Physics Colloquia
The Physics Department colloquia are usually on Friday afternoons at 3 PM in Room 135. Coffee and cookies are served at 2:45pm in the same room. Anyone is welcome to attend.
Physics Colloquia Titles and Speakers
Friday, 31 May 2013
Unifying Driving Force for Stabilizing Polar Surfaces of ZnO
Dr. S. Y. (David) Tong, Nanostructure Institute for Energy & Environmental Research, Dept. of Physics, South University of Science & Technology of China (Shenzhen)
Friday, 10 May 2013
The Changing Landscape of Type Ia Supernova Progenitors
Dr. Ken Shen, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Friday, 3 May 2013
Physics in Art: a course and a museum tour
Dr. Sudha Swaminathan, Associate Professor, Dept. of Physical and Earth Sciences, Worcester State University
Friday, 26 April 2013
3-D Heterogeneous Reconstructions of Viruses by Single-Particle Cryo Electron Microscopy
Dr. Peter C. Doerschuk, Biomedical Engineering/Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University
Monday, 22 April 2013
First Light With The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory
Dr. Stefan Westerhoff, UW-Madison Physics Department, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center
Friday, 19 April 2013
Understanding Ferroelectric Order and Electron-Phonon Coupling with Fast Electrons
Dr. Yimei Zhu, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Investigation of Adsorbate/Substrate Interaction on Reduced Graphene Oxide
Eric Mattson, UWM Physics PhD Candidate
Friday, 12 April 2013
Structural Analysis of Membrane Proteins in Infectious Diseases
Dr. Katerina Dörner, Center for Membrane Proteins in Infectious Diseases, MPID, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Growth and Structure of ZnO Thin Films on Polar (√3×√3)R30° Reconstructed and Unreconstructed MgO(111) Surfaces by Atomic Layer Deposition
Kallol Pradhan, UWM Physics PhD Candidate
Friday, 5 April 2013
Finding Radio Transients with the Murchison Widefield Array
Dr. David Kaplan, UWM Physics
Friday, 29 March 2013
Advanced Photovoltaic (PV) Technologies: Challenges & Opportunities
Dr. Devendra K. Sadana, T. J. Watson Research Center, IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY
Friday, 8 March 2013
The battle of Signal vs Noise, and how to tip the balance in your favor
Dr. James Holton, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Friday, 8 February 2013
Towards a Theory for How Much it Rains: Understanding the response of the hydrological cycle to climate change
Dr. Paul O'Gorman, Victor P. Starr Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT