2007 | Idaho State University

ISU Physics Department Colloquium Schedule

Fall 2007 Schedule

Aug. 27	Radiation Safety Training

Sept. 3	Labor Day, No Colloquium

Sept. 10	Dr. Tony Forest, Dr. Phil Cole, Dr. Kara Keeter, Idaho State University, Research Summaries

Sept. 17	Dr Karo Ispiryan, Yerevan Physics Institute, Armenia, Production and Study of Femtosecond Electron and X-Ray bunches with the Help of Laser Beams: Femtosecond Oscilloscopes

Sept. 18	Dr. Kyungseon Joo, University of Connecticut, Recent N* results from Pion Electroproduction with CLAS at Jefferson Lab

Sept. 24	Dr. Valeria Starovoitova, Idaho State University, Intermolecular Coupling in Heme Compounds

Oct. 1	Dr. Katherine Chandler, Dr. Alan Hunt, Dr. Marc Mitchell, Idaho State University, Research Summaries

Oct. 8	Dr. Scott Bergeson, Brigham Young University, Ultracold Plasmas and Other Oxymorons

Oct. 15	Dr. Bradley Carroll, Weber State University, Good Vibrations and Stellar Pulsations

Oct. 22	Dr. Tieqiao Zhang, Boise State University, The Endocytosis and Intercellular Trafficking of Multifunctional Lipid Nanoparticles in Live Cells

Oct. 29	Trent Clark, Monsanto, The Science of Risk Communication

Nov. 5	Dr. Corinne Augier, Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Orsay, University of Paris, Status of the NEMO (Neutrino Ettore Majorana Observatory) experiments: NEMO3 and beyond “Is the neutrino its own antimatter?”

Nov. 7	Dr. Askel Hallin,University of Alberta, From SNO to SNO+: Neutrinos and Astroparticle Physics

Nov. 12	Dr. Eric Hintz, Brigham Young University, Variable Star Hunting: Find Them, Tag Them, and Track Them

Nov. 19	Thanksgiving Break, No Colloquium

Nov. 26	Dr. Christian Segebade, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany, Photon Activation Analysis –A useful method in material investigation and analytical science

Dec. 3	Dr. Pierre Bertin, Université Blaise Pascal, Thomal Jefferson National Accelerator Laboratory, Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering and Deep Neutral Pion Production in Hall A at Jefferson laboratory

Dec. 10	Dr. Ajay Singh, Utah State University, Status of the Tokamak in Physics at Utah State

Spring 2008 Schedule

Jan. 14	Dr. Adam Johnston, Weber State University, Meanings of Learning in Physics

Jan. 21	Martin Luther King Day, No Colloquium

Jan. 28	Dr. Alan Hunt, Idaho State University, Active Techniques for the Real-Time Detection, Identification and Quantification of Fissionable Materials

Feb. 4	Ken J. Pedersen, Pederson and Company, PLLC, Intellectual Property Rights and Patent law for Scientists

Feb. 11	Dr. Jason Harris, Idaho State University, Tritium Recapture Behavior at a Nuclear Power Reactor Due to Airborne Releases

Feb. 18	President's Day, No Colloquium

Feb. 25	Dr. Gary Scott, Waste Isolation Pilot Project, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Mar. 3	Dr. Kevin Kelley, Brigham Young University Idaho, Reaction Networks as a Diagnostic Tool in Astrophysics and Weapons Design

Mar. 10	Dr. Carleton DeTar, University of Utah, Simulating Quarks and Gluons to High Precision with Computers

Mar. 17	Dr. Frank Merrill, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Charged Particle Radiography

Mar. 24	Spring Break, No Colloquium

Mar. 31	Dr. Roger Carlini, Jefferson National Laboratory, The Q-weak Experiment – A Precision Test of the Standard Model: Determination of the Weak Charges of the Quarks through Parity-Violating Electron Scattering

Apr. 7	Dr. Jordan Gerton, University of Utah, Poking Around with Light at the Nanometer Scale

Apr. 14	Dr. Mark Riffe, Utah State University, Coherent Phonon Excitation in Opaque Nonpolar Materials

Apr. 21	Dr. Hugo Schmidt, Montana State University, Topic to be determined

Apr. 28	Dr. Robert Runkle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Screening the Photon Haystack: The Role of Radiation Detection Technology in Securing Special Nuclear Material

Unless specifically mentioned, all talks will be at 4:00 pm on Mondays in PS 108.

contact: shropshi@physics.isu.edu
Last modified 3/31/2008

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