Colloquium Schedule 2008-2009

Colloquia at 4:00 p.m.,Robert Smith Seminar Room,
1080 Physics Research Building
Reception at 3:45 p.m., Atrium, Physics Research Building

Colloquium Committee Members

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Prospects for clean energy from fast ignition of fusion
Michael H. Key, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Faculty host: Linn Van Woerkom

Tuesday 7 October 2008

Laser versus Matter at High Intensities
Chunlei Guo, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Faculty host: Dongping Zhong

Tuesday 14 October 2008

Clicker Questions Tailored For the Physics Classroom
Neville W. (Bill) Reay, The Ohio State University
Faculty host: Lei Bao

Tuesday 21 October 2008

Materials at 200 mph: Making NASCAR Faster and Safer
Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, The University of Texas at Dallas
Faculty host: Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin

Tuesday 28 October 2008

Islam and Science- The Quest for Rapprochement
Pervez Hoodbhoy, Quaid-e-Azam University
Faculty host: Sabine Jeschonnek

Tuesday 18 November 2008

A New Search on Neutron Electric Dipole Moment (nEDM)
Haiyan Gao, Duke University and Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory
Faculty host: Sabine Jeschonnek

Tuesday 25 November 2008

Engineering Optical Space with Metamaterials
Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue University, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center
Faculty host: Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin

Tuesday 2 December 2008

Left-handed metamaterials operating in the visible: negative refraction and negative radiation pressure
Henri J. Lezec, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, NIST
Faculty host: Jay Gupta

Tuesday 9 December 2008
Note - Finals Week - No Colloquium

Quark-Gluon Plasma in QCD, at RHIC and LHC, and in String Theory
Krishna Rajagopal , MIT
Faculty host: Yuri Kovchegov

Tuesday 20 January 2009

What is mathematical biology and how useful is it?
Avner Friedman, Department of Mathematics, OSU
Faculty host: Mohit Randeria

Tuesday 27 January 2009

Mendeleev meets Fermi: Using the periodic table to manipulate the electrical and magnetic properties of complex perovskites
Patrick M. Woodward, Department of Chemistry, OSU
Faculty host: Tom Lemberger

Tuesday 3 February 2009

Spin: Materials and Tools for Next Generation Computers
P. Chris Hammel , Departments of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, OSU
Faculty host: Mohit Randeria

Tuesday 10 February 2009

Novel Phenomena in Small Nanoparticles
Ting Guo, University of California, Davis
Faculty host: Dongping Zhong

Tuesday 17 February 2009

The Highest Energy Cosmic Particles
Angela V. Olinto , University of Chicago
Faculty host: John Beacom

Tuesday 24 February 2009

The Demographics of Extrasolar Planets with Gravitational Microlensing
B. Scott Gaudi, Department of Astronomy, OSU
Faculty host: John Beacom

Tuesday 3 March 2009

Mobile Magnetic Traps - Cells on the move
R. Sooryakumar, Department of Physics, OSU
Faculty host: Mohit Randeria

ANNUAL SMITH LECTURE
The Coming Revolutions in Fundamental Physics
David J. Gross , 2004 Nobel Laureate in Physics