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Fall 2015    Schedule

Aug. 24 ISU Physics Faculty, Idaho State University, A Brief Overview of Resarch and Student Opportunities, Part I
   
Aug. 31 Dr. Zaijing Sun, Argonne National Laboratory, Mini-SHINE: Fission of Mo-99 with Accelerator Driven Subcritical Systems
   
Sept. 7 Labor Day, No Colloquium
   
Sept. 14 ISU Physics Faculty, Idaho State University, A Brief Overview of Resarch and Student Opportunities, Part II
   
Sept. 21 Dr. Vikram Deshpande, University of Utah, Anatomically-Thin Materials: Novel Devices and Physics
   
Sept. 28 ISU Physics Faculty, Idaho State University, A Brief Overview of Resarch and Student Opportunities, Part III
   
Oct. 5 Dr. Kent Gee, Brigham Young UniversityThat’s Shocking! The Physics of Nonlinear Sound Waves With Examples
   
Oct. 12 Dr. Michael Vershinin, University of UtahThree Dimensional Microtubule-Based Transport Logistics
   
Oct. 19  Colloquium Canceled
   
Oct. 21 Dr. Jeffrey Bennett, Big Kid Science, What is Relativity? An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein’s Ideas and Why They Matter, SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM 5:30 - 6:30 pm in PS 140
   
Oct. 26 Dr. Anil Chandra Seth, Utah State University, Black Holes in Low Mass Galaxies
   
Nov. 2 Dr. Jay OlsonBoise State UniversityCosmology and the Appearance of Aggressively Expanding Civilizations
   
Nov. 9 Dr. Jim Wheeler, Utah State University, The Search for the Higgs Boson
   
Nov. 16
Dr. Mary Bishai, Brookhaven National LaboratoryThe Little Neutral One: Neutrinos Past, Present, and Future
   
Nov. 23 Thanksgiving Break, No Colloquium
   
Nov. 30 Dr. Aaron Craft, Idaho National Laboratory, Neutron Imaging of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel at Idaho National Laboratory
   
Dec. 7 Dr. Erdinch Tatar, Idaho State UniversityRandom Thoughts About Physics



Spring 2016    Schedule

Jan. 11
Dr. Harold McFarlane, Director of International Programs, Idaho National Laboratory, The Global Outlook for Advanced Reactor Development

 
Jan. 18
Martin Luther King Day, No Colloquium

 
Jan 25
Dr. Brian Jackson, Boise State University, The Exoplanet Revolution

 
Feb. 1
Dr. Phillip Cole, Idaho State University, Studying Baryon Resonances with the CLAS (JLab) and BGO-OD (ELSA) Detectors

 
Feb. 8
Dr. Kristin Rabosky, Weber State UniversityAlternative Technologies for Next Generation Solar

 
Feb. 15
President's Day, No Colloquium

 
Feb. 22
Dr. Yan LiUniversity of Utah, Photoexcited Carrier Spin Dynamics in Metal Halide Perovskites
   
Feb. 29 Dr. Chad Pope, Idaho State University, The 1979 Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Accident (and 1977 Precursor Event)

 
Mar. 7
Dr. Kael Hanson, University of Wisconsin at MadisonVery Large Volume Neutrino Telescopes: Where are We Now and Where are We Going?

 
Mar. 14
Dr. Eric Dufek, Idaho National laboratoryFrom Materials to Vehicles: Assessing Performance of Energy Storage Technologies for a More Electrified Society

 
Mar. 21
Spring Break, No Colloquium

 
Mar. 28
Gus CaffreyIdaho National Laboratory, Osiris Project for Fission Product Gamma Detection

 
Apr. 4
Dr. Zheng Zheng, University of Utah, Anisotropic Galaxy Clustering in the Isotropic Universe

 
Apr. 11
Dr. David Macaluso, University of Montana, Elvis, John Wayne, and Quantum Plasmon Resonances Where Dead Stars And Engineered Nanomaterials Collide
   
Apr. 18 Dr. Vladimir Tishchenko, Brookhaven National LaboratoryThe Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon
   
Apr. 25 Dr. Brian Anderson, Brigham Young University, Time Reversal for Energy Focusing in Fluid and Elastic Media



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