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Spring 2008 Colloquia
(Reception at 3:30 pm in SC6333)
| Thursday, January 10 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Vince Cianciolo, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The Spallation Neutron Source and the Neutron Electric Dipole Moment
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Hosted by J. Velkovska
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| Thursday, January 17 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Karl Van Bibber, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
The National Ignition Facility - A Star (in the Lab) is Born
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Hosted by R. Scherrer
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| Thursday, January 24 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Mischa Bonn, FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam
Water At Biological Membranes: Structure And Dynamics
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Hosted by Tobias Hertel
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| Thursday, January 31 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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David J. Dean, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Progress and challenges in the physics of nuclei
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Hosted by Sait Umar
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| Thursday, February 7 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Andrew Zentner, University of Pittsburgh
Unified Studies of Dark Energy and Galaxy Formation
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Hosted by K. Holley-Bockelmann
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| Thursday, February 14 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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| Thursday, February 21 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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David Hogg, New York University
The Open-Source Sky Survey
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Hosted by K. Holley-Bockelmann
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| Thursday, February 28 |
3 pm - 4 pm (SC 4309) |
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John Wikswo, Vanderbilt University
New streetlights for solving complex, non-linear problems in biology and medicine: The potential for the unbounded expansion of physics and engineering into the life sciences and medicine
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Hosted by R. Scherrer
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Friday, March 7 - Special Colloquium
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10 am - (134 Featheringill Hall)
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William D. Phillips, 1997 Nobel Laureate in Physics, National Institute of Standards and Technology
A Bose Condensate in an Optical Lattice: cold atomic gases as solid state systems
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Hosted by N. Tolk
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| Thursday, March 13 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Antoine Kahn, Princeton University
Electronic structure of organic molecular films and interfaces
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Hosted by R. Haglund
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Thursday, March 20 - Slack Lecture
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4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4309) |
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George F. Smoot, 2006 Nobel laureate in Physics, University of California Berkeley
Variations in the Cosmic Background Radiation
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Hosted by R. Scherrer
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Wednesday, March 26 - Popular Lecture
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4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Joel Primack and Nancy Abrams, University of California Santa Cruz
The View from the Center of the Universe
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Hosted by R. Scherrer
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| Thursday, March 27 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Alexandra Gade, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University
Spectroscopy of exotic nuclei at the NSCL: Tracking the nuclear shell structure in the exotic regime
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Hosted by J. Hamilton
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| Thursday, April 3 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Margaret Hanson, University of Cinncinnati
One Hundred 30 Doradae: Is the Milky Way different or are we somehow missing them?
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Hosted by R. O'Dell
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Monday, April 7 - Guy and Rebecca Forman Lecture
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3 pm - 4 pm (SC 4327) |
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Carl E. Wieman, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Physics, , U. of British Columbia and U. of Colorado, Boulder
Science Education in the 21st Century: Using the tools of physics to teach physics
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Hosted by R. Scherrer
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Thursday, April 10
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3 pm - 4 pm (SC 4309) |
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Louis-Gregory Strolger, Western Kentucky University
Supernovae at High Redshift
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Hosted by K. Holley-Bockelmann
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Thursday, April 17
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3 pm - 4 pm (SC 4309) |
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Conrad D. James, Advanced Sensor Techologies, Sandia National Laboratories
Microfluidic Technologies Coupled with Field Gradient Forces for Experimental Cell Biology
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Hosted by J. Dickerson
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Friday, April 18 - Seyfert Lecture
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4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Steve Squyres, Cornell University
Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet
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Hosted by R. Chappell
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Fall 2007 Colloquia
(Reception at 3:30 pm in SC6333)
Thursday, September 6 - Wendell G. Holladay Lecture
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4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Les Johnson, NASA
Living off the Land in Space: Advanced Propulsion Using In-Situ Space Resources
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Hosted by R. Scherrer
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| Thursday, September 13 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Hanno Weitering, University of Tennessee
Hard Superconductivity in Soft Quantum Films
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Hosted by K. Varga
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| Thursday, September 20 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Scott Gaudi, Ohio State University
Taking the Inventory of Extrasolar Planets with Microlensing
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Hosted by K. Holley-Bockelmann
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| Thursday, September 27 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Julia Velkoskva, Vanderbilt University
Flow and Wake in the Quark-Gluon Liquid produced at RHIC
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Hosted by R. Scherrer
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Thursday, October 4
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4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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David Furbish, Vanderbilt University
Thermal and Force-Chain Effects in Dry Granular Shear Flows
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| Thursday, October 11 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Bill Louis, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Searching for Physics Beyond the Standard Model with Neutrinos
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Hosted by T. Weiler
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| Thursday, October 18 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Victor Klimov, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Exciton-Exciton Interactions in Semiconductor Nanocrystals in the Context of Solar Energy Conversion
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Hosted by T. Hertel
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| Thursday, October 25 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Ward Plummer, University of Tennessee and ORNL
Materials for the 21st Century: A Revolutionary—Not an Evolutionary—Approach
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Hosted by N. Tolk
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| Thursday, November 1 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Jonathan Gilligan, Vanderbilt University
Global Warming: The Science, The Rhetoric, and Policy Options
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Hosted by N. Tolk
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| Thursday, November 8 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Arjun Yodh, University of Pennsylvania
Phases, Phase-Transitions and Frustration in Temperature Sensitive Colloidal Suspensions
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Hosted by T. Hertel
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| Thursday, November 15 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
C. R. O'Dell, Vanderbilt University
Creating the Hubble Space Telescope |
Hosted by N. Tolk
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| Thursday, November 22 |
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THANKSGIVING
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| Thursday, November 29 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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David Hofman, University of Illinois
Heavy Ion Physics at the LHC
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Hosted by J. Velkovska
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Thursday, December 6 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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Dan Akerib, Case Western Reserve University
Looking for WIMPs in the Galactic Halo: The Search for Dark
Matter Using Ultra-Cold Particle Detectors
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Hosted by R. Scherrer
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Thursday, December 13 |
4 pm - 5 pm (SC 4327) |
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