2004-2005 Physics & Astronomy Colloquia

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