Montana State University

Department of Physics

Montana State University
P.O. Box 173840
Bozeman, MT 59717-3840

Tel: (406) 994-3614
Fax: (406) 994-4452
Location: EPS building, Room 264



Department Head:
Prof. Richard J. Smith
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Colloquium Schedule - Fall 2011, Spring 2012

Colloquiums are held on Fridays from 4:10 - 5pm and for the Fall semester will be held in EPS 103. Refreshments are served prior to the talk at 3:45pm in the EPS second floor lobby. Come and join us for coffee or tea and cookies!

Date

Speaker

Research Area

Title and Abstract

Host

Spring Semester 2012

     
January 13 Kathryn Williamson, MSU Space Public Outreach A Report on the 62nd International Astronautical Congress 2011, Cape Town Angela Des Jardins
January 20        
January 27 Andrew Steiner, Institute for Nuclear Theory  

Neutron Stars as a Laboratory for Dense Matter

Bennett Link
February 3 C. H. M. Jenkins, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Dept., MSU   Bio-Inspired Engineering: Nature and the Revolutionizing of Design John Neumeier
February 10        
February 17        
February 24 Yi-Kuo Yu, National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Biophysics Molecular interactions in physics and biology: from classical approach to fully quantum mechanical consideration John Neumeier
March 2 Maxim Lyutikov, Purdue University Astrophysics The Double Pulsar: Testing General Relativity in the Strong Regime Bennett Link
March 9 Dr. Carlos dos Santos
University of São Paulo at Lorena, Brazil
  Science in Brazil Takes Off John Neumeier
March 23 Richard Epstein, University of New Mexico   Optical Refrigeration Bennett Link
March 30 Amy Winebarger, NASA MSFC   Coronal Heating: The Long and Winding Road Piet Martens
April 6        
April 13 Dr. Laura Clarke, NCSU
  Embedded metal nanoparticles as light-driven, localized heaters for in-situ materials processing John Carlsten
April 20 Dr. David H. Levy   A Nightwatchman's Journey: My adventures as a comet discoverer and sky watcher MSGC
April 27        
         
Fall Semester 2011      
September 9 Dan Reisenfeld, University of Montana   “Using IBEX Polar ENA Flux Variations To Estimate The Dimensions Of The Outer Heliosphere” Angela Des Jardins
September 16 Jim Sauls, Northwestern University Condensed Matter A Century of Superconductivity
BCS Pairing from 10-9 to 10+9 Kelvin
Abstract
Anton Vorontsov
September 19 (Monday) Special Colloquium: Dr. McComas, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio.   "IBEX: A broad range of discoveries and a new orbit" Dave Klumpar
September 23        
September 30        
October 7 Jorge O. Sofo
The Pennsylvania State University
  "GraphEne, GraphAne, GraphEne Fluoride: materials for applications and a playground for physicists" Nico Yunes
October 14 Oleg Tretiakov, Texas A&M University Condensed Matter "Control of Magnetization Dynamics" Anton Vorontsov
October 21        
October 28 Misha Drobizhev, MSU Physics   "Physics of Fluorescent Proteins from Jellyfish and Corrals" Alex Rebane
November 4 E1P Team, Space Science and Engineering Lab   "Montana's First Satellite, Designed, Built, and Now Operated by MSU Students"
Angela Des Jardins
November 18 Dr. Tyson Littenberg,
Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland
  "Good Missions Never Die: The future of space-based Gravitational Wave Astronomy" Joey Key
December 2 Dr. Jeffrey Heys
Chemical and Biological Engineering, MSU
  "Coupling of Fluid Flow and Biological Materials" Anton Vorontsov
December 9 S.J.Gates, Jr.
John S. Toll Professor of Physics and Center for String and Particle Theory Director, University of Maryland
String Theory "Digging Where he Wood Is Thick " Nico Yunes

 


Updated: April 4, 2012 10:43