Spring 2007 Colloquium Schedule
Unless otherwise noted, refreshments are served 15 minutes
before each colloquium. Colloquium schedules from other semesters can
be found here.
Thursday, Jan. 25, 4:30pm
Dr. Robert Ekey Jr. (Dickinson '99) - Mary Washington University
"Molecular Dynamics of Highly Excited States"
Tuesday, Jan. 30, 4:30pm
Dr. Shelly Lesher - University of Richmond
"Big Booms! From Nuclei to Supernovae: Exploring Nuclear Structure Physics"
Thursday, Feb. 1, 4:30pm
Dr. Brett Pearson - Stony Brook University
"Learning to Control Molecules Using Ultrafast Lasers"
Monday, March 5, 4:30pm
Dr. Kurt Gibble - Pennsylvania State University
"New Physics With Atomic Clocks"
Monday, March 26, 4:30pm
Physics Major Induction Ceremony!
Come welcome the newest members of the department!
Monday, April 2, 4:30pm
Dr. Douglass O'Neal - Bloomsburg University
"Seeing Starspots: Magnetic Activity on Cool Stars"
Monday, April 9, 4:30pm
Dr. Karen Lewis - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
"5000 Square Degrees and Counting: Multi-Wavelength Follow up of
the XMM Slew Survey"
Monday, April 23, 4:30pm
Dr. Sharon Stephenson - Gettysburg College
"Mining the Gap and Plugging the Leak: The Current Status of Women in Physics"
Monday, April 30, 4:30pm
Senior Research Talks!
Kristin Jelielek
"Fast Rotators in NGC 2362"
Emily Winfield
"Wave Tank Design and Experiments"
Tuesday, May 1, 12:05pm
Senior Research Talks!
Ryan Stearrett
"Intrinsic Localized Modes in Bi-Inductance a Nonlinear Ring Circuit"
Ben Cooper and Martin Wagner
"Time Resolved Nonlinear Spin Resonance"
Thursday, May 3, 12:05pm
Senior Research Talks!
Edward Cramp
"Operation and Analysis of a Closed Drift Plasma Hall Thruster"
David Zuckerman
"A Video Analysis of the Biomechanics of a Baseball Pitch"