Spring 2004 Colloquium Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, refreshments are served 15 minutes before each colloquium. Colloquium schedules from other semesters can be found here.

Monday, Feb. 9, 4:30pm
Dr. Gary Felder - Smith College
"The Very Early Universe"

Monday, March 1, 4:30pm
Dr. Michael Brown - Swarthmore College
"Self-Organization in Magnetized Plasmas

Monday, March 22, 4:30pm
Dr. Douglas C. Hamilton - University of Maryland
"Cassini Charged Particle Measurements: Some Results
from the 7-Year Trip and Expectations of Saturn"

Monday, April 5, 5:00pm
Sigma Pi Sigma Induction Ceremony
Drs. Bill Hanson ('80) and Joe Gaskin ('74) - Hanson Technologies
"Commercial Applications of Science"

Monday, April 26, 4:30pm
Dr. Bruce Hubbard - Cornell University
"Nonlinear Localized Vibrations in Micromechanical Cantilever Arrays"

Monday, May 3, 4:30pm
Student Research Talks!
Scott Robison and Theresa Sparacio
"Modeling B-Field Dependence of Single Finger Formation
in 2-Dimensional Ferrofluids"

Jennifer Connelly
"Evolution of the Light Curve of HH Ursa Majoris"

Chris Kerestes and Greg Rydzak
"Exploring Magnetic Resonance Through YIG in Coupled Systems"

Matt Yanos
"Europa: Ice Thickness and Wavelength of
Plate Buckling in Astypalaea Linea"

Tuesday, May 4, 12:05pm
Student Research Talks!
JoEllen McBride
"Characteristics of Intermediate Velocity Clouds"

Jonathan Drake
"A Photometric Study of Phocaea Group Asteroid 1584 Fuji"

David Young
"Effects of Feedback on Discrete Non-linear
Electrical Transmission Lines"

Friday, May 7, 3:00pm
Student Research Talks!
Adam Skillings
"Localized Excitations in Discrete Lattices"

Gina Troiano and Glen Wall
"Optical Tweezers"

Rob Webb
"The SLAMR Method of Teaching Introductory Physics"