Colloquia from 2007 - 2008
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for the Academic Year
2007-2008 (1 July 2007 - 30 June 2008) |
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| DATE/TIME | SPEAKER | TITLE / Host |
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Talks are listed in DESCENDING date order. Physics and Astronomy talks are held on THURSDAYS at 1:30 p.m. in PAB 123. Exceptions are noted in RED. |
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| January to July 2008: | ||
| Thursday June 12 1:30 p.m. Rm 215 P&A |
Dr. Sunil P.B. Kumar
Physics Department Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, India Presented Jointly with the APPLIED MATHEMATICS DEPT. |
"Strain hardening, avalanches and strain softening in dense cross-linked actin networks”
Hosts: S. Basu / M. Kartunnen |
| Thursday May 15 11:00 a.m. Rm 123 P&A |
CRC Candidate Dr. Jiming Bao Engineering & Applied Physics Harvard University |
Research Proposal Talk:
"Novel Materials and nanostructures for energy, electronic and photonic applications" Hosts: J. de Bruyn / K. Baines |
| Wednesday May 14 3:00 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
CRC Candidate Dr. Jiming Bao Engineering & Applied Physics Harvard University |
"Nanophotonics, Nanofabrication and Nanomaterials"
Hosts: J. de Bruyn / K. Baines |
| Tuesday May 6 11:00 a.m. Rm 123 P&A |
CRC Candidate Dr. Aaron Slepkov Applied & Engineering Physics Cornell University |
Research Proposal Talk:
"Organic and hybrid nonlinear photonics" Hosts: J. de Bruyn / K. Baines |
| Monday May 5 3:00 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
CRC Candidate Dr. Aaron Slepkov Applied & Engineering Physics Cornell University |
"Ultralow power nonlinear optics with atoms in hollow-core photonic bandgap fibre"
Hosts: J. de Bruyn / K. Baines |
| Wednesday April 30 11:00 a.m. Rm 123 P&A |
CRC Candidate Dr. Giovanni Fanchini Materials Science & Engineering Rutgers University |
Research Proposal Talk:
"Large area graphene and carbon nanotube thin films as platforms for nano-electrophysiological devices and 'nano-solar cells'” Hosts: J. de Bruyn / K. Baines |
| Tuesday April 29 3:00 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
CRC Candidate Dr. Giovanni Fanchini Materials Science & Engineering Rutgers University |
"Solution-processed transparent and conducting thin films for optoelectronic applications from carbon nanotubes and graphene”
Hosts: J. de Bruyn / K. Baines |
| Thursday April 17 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
PhD Public Lecture Ruohong Li Western Physics & Astronomy |
"Oscillator Strength Measurements in Sm II, Nd II and Pr II”
Supervisors: R. Holt / D. Rosner |
| MONDAY April 15 1:30 p.m. Rm 52 B&G |
Dr. Gopalan Srinivasan University of Toronto A Joint PLANETARY SCIENCE presentation of the Depts. of PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY and EARTH SCIENCES |
“26Al and 10Be in Primitive Meteorites: Constraints on formation of CAIs”
Host: P. Brown |
| FRIDAY April 11 1:30 p.m. Rm 52 B&G |
Dr. Irene Antonenko University of Toronto A Joint PLANETARY SCIENCE presentation of the Depts. of PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY and EARTH SCIENCES |
"Data fusion: Application and implications for planetary research”
Host: G. Osinski |
| MONDAY April 7 4:30 p.m. Rm 215 P&A |
Astronomy Seminar Dr. Huirong Yan Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) University of Toronto |
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| Thursday April 3 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Paul D. Spudis Staff Scientist Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston, TX A Joint PLANETARY SCIENCE presentation of the Depts. of PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY and EARTH SCIENCES |
"Mini-SAR: An imaging radar for the Chandrayaan 1 mission to the Moon”
Host: P. Brown |
| TUESDAY April 1 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Simon Ruffell Electronic Materials Engineering Australian National University |
"Nanoindentation for patterning and processing of silicon thin-film devices”
Host: L. Goncharova |
| Thursday March 27 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Randy Kissack Physics & Astronomy Dept University of Western Ontario |
"Into the wild black yonder!
