Colloquia from 2002 - 2003
| DATE/TIME | SPEAKER | TITLE/Host |
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2003
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| Mon. Jan. 6, 2003 - 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Dr. David Moss Zodiac Lightwave (formerly at JDS Uniphase) Ottawa, Canada |
"A Brief Overview of the Current State of Fibreoptics" |
| NOTE DATE CHANGE: Thurs. Jan. 16 - 1:00 PM Room 123 P&A |
DEPTS. OF PHYSICS
& ASTRONOMY & EARTH SCIENCES JOINT PLANETARY SCIENCE
LECTURE Dr. Robert Jedicke Lunar and Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona |
"The Spacewatch Project: Unveiling the Origins of Near Earth Objects" |
| Fri. Jan. 17 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Christopher P. McNorgan M.Sc. Public Lecture |
"Novel Ion Implantation Based Method for Surface Patterning" |
| Thurs. Feb. 6 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Scott Barrie Physics 658 Seminar |
"Recent Developments in High Temperature Superconductivity" |
| Wed. Feb 12 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Natalia Kiriushcheva Physics 658 Seminar |
T.B.A. |
| Thurs. Feb. 13 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Dr. Rod Taylor Optoelectronic Devices Group Institute for Microstructural Sciences National Research Council of Canada |
"Fabrication of Nanostructures in Glass Using Selective Chemical Etching" |
| Wed. Feb. 19 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
DEPTS. OF PHYSICS
& ASTRONOMY & EARTH SCIENCES JOINT COLLOQUIUM Dr. Ivan L'Heureux Chairman/Directeur Department of Physics University of Ottawa |
"From
volcanic rocks to lake bottoms: Pattern formation in minerals" |
| REVISED DATE Thurs. Feb. 20 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Josef Drexler Physics 658 Seminar |
"Non-Maxwellian Velocity Distributions in the Ionosphere" |
| Wed. Feb. 26 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Dr. Paul Wiegert Department of Physics Queens University, Kingston, ON |
"On the death of comets" |
| Thurs. Feb 27 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Dr. Mike Pinnock Upper Atmosphere Discipline Group Leader Physical Sciences Division British Antarctic Survey Cambridge, United Kingdom |
"Antarctica - a continent for science" |
| Fri. Feb. 28 11:00 am Room 123 P&A |
Depts. of Physics
& Astronomy and Earth Sciences presents JOINT PLANETARY SCIENCE LECTURE Dr. Brett Gladman University of British Columbia |
"The Formation of the Outer Solar System" |
Fri. Feb. 28 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
John Bechhoefer Simon Fraser University |
"What Statistical Physics can tell us about DNA Replication" |
| Tues. Mar 11 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Dr. Silvia Mittler Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research Mainz, Germany |
"Integrated Optical Devices with Gold Coatings for Sensing" |
| Wed. Mar. 12 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Anna Sharikova Physics 658 Seminar |
T.B.A. |
| Thurs. Mar. 13 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | THEORETICAL
PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM - JOINT WITH APPLIED MATHEMATICS, EARTH SCIENCES
and PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENTS Dr. Beverly Berger Oakland University, Michigan Dir. of Gravitational Physics National Science Foundation, U.S.A. |
"Exploring Mathematical Cosmology with Computer Simulations" |
| Wed. March 19 1:00 pm - Room 123 P&A | Dr. Jean-Pierre St.-Maurice Department of Physics & Astronomy The University of Western Ontario |
"Electricity and the atmosphere" |
Wed. Mar. 26 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Dr. Julie Kafkalidis Space Physics Research Laboratory University of Michigan |
"A global view of the molecular oxygen airglow and implications for upper atmosphere turbulence" |
| Thurs.Mar.27 9:30 am Room 123C P&A | SPECIALTY SEMINAR Dr. Julie Kafkalidis Space Physics Research Laboratory University of Michigan |
"A survey of surprising structures in the molecular oxygen nightglow from the HRDI airglow mapping mode" |
| NOTE ROOM CHANGE Wed. Apr. 2 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
CANADIAN ASSOC.
