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ISU Physics Department Colloquium ScheduleColloquium 

Starting Monday, March 30, all colloquium lectures will be delivered online via Zoom.  Links to these sessions are provided below.

Fall 2019    Schedule

Aug. 19 Dr. John Sohl, Weber State University, The Physics of Sailing
 
Aug. 26 Dr. Erdinch Tatar, Idaho State University, Adventures in Modern Physics
   
Sept. 2 Labor Day, No Colloquium
   
Sept. 9 Dr. Richard VanFleetBrigham Young University, Atomic/Alternating Layer Deposition (ALD) on Carbon Nanotube Forests
   
Sept. 16 Dr. Bradley Carroll, Weber State UniversityApollo 11 and the Physics of Orbital Rendezvous
   
Sept. 23 Dr. Robert Roser, Idaho National Laboratory, The Story of the Higgs Boson
   
Sept. 30 Dr. David Peak, Utah State University, Minnow, Majority, and Magic
   
Oct. 7 Dr. David NeilsenBrigham Young University, The Exciting New Frontier of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
   
Oct. 14 Dr. Paul Stonaha, Idaho State University, Surviving Graduate School in Hard Sciences
   
Oct. 21 Dr. Erik Jorgensen, University of Utah, Flash-And-Freeze Electron Microscopy: Tracking Membranes and Proteins in Time and Space (Milliseconds and Nanometers)
   
Oct. 28 Dr. Chad Pope, Idaho State University, Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) Facility Design and Experiment Capability
   
Nov. 4 Dr. Denise Stephens, Brigham Young University, Identifying Extrasolar Planets with the Kelt and Tess Missions
   
Nov. 11
Jon Stoner, Idaho Accelerator CenterApplied Physics and Engineering at the Idaho Accelerator Center
   
Nov. 18 Dr. John Sohl, Weber State University, The Physics of Sailing Part 2, Hulls and Hydrofoils
   
Nov. 25  Thanksgiving Break, No Colloquium
   
Dec. 2 Dr. Shanti Deemyad, University of Utah, Physics of Light Dense Matter: Quantum and Classical Effects



Spring 2020    Schedule

Jan. 13
Dr. Erdinch Tatar, Idaho State University, More Adventures in Modern Physics

 
Jan. 20
Martin Luther King Day, No Colloquium

 
Jan 27
Dr. Rick Spielman, Idaho Accelerator Center, Optimizing Magnetic Insulation in Vacuum Transmission Lines

 
Feb. 3
Dr. Dustin McNulty, Idaho State University, Detectors for Parity Experiments at JLab: PREX-II, CREX, and MOLLER

 
Feb. 10
Brian Bucher, Idaho National Laboratory, Rapid Chemical Separations for Rate Isotope Research at INL

 
Feb. 17
President's Day, No Colloquium

 
Feb. 24
Dr. Leslie Atkins, Boise State University, Constructing Theoretical Objects in Physics
   
Mar. 2 Dr. Dustin McNulty, Idaho State University, Quartz Cerenkov and GEM Detector R&D at ISU (for PREX-II, CREX, and MOLLER)

 
Mar. 9
John Kent, GlobalFoundaries, GlobalFoundries - Semiconductor Overview

 
Mar. 16
Colloquium Canceled

 
Mar. 23
Spring Break, No Colloquium

 
Mar. 30
Dr. George Imel, Idaho State University, Characterization of Oscillator Techniques for Neutron Cross Section Measurements
Zoom Session Link
Zoom Session Recording

 
Apr. 6
Dr. Dmitri Tenne, Boise State University, Photoluminescence and Raman Spectroscopy Characterization of Point Defects in Oxide Nanomaterials
Zoom Session Link
Zoom Session Recording

 
Apr. 13
Dr. Brian Pyper, Brigham Young University Idaho, How to Make a Physics Teacher
Zoom Session Link
Zoom Session Recording
   
Apr. 20 Dr. Paul Simmonds, Boise State University, Tensile-strained self-assembly: Nanoscale stretching creates novel quantum materials
Zoom Session Link
Zoom Session Recording
   
Apr. 27 Dr. Jay Kunze, Idaho State University, What Ever Happened to the Promise of Nuclear Power?
Zoom Session Link
Zoom Session Recording



Unless specifically mentioned, all talks will be at 4:00 pm on Mondays in PS 108.
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Last modified 4/15/2020