The story—and the glory—of the X-15 rocket plane” Host: J. de Bruyn |
| MONDAY March 24 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. S. Peter Worden
(Brig. Gen., USAF, ret.) Director, NASA Ames Research Center Moffat Field, CA A Joint PLANETARY SCIENCE presentation of the Depts. of PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY and EARTH SCIENCES |
"U.S. Space Exploration Program: Opportunities for the future”
Host: P. Brown |
| Thursday March 20 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. J. W. (Bill) McConkey Physics Dept University of Windsor |
"Electron interactions - Fundamental underpinnings of science and technology”
Host: J. de Bruyn |
| MONDAY March 17 4:30 p.m. Rm 215 P&A |
Astronomy Seminar Dr. Jonathan Braithwaite Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) University of Toronto |
"What happens to the magnetic field in a star when convection stops?”
Host: S. Basu |
| FRIDAY March 14 3:00 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
659Y Graduate Seminar Nan Yang Western Physics & Astronomy |
"Microrheology of F-actin Networks ”
Supervisors: J. de Bruyn / J. Hutter |
| Thursday March 13 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Maria Kilfoil Physics & Astronomy Dept McGill University |
"A tail of intermittent behavior, novel insights into cell function through tracking of cytoskeletal elements, and other stories”
Host: J. de Bruyn |
| WEDNESDAY March 12 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Suzanne Giorgio
ESIL, Université de la Méditerranée Marseille, France Presented Jointly with the Western Institute for Nanomaterials Science (WINS) |
"In situ HRTEM - Applications to metal nano clusters for catalysis”
Host: M. Cottam |
| FRIDAY March 7 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
659Y Graduate Seminar Tushar Das Western Physics & Astronomy |
"Spin-hall effect”
Supervisor: M. Cottam |
| Thursday March 6 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. John Whitehead
SHARCNET & Centre for Chemical Physics (CCP) Visiting Fellow from the Dept of Physics & Physical Oceanography at Memorial University of Newfoundland Presented Jointly with the APPLIED MATHEMATICS DEPT. |
"Phase Behaviour in Ultra-Thin Magnetic Films”
Hosts: J. de Bruyn / A. MacIsaac |
| WEDNESDAY February 27 3:30-4:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Astronomy Seminar STAR FORMATION JAMBOREE 4 short talks by: - Michael Attard - Wolfgang Dapp - Talayeh Hezareh - Dr. Carolyn McCoey Western Physics & Astronomy |
“Placing Constraints on the Embedded Magnetic Field of NGC 1333 4A”
“Viability of theoretical models to fit observed column density profiles” “Cosmic Ray Ionization Rate and Fractional Ionization in DR21 (OH)” “Spitzer imaging of the jet driving the NGC 2264 G outflow” Supervisor: S. Basu |
| Thursday February 21 3:00 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
659Y Graduate Seminar Tomas Trebicky Western Physics & Astronomy |
"Charge transport models for organic field-effect transistors”
Supervisor: L. Lau |
| Thursday February 21 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Kimberly Hill St. Anthony Falls Laboratory University of Minnesota |
"Granular materials mixing: an 'open' question”
Host: J. de Bruyn |
| Thursday February 14 3:00 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
659Y Graduate Seminar Maher Ahmed Western Physics & Astronomy |
"Plasmonic Nanoparticles: Fundamentals, Properties, Fabrication, and Applications”
Supervisor: S. Mittler |
| Thursday February 14 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Bjarni Tryggvason Astronaut & Visiting Professor Canadian Space Agency/ Mechanical/Materials Engineering Dept @ Western |
"Fluid Science in the Free Fall Environment of Space”
Host: P. Brown |
| MONDAY February 11 4:30 p.m. Rm 215 P&A |
Astronomy Seminar Peter Jedicke Past-Pres. RASC/Professor @ Fanshawe College |
"International Year of Astronomy: Celebration and Opportunity”
Host: S. Basu |
| Thursday February 7 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Mahi Singh Physics & Astronomy Dept University of Western Ontario |
"Quantum Optical Switching in Nanostructures Doped in Photonic Materials”
Host: J. de Bruyn |
| WEDNESDAY February 6 3:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
659Y Graduate Seminar Parisa Hudson Western Physics & Astronomy |
"Magnetic resonance spectroscopy: A method to quantify metabolic levels in human brains”
