Colloquium Schedule
For all matters connected with AY 06/07 Colloquia, please contact the Colloquium Chair, Almut Schroeder (Fall) or John Portman (Spring).All colloquia take place at 4 pm in Smith 110, unless otherwise noted
Fall 2006 Sept. 14 Thurs "Crystallography on Curved Surfaces: Virus Buckling and Grain Boundary Scars"
Abstract
Prof. David R. Nelson,
Dept of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Contact person: Khandker Quader KSU-ICAM Distinguished Speaker Lecture
Sept. 21 Thurs "The Spin of the Proton"
Abstract
Prof. Emlyn Hughes,
Dept. of Physics, Caltech, Pasadena CA
Contact person: Mina KatramatouOct. 5 Thurs "An electrostatic hydrogen bond switch as basis for the specific interaction of phosphatidic acid with proteins"
Abstract
Dr. Edgar Kooijman,
KSU
Contact person: Satyen KumarOct. 6 Fri "The Evolution of Industrial Electron Accelerators"
Abstract
Dr. Marshall R. Cleland,
Technical Advisor, Ion Beam Applications, Edgewood, NY
Contact person: Bryon Anderson Joint colloquium with College of Technology
Oct. 12 Thurs "Google Scholar, Inspec, and More: Information Resources for the Proactive Physics Researcher"
Abstract
Prof. Erica Lilly,
Head, Chem/Phys Library, KSU
Contact person: Mike LeeOct. 26 Thurs "The Cusp at Optimum Doping in the Low-Temperature Hall Number of the High-Temperature Superconductors"
Abstract
Prof. Greg Boebinger,
Director, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State
Contact person: Khandker QuaderNov. 9 Thurs "Rubber That Moves: Modeling Liquid Crystal Elastomers"
Abstract
Prof. Robin Selinger,
Chemical Physics, LCI, KSU
Contact person: Elizabeth MannNov. 15 3pm, Samsung Auditorium, LCI Wed "The Flying Circus of Physics"
Prof. Jearl Walker ,
Dept of Physics, Cleveland State
Joint colloquium with College of Arts and Sciences and Liquid Crystal Institute
Nov. 23 Thurs THANKSGIVING
Dec. 7 Thurs "Langmuir and Langmuir/Schaefer films of bent-core molecules"
Abstract
Ji Wang,
Dept. of Physics, KSU
Contact person: Elizabeth Mann
