Physics Colloquium Fall 2018
All colloquia take place Thursdays at 1:30 pm in Smith Hall 111, unless otherwise noted. (Schedule for Spring 2019)
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Aug 30
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No Colloquium: start of semester
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Sep 6
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Distinguished University Professor and Perkins Professor of Physics
Case Western Reserve University
Title: The Science of Climate Change and the Changing Climate of Science
Host: Khandker Quader
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Sep 13
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Sep 20
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Department of Physics
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Title: Doped Organic Transistors for Bio-electronic Applications
Host: Khandker Quader
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Sep 27
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Professor of Physics/Director, Condensed Matter Science - Theory (NHFML)
Florida State University/NHFML
Title: Quantum Critical Behavior at the Mott Point: the Status Quo
Host: Khandker Quader
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Oct 4
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Department of Physics
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Title: Failed Theories of Superconductivity
Host: Khandker Quader
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Oct 8 (Mon)
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Special Colloquium -- 4:05 pm
Soumya Mohapatra
Columbia University
Title: Collective dynamics of the quark-gluon plasma produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions
Host: Declan Keane
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| Oct 11 | No Colloquium: Fall Break |
| Oct 15 (Mon) |
Special Colloquium -- 4:05 pm
Philippe Paul Martel
Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz and Mount Allison University
Title: Understanding the Proton
Host: Declan Keane
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Oct 18
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Professor, Department of Natural Sciences/Physics
Baruch College, City University of New York
Title: Classical Gluon Fields in QCD at High Energies
Host: Mike Strickland
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| Oct 22 (Mon) |
Special Colloquium -- 4:05 pm
Dustin Keller
University of Virginia
Title: A Peak into the World of Spin Physics
Host: Declan Keane
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Oct 25
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Special Colloquium : Usual time --1:30 pm
Prithwish Tribedy
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Title: Exploring Novel Phenomena at the Early Stages of Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions
Host:
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Nov 1
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Department of Physics
University of Florida, Gainesville
Title: Squeezing New Physics out of Old Materials with Applied Pressure
Host: Khandker Quader
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Nov 8
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Professor and Chair, Department of Geography
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Title: Using Self-Organizing Maps to Understand the Influence of the Atmosphere on Water level and Quality
Host: Khandker Quader
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Nov 15
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Distinguished University Professor, Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Case Western Reserve University
Title: An Uncooperative Universe
Host: Mike Strickland
CANCELED (speaker will re-schedule)
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Nov 29
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Professor, Institute for Medicine and Engineering & Department of Physiology
University of Pennsylvania
Title: Non-linear Elasticity and Relaxation in Fibrous Networks and Soft Tissues
Host: Oleg Lavrentovich
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Dec 6
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Department of Physics
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Title: Terahertz Spectroscopy in 2D materials
Host: Benjamin Fregoso
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Dec 13
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No Colloquium: Finals week
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