Colloquium Schedule 2001-2002

Tuesday 20 November 2001

Fast switching of nano- and mesoscopic elements: A micromagnetic study
Josef Fidler, Vienna University of Technology Institute of Applied and Technical Physics
Faculty host: Phil Wigen

Tuesday 27 November 2001

A Mesoscopic Lattice Made of a Coupled Array of Micromechanical Resonators
Eyal Buks, California Institute of Technology
Faculty host: Phil Wigen

Thursday 6 December 2001
1015 McPherson Lab
3:30 pm

ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
Solar Neutrinos: Where are we? Where are we going?
John Bahcall, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University

Winter Quarter 2002

Tuesday 15 January 2002

Flavor Delicacies
Matthias Neubert, Cornell University
Faculty host: Stuart Raby

Tuesday 22 January 2002

Note - Martin Luther King holiday on Jan. 21^th
T.B.A.

Tuesday 29 January 2002

Entropically driven self-assembly and interaction in suspension
Arjun Yodh, University of Pennsylvania
Faculty host: David Stroud

Tuesday 12 February 2002

Observation of CP Violation in the Decay of B Mesons
Daniel Marlow, Princeton University
Host: Richard Kass

Tuesday 19 February 2002

What have we learned from RHIC?
Larry McLerran, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Faculty host: Ulrich Heinz

Tuesday 26 February 2002

The Search for Extra Dimensions
Joseph Lykken, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Faculty host: Stuart Raby

Tuesday 5 March 2002

Illuminating the dark side of the universe
Bernard Sadoulet, Director, Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California Berkeley
Faculty host: Richard Boyd

Tuesday 12 March 2002

Transition to flapping "flight" in Antarctic pteropods.
Stephen Childress, Courant Institute, New York University
Host: Fernand Hayot

Tuesday 19 March 2002

Note - Finals Week - No Colloquium

Spring Quarter 2002

Tuesday 9 April 2002

Better Medicine Through BioMEMS (Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems) and Biomedical Nanotechnology
Mauro Ferrari, Director of the Biomedical Engineering Center, The Ohio State University
Host: Fernand Hayot

Tuesday 16 April 2002

Physics at the Breakfast Table
Sidney Nagel, University of Chicago
Faculty Host: David Stroud

Tuesday 30 April 2002

Questions and Quandries? The Neutrino Program at Fermilab
Michael Shaevitz, Columbia University/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Faculty host: Stuart Raby

Wednesday 1 May 2002

University Distinguished Lecture, "Nanotechnology, Plastics, and Your Investments"
Arthur J. Epstein, OSU Distinguished University Professor and Director, OSU Center for Materials Research
Wexner Center Film/Video Theater
Lecture: 4:15-5:15 p.m.
Reception: 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., lobby area outside the theater

Tuesday 7 May 2002

Stone Cold Science: Bose-Einstein Condensation and the Weird World of Physics a Millionth of a Degree from Absolute Zero
Eric Cornell, University of Colorado at Boulder
Annual Smith Lecture
131 Hitchcock Hall Auditorium, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday 14 May 2002

LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory
David B. Tanner, Department of Physics, University of Florida
Faculty host: Arthur J. Epstein

Tuesday 21 May 2002

Neutrino Odyssey
Vernon Barger, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Faculty host: Stuart Raby

Tuesday 28 May 2002

Note - Memorial holiday on May 27^th
T.B.A.

Tuesday 4 June 2002

T.B.A.

Tuesday 11 June 2002

Note - Finals Week - No Colloquium
T.B.A.