Fall 2015 Colloquia
Our department colloquium is a forum for invited scientists to present modern research in a fashion accessible to those with a background in physics, but who are not experts in the field. Talks are aimed at the graduate level.
If you have questions about colloquium, please contact Dr. Michael Kesden.
| Date/Host | Speaker/Institution | Title/Abstract |
|---|---|---|
| September 2 Host: Joe Izen | Dr. Jae Yu UT Arlington | From the Discovery of the Higgs Particle to Search for Dark Matter |
| September 9 Host: Michael Kesden | Dr. Hana Dobrovolny TCU | Modeling Treatment and Drug Resistance of Severe Influenza |
| September 16 Host: Chuanwei Zhang | Dr. Congjun Wu UC San Diego | Unconventional Orbital Phases of Cold Atoms in Optical Lattices |
| September 23 Host: Rod Heelis | Dr. Russell Stoneback UT Dallas | A Plan to Understand Space Weather |
| September 30 Host: Rod Heelis | Dr. Yukitoshi Nishimura UCLA | Exploring Near-Earth Space Dynamics Using Optical Measurements |
| October 7 Host: Lloyd Lumata | Dr. Rajiv Chopra UT Southwestern | Applications of Focused Ultrasound Energy in Medicine |
| October 14 Host: Rod Heelis | Dr. Jia Yue Hampton University | The Chronicles of Lower-Upper Atmosphere Cooling — from Milliseconds to Decades |
| October 21 Host: Fan Zhang | Dr. Liang Fu MIT | Symmetry-Protected Topological Matter |
| October 28 Host: Chuanwei Zhang | Dr. Mark Raizen UT Austin | Maxwell’s Demon: Cooling of Atoms and Efficient Isotope Separation |
| November 4 Host: Fan Zhang | Dr. Zhiping Yin Rutgers | The Iron-based Superconductors: a New Class of Strongly Correlated Materials |
| November 11 Host: Michael Kesden | Dr. Brian Tinsley UT Dallas | Cloud Microphysical Responses to Weak Electric Charges in Clouds: An Overlooked Natural Mechanism for Climate Change |
| November 18 Host: Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki | Dr. Ohad Shemmer UNT | Quasar Science in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Era |
| November 25 | No colloquium – Fall Break | |
| December 2 Host: Michael Kesden | Dr. Ben Owen Texas Tech | Gravitational Waves from Neutron Stars |
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