Colloquia from 2003 - 2004
| DATE/TIME | SPEAKER | TITLE/Host |
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2004
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| Wed. Jan. 14, 1:00 pm Rm 123 P&A | Dr. Philip J. Stooke Department of Geography University of Western Ontario |
"Looking for the Moon in Russia" |
| Tues. Jan. 20, 1:00 pm Rm 123 P&A | Dr. Andrew Hopkins Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Pittsburgh |
"The evolution of star formation in galaxies" |
| Wed. Jan. 21, 1:00 pm Rm 123 P&A | Jesse Greener Ph.D. Public Lecture |
"Time-resolved FTIR Studies of the CO/Pt(111) System" |
| Tues. Jan. 27, 1:00 pm Rm 123 P&A | Dr. Terry J. Bridges Department of Astronomy Queen's University |
"Dwarf and Giant Elliptical Galaxies in the Coma Cluster" |
| Wed. Jan. 28, 1:00 pm Rm 123 P&A | Joint Planetary
Science Lecture Series Dr. Guy Consolmagno, SJ Vatican Observatory Research Group Steward Observatory, University of Arizona |
"Color Patterns in the Kuiper Belt?" |
| Tues. Feb. 3 1:00 pm Rm 123 | Dr. Martin Houde Senior Scientist California Institute of Technology Caltech Submillimeter Observatory Hilo, Hawaii |
"The Measurement of the Orientation of the Magnetic Field in Molecular Clouds" |
| Wed. Feb. 11, 1:00 pm Rm 123 P&A | Eric Meloche Physics 658 Seminar |
"INELASTIC NEUTRON AND LIGHT SCATTERING BY CRYSTAL EXCITATIONS" |
| Friday, Feb. 13 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Dr. Man Hoi Lee Department of Physics University of California, Santa Barbara |
"Origin of Orbital Resonances among Extrasolar Planets and the Satellites of Jupiter" |
| Tues. Feb. 17 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Dr. Sebastien Lepine Department of Astrophysics American Museum of Natural History New York |
"Show me the Red Dwarfs: where are the most common stars hiding?" |
| Fri. Feb. 20 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Dr. Paul Wiegert Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Western Ontario |
"Life in the slow lane: the dynamics of Neptune and Pluto" |
| Thurs. Feb 26 9:00 am Room 137 | Dr. John de Bruyn Memorial University, Newfoundland |
"Impact craters in granular media" |
| Mon. March 1 9:00 am Room 123 P&A | Mr. Iain McNabb Department of Chemistry University of Toronto |
"Are two charges too many? Spectroscopy of doubly changed molecules" |
| Wed. March 3 1:00 pm Rm 123 P&A |
CANADIAN
ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICISTS ANNUAL LECTURE Dr. David W.O. Rogers Canada Research Chair in Medical Physics Physics Department Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario |
"MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF ELECTRON-PHOTON TRANSPORT: FROM PARTICLE PHYSICS TO CANCER RADIOTHERAPY" |
| Wed. March 3 2:00 pm Rm 137 P&A |
Dr. Hans Robinson Department of Electrical Engineering UCLA, Los Angeles, California |
"Avalanche free single photon detection" |
| Fri. Mar. 5 1:00 pm Rm 123 |
Dr. Todd W. Simpson Research Scientist Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Western Ontario |
"Surface Patterning with Ion Beams" |
| Mon. Mar. 8 9:00 am Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Mark Henriksen University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
"Galaxy Cluster Mergers in the Golden Age of X-ray Astronomy" |
| Fri. Mar. 12 1:00 pm Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Jennifer Gerbi Argonne National Laboratory Argonne Illinois |
"Modification of Thin-Film Silicon and Diamond Nanostructures" |
| Thurs. March 18 1:00 pm Rm 123 P&A | Joint Planetary
Science Lecture Series Dr. Christopher P. McKay Space Science Division NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA |
"The physics and biology of ice-covered lakes" |
| Thurs. March 18 7:00 p.m Rm 55 Western Science Centre | Planetary
Science Research Group 1st Annual Public Lecture Dr. Christopher P. McKay Space Science Division NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA |
"The Search for Life on Mars" |
| Fri. Mar. 19 1:00 pm Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Johan Van Lierop Physics Department University of Michigan |
"Nanoparticle Magnetism" |
| Tues. Mar. 30 2:00 pm Rm 123 |
Dr. S. Pedro Goldman Department of Physics & Astronomy The University of Western Ontario |
"Fast Optimization Techniques for Radiation Therapy - the Insight of Physics-" |
