ISU Physics Department Colloquium Schedule
Starting Monday, March 30, all colloquium lectures will be delivered online via Zoom. Links to these sessions are provided below.
Fall 2019 Schedule
| Aug. 19 |
Dr. John Sohl, Weber State University, The Physics of Sailing |
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| Aug. 26 |
Dr. Erdinch Tatar, Idaho State University, Adventures in Modern Physics |
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| Sept. 2 |
Labor Day, No Colloquium |
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| Sept. 9 |
Dr. Richard VanFleet, Brigham Young University, Atomic/Alternating Layer Deposition (ALD) on Carbon Nanotube Forests |
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| Sept. 16 |
Dr. Bradley Carroll, Weber State University, Apollo 11 and the Physics of Orbital Rendezvous |
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| Sept. 23 |
Dr. Robert Roser, Idaho National Laboratory, The Story of the Higgs Boson |
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| Sept. 30 |
Dr. David Peak, Utah State University, Minnow, Majority, and Magic |
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| Oct. 7 |
Dr. David Neilsen, Brigham Young University, The Exciting New Frontier of Gravitational Wave Astronomy |
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| Oct. 14 |
Dr. Paul Stonaha, Idaho State University, Surviving Graduate School in Hard Sciences |
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| Oct. 21 |
Dr. Erik Jorgensen, University of Utah, Flash-And-Freeze Electron Microscopy: Tracking Membranes and Proteins in Time and Space (Milliseconds and Nanometers)
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| Oct. 28 |
Dr. Chad Pope, Idaho State University, Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) Facility Design and Experiment Capability |
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| Nov. 4 |
Dr. Denise Stephens, Brigham Young University, Identifying Extrasolar Planets with the Kelt and Tess Missions
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Nov. 11
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Jon Stoner, Idaho Accelerator Center, Applied Physics and Engineering at the Idaho Accelerator Center
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| Nov. 18 |
Dr. John Sohl, Weber State University, The Physics of Sailing Part 2, Hulls and Hydrofoils |
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| Nov. 25 |
Thanksgiving Break, No Colloquium |
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| Dec. 2 |
Dr. Shanti Deemyad, University of Utah, Physics of Light Dense Matter: Quantum and Classical Effects
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Spring 2020 Schedule
Jan. 13
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Dr. Erdinch Tatar, Idaho State University, More Adventures in Modern Physics |
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Jan. 20
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Martin Luther King Day, No Colloquium |
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Jan 27
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Dr. Rick Spielman, Idaho Accelerator Center, Optimizing Magnetic Insulation in Vacuum Transmission Lines |
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Feb. 3
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Dr. Dustin McNulty, Idaho State University, Detectors for Parity Experiments at JLab: PREX-II, CREX, and MOLLER |
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Feb. 10
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Brian Bucher, Idaho National Laboratory, Rapid Chemical Separations for Rate Isotope Research at INL |
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Feb. 17
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President's Day, No Colloquium |
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Feb. 24
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Dr. Leslie Atkins, Boise State University, Constructing Theoretical Objects in Physics
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| Mar. 2 |
Dr. Dustin McNulty, Idaho State University, Quartz Cerenkov and GEM Detector R&D at ISU (for PREX-II, CREX, and MOLLER)
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Mar. 9
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John Kent, GlobalFoundaries, GlobalFoundries - Semiconductor Overview |
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Mar. 16
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Colloquium Canceled
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Mar. 23
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Spring Break, No Colloquium |
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Mar. 30
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Dr. George Imel, Idaho State University, Characterization of Oscillator Techniques for Neutron Cross Section Measurements
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Zoom Session Recording
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Apr. 6
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Dr. Dmitri Tenne, Boise State University, Photoluminescence and Raman Spectroscopy Characterization of Point Defects in Oxide Nanomaterials
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Apr. 13
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Dr. Brian Pyper, Brigham Young University Idaho, How to Make a Physics Teacher
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Zoom Session Recording |
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| Apr. 20 |
Dr. Paul Simmonds, Boise State University, Tensile-strained self-assembly: Nanoscale stretching creates novel quantum materials
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Zoom Session Recording
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| Apr. 27 |
Dr. Jay Kunze, Idaho State University, What Ever Happened to the Promise of Nuclear Power?
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Zoom Session Recording
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Unless specifically mentioned, all talks will be at 4:00 pm on Mondays in PS 108.
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Last modified 4/15/2020
