Department of Physics Colloquia - Fall 2004

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 18 (note special day)

Byron Freelon

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Probing the Electronic Structure of Complex Materials with Synchrotron Techniques

(Host: Jackie Krim)

Monday, August 23

Graduate Student Welcome and Reception

Monday, August 30

Bruce Sherwood

NC State University

Some Surprising Aspects of Introductory Mechanics.

Monday, September 6

Labor Day, no colloquium

Monday, September 13

Tim Elston

UNC-Chapel Hill

(Joint colloquium with Biomathematics and Bioinformatics)

Stochastic Effects in Signaling Pathways

(Host: Charles Smith Biomathematics)

Monday, September 20

Celeste Sagui

NC State University

Physics in the Aid of Biology: Towards More Accurate Electrostatics for Large-scale Biomolecular Simulations

Monday, September 27

Gerd Weiser

University of Marburg

Structure and Color: The strange world of large conjugated molecules in solids

(Host: Michael Paesler)

Monday, October 4

Gail McLaughlin

NC State University

Neutrinos and Nucleosynthesis in Supernovae and Gamma Ray Bursts

Monday, October 4

Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli

NC State University

Interface phases and the future of the nanotransistor

Monday, October 18

John Doyle

Harvard University

Magnetic Trapping of Molecules and Rare-earth Atoms

(Host: Paul Huffman)

Monday, October 25

Kinney Kim

North Carolina Central University

(Joint science and society colloquium sponsored by the Physics and History Departments)

Science and Technology Infrastructure in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea

(Host: Chris Gould)

Monday, November 1

David Hestenes

Arizona State University

Reforming the Mathematical Language of Physics

(Host: Bruce Sherwood)

Monday, November 8

Lei Bao

Ohio State University

Model Analysis: a Framework for Cognitive Representation and Education Assessment

(Host: Bob Beichner)

Monday, November 15

Angus Kingon

NC State University

Broadening the Skill Set of Science and Engineering Students: the value of technology-based entrepreneurial education

(Joint College of Management and Department of Physics colloquium)

Monday, November 22

Bruce Vogelaar

Virginia Polytechnic University

A Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) at Kimballton: measuring the complete solar neutrino luminosity

Monday, November 29

Calvin Howell

Duke University

Real-time Measurements of Carbon Uptake and Distribution in Plants

(Host Chris Gould)