COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE 

Colloquium Chair: Khandker F. Quader (quader@scorpio.kent.edu)
 

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

FALL 2002
September 26	Thurs	"Fingertip Manipulation of Nanostructures" Prof. Sean Washburn, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill sean@physics.unc.edu Contact person: Khandker Quader
October 3	Thurs	"School of Technology in Transition: Responding to the Challenges of the Emerging Knowledge Economy " Dr. A. Raj Chowdhury, Dean, School of Technology, Kent State Univ. CONFLICT WITH LCI.     RESCHEDULED: OCT 24
October 10	Thurs	"Anchoring Behavior of Liquid Crystals at Polymer Interfaces" Prof. Mohan Srinivasarao , Dept. of Fiber and Textile Engg., Georgia Institute of Technology Mohan@tfe.gatech.edu Contact person: Satyen Kumar
October 17	Thurs	"Electron Transfer in DNA"       Abstract Dr. Stephen M. Risserr, Optimer Photonics, Inc., Columbus, Ohio risser@optimerphotonics.com Contact person: Jim Gleeson
October 24	Thurs	"School of Technology in Transition: Responding to the Challenges of the Emerging Knowledge Economy " Dr. A. Raj Chowdhury, Dean, School of Technology, Kent State Univ. Raj@tech.kent.edu Contact person: Khandker Quader
October 31	Thurs	"Energy and Material Flow Through an Aquatic Echosystem"       Abstract Prof. R. Heath, Dept. of Water Resources, Kent State University rheath@kent.edu Contact Person: Khandker Quader
November 7	Thurs	"OPEN"       Abstract Contact person:
November 14	Thurs	"The Hidden Curriculum: What do we really want our students to learn?"       Abstract Prof. Edward F. Redish, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Maryland, College Park redish@physics.umd.edu Contact person: Khandker Quader/Peter Tandy
November 21	Thurs	"Detecting Broken Symmetries in High-Temperature Superconductors"       Abstract Prof. Laura Greene, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign l_greene@mrl.uiuc.edu Contact Person: Khandker Quader
November 28	Thurs	"THANKSGIVING: NO COLLOQUIUM"
December 5	Thurs	"Wine Corks and Cytoskeletons:The Statistical Mechanics of Membranes"       Abstract Prof. Mark Bowick, Dept. of Physics, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse bowick@physics.syr.edu Contact Person: Khandker Quader

*** View Spring 2003 Physics Colloquium Schedule: Spring 03