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Physics Colloquia
Colloquium Chair: Professor John Rigden (314-935-6244)
Departmental Secretary: Sarah Hedley (314-935-6276)

Fall 2009
December 2 Dr. Bharat Ratra (hosted by Cowsik)
Department of Physics, Kansas State University


The "Standard" Model of Cosmology ... and Open Questions
Coffee: 3:30 PM, 245 Compton         Lecture: 4:00 PM, 204 Crow
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November 18 Dr. Orville R. Butler, M.Juris. (hosted by Rigden)
Associate Historian, Center for History of Physics American Institute of Physics


Industrial R&D and the University: The Times They are a Changin'
Coffee: 3:30 PM, 245 Compton         Lecture: 4:00 PM, 204 Crow
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November 11 No colloquium this week...
 
 
 


November 4 Dr. Michel W. Barsoum (hosted by Rigden)
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Drexel University


A Partial Solution to the Mystery of the Great Pyramids of Egypt
Coffee: 3:30 PM, 245 Compton         Lecture: 4:00 PM, 204 Crow
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October 29 Dr. Andrew H. Knoll
Fisher Professor of Natural History and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Harvard University


The Deep History of Life
Coffee: 3:30 PM, 245 Compton         Lecture: 4:00 PM, 201 Crow
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October 28 Dr. Rob de Ruyter van Steveninck (hosted by Carlsson)
Professor of Physics, and Program in Neuroscience Indiana University, Bloomington


The Bayesian fly: Inference based on natural sensory signals
Coffee: 3:30 PM, 245 Compton         Lecture: 4:00 PM, 204 Crow
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October 21 No colloquium this week...Fall break
 
 
 


October 14 Dr. Alexander Balatsky (hosted by Nussinov)
Los Alamos National Laboratory


Dirac materials
Coffee: 3:30 PM, 245 Compton         Lecture: 4:00 PM, 204 Crow
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October 7 Dr. Shastry's colloquium is cancelled.
 
 
 


September 30 Dr. Jonathan Katz
Washington University Department of Physics


Aerosol Geoengineering
Coffee: 2:45 PM, 245 Compton         Lecture: 3:00 PM, 204 Crow
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September 23 Dr. Brad Dalton (hosted by Rigden)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA


The Surface Composition of Europa
Coffee: 3:30 PM, 245 Compton         Lecture: 4:00 PM, 204 Crow
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September 16 Dr. Maarten F. M. Dekieviet (hosted by Bender)
Physikalisches Institut of the University of Heidelberg Germany


Experimental Tests of Fundamental Physics Using Atomic Beam Spin Echo
Coffee: 3:00 PM, 245 Compton         Lecture: 3:15 PM, 204 Crow
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September 9 Professor Ching-Hwa Kiang (hosted by Wang)
Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX


Observing Biological Interactions Using Nanoparticle Aggregation and Single-Molecule Manipulation
Coffee: 3:30 PM, 245 Compton         Lecture: 4:00 PM, 204 Crow
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September 2 Dr. Sally Dawson (hosted by Rigden)
Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY


Waiting for the LHC: Exploring the Quantum Universe
Coffee: 3:30 PM, 245 Compton         Lecture: 4:00 PM, 204 Crow
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  Last Updated : 11/22/2009