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Seminars

Physics Department seminars are held on Fridays from 2:10 - 3 pm in Norris 102 on the Albion College campus. The public is invited to attend.

Spring 2008
January 25 - Introduction, Faculty Research

February 1 - Faculty Research

February 8 - Nicolle Zellner
                        Starry Starry Night

February 15 - Aaron Miller
                        How to Use Matlab

February 22 - David Anderson
                        Understanding the Standard Model

February 29 - Andrew Fidler (Physics '08)
                            The Coarsening of Two-dimensional Superconducting Froths

March 7 - Charles Moreau
                        LaTeX

March 14 - No Seminar (Spring Break)

March 21 - No Seminar (Good Friday)

March 28 - ADVISING Information

April 2 - Martha Ackmann (Mount Holyoke)
                         The Mercury 13: The Lost Story of America's Space Pioneers
                        
 
7 pm, Norris 101 (Note change in time and location)

April 4 - No Seminar (Students should attend lecture on April 2)

April 11 - Joe Minow (Marshall Spaceflight Center)
                        Challenges of the Space Environment for Exploration of the Moon

April 18 - Ernst Galutschek (Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute)
                        14C Accelerator Mass Spectrometery at WHOI

April 25 - Kevin Chalut '99 (Duke University, Biomedical Engineering)
                        Using Biophotonics Techniques to Assess Structure and
                                   Organization in Biological Materials

 

Fall 2007
August 23 - Faculty Introductions

August 30 - Faculty Introductions

September 6 - David Seely
                           Research and Student Opportunities at ORNL

September 13 - Andrew Fidler (Physics '08)
                            The Coarsening of Two-dimensional Superconducting Froths

                       Lesley Simanton (Physics '09)
                            Astronomy at Albion College

             NOTE: Seminar starts at 1:05 pm

September 20 - Marcy Howdyshell (Physics '08)
                            Structure of ZnO Nanorods Using X-Ray Diffraction

September 27 - Aaron Miller
                           Quantum Tic Tac Toe

October 4 - No Seminar

October 11 - ADVISING Information

October 18 - Mike VanHouten
                           Scientific Journal Resources (meet in Mudd 210)

October 25 - David Anderson
                           The Naval Fire Control Problem: 1870-1945

November 1 - Aaron Miller
                            Order of Magnitude (aka Fermi Questions)

November 8

November 15

November 22 - No Seminar

November 29

December 6 - Student Presentations

 

Last modified on 04/10/2008.

 

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