BGSU Colloquium & Seminar Schedule -- Autumn 2007


Colloquia & Seminars of the Bowling Green State University Department of Physics and Astronomy are normally held on Thursdays at 4:00pm in Overman Hall, Room 106 (the conference room off the Department Office). Coffee and refreshments are available beforehand at 3:30pm in the same room. Joint colloquia with the University of Toledo are usually held in 123 Overman Hall, with refreshments beginning at 3:30pm in 106 Overman Hall.

Current Schedule - Fall Semester 2007

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Title or Topic of Talk

23 Aug 2007

Dr. Andy Layden

BGSU

Organization Meeting -- pizza & pop for students & faculty

30 Aug 2007
Joint with UT @UT

Dr. Daniel Gall

RPI

The Materials Machine: Nanostructure Growth from the Vapor Phase

06 Sep 2007

Dr. Andy Layden

Dr. John Laird

BGSU

BGSU

The Space Interferometry Mission and the Ages of Globular Star Clusters

LaTex 

13 Sep 2007

Dr. Marvin Payne

BGSU

Another Way to Interpret the Ginsberg Experiment on
Light Storage and Recovery in a Na BEC

20 Sep 2007
Joint with UT @UT

Dr. Lee Hartmann

Univ. of Michigan

Dynamical Star and Cluster Formation

27 Sep 2007

Chinthaka Liyanage

Dr. John Laird

 BGSU

BGSU

 Reflection Coefficient Measurements in Thin Film Cadmium Sulfide (CdS)

LaTex

04 Oct 2007

[None]

[None]

Fall Break

11 Oct 2007

Neil Goldsmith

Dr. John Laird

BGSU

BGSU

Modeling Muscle Twitch and Twitch Summation as a Cause for Voice Frequency Perturbations

LaTex

18 Oct 2007

[None]

[None]

[None]

25 Oct 2007

Chen Liu

Dr. John Laird

BGSU

BGSU

Unified Field Theory

LaTex

01 Nov 2007
Joint with UT @BGSU

 Dr. Liese van Zee

Univ. of Indiana

Dwarf Galaxy Evolution

08 Nov 2007

 Harsha Attanayake

Dilupama Divaratne

BGSU

BGSU

Transport Properties of 40% La Filled Skutterudite Thin Films -- Theory and Instrumentation

Transport Properties of 40% La Filled Skutterudite Thin Films -- Data Analysis

15 Nov 2007

Dr. Lawrence Krauss

Case Western Reserve Univ.

Informal discussion with Dr. Krauss on his work in popular science and beyond

Public lectures at 7:30pm Thurs Room 111 Olscamp Hall and 11:30am Fri in Room 115 Olscamp Hall

22 Nov 2007

[None]

[None]

Thanksgiving Break

29 Nov 2007

Nicholas Schmall

Sandy Zhang

BGSU

BGSU

The Physics and Mechanics Involved in Pitching a Baseball

The Magnetic Cure to Stress

06 Dec 2007

Nilanka Gurusinghe

Yang Wang

BGSU

BGSU

Investigation of Optoelectronic Properties in Thin Film ZnS

The Universe's Invisible Hand -- Dark Energy

Schedule for 2008 Spring Semester

University of Toledo Colloquia (Schedule):

Colloquia of the University of Toledo Department of Physics and Astronomy are normally held on Thursdays at 4:00pm in McMaster Hall, Room 1005 (MH 1005). Coffee and refreshments are available beforehand at 3:30pm in MH 4009.

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Last Updated: 2007 Aug 20 || Contact: Andy Layden || Back to BGSU Physics & Astronomy