COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE 

AY 08-09 Colloquium Chair: Almut Schroeder (aschroe2@kent.edu)
 

All colloquia take place at 4:30 pm in Smith 110, unless otherwise noted.

SUMMER 2008
July 10, 4pm	Thurs	"What constitutes the 'Broader Impact' of research and how to make it strong?"       Abstract Prof. Satyendra Kumar Department of Physics and Research and Graduate Studies Kent State University
July 16, 2:30pm	Wed	"Anchoring of Liquid Crystal and Dynamics of Molecular Exchange between Adsorbed LC Film and the Bulk" Abstract Rui Guo Department of Physics Kent State University Contact person: Satyen Kumar

FALL 2008
Sept 4, 4:30pm	Thurs	"Influence of cooperativity on the protein folding mechanism"       Abstract Xianghong Qi Department of Physics Kent State University Contact person: John Portman
Sept 11	Thurs	"P-wave Pairing with Mismatched Fermi Surfaces Close to Feshbach Resonance"       Abstract Renyuan Liao Department of Physics Kent State University Contact person: Khandker Quader
Sept 18 4:00pm	Thurs	"Phase transitions and disorder: From Harris criterion to infinite randomness and smearing" Abstract Prof. Thomas Vojta Department of Physics Missouri University of Science and Technology Contact person: Almut Schroeder
Oct 9	Thurs	"Nuclear matter at high temperatures: from large scale numerical simulations to heavy ion collisions" Abstract Prof. Peter Petreczky Physics Department Brookhaven National Laboratory Contact person: George Fai
Oct 16	Thurs	"Modeling the physics of polymer fuel cell membranes"       Abstract Prof. Phil Taylor Department of Physics Case Western Reserve University Contact person:
Nov 6	Thurs	"TBA" Abstract Prof. Britton Plourde Department of Physics Syracuse University Contact person: John Portman
Nov 20	Thurs	"The role of student characteristics in the learning of force and motion concepts"       Abstract Prof. Sue Ramlo Department of Engineering and Science Technology University of Akron Contact person: Declan Keane