University of Idaho
Department of Physics Colloquia

Mondays at 4:00 pm*
Engineering/Physics Building Room 209
Refreshments will be served at 3:45
(*unlesss noted otherwise)

The Physics Colloquium is organized by Professor Bernhard Stumpf. Please submit your suggestions and feedback to Professor Stumpf at stumpf@uidaho.edu

(Note new room for this term!)

Fall 2009


Title: Nuclear Physics - a Blessing to Mankind: Recent Advance in Radiation Therapies for Cancer 
Speaker: Prof. Ruprecht Machleidt, Department of Physics, University of Idaho
Date: Sept 14, 4:00 pm EP209 (abstract)

Title: Giant Positive Mangetoresistance of Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Nanopaterials for Future Comptuer Application 
Speaker: You Qiang, Department of Physics, University of Idaho
Date: Sept 21, 4:00 pm EP209 (abstract)

Title: Hawking Radiation: Are Black Holes Really Black?
Speaker:  Phil Deutchman, Emeritus Professor Department of Physics University of Idaho
Date: Sept 28, 4:00 pm EP209 (abstract)

Title: Wartime Adventures at Los Alamos 
Speaker: Lawrence Johnston, Emeritus Professor Department of Physics University of Idaho
Date: Oct 5, 4:00 pm EP209 (abstract)

Title: Deformation and Failure Mechanisms in Nanoscale Metallic Multilayered Composites: A Multiscale Approach
Speaker: Ioannis Mastorakos, School of Mechanical and Materials Eng., WSU
Date: Oct 12, 4:00 pm EP209 (abstract)

Title: Systems with Pre-Designed Physical and Chemical Properties: Theoretical Foundations, Computations and Modeling  
Speaker: Liudmila A. Pozhar, Department of Physics , University of Idaho
Date: Oct 19, 4:00 pm EP209 (abstract)

Title: An ab Initio Study of the Low-Lying Electronic States of the IO2 radical
Speaker: Kirk A. Peterson, Department of Chemistry, WSU
Date: Oct 26, 4:00 pm EP209 (abstract)

Title: High-Frequency Dynamic Nuclear Polarization
Speaker: Alexander Barnes, Department of Chemistry, MIT
Date: Nov 2, 4:00 pm EP209 (abstract)

Title: Spectroscopy of Bio-inspired Light-Harvesting Chromophore Aggregates
Speaker: Jeanne McHale, Department of Chemistry, WSU
Date: Nov 9, 4:00 pm EP209 (abstract)

Title: Site Preferences of Solute Atoms in Compounds
Speaker: Gary Collins, Department of Physics and Astronomy, WSU
Date: Nov 16, 4:00 pm EP209 (abstract)

Title: Discovering Extrasolar Planets with NASA's Kepler Mission
Speaker: Jason Barnes, Department of Physics , University of Idaho
Date: Nov 30, 4:00 pm EP209 (abstract)

Title: TBA
Speaker: Holly Wichman, Department of Biology, University of Idaho
Date: Dec 7, 4:00 pm EP209 (abstract)