Spring 2005 Colloquium Schedule
Unless otherwise noted, refreshments are served 15 minutes
before each colloquium. Colloquium schedules from other semesters can
be found here.
Monday, Feb. 7, 4:30pm - Postponed again!
Dr. Priscilla Laws - Dickinson College
"Chaotic dynamics in an introductory physics experiment"
Monday, Feb. 14, 4:30pm
Dr. Priscilla Laws - Dickinson College
"Chaotic dynamics in an introductory physics experiment"
Monday, Feb. 28, 4:30pm
Melanie Cluss - Dickinson College
"Physics & Dance: An Indirect Measurement of the
Lateral Force on a Dancer's Patella"
Monday, March 7, 4:30pm
Vera Sazonova - Cornell University
"The Physics of Carbon Nano-Tubes"
Monday, March 28, 4:30pm
Dr. David Collins - Bucknell University
"Quantum Computing with Ensembles"
Monday, April 11, 4:30pm
Jonathan Wrubel - Cornell University
"Oh, the Places You Will Go: Five Fundamental Concepts of Physics"
Monday, April 25, 4:30pm
Drs. Brian Peterson & Lars English - Dickinson College
"Squirrels, Trees, and Disease: The Physics of Networks and Applications"
Monday, May 2, 4:30pm
Senior Research Talks!
Nathan Fahrenbach and Chris Brockunier
"The Lorenz Water Wheel"
Geoff Keiser and Jonathan Bass
"Asteroid Photometry"
Tuesday, May 3, 12:05pm
Senior Research Talks!
Linnea Engstrom
"Circuit Implementation of the Lorenz Equations"
Brandon Tirrell, Mike Ditzler, and Lindsay Spilman-Ehrsam
"Design and Construction of a Stirling Engine"
Wednesday, May 4, 4:30pm
Senior Research Talks!
Rob Webb
"Multiple Representations in Teaching Physics"
Ben Mezick and Rodd Pribik
"Refining Optical Tweezers"
Thursday, May 5, 12:05pm
Senior Research Talks!
Joey Ferretti and Brian McGlinchey
"Design, Construction, and Experimental Analysis of a Tunable
Helmholtz Resonator"
Katherine Short
"Analysis of a Jumping Horse"
Matthew Dackman and Brett McGeehan
"Plasma Dynamics and Activation of a Closed-Drift Hall Thruster"