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Fall 2004    Schedule

Aug. 23 Dr. Doug Wells, Dr. Wendland Beezhold, Dr. Philip Cole, and Dr. Eddie Tatar, ISU Physics Research Summaries
   
Aug. 30 Dr. Doug Wells, ISU Physics, Radiation Research Opportunities at the IAC: A Sales-Pitch
   
Sept. 6 Labor Day, No Colloquium
   
Sept. 13 Dr. Eduardo Farfan,  South Carolina State University, A Probabilistic Respiratory Tract Dosimetry Model with Applications to Alpha-Paraticle, Beta-Particle, and Gamma-Ray emitters
   
Sept. 20 Dr. Brian Pyper, Brigham Young University Idaho, Why Should We Care About PER? Physics Education Research: History and Notable Results
   
Sept. 27 Dr. Richard Reimann, Boise State University, Physics on Trial
   
Oct. 4 Dr. Andre Afanasev, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Probing Structure of Matter with Electron Accelerators at Jefferson Lab
   
Oct. 5 Dr. Gerard Gilfoyle, University of Richmond, Picking Winners: Emerging Technologies for Countering Terrorism
   
Oct. 11 Dr. Charles Torre, Utah State University, Gravitation: 2300 Years Later
   
Oct. 18 Dr. Stephan LeBohec, University of Utah, Ground Based Gamma Ray Astronomy: In Quest for the Origin of Cosmic Rays
   
Oct. 25 Dr. Mike Taylor, Utah State University, Imaging studies of atmospheric gravity waves
   
Nov. 1 Martin HackworthISU PhysicsVisceral Physics - Motorcycles
   
Nov. 8 Dr. Colin Inglefield, Weber State University, Microwave Modulated Photoluminescence: A Probe of Semiconductor Surfaces
   
Nov. 15 Dr. Daryl Macomb, Boise State University, Timing Neutron Stars
   
Nov. 22 Thanksgiving Break, No Colloquium
   
Nov. 29 Dr. George Lolos, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Gluonic Excitations, the Key to Understanding Confinement
   
Dec. 6 Dr. Linda DeVeaux, ISU Biological SciencesSurviving the Stress:  Radiation Effects in Microbes


Spring 2005    Tentative Schedule

Jan. 24 Jon Stoner, American Microsystems, Inc., An introduction to IC manufacturing and AMI Semiconductor
   
Jan. 31 Dr. Philip Cole, ISU Physics, The Physics with Linearly-Polarized Photons in Hall B of JLab
   
Feb. 7 Dr. Townsend Zwart, MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science, CW Electron Beams at 30 MeV, Pulse Stretchers – Microtrons and Superconducting Linacs
   
Feb. 14 Masoud M. Beitollahi, ISU Physics, Use of Trace Radioactivity to Identify Recent Sedimentation Rate in Persian Gulf
   
Feb. 21 Presidents Day, No Colloquium
   
Feb. 28 Rod Mueller, T-Mobile USA, Modern Mobile Telecommunications with focus on GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications)
   
Mar. 7 Dr. Justin Peatross, Brigham Young University, Gruppengeschwindigkeit and the Homer Simpson Effect
   
Mar. 14 Spring Break, No Colloquium
   
Mar. 21 Dr. Dave Wall, City College of San Francisco, Physics of Magic
   
Mar. 28 Dr. Daniel Dale, University of Kentucky, A High Precision Measurement of the Neutral Pi Meson
   
Apr. 4 Dr. Scott Hughes, ISU Geosciences, Tsunami: How They Work and How We Cope With Them
   
Apr. 11 Dr. Vesselin Dimitrov, Idaho Accelerator Center, Pulsed Power Diagnostics and Control Systems
   
Apr. 18 Dr. Richard Smith, Montana State University, Restraining the Laws of Nature with a Layer of Atoms
   
Apr. 22, 12:00 Noon Dr. Ajit Roy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nuclear Materials Research at UNLV
   
Apr. 25
Dr. Richard Brey, Idaho State University, Considering differences between NCRP 49 and NCRP 147


May. 2
Dr. Daniel Schroeder, Weber State University, Electron-Positron Annihilation


Unless specifically mentioned, all talks will be at 4:00 pm on Mondays in PS 132.

contact: shropshi@physics.isu.edu
Last modified 4/19/2005