Colloquium Schedule - Spring 2009
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 questions about colloquium, please contact David Branch, at branch@ou.edu or by phone at (405) 325-3961.
| Date/Host | Speaker/Institution | Title/Abstract |
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| Jan 22 | No colloquium - first week of classes | TBA (abstract) |
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| Jan 29 | Carl Bender | Ghostbusting: Reviving Quantum Theories That Were Thought To Be Dead (abstract) |
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Host: Kim Milton |
Washington University | |
| Feb 5 | Constance Walker | Dark Skies Awareness Programs for the International year of Astronomy: A Global Challenge with Local Solutions (abstract) |
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Host: Dick Henry |
National Optical Astronomy Observatory | |
| Feb 12 | Kieron Burke | Deconstructing Density Functional Theory (abstract) |
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Host: Kieran Mullen | University of California Irvine | |
| Feb 19 | Panel Discussion led by CAS Distinguished Alumnus Janet Fender. NB: 3 PM !!! | Physics in Unexpected Places (abstract) |
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Host: CAS |
Langley Air Force Base | |
| Feb 26 | Hai-Yang Cheng | Kobayashi-Maskawa Model and CP Violation (abstract) |
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Host: Chung Kao |
Academia Sinica, Taipei | |
| Mar 5 | Randall M. Feenstra | Epitaxial Graphene on Silicon Carbide (abstract) |
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Host: Lloyd Bumm |
Carnegie Mellon University | |
| Mar 12 | Bruce Mason | Meeting Your ComPADRE in Physics and Astronomy Teaching (abstract) |
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University of Oklahoma | |
| Mar 19 | No colloquium - spring break | (abstract) |
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| Mar 26 | Tim Steimle | Optical Stark and Zeeman Spectroscopy of Metal-Containing Radicals (abstract) |
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Host: Neil Shafer-Ray |
Arizona State University | |
| Apr 2 | Klaus Kirsten | Zeta Functions Everywhere (abstract) |
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Host: Kim Milton |
Baylor University | |
| Apr 9 | Matthew Benacquista | An Introduction to Gravitational Wave Astronomy (abstract) |
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Host: Karen Leighly |
Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy, University of Texas at Brownsville | |
| April 16 | Grant Biedermann | Gravity Tests with Cold Atom Interferometers (abstract) |
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Host: Eric Abraham |
Sandia National Laboratories | |
| April 23 | No colloquium - OU Faculty Awards Day | (abstract) |
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| April 30 | Albert Rosenberger | Optical Whispering-Gallery Microresonators (abstract) |
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Host: Neil Shafer-Ray |
Oklahoma State University | |
| May 7 | Jack Kaye | The Climate System as Viewed from Space (abstract) |
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Host: Greg Parker |
NASA Headquarters |