OF PHYSICISTS ANNUAL LECTURE Dr. Shantanu Basu Dept. of Physics & Astronomy The University of Western Ontario |
"The Story of Star Birth" |
| Wed. Apr. 23 1:00 pm Room 137 P&A |
Dr. John French Australian Antarctic Division The University of Western Ontario |
"Australian Antarctic Science and its UWO connection" |
| Wed. May 28 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
JOINT WITH THEORETICAL
PHYSICS Professor Michael E. Flatte´ Department of Physics & Astronomy and Optical Science and Technology Center University of Iowa |
" Semiconductor "spintronics" - a path to a quantum computer?" |
| Thurs. May 29 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Andre E. Botha Ph.D. Public Lecture |
"Theoretical Study of Spin-Resolved Quantum Transport and Electronic Properties in III-V Semiconductor Nanostructures" |
| Tues. June 17 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Dr. Bernd Grohe Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research Mainz, Germany |
>"Synthesis and lithographic methods for the preparation and application of nanomaterials" |
| Wed. June 18 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
JOINT WITH THEORETICAL
PHYSICS Dr. Karu Esselle Associate Professor Department of Electronics Macquarie University Australia |
"Microwave Photonic Crystal Components" |
| Wed. Aug. 27 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Kelly Shorlin Physics 658 Seminar |
T.B.A. |
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2002
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| Wed. Sep. 4 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Jean Desforges Department of Physics and Astronomy Ph.D. Public Lecture |
"Excitons in Disordered Semiconductor Nanostructures from Spatially Separated Electrons and Holes" |
| Thurs. Sep. 5 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Physics Colloquium Dr. Blaine Chronik Stanford University |
"Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems Development Research" |
| Wed.Sep. 11 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Jesse Greener Physics 658 Seminar |
"Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Sensitivity Enhancements Via Laser-polarized Nuclei: Reinventing the Tool" |
| Tues. Sep 17 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Sergiy Kuzmin Ph.D. Public Lecture |
"Stueckelberg Formalism in Gauge and Supergauge Models" |
| Wed. Sep 18 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Professor Alex Fullerton Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Victoria and Center for Astrophysical Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University |
"The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Mission" |
| Tues. Sep 24 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
JOINT COLLOQUIUM - DEPT. PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY,
CENTRE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS, AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS Professor G.P. Srivastava Professor of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics School of Physics, University of Exeter, United Kingdom |
"Allure of Semiconductor Surfaces" |
| Wed. Sep 25 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Physics Colloquium Dr. James C.G. Walker University of Michigan |
"Constraints on Human Population" |
| Wed. Oct 2 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Physics Colloquium Dr. Frank Shepherd Nortel Networks, Ottawa Canada |
"An Introduction to III-IV Components for Optical Communications" |
| Thurs. Oct 3 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Prof. George Kirczenow Department of Physics Simon Fraser University |
"Understanding Molecular Wires" |
| Wed. Oct 23 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Dr. Martin H. Muser Department of Applied Mathematics University of Western Ontario |
"On the physics of sliding
motion and the origin of friction"
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| Tues. Oct. 29 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Dr. Iain R. McNab School of Natural Sciences University of Newcastle upon Tyne |
"Forbidden fruits - pure rotation transitions in the simplest molecule" |
| Wed. Oct 30 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Dr. S. Raj Vatsya Research Officer Precision Fabrication Processes NRC |
"Photonic band gap materials research at NRC-IMTI" |
Wed. Nov 6 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
DEPTS. OF PHYSICS &
ASTRONOMY & EARTH SCIENCES JOINT PLANETARY SCIENCE LECTURE Dr. Yuri Amelin Geological Survey of Canada |
"Pb isotope cosmochronology: past, present and prospect" |
| Wed. Nov. 13 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Professor John Earnshaw Trent University |
"The Role of a University Physics Department for the Preparation of Future Elementary Teachers" |
| POSTPONED TILL DEC 12 - 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Physics 658 Seminar Andre Botha |
"Spinning on Electronics: Spintronics and Novel Spintronic Devices" |
| Mon. Nov. 25 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Dr. D.R. Moorcroft Department of Physics & Astronomy, U.W.O. |
"The Origins of Radar Research in Canada" |
| Wed. Dec. 4 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | DEPTS. OF PHYSICS &
ASTRONOMY & EARTH SCIENCES JOINT PLANETARY SCIENCE LECTURE Dr. Lance Benner NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology PLEASE NOTE: TALK WAS LISTED TWICE in WESTERN NEWS. PLEASE DISREGARD THE ROOM 215 - 4:00 pm time. THERE IS ONLY ONE LECTURE |
"Recent Radar Imaging of Near-Earth Asteroids" |
| Wed. Dec. 11 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Physics 658 Seminar Albert Russell |
"Atomic Oxygen Variability in the Auroral Thermosphere" |
| Thurs. Dec. 12 1:00 pm Room 123 | Physics 658 Seminar Andre Botha |
"Spinning on Electronics: Spintronics and Novel Spintronic Devices" |
| Members of the Colloquium Committee for 2002 - 2003: | |
| R. A. Holt (Chairman) | rholt@uwo.ca |
| S. Basu | basu@astro.uwo.ca |
| P. Brown | pbrown@uwo.ca |
| R.J. Sica | seek@uwo.ca |
| M. Zinke-Allmang | mzinke@uwo.ca |
