ISU Physics Department Colloquium Schedule
Fall 2016 Schedule
| Aug. 22 |
Dr. Mark Transtrum, Brigham Young University, Model Reduction and Effective Theories in Physics, Biology, and Beyond |
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| Aug. 29 |
Nicolas Woolstenhulme, Idaho National Laboratory, The Past Present, and Future of Transient Testing in Idaho |
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| Sept. 5 |
Labor Day, No Colloquium |
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| Sept. 12 |
Dr. Dallin Durfee, Brigham Young University, The Physics of Musical Scales |
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| Sept. 19 |
Dr. Elizabeth Jeffrey, Brigham Young University, White Dwarfs, Star Clusters, and the Lives and Deaths of Stars |
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| Sept. 26 |
Dr. George Imel, Idaho State University, Experiences at the Transient Reactor Test Facility |
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| Oct. 3 |
Dr. Dan Dale, Idaho State University, Studies of Prompt Diagnostic Signatures of Nuclear Detonations with MeV Electron Beams |
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| Oct. 10 |
Dr. Darin Ragozzine, Brigham Young University, Exoplanetary Systems: Overview and New Results |
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| Oct. 17 |
Dr. Craig Sangster, University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Nuclear Physics with Big Lasers |
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| Oct. 24 |
Dr. Haiming Wen, Idaho State University, Nano Science and Engineering in Nuclear – What Can We Do? |
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| Oct. 26 |
Dr. Jeffrey Bennett, Big Kid Science, Global Warming Demystified, The Science, The Consequences, and The Solutions (and why conservatives and liberals can all agree), SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM 5:30 - 6:30 pm in PS 140 |
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| Oct. 31 |
Joe Giglio, Idaho National Laboratory, Radioisotope Power Systems
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| Nov. 7 |
Dr. Joel Miller, University of Utah, Organic-Based Magnets: New Chemistry and New Materials for This Millennium |
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Nov. 14
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Dr. Mahbub Khandakar, Idaho State University, The Proton Radius Puzzle |
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| Nov. 21 |
Thanksgiving Break, No Colloquium |
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| Nov. 28 |
Dr. Oscar Varela, Utah State University, The World From a Ten-Dimensional Viewpoint |
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| Dec. 5 |
Dr. Tony Forest, Idaho State University, A Measurement of the Down Quark Polarization Fraction in the Nucleon |
Spring 2017 Schedule
Jan. 9
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Colloquium Canceled |
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Jan. 16
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Martin Luther King Day, No Colloquium |
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Jan 23
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Colloquium Canceled |
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Jan. 30
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Michael Glazoff, Idaho National Laboratory, Morphological Analysis and Its Applications in Materials Science and Engineering |
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Feb. 6
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Dr. Michael Gericke, University of Manitoba, The QWeak Experiment: A Search for Physics Beyond the Standard model via A Measurement of the Proton's Weak Charge |
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Feb. 13
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Dr. Maria Rodriguez, Utah State University, Cracking Einstein's Equations: Higher-Dimensional Black Holes |
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Feb. 20
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President's Day, No Colloquium |
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| Feb. 27 |
Dr. Pearl Sandick, University of Utah, Mixing It Up: New Results in Dark Matter
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Mar. 6
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Dr. Yunrong Zhu, Idaho State University, Efficient Solvers for Some Partial Differential Equations in Physics |
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Mar. 13
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Dr. Kate Scholberg, Duke University, Neutrinos From the Sky and Through the Earth
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Mar. 20
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Spring Break, No Colloquium |
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Mar. 27
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Dr. Michael Ware, Brigham Young University, Photo Emission by Individual Electron Wave packets in Strong Laser Fields |
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Apr. 3
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Dr. Byung Kim, Boise State University, Direct Observation of Chain-Like Water Structures by Atomic Force Microscopy
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Apr. 10
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Dr. Eric Held, Utah State University, Fluid/Kinetic Modeling of ITER Plasmas |
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| Apr. 17 |
Dr. Graeme Milton, University of Utah, Cloaking: Where Science Fiction Meets Science |
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| Apr. 24 |
Dr. Leslie Kerby, Idaho State University, Serpent Research at Idaho National Laboratory |
Unless specifically mentioned, all talks will be at 4:00 pm on Mondays in PS 108.
contact: shrostev@isu.edu
Last modified 4/3/2017