| Wed. Mar. 31 9:00 am Rm 123 |
Dr. Richard A. Holt Department of Physics & Astronomy The University of Western Ontario |
"Research Overview" |
| June 29 1:30 p.m. Room 123 P&A |
Dr. Louise Martin Department of Applied Mathematics The University of Western Ontario |
"Information Theory: Applications in Bioinformatics and Medical Imaging" |
| June 24 1:30 p.m. Room 123 P&A |
Dr. Carol Jones Department of Physics & Astronomy The University of Western Ontario |
"Disks associated with Hot Stars and Star Formation" |
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2003
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| NEW DATE Wed. Sept. 10 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Kelly Shorlin Physics 658 Seminar |
"Thermodynamics and Methods of Study of Surface Science" |
| Wed. Sep. 17 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Dr. Kristian Schlegel Max Planck Institut for Aeronomie Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany |
"From
Aristotle to Atmospheric Explorer" |
| Fri. Sept. 19 9:00 am Room 123 |
Natalia Kiriushcheva Ph.D. Public Lecture |
"Computer Simulations in Materials Physics" |
| Mon. Sept. 22 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Jeremy Gill Ph.D. Public Lecture |
"Development, Characterization and Optimization of a Deformable Model Based Approach for Carotid Artery Lumen and Plaque Surface Segmentation" |
| Wed. Sep. 24 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Dr. Tamie Poepping Department of Medical Physics University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland |
"Ultrasound applications for investigating cerebrovascular disease" |
| Fri. Oct. 3 3:15 pm - coffee at 3:00 pm |
Dr. Jens Dilling TRIUMF |
"The Proposed Titan Facility: TRIUMF's Ion Trap For Atomic and Nuclear Science" |
Wed. Oct. 8 1:00 pm Room 123 |
NEW DATE Dr. Wayne Hocking Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Western Ontario |
"Middle Atmospheric Physics, Meteor radars, and the Space Shuttle Columbia incident" |
| Wed. Oct. 15 1:00 pm Room 123 | Dr. Kristian Schlegel Max Planck Institut for Aeronomie Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany |
"The Influence of Solar Activity on the Earth's Climate - some Examples" |
| Wed. Oct. 22 1:00 pm Room 123 | Dr. Kevin Robbie Department of Physics Queen's University |
"Atomically assembled photonic crystals" |
| Tues. Nov. 4 3:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
JOINT COLLOQUIUM
WITH DEPT. OF PHILOSOPHY Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne, KBE, FRS Cambridge University, England |
"The Interpretation of Quantum Theory" |
| Wed. Nov. 12 1:00 pm Room 123 |
Alexander Tetervak Physics 658 Seminar |
"Fractal Surfaces: From Characterization to Modeling" |
| Thur. Nov 20, 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Dr. Heidi Hammel Senior Research Scientist Space Science Institute |
"The Evolving Atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune" |
| Thur. Nov 20, 7:30 pm Room 55, Western Science Centre |
The
2003-2004 Elizabeth Laird Memorial Lecture Dr. Heidi Hammel Space Science Institute Boulder, Colorado |
"The Future of Planetary Exploration" |
| Wed. Nov. 26 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Joint Earth Sciences/Physics
& Astronomy Planetary Atmospheres Seminar Dr. Sushil K. Attreya Department of Atmospheri, Oceanic and Space Sciences The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan |
"Composition and origin of Jupiter's atmosphere" |
| NOTE DATE CHANGE Wed. Dec 3, 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Dr. Elie Korkmaz Visiting Professor Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Western Ontario |
"Charge symmetry breaking in nucleon-nucleon collisions and the up-down quark mass difference" |
| Wed. Dec. 10 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Simon Ruffell Physics 658 Seminar |
"SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING FROM THE FIRST INTEGRATED CIRCUITS TO TODAY; JUST ONE OF MANY STEPS IN CHIP FABRICATION" |
| Members of the Colloquium Committee for 2003 - 2004: | |
| R. A. Holt (Chairman) | rholt@uwo.ca |
| S. Basu | basu@astro.uwo.ca |
| B.A. Chronik | bchronik@uwo.ca |
| S.P. Goldman | goldman@uwo.ca |
| S. Mittler | smittler@uwo.ca |
| J.-P. St.-Maurice | jstmauri@uwo.ca |
