Department of Physics Colloquia - Fall 2003
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Unless noted otherwise, Physics Colloquia are held at 4:00 pm in Cox 206. Refreshments are served from 3:30 to 4:00 outside of Cox 110.
- Wednesday, August 27 (note special day)
- Wolf G. Schmidt
- Jena University and NC State University
- Calculation of surface optical properties: From qualitative understanding to quantitative predictions
- Monday, September 15
- Richard Mowat
- NC State University
- Laboratory-like Activities for Online Introductory Physics Students
- Monday, September 22
- Dave Caroll
- Wake Forest University
- Electro-Active Nanocomposites: Advances in Organic Devices
- Monday, September 29
- Philip Phillips
- University of Illinois
- The Full Mottness
- Monday, October 13
- John Thomas
- Duke University
- Exploring Superconductors and Neutron Stars on a Desktop
- Monday, October 20
- Winston Roberts
- Old Dominion
- The Quark Model of Hadrons, and the Pentaquark
- Monday, October 27
- Dan Reichart
- University of North Carolina
- The Gamma-Ray Burst / Supernova Connection
- Friday, October 31
- LH Thomas Lecture:
Ahmed H. Zewail, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1999
- California Institute of Technology
- Time -- Its Miracles and Mysteries
- Monday, November 3
- Don Ellison
- NC State University
- Cosmic Rays and Supernova Explosions
- Monday, Novemer 10
- D. N. McIlroy
- University of Idaho
- Nanowires and Nanosprings: Unexpected Catalyst Mediated Growth Phenomena
- Monday, November 17
- Peter Garnavich
- Notre Dame University
- ESSENCE: Constraining Properties of the Dark Energy with Supernovae