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Thursday, January 10th 2008
11:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Sujeewa Kumaratunga, Univ. of Minnesota
Subject: Neutrino oscillations using quasielastic events in MINOS
This is the public portion of her thesis defense.
Friday, January 18th 2008
Wednesday, January 30th 2008
2:30 pm:
Condensed Matter Speaker
in Physics 435
Speaker: Volodymyr Turkowski, Missouri
Tuesday, February 19th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in Physics 435
Speaker: Ken Heller & Yuichi Kubota, University of Minnesota
Subject: Graduate Education in Physics: Which Way Forward? A Report on the APS/AAPT Conference to Discuss the Status and Future of Graduate Education in Physics
Note change of place and time. This will be the new time and place for the seminar.
Tuesday, February 26th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jon Anderson & Nancy Bresnahan, University of Minnesota
Subject: PhysTEC at the University of Minnesota: Start-up and Implementation
Tuesday, March 4th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jennifer Docktor, Univ. of Minnesota
Subject: Robust assessment instrument for student problem solving
Wednesday, March 5th 2008
12:20 pm:
Special Many Body Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Prof. Raymond Bishop, University of Manchester
Subject: Thermal and More General Mixed Coherent States for Open Systems and Quantum Information Theory
Friday, March 7th 2008
11:00 am:
Special Nuclear Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Matt Braby, Washington University
Subject: Particle Physics and Neutron Stars: Transport Properties of High Density Quark Matter
Tuesday, March 11th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jennifer Docktor, Univ. of Minnesota
Subject: Robust Assessment Instrument for Student Problem Solving - Part II
Friday, March 14th 2008
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. John Monnier, U. Michigan
Subject: Young Stellar Objects: The Inner AU
Refreshments will follow in Physics 358
Monday, March 17th 2008
11:00 am:
Special Condensed Matter Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Phan Nam Hai, University of Tokyo
Subject: Rich spin-dependent transport phenomena in semiconductor nanostructures with ferromagnetic nanoparticles
Tuesday, March 18th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
No seminar--Spring Break
Tuesday, March 25th 2008
Tuesday, April 1st 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Charles Campbell, University of Minnesota
Subject: Using Learning Assistants During Lectures
Tuesday, April 8th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Vazgen Shekoyan, Rutgers University
Subject: Using Ill-structured or Multiple-Possibility Physics Problems in Introductory Physics Courses
Wednesday, April 9th 2008
08:00 am:
Special Cosmology Seminar
in Physics
Speaker: Martin White - UC Berkeley
Subject: To be announced.
Speaker: Martin White - UC Berkeley
Tuesday, April 15th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Joel Donna, Univ. of Minnesota
Subject: TPACK and the RAT - Frameworks for Exploring Technology for the Teaching and Learning of Physics
Friday, April 18th 2008
10:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 4-101 Hasselmo Hall
Speaker: Mohac Tekmen, University of Minnesota
Subject: Single Molecule Fluorescence Techniques: Spectroscopy and Imaging
1:30 pm:
Thesis Defense
in 220 Physics
Speaker: Bin Wu, University of Minnesota
Subject: Fluorescence Cumulant Analysis in Fluorescence Fluctuation Spectroscopy
Tuesday, April 22nd 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Ramon Lopez, University of Texas, Arlington
Subject: Visual representation in space and geoscience
7:30 pm:
IEEE Distinguished Lecture Series
in 101 Walter Library
Speaker: Professor Paul Freitas, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon
Subject: Spintronic Biochips for Biomolecular Recognition
Wednesday, April 23rd 2008
12:20 pm:
Special Many Body Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Raymond Bishop, University of Manchester
Subject: Journeys to and in quantum phase space: extended quantum phase space formulations of Quantum Many Body Theory and Quantum Information Theory
Tuesday, April 29th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Tamara Moore, University of Minnesota
Subject: Getting Students Interested in STEM Through Realistic Nanotechnology Modeling Problems
Wednesday, April 30th 2008
12:20 pm:
Special Many Body Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Raymond Bishop, University of Manchester
Subject: EXACT RESULTS FOR SOME NON-INTEGRABLE MODELS OF INTERACTING SPINS AND BOSONS
Tuesday, May 6th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Brita L. Nellermoe, Univ. of Minnesota
Subject: Faculty Development and Teacher Training in Post-secondary Physics Departments
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Craig Dukes, Univeristy of Virginia
Subject: A High-Sensitivity Search for Charged Lepton Flavor Violation at Fermilab
Wednesday, May 7th 2008
12:20 pm:
Special Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jan Bording, University of Stavenger, Norway
Subject: Chemically detailed tight binding model of high Tc YBCO
Thursday, May 8th 2008
10:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Beth Masimore, University of Minnesota
Subject: Fluctuation Phenomena in Neurological Local Field Potentials.
