2011 | Idaho State University

Fall 2011 Schedule

Aug. 22	Dr. Doug Wells, Chair, Idaho State University Department of Physics, Director, Idaho Accelerator Center, Welcome and Introductions

Aug. 29	Colloquium Canceled due to University Faculty Meeting

Sept. 5	Labor Day, No Colloquium

Sept. 12	Dr. Fabrizio Pinto, Intersteller Technologies Corporation, Quantum Vacuum Engineering: The Long Road from Epicurean "Hooked Atoms" to Nanodevices Actuated by Absolutely Empty Space

Sept. 15	Dr. Jose Goity, Hampton University, The Chiral Dynamics of QCD

Sept. 19	Dr. Pearl Sandick, University of Utah, High Hopes and Low Cross Sections

Sept. 26	Dr. Stephen Johnson, Idaho National laboratory, Radioisotope Power Systems: Past, Present and Future

Oct. 3	Dr. Michael Barti, University of Utah, Bioinspired Photonic Crystals: Design, Structure, and Function

Oct. 10	Dr. Inese Ivans, University of Utah, Cosmic Building Blocks -- Stellar Insights

Oct. 17	Dr. Khalid Chouffani, Idaho Accelerator Center, Laser-Compton Scattering Experiments From Intermediate Energy Electron Beams

Oct. 24	Dr. Stephen Turcotte, Brigham Young University Idaho, Wind Speed Measurements in the Snake River Valley

Oct. 31	Dr. Hellen Farrell, Idaho National Laboratory, A Universal Model for Nanoparticle Size Effects

Nov. 7	Dr. Bo Zhao, Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, The Quest for Two Photon Exchange in Electron Scattering

Nov. 14	Dr. Alan Hunt, Idaho Accelerator Center, The Active Detection of Fissionable Materials using a 2D Signature Phase Space and Signature Interferences

Nov. 21	Thanksgiving Break, No Colloquium

Nov. 28	Tamar Didberidze, Idaho State University, Quark Spin in the Nucleon

Dec. 5	Dr. John Sohl, Weber State University, White Death - The Science of Avalanches

Spring 2012 Schedule

Jan. 9	Dr. Tony Forrest, Idaho State University, Inelastic Physics Asymmetries

Jan. 16	Martin Luther King Day, No Colloquium

Jan. 23	Dr. Hector Calderon, Idaho State University, Is Gravity a Metric Phenomena?

Jan 30	Dr. Alexander Stanculescu, Idaho National laboratory, Status of International Advanced Reactor Technology Development

Feb. 6	Dr. Kyle Dawson, University of Utah, Surveying the Universe, 1000 Objects at a Time

Feb. 13	Bindu KC, Idaho State University, Photonuclear Production of Cu-67 and the Issues Associated

Feb. 20	President's Day, No Colloquium

Feb. 27	Dr. Pushpa Raghani, Boise State University, Electronic Structure of Materials From First Principles

Mar. 5	Dr. Daniel Schroeder, Weber State University, Paradigms and Paradoxes of Computational Physics , (link to slides)

Mar. 12	Dr. Lisa Goss, Idaho State University, The Role of Chemistry in Production of Cu-67 for Medical Use

Mar. 19	Dr. Marat Khafizov, Idaho National Laboratory, Application of Ultrafast Spectroscopy in Materials Science

Mar. 26	Spring Break, No Colloquium

Apr. 2	Dr. Scott Sommerfeldt, Brigham Young University, Active Noise Control: Is It Good for Anything?, (link to slides)

Apr. 9	Dr. Daniel Ginosar, Idaho National Laboratory, Catalysis for Thermochemical Hydrogen Production Cycles, (link to slides)

Apr. 16	Dr. Steve Turley, Brigham Young University, It's Rough Reflecting Short Wavelengths

Apr. 23	Colloquium Canceled

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

contact: shropshi@physics.isu.edu
Last modified 4/18/2012

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