Nov.	Prof. Alán Aspuru-Guzik - Harvard University Title: "Quantum computation for quantum chemistry"
21 Nov.	Prof. Emily Maher - Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Title: "Final Tau-Neutrino Results from the DONuT Experiment"
5 Dec.	Prof. David Griffiths - Reed College Title: "Hidden Momentum"
9 Jan.	Hornor Thesis Progress Talks
6 Feb.	"Summer Research Extravaganza"
13 Feb.	Prof. Jonathan Friedman - Amherst College Title: "Relaxation and Tunneling in Single-Molecule Magnets" [abstract]
27 Feb.	Prof. Laura Cadonati - U Mass Amherst Title: "LIGO and its progress towards gravitational wave astronomy" [abstract]
6 Mar.	Prof. Alain Laederach, Department of Biomedical Sciences & School of Public Health - SUNY Albany Title: "Identifying RNA folding through kinetic model enumeration" [abstract]
13 Mar.	Prof. Jorge Moreno - Haverford College Title: "Do mergers of dark matter halos trigger quasars?" [abstract]
10 April	Toby Schneider '07 - MIT/Woods Hole and Joseph Shoer '06 - Cornell University Title: "Engineering after Williams" (Autonomous Marine Vehicles, Flux Pinned Spacecraft and a tour of engineering reseach
16,17 April	Prof. James Carlton - Williams/Mystic Seaport Program Sigma Xi Faculty Research Lectures
24 April	Dr. Steve Maxwell - NIST - Gaithersburg, MD Title: "Dynamics of a sodium spinor condensate" [abstract]
1 May	Prof. Jack Harris - Yale University Title: ""How an atomic orbital can flow through a resistive wire " [abstract]
8 May	Dr. Seth Shostak - SETI Institute Title: "Efficiency in SETI Searches" [abstract]
18 May	Honors Thesis Presentations