This is the public portion of Ms. Masimore's Oral Examination.
Friday, May 9th 2008
10:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Tao Hu, University of Minnesota
Subject: How proteins search for their targets on DNA.
This is the public portion of Mr. Hu's Oral Examination.
4:30 pm:
Department Graduation Reception
in 216 Physics
Faculty, Staff and Students invited. Please RSVP by May 2nd.
Tuesday, May 13th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Friday, May 16th 2008
1:00 pm:
Thesis Defense
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Brian Batell, University of Minnesota
Subject: Unraveling strong dynamics with the fifth dimension
This is the public portion of Mr. Batell's Oral Examination.
Tuesday, May 20th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
The seminar has ended for the semester. It will return in September 2008
Wednesday, May 21st 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Theory Simulation Lunch Talk
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Professor Kai-Lun Yao, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Subject: Organic Magnets: Modeling, Design and Mechanism
There will be two talks presented at this seminar
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Theory Simulation Lunch Talk
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Professor Zu Li Liu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Subject: Preparation, Characterization and Applications of Nanoparticle Composites
This is the second of two talks presented at this seminar
Friday, May 23rd 2008
1:00 pm:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Masaya Nishioka
Subject: Transport Properties of Carbon Based Devices
This is the public portion of Mr. Batell's Oral Examination.
Monday, June 2nd 2008
09:00 am:
6:00 pm:
Physics Force Public Show
in 150 Physics
All Physics Force performances are approximately an hour long.
Monday, June 16th 2008
10:30 am:
Thesis Defense
in 236A Physics
Speaker: Eric Grashorn
Subject: TBA
This is the public portion of Mr. Grashorn's Oral Examination.
Thursday, June 26th 2008
10:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Marie Lopez del Puerto, University of Minnesota
Subject: Real-space pseudopotential calculations of the ground state and excited state properties of molecules and clusters.
Tuesday, July 22nd 2008
10:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Wenhao Zhang, U of MN
Subject: Nonequilibrium magnetotransport in GaAs/AlGaAs-based two
This is the public portion of Mr. Zhang's thesis defense.
Friday, July 25th 2008
12:00 pm:
Nuclear Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Philippe de Forcrand, ETHZ
Subject: Progress on numerical simulations of QCD thermodynamics
Thursday, August 7th 2008
08:30 am:
High Energy Physics Group Annual Review
in 435 Physics
12:00 pm:
REU Poster Session
in 140 Physics
Everyone invited!
2:00 pm:
Special Space Physics Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Tim Yeoman, University of Leicester, UK
Subject: Multi-instrument observations of the magnetospheric signatures of ULF waves generated upstream of the Earth's bow shock.
2:00 pm:
Special Space Physics Seminar Cont.
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Darren Wright, University of Leicester, UK
Subject: Recent Studies of the High Latitude Ionospheric Alfvén Resonator
Thursday, August 14th 2008
12:00 pm:
Turbulent Amplification of Magnetic Fields in the Cosmic Web
in Physics 435
Speaker: Hyesung Kang ,Pusan National University
Monday, September 8th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Yong Qian, University of Minnesota
Subject: Stars powered by dark matter annihilation
Monday, September 15th 2008
10:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Tim Klein, University of Minnesota
Subject: Radiative D Decays at CLEO-c
Thursday, September 18th 2008
4:00 pm:
Speaker: Joseph Eberly, Dept. of Physics, University of Rochester
Subject: Quantum Mechanics and Weird Quantum Optics
Tuesday, September 23rd 2008
7:00 pm:
Misel Family Lecture
in 150 Physics
Speaker: P. James E. Peebles, Princeton University
Subject: Finding the Big Bang
Thursday, October 2nd 2008
3:30 pm:
Special Geoneutrino Seminar
in 121 Pilsbury Hall
Speaker: Dr. William McDonough, University of Maryland, Department of Geology
Subject: Antineutrino Detection, Geoneutrinos and Heat Production in the Earth
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