Events Calendar

2017-2018 Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series

Unless otherwise noted, all talks take place at 2:30 p.m. in Thompson Physical Laboratory 205.

8  Sept.	Jay Pasachoff, Williams College Title:  “Report on the Williams College Eclipse Expedition” Start of Semester party immediately following in Science Center Quad
15 Sept.	Physics Beyond Williams:  Grad School Question/Answer Session Science Center Quad (weather permitting)
22 Sept.	Colin Bruzewicz ’05, MIT Lincoln Labs Title:  “Quantum-Logic-Assisted Readout in a Mixed-Species Ion Chain”
29 Sept.	Kate Follette, Amherst College Title:  “How to Image Baby Planets”
6 Oct.	Kate Jensen, Williams College Title: “How Sticky Stuff Sticks and Stays Stuck”
20 Oct.	Nora Kling, University of Connecticut Title:  “Ultrafast nuclear motion: Resolving hydrogen migration(s) in time”
27 Oct.	Olufolajimi “Jimi” Oke ’10, MIT Title: “Urban mobility simulation for scenario discovery in globally representative prototypes”
3 Nov.	Melissa Eblen-Zayas, Carleton College Title: “Phase inhomogeneity in EuO1-x”
9 Nov.	Dr. Mae Jemison, Sperry Lecture in Geosciences 7pm at the ’62 Center (tickets free but required) Title: STEM: The Importance of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
10 Nov.	Li Zeng, Harvard Title:  “Ocean Planets and Water Worlds”
17 Nov.	Patrick Draper, UMass, Amherst Title:  “Naturalness in the Higgs Era”
1 Dec.	Steve Olmschenk, Denison University Title:  “Quantum Information with Atoms and Light”
8 Dec.	Shanhui Fan, Stanford University Title: “Electromagnetics for energy applications:  harvesting the coldness of the universe”
11 Dec.	Thesis Student Talks 2PM, TPL 205
24 Jan.	Jonathan Horner, University of Southern Queensland (Australia) Title:  “Rocks from Space!” Public Astronomy Talk Wege, 6PM
2 Feb.	“All about Research” Physics and Astronomy Faculty
9 Feb.	Gabriel Samach ’15, MIT Lincoln Lab Title:  “So, you want to build a quantum computer…”
23 Feb.	Chad Topaz, Williams College Title:  “Topological Data Analysis of Collective Motion”
2 March	Seongjun Park and Alex Senko, MIT Title:  “Optical, Electrical and Magnetic Neural Interfaces”
9 March	Kevin Forkey, Williams Physics Demos:  “Treasures from the Cave of Wonders”
16 March	Frederik Brasz ’09, Boston University Title: “Interfacial Fluid Mechanics: Bubbles, Jets, and Drops”
6 April	Darby Dyar, Mt. Holyoke Title:  “Venus:  Our Misunderstood Sister”
13 April	Susannah Dickerson, Draper Laboratory Title: “Quantum simulation and inertial sensors: Variations on a theme”
20 April	Daniel Grin, Haverford College Title:  “Axions and the Cosmological Dark Sector”
27 April	Marty Baylor, Carleton College Title: “A Dynamical System Approach to the Cocktail Party Problem: Using Optics Instead of your Brain to Separate Signals”
4 May	Christina Knapp ’13, UC Santa Barbara Title: “Topological phases and topological quantum computing”
14 May	Thesis Student Talks TPL 205 at 1:00PM

 

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