2001-2002 Physics & Astronomy Colloquia

21 Sept. Julia Steinberger – MIT
“Trapping and Probing Ultracold Hydrogenic Atoms” [abstract]
18 Oct. Prof. Marek Demianski – Williams College and University of Warsaw
Sigma Xi Lecture (Part I)
“Discovering the Universe: Observations, New Windows”
4:15 p.m., Thompson Chemical Laboratory, Room 123
19 Oct. Prof. Marek Demianski – Williams College and University of Warsaw
Sigma Xi Lecture (Part II)
“Discovering the Universe, Part II: Models, Evolution and the Beginning”
4:15 p.m., Thompson Chemical Laboratory, Room 123
26 Oct. Prof. Charles Conover – Colby College
“Coherent Control of Quantum Systems”
2 Nov. Prof. Humphrey Maris – Brown University
“The Fission of the Electron” [abstract]
16 Nov. Prof. Mark Trodden – Syracuse University
“Modern Cosmology and the Building Blocks of the Universe” [abstract]
18 Jan. Thesis Student Talks
Gabriel Brammer, Bethany Cobb, S. Charles Doret, Alexander G. Glenday, John M. Parman, John H. Spivack, Hans F. Stabenau
Room 205 – 1:00pm
22 January Richard Rhodes
“In the Shadow of the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”
8:00pm – Adams Memorial Theater
1 February Prof. Michael Zuker – RPI – sponsored by Physics Dept., Biology Dept., & Computer Science Dept.
“Algorithms and Statistics for Nucleic Acid Secondary Structure Prediction”
TBL Room 112 [abstract]
8 February Astrophysics Thesis talks
Gabriel Brammer & Bethany Cobb
3:00pm – Physics Lab Tours
15 February Dr. Claire Max – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
“Adaptive Optics: Sharper Eyes on the Sky”
TPL 205 – 1:00 pm
11 March Prof. Jonathan Arons ’65 – University of California at Berkeley
Title: Magnetars in the Metagalaxy: The Origin of “Cosmic Baseballs” (Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays)
TPL 205 – 4:00pm
11 April Julie Rapoport – Northwestern University
“Engineering after Williams”
12 April Henry Roe – University of California at Berkeley
“Weather Report from Another Planet: New Developments at Titan’s South Pole”
19 April Noel Goddard – Rockefeller University
“Sequence Dependent Rigidity of Single Stranded DNA”
26 April Jamie Williams – N.I.S.T. – Gaithersburg, MD
“Spin Waves in an Ultracold Dilute Gas of Atoms”
13 May Student Thesis Talks – Bethany Cobb, Gabriel Brammer, S. Charles Doret, John Parman, Hans F. Stabenau & Alexander Glenday
TPL Room 205, 1:00pm