2008 | Idaho State University

ISU Physics Department Colloquium Schedule

Fall 2008 Schedule

Aug. 25	Dr. Todd Lines, Brigham Young University Idaho, ITT ANGEL Spectroscopic Lidar

Sept. 1	Labor Day, No Colloquium

Sept. 8	Dr. Stacy Palen, Weber State University, Grace Under Fire: the Death of Sun-Like Stars

Sept. 15	Dr. Shane Larson, Utah State University, Songs from the Milky Way: Our Galaxy in Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves

Sept. 18	Dr. Christian Segebade, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany, Photon Activation Analysis –A useful method in material investigation and analytical science

Sept. 22	Dr. Marc Mitchell, Idaho Accelerator Center, Fusion: The 50 Year Problem

Sept. 29	Dr Bryan Peterson, Brigham Young University, Non-Neutral Plasma Research at BYU and the Radioactive Decay of Beryllium-7

Oct. 6	Dr. Gus Caffrey, Idaho National Laboratory, A Gamma-Ray Scanner for Nuclear Spent-Fuel Cask Safeguards

Oct. 13	Dr. Bill Keach, Brigham Young University, Utah State University, Boom, Doom and Rocks – The Intersection of Physics, Video Games and Geology

Oct. 20	Dr. Dane McCamey, University of Utah, Coherent Spin Control of Organic Electronics

Oct. 27	Dr. Dale Kotter, Idaho National Laboratory, NanoAntenna Electromagnetic Collectors for Energy Production and Heat Management

Nov. 3	Dr. Michael Hildreth, University of Notre Dame, Recipe for a Universe

Nov. 10	Dr. Khalid Chouffani, Idaho Accelerator Center, Laser-Compton Scattering from Intermediate Energy Electron Beams

Nov. 17	Dr. Denise Stephens, Brigham Young University, Seeing Double! Binaries in the Kuiper Belt

Nov. 20	Dr. Philippe Collon, University of Notre Dame, Accelerator Mass Spectrometry: From Tracing Oceans to Nuclear Astrophysics

Nov. 24	Thanksgiving Break, No Colloquium

Dec. 1	Edna Cardenas, Edward Reedy, Heather Seipel, Idaho State University, Research Summaries

Dec. 8	Dr. David Cassiday, University of California, Riverside, The Production of Molecular Positronium

Dec. 11	Dr. Mark Bower, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Utilizing Medical Health Physics Activities in a Hospital to Train for Health Physics Challenges in Deployed Environments

Spring 2009 Schedule

Jan. 12	Dr. David Nigg, Idaho National Laboratory, Neutron-Based Radiotherapy Research at the INL

Jan. 19	Martin Luther King Day, No Colloquium

Jan. 26	Dale Ingram, LIGO Hanford Observatory, Preparations for Gravitational Wave Searches with the Enhanced LIGO Detectors

Feb. 2	Dr. John Neumeier, Montana State University, Phase Transitions in Novel Magnetic and Superconducting Compounds

Feb. 9	Dr. Curtis Smith, Idaho National Laboratory, Use of SAPHIRE Software Within NASA

Feb. 16	President's Day, No Colloquium

Feb. 23	Dr. Todd Allen, Idaho National Laboratory, Fuels & Materials Research at the Advanced Test Reactor

Mar. 2	Anna Hoskins, Scott Thompson, Idaho State University, Research Summaries

Mar. 9	Dr. David Neilsen, Brigham Young University, Black Holes, Neutron Stars and Gravitational Waves

Mar. 16	Dr. Ralph Bennett, Director, International and Regional Partnerships, Idaho National Laboratory, Introduction to Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems

Mar. 23	Spring Break, No Colloquium

Mar. 30	Dr. Harold McFarlane, Deputy Associate Director, Idaho National Laboratory, The Paradox of Nuclear Waste: Asset or Liability; Hazard or Benefit?

Apr. 6	Dr. Bela Fejer, Utah State University, Ionospheric Electrodynamics: Climatology and Weather

Apr. 13	Dr. Orest Symko, University of Utah, Beautiful and Practical Patterns

Apr. 20	Dr. Karine Chesnel, Brigham Young University, From Exchange Bias to Magnetic Memory: A Speckle View on Nanomagnetism

Apr. 27	Dr. Giulio Stancari, Idaho State University, Experiments with Antimatter: the Physics of Positrons and Antiprotons

Unless specifically mentioned, all talks will be at 4:00 pm on Mondays in PS 108.

contact: shropshi@physics.isu.edu
Last modified 4/21/2009

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