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Spring 2008
Film:The World of Enrico Fermi Host: George Patsakos, Professor of Physics Emeritus, UI Date: Jan. 14, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract)
MLK Day: No Colloquium Date: Jan 21
Title: Ultrafast Dynamics of Localization Speaker: Susan Dexheimer, Department of Physics and Astronomy, WSU Date: Jan 28, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract)
Title: Medical Physics as a Career Option Speaker: Doug Heidorn, Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Date: Feb. 4, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract)
Title: Sex and the Citizen: Doctors, Sex Manuals, and Fashionable Readers in Napoleonic France (1799-1815) Speaker: Sean M. Quinlan, Department of History, UI Date: Feb. 11, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract)
Presidents Day: No Colloquium Date: Feb. 18
Title: Colloids - A Model System to Explore Complex Matter with Competing Interactions Speaker: Charles Reichhardt*, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory Date: Feb. 25, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract)
Title: Advancing Electronic Structure Theory - From van der Waals to NMR Speaker: Timo Thonhauser*, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Date: Thursday Feb 28, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract) (Note special day)
Title: Synthesis of Nanosystems with Pre-designed Physical and Chemical Properties - Theoretical Foundations, Computations and Modeling Speaker: Liudmilla Pohzar*, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa Date: March 3, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract)
Title: Local Probes at the Nanoscale - Avalanches, Melting, and Jamming Transitions Speaker: Cynthia Reichhardt*, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory Date: Wednesday, March 5, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract) (Note special day)
Spring Break: No Colloquium Date: March 10
Title: Developing an Evolutionary Sequence for the Earliest Stage of Star Formation Speaker: Yancy Shirley§, University of Arizona Date: March 17, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract)
Title: The Wonderful Universe of Low Mass X-ray Binaries Speaker: Adrienne Juett§, NASA Date: Thursday, March 20, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract) (Note special day)
Title: Cassini and the Case of Titan's Missing Ethane Speaker: Jason Barnes§, NASA-Ames Date: March 24, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract)
Title: ZnO-The Future Material for Electronics Speaker: Farida Selim, Department of Physics and Astronomy, WSU Date: April 7, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract)
Title: The Presidential Election Process in the U.S. Speaker: Don Crowley, Department of Political Science, UI Date: April 14, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract)
Title: Artificial Nanosolids Speaker: Igor Beloborodov*, Consortium for Nanoscience Research, U. of Chicago Date: Wednesday April 16, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract) (Note special day)
Title: u + us = safety 2 : Seamlessly Integrating Safety Into Your Work and Learning Environment Speaker: George Porter and Holly Gates-Mayer, Environmental Health and Safety, UI Date: April 21, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract)
Title: Simulating Mesoscopic Quantum Matter Speaker: Vito Scarola*, Joint Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley and ETH Zurich Date: Wednesday April 23, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract) (Note special day)
Title: TBA Speaker: TBA Date: April 28, 4:00 pm EP205 (abstract)
* Candidate for the condensed matter theory position § Candidate for the astrophysics position
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