Colloquium Schedule
 2006 - 2007

   
  2006
 
Sept. 8  Dr. Isaac Klapper Department of Mathematical Sciences Montana State University
 “A Physical View of Biofilm Structure”
 
 
Apr. 28  Dr. Philip R. Goode Big Bear Solar Observatory, New Jersey Institute of Technology
“Sunshine, Earthshine and Climate”

 
Apr. 21  Dennis S. Martínez-Galarce, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Solar & Astrophysics Laboratory
True Spectral Imaging of the Solar Corona using "3-D" Detectors
 
Apr. 7   Dr. Fran Bagenal, Laboratory for Atmospheric & Space Physics, Dept. of Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado
" Women in Physics & Astronomy: Moving Beyond "the Woman Problem"
 
Mar. 31   Dr. Dirk Grupe,Research Associate, Science-Eberly College Astronomy, University Park, Penn State Univ.
"AGN observation with Swift"
 
Mar. 24  Dr. Wendland Beezhold Department of Physics Idaho State University
 "High Dose-Rate Pulsed Electron Beams: Accelerator and Radiation Biology Research At Idaho State University "
 
Mar. 3   Dr. Charles Kankelborg, a.k.a. “Rocket Man”, Department of Physics, Montana State University
"MOSES in the Desert "
 
Feb. 24    Manfred E. Schabes, Hitachi San Jose Research Center, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, San Jose, California
“The physics of magnetic recording at ultra-high densities”
 
Feb.17    Bob Leamon,Goddard Space Flight Center
"Little Chunks of Glass in Space: From Optics to Science on SDO"
 
Feb. 10   Dr. Jason Creasman, Alleman Hall McCoy Russell and Tuttle LLP
“ Patent Law as a Career for Scientists and Engineers”

 
Feb. 3   Aleks Rebane, MSU Physics
"Tetrapyrroles: from quantum interference to cancer therapy"
 
Jan. 27  Jim Manning Head, Office of Public Outreach Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, Maryland
"How Hubble Changed the Universe: A Retrospective on Fifteen Years of Discovery"
 

Jan. 13   Mark Linton, Naval Research Laboratory
Coronal Mass Ejections: Magnetic Reconnection and Flare Loop Formation
 

   
   
 
 
  2005
 
Sep. 9  Bennett Link, MSU
"Neutrino Pulsars"
 
Sep. 16  Adrian Mellott,  U. Kansas
"Did a Gamma-Ray Burst Initiate the Late Ordovician Extinction?"
 
Sep. 23  Protik Majumder,  Williams College
"Optical precision measurements"
 
Sep. 30  Pete Roos,  JILA
"In search of the ‘absolute’ optical phase"
 
Oct. 7 Nick White, GSFC
" The NASA Beyond Einstein Program"
 
Oct. 14  Hakeem Oluseyi, U. Alabama, Huntsville
"Realistic Constraints on 3 New Classes of Solar Upper Transition Region Structures."
 
Oct. 21  Jeff Rifkin Lyncean, Technologies Inc.
"The Compact Light Source: A Miniature Synchrotron Light Source for the Homelab"
 
Oct. 28  James Schilling, Washington U., St. Louis
"Superconductivity"
 
Nov. 4  ***DATE OPEN***
 
Nov. 11  ***DATE OPEN***
 
Nov. 18  Dr. Hans-Josef Schulze University of Catania
Neutron star structure with hyperons and quarks
 
Nov. 25  [Thanksgiving Holiday]
 
Dec. 2  Eric Gustafson, Undergraduate in Physics
Mars 3D! From the Space Public Outreach Team
 
Dec. 9  Joseph Shaw, ECE Department, MSU
The digital blue sky at night
 
   
   

 

 
   
 

Colloquium Schedule
 2004 - 2005

   
 2005
Jan. 14  "Measuring length changes with sub-atomic resolution for the study of phase transitions in novel materials "
John Neumeier, Physics Department, Montana State University
 
Jan. 21  "The Physics behind Noninvasive Imaging of the Living Human Brain"
Dr. Armin Fuchs, Center for Complex Systems and Department of Physics, Florida Atlantic University
 
Jan. 28  "The Solar Dynamics Observatory: Science Goals and Technology Development"
Piet Martens Montana State University Physics Solar Research Group
 
Feb. 4  "Stardust under the microscope"
Rhonda Stroud, Naval Research Lab
 
Feb.11   Plasma Rocket Science at NASA Johnson Space Center
John V. Shebalin, NASA JSC, Houston, Texas
 
Feb. 18  "Clickers in the Classroom"
Larry D. Kirkpatrick, Department of Physics, Montana State University
   
Feb. 25  Laser Polarized Noble Gas NMR and its application to biomedical and materials science
Ross Mair, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
 
Mar. 11   Biology Envy, Case Studies: Bacterial Magnets; Bacteria: can we listen to them?; Dial A Disease: Boolian Theory of Disease; Bacterial Economics: The Real Economics; Global Forming: Putting Feedback Systems Back In Place. Prof. David Sands MSU Plant Pathology, Bozeman
 
Mar. 29   Special Colloquium:  Candidate for faculty position in Observational Solar Physics
Dr. Jiong Qiu Big Bear Solar Observatory, NJIT
 
April 5   Special Colloquium: Candidate for faculty position in Observational Solar Physics
 "The physical relationship between microwave and hard X-ray bursts during solar flares"
Dr. Jeongwoo Lee Center for Solar-terrestrial Research, NJIT
 
April 8   Measuring the Zonal Winds on Titan: The Huygens Probe Doppler Wind Experiment.
Dr. David H. Atkinson Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Idaho
 
April 22   What is life?
Dr
 Eric D. Schneider
 
April 29  “Instabilities And Pattern Formation In Thin Polymer Films”
John R. Dutcher, Department of Physics, Centre for Food & Soft Materials Science and Advanced Foods and Materials Network, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
   
   

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