Physics and Astronomy

Colloquium - Fall 2012

 

Get to WPS 102 by 3:00pm for free sandwiches, cookies, soft drinks, and coffee!

 

September 14             

Speaker 1:  3:05  Dr. Ron Henderson will give an overview of research opportunities, and answer questions from students

Speaker 2:  3:30  Dr. Brian Frank will discuss some of his work in physics education research

 

September 28

Speaker 1:  3:05  Dr. Nat Smith - Nano crystals and Solar Energy

Speaker 2:  3:30  Dr. Daniel Erenso - Optical Tweezers and Biophysics

 

** Postponed to October 19 **                  

Speaker 1:  3:05  Dr. Bill Robertson - Optical Biosensors and Acoustic Wave Phenomena

Speaker 2:  3:30  Dr. Eric Klumpe - Observational Astronomy and Astro-Dynamical Modeling

 

October 26                    

Speaker 1:  3:05  Dr. Sharon Weiss (from Vanderbilt) - Light-matter interactions in nanoporous materials for biosensing applications

 

November 9

Speaker 1:  3:05  Dr. Irina Perevalova - Where Did I Come From, and What's in My Future?

Speaker 2: 3:30  Dr. John Wallin - Computational Physics