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.
Monday, August 29
Helena MitasovaMarine Earth and Atmospherics Sciences, NC State University
Monitoring and Modeling Evolving Landscapes: New Technologies and Research Directions
Monday, September 5
Labor day, no colloquiumMonday, September 12
Elisa RiedoSchool of Physics, GeorgiaTech
Elastic Properties of Nano-objects Measured by Atomic Force Microscopy
Monday, September 19
Kate KirbyHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Ethics Issues in the Practice of Physics
Monday, September 26
Richard SuperfineDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, UNC-Chapel Hill
Biological Hydrodynamics: From Cilia to Engineered Systems
Monday, October 3
Hans HallenDepartment of Physics, NCSU
Electrical/Optical Fields in the Near-field of a Metal Probe Tip
Monday, October 10
Lubos MitasDepartment of Physics, NCSU
Electronic Structure Quantum Monte Carlo Methods: Recent Progress
Monday, October 17
Steve LamoreuxDerieux Lecture
Random Recollection of Coherence and the Neutron Lifetime
Monday, October 24
Albert YoungDepartment of Physics, NCSU
Probing Fundamental Physics with Ultracold Neutrons: Following the Bouncing Ball
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 - NOTE SPECIAL DATE
Jocelyn Bell BurnellUniversity of Bath, England
A Two-Part Talk on Pulsars
Monday, November 7
Stefano CurtaroloDepartment of Mechanical Eng. and Materials Science, Duke University
Accuracy of High Throughput Ab Initio Methods in Predicting Crystal Structures of Metals
Monday, November 14
John QuinnDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee
The Composite Fermion Picture in Quantum Hall Systems: When it works and Why
Monday, November 21 - CANCELLED
Morrell CohenDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University
Econophysics: At the Interface between Economics and Physics
Monday, November 28
Tuan Vo-DinhOak Ridge National Laboratory
Advanced Biophotonics: From Nanosensors to Biochips