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