| 17 Sept. | Prof. Jonathan Friedman – Amherst College Title: “Single-Molecule Nanomagnets: Tunneling, Interference and Quantum Computing” [abstract] |
| 24 Sept. | Prof. Gordon Jones ’89 – Hamilton College Title: “3He-based Neutron Polarizers” [abstract] |
| 22 Oct. | Dr. Matthew DeCamp ’96 – M.I.T. Title: “Time Resolved X-ray Diffraction” |
| 29 Oct. | Prof. Jason Zimba ’91 – Bennington College Title: “Go Pistons!” [abstract] |
| 12 Nov. | Dr. Arthur Cole ’94 – Michigan State Univ./National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab Title: “The Search for Supernova Signatures in an Ice Core” |
| 3 Dec. | Dr. Brian Wecht ’97 – M.I.T. Title: “Exact Results from Supersymmetric Field Theories” |
| 10 Jan. | Thesis students progress reports |
| 27 Jan. | Joseph Shoer ’06, Joseph Gangestad ’06 and David Butts ’06 Title: “Exploring Practical Aerodynamics” – Time: 1pm |
| 25 Feb. | Einstein Centennial Colloquium – David Park – Webster Atwell-class of 1921 Professor of Physics, Emeritus Title: “Photons and the Birth of the Quantum Theory” |
| 4 March | Einstein Centennial Colloquium – David Park – Webster Atwell- class of 1921 Professor of Physics, Emeritus Title: “Are Atoms Real? A Serious Answer to a Serious Question” |
| 9 March | Einstein Centennial Colloquium – David Park – Webster Atwell-class of 1921 Professor of Physics, Emeritus PUBLIC LECTURE – Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall – 8:00pm Title: “1905: Albert Einstein’s Annus Mirabilis” |
| 11 March | Einstein Centennial Colloquium – David Park – Webster Atwell-class of 1921 Professor of Physics, Emeritus Title: “The Invention of Relativity Theory” |
| 9 April | Brian Cathcart – Author of “The Fly in the Cathedral” Title: “Gentlemen at Work: How the Atom was Split”? |
| 15 April | Prof. Elena Caceres – Brown University Title: “String Theory and Quantum Chromodynamics” [abstract] |
| 22 April | Joint Physics, Astronomy & Mathematics colloquium Prof. Kristopher Tapp – Assistant Prof. of Mathematics – Williams College Title: “Yang-Mills Connections” [abstract] |
| 6 May | Prof. L. Mahadevan – Harvard University – Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences Title: “Water Movements in Soft Materials: from Passive Gels to Active Plants” [abstract] |
| 10 May | Prof. Jay Pasachoff – Williams College – Astronomy Dept. Title: “American Planetariums and Our New Zeiss Projector” Time: 3:00 pm in TPL203 |
| 13 May | Prof. William Loinaz – Amherst College Title: “Peering Beyond the Standard Model” [abstract] |
| 16 May (Monday) |
Thesis Student Final Talks – 1:30pm/John BackusMayes, 1:55pm/Sean O’Brien, 2:20pm/Colin Bruzewicz – 2:45pm – Break, 3:00pm/Joseph Kerckhoff, 3:25pm/Joshua Cooperman |
| 17 May (Tuesday) |
Thesis Student Final Talks – 2:00pm/Aubryn Murray, 2:25pm/Justin Brown, 2:50pm/Jennifer Simmons, 3:15pm – Break, 3:30pm/Ryan Carollo, 3:55pm/Kamen Kozarev |