Colloquia from 1998 - 1999
| DATE/TIME | SPEAKER | TITLE/Host |
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1999
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| Friday Jan. 15 |
CANCELLED Dr. D. Welch McMaster University |
Variable Stars in the LMC and SMC from MACHO Project Data |
| Wednesday Jan. 20 |
Prof. Theodore G. Shepherd Physics Department University of Toronto |
The physics of ozone depletion |
| Wednesday Jan. 27 |
Dr. Thomas Weinacht Physics Department University of Michigan |
Measuring and Controlling the Shape of a Quantum Wavefunction |
| Friday Feb. 5 - 1:00 pm |
Dr. L. S. Finn Physics Department Pennsylvania State University |
JOINT COLLOQUIUM - Physics and Astronomy, Earth Sciences, Applied Mathematics and Philosophy The Murmuring Universe: Exotic Gravitational Radiation from Mundane Sources |
| Friday Feb. 5 - 2:00 pm |
Eric Tittley Ph.D. Degree Public Lecture |
Hierarchical Clustering and Galaxy Cluster Scaling Laws |
| Wednesday Feb. 10 |
Dr. Kevin Jordan London Regional Cancer Clinic |
Development of plastic fibre scintillators, radiochromic gels and optical computer tomography for radiotherapy dosimetry |
| Friday Feb. 26 - 1:00 |
Oleksa Hul'ko Ph.D. Degree Public Lecture |
Evolution of Ge Morphology on Si Substrates |
| Friday March 5 |
CANCELLED Dr. D. Welch McMaster University |
Variable Stars in the LMC and SMC from MACHO Project Data |
| Wednesday March 10 |
Dr. C. Thomas McElroy Environment Canada |
Composition and Photodissociative Flux Measurement Experiment: Ozone and Other Measurements made during POLARIS |
| Thursday March 18 - 3:00 pm |
Dr. Scott Menary York University |
CAP LECTURE Where are all the Antipeople? |
| Friday March 19 - 4:00 pm |
Dr. Michael Drewsen University of Aarhus, Denmark |
Physics with Cold Trapped Ions |
| Wednesday March 24 - 3:00 pm |
RESCHEDULED TO APR. 14 Dr. John D. Landstreet UWO |
Direct detection of velocity fields in the line profiles of sharp-line A stars |
| Wednesday March 31 - 1:00 pm |
Dr. Kevin Hamilton Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab Princeton, New Jersey |
The Stratospheric Quasi-biennial Oscillation |
| Wednesday April 7 - 1:00 pm |
Prof. Maria R. Coleman Chemical and Environmental Eng., University of Toledo |
Modification of Gas Transport Properties of Polyimides Using Ion Beam Irradiation |
| Wednesday April 14 - 1:00 pm |
RESCHEDULED FROM MARCH 24 Dr. John D. Landstreet UWO |
Direct detection of velocity fields in the line profiles of sharp-line A stars |
| Thursday April 15 - 1:00 pm |
Jean-Marc Noel Ph.D. Degree Public Lecture |
A Comprehensive Study of Small-Scale Electrodynamics in the Auroral Ionosphere |
| Tuesday April 20 - 1:00 pm |
Peter G. Brown Ph.D. Degree Public Lecture |
Evolution of Two Periodic Meteoroid Streams: The Perseids and Leonids |
| Wednesday April 28 - 9:00 am |
Radian Belu Ph.D. Degree Public Lecture |
Gravity Wave Sources and Propagation Characteristics in the Lower and Middle Atmosphere Determinate by Radar and Ground-based Methods |
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1998
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| Thursday August 13 |
Marc Spooner M.Sc. Degree Public Lecture |
Ion Implantation Damage in SiO2 Studied with Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy |
| Wednesday August 26 |
Russell Thompson Physics 658 Graduate Seminar |
>High Temperature Superconducting Junctions |
| Tuesday Sept. 8 |
Albert Russell M.Sc. Degree Public Lecture |
Measurements of Temporal Gravity Wave Spectra in the Upper Stratosphere |
| Thursday Sept. 10 |
Jean-Marc Noel Physics 658 Graduate Seminar |
Small-Scale Electrodynamical Structures in the Auroral Ionosphere |
| Wednesday Sept. 16 9:30 a.m. |
Russell Thompson Ph.D. Degree Public Lecture |
Variable Range Hopping Conduction in High Temperature Superconducting Junctions and Low Dimensional Systems |
| Wednesday Sept. 16 1:30 p.m. |
Dr. Allan MacDonald Indiana University, Bloomington |
JOINT COLLOQUIUM - Physics and Astronomy and Theoretical Physics Quantum Hall Ferromagnets |
| Thursday Sept. 17 9:00 a.m. |
Gregg Wade Ph.D. Degree Public Lecture |
Investigations of Magnetic A and B Type Stars |
| Friday Sept. 25 |
Dr. Scott Menary York University |
The Dyslexic Neutrino |
| Wednesday Sept. 30 |
Dr. A. K. Dewdney Computer Science, UWO |
The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Case studies in Weird Science |
| Wednesday Oct. 7- postponed until Oct. 28 |
Dr. David Meisel - SUNY, Geneseo, NY |
Passive Forward Scatter Radiometeor Experiments: How Cheap Can You Get? |
| Wednesday Oct. 14 |
Blaine Chronik Robarts Research Inst., UWO |
Measuring Motion in Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| Wednesday Oct. 21 |
Dr. D. G. C. McKeon Applied Mathematics, UWO |
What is the Higgs Particle? |
| Wednesday Oct. 28 |
Dr. David Meisel SUNY, Geneseo, NY |
Passive Forward Scatter Radiometeor Experiments: How Cheap Can You Get? |
| Thursday Nov. 5 3:00 p.m. |
Dr. Wendy Freedman Pasadena, California |
The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project to Measure the Hubble Constant |
| Thursday Nov. 5 8:00 p.m. |
Dr. Wendy Freedman LAIRD LECTURE |
The Age and Size of the Universe |
| Friday Nov. 13 |
Dr. John R. Percy, Erindale College and University of Toronto | Science Education and Literacy |
| Wednesday Nov. 18 |
Dr. Gautier Mathys European Southern Observatory |
ESO's Very Large Telescope |
| Wednesday Nov. 25 |
Dr. Ron Logan IBM, Fishkill, NY |
Design and Modeling of CMOS Devices for ULSI Technology |
| Wednesday Dec. 2 |
Dr. Peter Mascher Engineering Physics McMaster University |
Plasma Assisted Processes in the Fabrication of Optoelectronic Devices |
| Members of the Colloquium Committee for 1998 - 1999: |
