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, September 3
No Colloquium - LABOR DAYPhysics Colloquium: Monday, September 10
David BrownDepartment of Physics, North Carolina State University
Challenges and Progress in Numerical Relativity
Physics Colloquium: Monday, September 17
Paul HuffmanDepartment of Physics, North Carolina State University
Measuring the Neutron Lifetime Using Magnetically Trapped Ultracold Neutrons
Physics Colloquium: Monday, September 24
Christian MelanderHost: Celeste Sagui
Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University
Bacterial Biofilms: Global Impact and Remediation Strategies
Physics Colloquium: Monday, October 1
Jack RoweDepartment 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 DanielsDepartment of Physics, North Carolina State University
Faults & Earthquakes as Granular Phenomena: Controls on Stick-Slip Dynamics
Physics Colloquium: Monday, October 15
Sergei SheikoHost: 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 LovejoyPresident, 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 BienenstockMaterials 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 DeitersHost: Celeste Sagui
Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University
Photochemical Tools for the Control of Biological Processes
Physics Colloquium: Monday, November 5
Steve ElliotHost: Albert Young
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Double Beta Decay and the Neutrino
Physics Colloquium: Monday, November 12
Luis LehnerHost: 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 YouHost: 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 PapoianHost: 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 LeeHost: Robert Riehn & Jack Rowe
Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Making Robots See, Hear, Play Soccer, and Drive Themselves