2017 | Idaho State University

ISU Physics Department Colloquium Schedule

Fall 2017 Schedule

Aug. 21	Colloquium Canceled due to TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE!!!

Aug. 28	Dr. J. Quinn Norris, Brigham Young University Idaho, It's Complicated: Discovering Relationships When Traditional Physics Breaks Down

Sept. 4	Labor Day, No Colloquium

Sept. 11	Dr. Paul Stonha, Idaho State University, Crystal Lattice Dynamics Measured Using Particle Scattering

Sept. 18	Dr. John Belz, University of Utah, A Particle Astrophysics Observatory and the Origins of Lightning

Sept. 25	Dr. Anton Vorontsov, Montana State University, Superfluid Helium-3 in Tight Spaces

Oct. 2	Dr. Yong-Shi Wu, University of Utah, When Topology Meets Many-Body Physics - the Making of 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics

Oct. 9	Dr. Dmytro Pesin, University of Utah, Geometric Theory of Nonlocal Transport in Metals

Oct. 16	Dr. John Sohl, Weber State University, Total Solar Eclipse Studies From the Edge of Space

Oct. 23	Dr. Branton Campbell, Brigham Young University, Symmetry Breaking in Crystals

Oct. 30	Dr. Steven Turley, Brigham Young University, Mirrors for the Next Decadal NASA Telescope

Nov. 6	Dr. Jay Norris, Boise State University, GW NS-NS/NS-BH Merger Events and Short GRB Subclasses

Nov. 13	Joshua Kane, Idaho National Laboratory, Understanding the Reaction of Graphite with Oxygen: Kinetics, Transport, and Structural Evolution

Nov. 20	Thanksgiving Break, No Colloquium

Nov. 27	Dr. Wayne Springer, University of Utah, The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory

Dec. 4	Michael Glazoff, Idaho National Laboratory, Computational Materials Science: a Scientific Discovery and Industrial Production Tool

Spring 2018 Schedule

Jan. 8	James Norris, Cody Milne, David Friant, Idaho State University, 2017 International Neutrino Summer School

Jan. 15	Martin Luther King Day, No Colloquium

Jan 22	Chris Eckman, Linage Inc., Scientific Adventures in industrial Warehousing

Jan. 29	Dr. Dustin McNulty, Idaho State University, Applications of Parity Violation in the Weak Nuclear Force, Part I

Feb. 5	Dr. Gus Caffrey, Idaho National Laboratory, System Tests of OSIRIS—A Spectrum-Blind Gamma-Ray Spectrometer for On-Site Inspections Under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Feb. 12	Dr. Nathan Powers, Brigham Young University, Quasi Monoenergetic Compton X-Ray Source from Laser Wakefield Accelerated Electrons

Feb. 19	President's Day, No Colloquium

Feb. 20	Special Colloquium, 2:00 - 2:50 pm Dr. David Miller, Idaho National Laboratory, Shapeshifters: Islands and Isospin Zero

Feb. 26	Dr. Scott Sommerfeldt, Brigham Young University, Global Active Structural Acoustic Control

Mar. 1	Special Colloquium, 2:00 - 2:50 pm Dr. Paul Stonha, Idaho State University, Materials Science Research Opportunities at Idaho State University

Mar. 5	Polad Shikhaliev, Photon Counting Computed Tomography for Low Dose, Material Selective Imaging

Mar. 12	Dr. Dustin McNulty, Idaho State University, Applications of Parity Violation in the Weak Nuclear Force , Part II

Mar. 19	Spring Break, No Colloquium

Mar. 26	Dr. Colin Inglefield, Weber State University, Materials Science Research with Undergraduates at Weber State University

Apr. 2	Dr. John Kalivas, Idaho State University, Principal Component Analysis of Lock-In Thermography Imagas for Detecting and Recognizing Defaced Serial Numbers

Apr. 9	Dr. Yury Gryazin, Idaho State Universtiy, High-Resolution Parallel Algorithms for Forward and Inverse Scattering Problems

Apr. 16	Karen Wright, Idaho National Laboratory, The Modification and Use of the Electron Probe Microanalyzer (EPMA) in the Analysis of Highly Irradiated Nuclear Fuel

Apr. 23	Dr. Brian Milbrath, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Experiments and Technical Studies of Detecting Underground Nuclear Explosions via Radionuclide Techniques

Unless specifically mentioned, all talks will be at 4:00 pm on Mondays in PS 108.
contact: shrostev@isu.edu
Last modified 4/7/2018

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