Department of Physics Colloquia - Fall 2007 Schedule

Unless noted otherwise, Physics Colloquia are held at 4:00 pm in Riddick 301.
Refreshments are served from 3:30 to 4:00 in Riddick Hall's reading room.

To arrange a meeting with a colloquium speaker during their visit, please contact the corresponding host.

Physics Colloquium: Monday, August 27

Introduction of New Graduate Students

Physics Colloquium: Monday, September 3

No Colloquium - LABOR DAY

Physics Colloquium: Monday, September 10

David Brown
Department of Physics, North Carolina State University
Challenges and Progress in Numerical Relativity

Physics Colloquium: Monday, September 17

Paul Huffman
Department of Physics, North Carolina State University
Measuring the Neutron Lifetime Using Magnetically Trapped Ultracold Neutrons

Physics Colloquium: Monday, September 24

Christian Melander
Host:  Celeste Sagui
Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University
Bacterial Biofilms: Global Impact and Remediation Strategies

Physics Colloquium: Monday, October 1

Jack Rowe
Department of Physics, North Carolina State University
Soft X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Ultrathin Si-based High-K Gate-dielectric Structures

Physics Colloquium: Monday, October 8

Karen Daniels
Department of Physics, North Carolina State University
Faults & Earthquakes as Granular Phenomena: Controls on Stick-Slip Dynamics

Physics Colloquium: Monday, October 15

Sergei Sheiko
Host:  Harald Ade
Chemistry Department, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Adsorption-induced mechanochemistry: physical principles and molecular design

University Lecture: Monday, October 22 -- NOTE SPECIAL TIME & LOCATION: 3:00pm - McKimmon Center

Thomas Lovejoy
President, Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
Climate Change: Prospects for Nature [PDF]


Dale E. Sayers Lecture Series: Thursday, October 25 -- NOTE SPECIAL DAY

Arthur Bienenstock
Materials Science and Engineering & Applied Physics, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
Amorphous Materials and the Development of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory[PDF]


Physics Colloquium: Monday,October 29

Alexander Deiters
Host:  Celeste Sagui
Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University
Photochemical Tools for the Control of Biological Processes

Physics Colloquium: Monday, November 5

Steve Elliot
Host:  Albert Young
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Double Beta Decay and the Neutrino

Physics Colloquium: Monday, November 12

Luis Lehner
Host:  David Brown
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University
Understanding strongly gravitating dynamical systems: Black Holes and beyond

Physics Colloquium: Monday, November 19

Wei You
Host:  Celeste Saqui
Department of Chemistry and Institute for Advanced Materials, Nanoscience and Technology, The University of North Carolna, Chapel Hill
Organic Materials and Devices for Spintronics and Solar Cells

Physics Colloquium: Monday, November 26

Garegin Papoian
Host:  Celeste Sagui
Chemistry Department, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Towards Coarse-Grained Models of DNA and Chromatin from Atomistic Simulations

Physics Colloquium: Monday, December 3

Daniel Lee
Host:  Robert Riehn & Jack Rowe
Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Making Robots See, Hear, Play Soccer, and Drive Themselves



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