Physics Colloquium, 2004-2005

Thursday Noon-1, Room 372 SEB (except where noted)

 

Fall, 2004 

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Title

Sept. 2

Carsten Gundlach

University of

Southampton

Turning the Einstein Equations into a Well-Posed Time Evolution Problem

Sept. 9

Brad Roth

Dept. Physics

Oakland University

Electrical Stimulation of Cardiac Tissue With Curving Fibers

Sept. 23

Andrei Slavin

Dept. Physics

Oakland University

Microwave and Millimeter Wave Signal Processing Using Spin Waves in Magnetic Films

Sept. 30

Koblar Jackson

Dept. Physics

Central Michigan Univ.

The Structures and Properties of Silicon Clusters in the Shape Transition Region

Oct. 7

Alberto Rojo

Dept. Physics

Oakland University

Spin Squeezing

Oct. 14

No Colloquium.  Instead, go to the OSAPS meeting at OU on Fri/Sat

 

 

Nov. 4

John Moran

Henry Ford Hospital

Independent Component Analysis Adapted for Imaging Brain Electric Activity

Nov. 11

Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy

Dept. Chemistry, Univ. Michigan

NMR of Biological Solids

Nov. 18

Craig Zaspel

Dept. Physics, Univ. Montana-Western

Magnetic Excitations in Nano-Sized Magnetic

Dots in a Vortex State

Nov. 25

No colloquium

Thanksgiving

 

 

Dec. 2

364 SEB

Michael Chopp

Dept. Physics

Oakland University

Remodeling Brain After Stroke and Neural Injury

 

 

Winter 2005

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Title

Jan. 13

Finn Larsen

Dept. Physics

University of Michigan

Black Holes in String Theory

Jan. 20

Anca Sala

on leave from JDS Uniphase

Optical Waveguides: From Physics to Telecom, and Back

Jan. 27

open

 

 

Feb. 3

Donald Morelli

Delphi

Aspects of Heat Conduction in Electronic Materials,

or,

Can You Phonons Please Conduct Yourselves Properly?

Feb. 10

Adrian Kantrowitz

L•VAD Technology

The Evidence for a Mechanical Heart

Feb. 17

Ale Lukaszew

Dept Physics & Astronomy

University of Toledo

Research on Nano-Magnetism

Feb. 24

Alexey Petrov

Dept. Physics

Wayne State University

Charm and Beauty of CP Violation

March 3

Greg Hassold

Dept. Applied Physics

Kettering University

Modeling the Influence of Special Grain Boundaries on the Microstructural Evolution of Polycrystals

March 10

No colloquium

Winter Recess

 

 

March 17

Carlo Piermarocchi

Dept. Physics & Astronomy

Michigan State University

Optical Quantum Control in Semiconductor Nano-Systems

March 24

No colloquium

APS March Meeting

 

 

March 31

Vasyl Tiberkevich

Dept. Physics

Oakland University

Microwave Generation in Magnetic Nano-Contacts by

Spin-Polarized Current

April 7

Dominic Crea

Dept. Physics

Oakland University

Bursting the Hydrogen Bubble

April 14

Ashis Mukhopadhyay

Dept. Physics

Wayne State University

Watching Molecules Under Confinement: The First Attempt to Understand Friction by Using Spectroscopy

April 21

Zhen Zhang

Henry Ford Hospital

Neurogenesis in the Adult Brain

 

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A map of Oakland University can be found at www.oakland.edu/map. The building where the colloquium is held is marked "SEB" on the map (Science and Engineering Building), and Brad Roth's office is room 166 in "HHS" (Hannah Hall of Science). The best place to park is in lot 43, just off the circle drive and across from "HHS".

For more information (or if you want to GIVE a colloquium), contact Brad Roth (370-4871), roth@oakland.edu