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Thursday, June 2nd 2011
Monday, June 6th 2011
2:00 pm:
PhD Thesis Defense
in Physics 210
Speaker: Andrea Mehner
2:30 pm:
REU welcome gathering
in 216 Physics
Students, staff and faculty are invited to stop by to say hello and enjoy some refreshments!
Wednesday, June 8th 2011
08:00 am:
Friday, June 10th 2011
1:00 pm:
Thesis Defense
in Room 2-102, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research.
Speaker: Robert O'Connell, University of Minnesota
Subject: Determining Optimum Imaging Parameters for SWIFT: Application to Superparamagnetic Iron Oxides and Magnetized Objects
This is the public portion of Mr. O'Connell's thesis defense
4:30 pm:
Monday, June 13th 2011
08:00 am:
Thursday, June 23rd 2011
10:30 am:
Master's Presentation
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Miranda Pihlaja, University of Minnesota
Subject: Anisotropic Hardware Injection of Gravitational Waves into LIGO Detectors
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Zurab Berezhiani, University of L'Aquila
Subject: Neutron oscillations: window to parallel worlds
Thursday, June 30th 2011
08:00 am:
Monday, July 4th 2011
3:35 pm:
University closed
Wednesday, July 6th 2011
12:00 pm:
Special Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Hans Courant, University of Minnesota
Subject: The Trinity Test
Saturday, July 9th 2011
4:30 pm:
Monday, July 11th 2011
3:35 pm:
Friday, July 22nd 2011
2:00 pm:
Thesis Defense
in Walter 402
Speaker: Pete Mendygral
Subject: Simulations and Synthetic Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei Jets in Galaxy Clusters: Numerical Tools and Experiments
This is the public portion of Mr.Mendygral's thesis defense
Monday, July 25th 2011
7:00 pm:
Special Seminar
in Physics 170
Speaker: Jim Kakalios, University of Minnesota
Subject: The Physics of Superheroes
Tuesday, July 26th 2011
11:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Tom Kelley, University of Minnesota
Subject: Soft-Wall AdS/QCD
This is the public portion of Mr. Kelley's thesis defense
Wednesday, July 27th 2011
11:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Roxanne Radpour, University of Minnesota
Subject: Design, Construction, and Assessment of a Neutron Shield for CDMS Test Facilities
Friday, August 5th 2011
3:35 pm:
Thesis Defense
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Feng Guo, University of Minnesota
Subject: Noise detection and transport measurements of spin valve systems
This is the public portion of Mr. Guo's thesis defense.
Tuesday, August 9th 2011
1:30 pm:
Lecture Demonstration Show
in 150 Physics
Speaker: Brian Andersson, University of Minnesota
Subject: The best of the School's 1000+ lecture demos performed in one show.
Friday, August 12th 2011
11:00 am:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Victor Kagalovsky, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Subject: Levitation of delocalized states at weak magnetic field.
2:00 pm:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Brian Skinner, University of Minnesota
Subject: Microscopic Theory of Supercapacitors
This is the public portion of Mr. Skinner's thesis defense.
Friday, August 19th 2011
08:00 am:
Monday, August 22nd 2011
08:00 am:
Tuesday, August 23rd 2011
09:00 am:
Graduate Written Exam
in 150 Physics
10:30 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Projjwal Banerjee
Subject: Neutrino-induced Neucleosynthesis in Supernova Helium Shells
This is the public portion of Mr. Banerjees thesis defense.
1:00 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Roman Nevzorov, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Subject: Exceptional Supersymmetric Standard Model
1:00 pm:
Thesis Defense
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Xiang Leng
Subject: Superconductor-Insulator Transition Induced by Electrostatic Charging in High Temperature Superconductors
This is the public portion of Mr. Leng's thesis defense.
Wednesday, August 24th 2011
09:00 am:
Friday, August 26th 2011
10:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in Physics 170
Speaker: Karl Isensee
Subject: A 3-Dimensional Analysis of the Cassiopeia A Supernova Remnant
This is the public portion of Karl's defense.
3:30 pm:
Special Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jonathan Miller of Uppsala University (Sweden)
Subject: IceCube and the search for Secluded Dark Matter
Mr. Miller is a candidate for the neutrinos postdoc position.
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