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Fall 2011    Schedule

Aug. 22 Dr. Doug Wells, Chair, Idaho State University Department of Physics, Director, Idaho Accelerator Center, Welcome and Introductions  
   
Aug. 29 Colloquium Canceled due to University Faculty Meeting
   
Sept. 5 Labor Day, No Colloquium
   
Sept. 12  Dr. Fabrizio Pinto,  Intersteller Technologies CorporationQuantum Vacuum Engineering: The Long Road from Epicurean "Hooked Atoms" to Nanodevices Actuated by Absolutely Empty Space
   
Sept. 15 Dr. Jose Goity, Hampton UniversityThe Chiral Dynamics of QCD
   
Sept. 19 Dr. Pearl SandickUniversity of Utah, High Hopes and Low Cross Sections
   
Sept. 26 Dr. Stephen JohnsonIdaho National laboratoryRadioisotope Power Systems: Past, Present and Future
   
Oct. 3 Dr. Michael Barti, University of Utah, Bioinspired Photonic Crystals: Design, Structure, and Function
   
Oct. 10 Dr. Inese Ivans, University of UtahCosmic Building Blocks -- Stellar Insights
   
Oct. 17 Dr. Khalid Chouffani, Idaho Accelerator CenterLaser-Compton Scattering Experiments From Intermediate Energy Electron Beams
   
Oct. 24 Dr. Stephen Turcotte, Brigham Young University Idaho, Wind Speed Measurements in the Snake River Valley
   
Oct. 31 Dr. Hellen Farrell, Idaho National  LaboratoryA Universal Model for Nanoparticle Size Effects
   
Nov. 7 Dr. Bo Zhao, Jefferson National Accelerator FacilityThe Quest for Two Photon Exchange in Electron Scattering
   
Nov. 14 Dr. Alan Hunt, Idaho Accelerator CenterThe Active Detection of Fissionable Materials using a 2D Signature Phase Space and Signature Interferences
   
Nov. 21 Thanksgiving Break, No Colloquium
   
Nov. 28 Tamar Didberidze, Idaho State University, Quark Spin in the Nucleon
   
Dec. 5 Dr. John Sohl, Weber State University, White Death - The Science of Avalanches 



Spring 2012    Schedule

Jan. 9
 Dr. Tony Forrest, Idaho State UniversityInelastic Physics Asymmetries

 
Jan. 16
Martin Luther King Day, No Colloquium

 
Jan. 23
Dr. Hector Calderon, Idaho State UniversityIs Gravity a Metric Phenomena?

 
Jan 30
Dr. Alexander Stanculescu, Idaho National laboratory, Status of International Advanced Reactor Technology Development 

 
Feb. 6
Dr. Kyle Dawson, University of UtahSurveying the Universe, 1000 Objects at a Time

 
Feb. 13
Bindu KC, Idaho State University, Photonuclear Production of Cu-67 and the Issues Associated

 
Feb. 20
President's Day, No Colloquium

 
Feb. 27
Dr. Pushpa Raghani, Boise State UniversityElectronic Structure of Materials From First Principles
   
Mar. 5 Dr. Daniel SchroederWeber State UniversityParadigms and Paradoxes of Computational Physics ,  (link to slides)

 
Mar. 12
Dr. Lisa Goss, Idaho State UniversityThe Role of Chemistry in Production of Cu-67 for Medical Use

 
Mar. 19
Dr. Marat Khafizov, Idaho National  LaboratoryApplication of Ultrafast Spectroscopy in Materials Science

 
Mar. 26
Spring Break, No Colloquium

 
Apr. 2
Dr. Scott SommerfeldtBrigham Young University, Active Noise Control: Is It Good for Anything?,  (link to slides)

 
Apr. 9
Dr. Daniel Ginosar, Idaho National  Laboratory, Catalysis for Thermochemical Hydrogen Production Cycles,  (link to slides)

 
Apr. 16
 Dr. Steve Turley, Brigham Young University, It's Rough Reflecting Short Wavelengths
   
Apr. 23 Colloquium Canceled



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

contact: shropshi@physics.isu.edu
Last modified 4/18/2012