Colloquium Schedule - Fall 2008
Thursdays - 4:00 pm in Nielsen Hall 170
Coffee and cookies are served at 3:30pm in the Nielsen Hall Atrium.
The Physics and Astronomy colloquium is a forum for invited scientists to present modern research in a fashion accessible to those with a background in physics, but who are not experts in the field. Talks are aimed at a graduate level.
If you have suggestions for colloquium speakers, please contact David Branch, at branch@nhn.ou.edu or by phone at (405) 325-3961.
| Date/Host | Speaker/Institution | Title/Abstract |
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| August 28 | No speaker | |
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| Sept. 4 | Roland Winkler | Spinning Electrons (abstract) |
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Host: Mike Santos |
Northern Illinois University and Argonne National Laboratory | |
| Sept. 11 | No speaker | |
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| Sept 18 | Hu Zhan | Probing Dark Energy and Gravity with Distance and Growth Measurements (abstract) |
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Host: Yun Wang |
University of California, Davis | |
| Sept. 25 | Jeff Meth | Issues with Non-Lithographic Production of Displays (abstract) |
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Host: Kieran Mullen |
DuPont | |
| Oct. 2 | Paul S. Weiss | Designing, Measuring and Controlling Molecular- and Supramolecular-Scale Properties for Molecular Devices (abstract) |
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Host: Lloyd Bumm |
Penn State University | |
| Oct 9 | Jak Tchakhalian | Manipulating Strongly Interacting Electrons on Nanoscale (abstract) |
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Host: Kieran Mullen |
University of Arkansas | |
| Oct 16 | Ines Cavero-Pelaez | The Casimir Effect. Vacuum Fluctuations and Consequences. (abstract) |
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Host: Kim Milton |
Pierre and Marie Curie University | |
| Oct 23 | Michael Flatte | Spintronics and Nanomagnetism - a Revolution in Electronics Driven by Advances in the Fundamental Understanding of Magnetism (abstract) |
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Host: Kieran Mullen |
University of Iowa | |
| Oct 30 | Steven Turley | Physics Majors as Physics Teachers (abstract) |
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Host: Sheena Murphy |
Brigham Young University | |
| Nov. 6 | Licia Ray | Giant Planet Aurorae (abstract) |
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Host: Bobby Fleshman |
University of Colorado | |
| Nov 13 | Aaron Leanhardt | Tabletop Tests of Supersymmetry: An Electron EDM Search with Tungsten Carbide Molecules (abstract) |
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Host: Neil Shafer-Ray |
University of Michigan | |
| Nov 20 | Dirk Grupe | Four Years of Swift: Gamma Ray Bursts, Active Galactic Nuclei, and Other Highlights (abstract) |
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Host: Karen Leighly |
Penn State University | |
| Nov. 27 | No speaker - Thanksgiving Break | |
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| Dec. 4 | Sherry Yennello | Nuclear Reactions: Exploring Phase Transitions in Excited Nuclear Material (abstract) |
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Host: Sheena Murphy |
Texas A&M University | |
| Dec 11 | TBA | TBA (abstract) |
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