Physics Department Colloquia |
Events During the 2017 Spring Semester
January 2017
- Friday, January 20th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Very-high-energy gamma-ray astrophysics with HAWC, Ignacio Taboada, Georgia Tech
- Friday, January 27th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- A New Spin on Superconductivity, Amir Yacoby, Harvard University
February 2017
- Friday, February 3rd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Lab Astro and the Origins of the Chemical Elements, James E. Lawler, introduced by UW Emeritus Prof. Wilmer Anderson, UW-Madison
- Friday, February 10th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- The Science Driving Particle Physics, JoAnne Hewett, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Friday, February 17th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- The basic physics of collisionless magnetic reconnection, Michael Hesse, NASA & Birkeland Centre for Space Science
March 2017
- Friday, March 3rd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- Quantum measurement in superconducting circuits: mapping quantum trajectories from spontaneous emission., Kater Murch, Washington University, St. Louis
- Friday, March 10th
- Physics Department Colloquium, ****NOTE SPECIAL START AND END TIMES: 3:00 - 5:00 PM****;
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall - Breaking the Bias Habit, Jennifer Sheridan & Prof. Molly Carnes, UW Madison
- Friday, March 17th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- Theories and Signals of a "Dark" Photon, Spencer Chang, Oregon University
- Friday, March 31st
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- The Dark Matter in the Universe, Katherine Freese, University of Michigan
April 2017
- Friday, April 7th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- Quark Gluon Plasma: Surprises from strongly coupled QCD matter, Barbara Jacak, UC-Berkeley/LBL
- Friday, April 14th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- New Dark Matter Search Results from PICO 60, Carsten Krauss, University of Alberta
- Friday, April 21st
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Carbon Dioxide – A Force for Global Change Throughout the Earth’s Atmosphere, Martin Mlynczak, NASA Langley Research Center
- Friday, April 28th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- A research-validated approach to transforming upper-division physics courses, Steve Pollock, Colorado University
May 2017
- Friday, May 5th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2103 Chamberlin hall
- Simulating the Ionosphere, one electron at a time, Meers Oppenheim, Boston University, Astronomy Department