Supervisor: B. Chronik |
| TUESDAY February 5 3:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Condensed Matter Seminar Dr. Tsuyoshi Mizuguchi Department of Mathematical Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan |
"Pattern formations of drying process of wet granules”
Host: J. de Bruyn |
| FRIDAY February 1 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Astronomy Seminar Dr. James Di Francesco NRC - Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics |
"Submillimetre continuum observations of stars in formation”
Host: M. Houde |
| Thursday January 31 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. An-Chang Shi Dept. of Physics & Astronomy McMaster University Presented Jointly with the APPLIED MATHEMATICS Dept. |
"Confined Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers”
Hosts: J. de Bruyn / M. Karttunen |
| WEDNESDAY January 30 12:30 -2:00 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Graduate Students'
SEMINAR and MEETING Dr. James Di Francesco Dr. David Loop Dr. Luc Simard The National Research Council's Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics Pizza will be served |
"Exploring Canadian Astronomy Research Collaborations”
Host: M. Houde |
| TUESDAY January 29 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
659Y Graduate Seminar Stephen Hudson Western Physics & Astronomy |
"Diffusion and Electrophoresis in Hydrogels”
Supervisor: J. Hutter |
| Thursday January 24 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Stephen Morris Physics Department University of Toronto |
"Icicles, washboard road and meandering syrup”
Host: J. de Bruyn |
| MONDAY January 21 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
PhD Public Lecture Kyle Gilbert Western Physics & Astronomy |
"Development of a field-cycled magnetic resonance imaging scanner”
Supervisor: B. Chronik |
| FRIDAY January 18 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Ralf Gellert Department of Physics University of Guelph Presented Jointly with the EARTH SCIENCES Dept. |
"In-situ chemistry on landed Mars Missions with the Alpha-Particle-X-ray Spectrometer (APXS): 3 years of MER, upcoming MSL and beyond”
Hosts: P. McCausland/ P. Brown |
| Thursday January 17 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Peter Kruse Brockhouse Inst of Materials Research & Chemistry Dept McMaster University |
"Dissipative Pattern Formation at the Nanoscale”
Host: L. Goncharova |
| July through December 2007: | ||
| Thursday December 20 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
PhD Public Lecture Albert Russell Western Physics & Astronomy |
"Numerical simulations of composition changes in the high latitude thermosphere during disturbed conditions”
Supervisors: B. Sica / J-P St-Maurice |
| Thursday December 13 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Peter Gural Advanced Research Division Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) Virginia, USA |
"Hypervelocity Lunar Meteroid Impacts - Status of the Phenomenology"
Host: P. Brown |
| Thursday December 6 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Georges Michaud Physics Department University of Montreal |
"Atomic Diffusion, Globular Clusters and WMAP”
Host: S. Basu |
| Thursday November 29 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Michael Balogh Physics & Astronomy Dept. University of Waterloo |
"Preventing Star and Galaxy Formation”
Host: S. Basu |
| WEDNESDAY November 28 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Alain Berinstain
Director of Space Astronomy and Planetary Exploration, Canadian Space Agency Presented Jointly with the Dept. of EARTH SCIENCES |
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| TUESDAY November 27 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Martin Bureau Functional Polymer Systems National Research Council - Industrial Materials Institute (NRC-IMI) Boucherville, QC |
"Functional Polymer Systems for Biomedical Applications”
Host: J. de Bruyn |
| Thursday November 22 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Matthew Ford Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Dept. University of Toronto |
"Validation and application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to cerebral aneurysms”
Host: L. Goncharova / T. Poepping |
| TUESDAY November 13 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Michael J. Bennett Medical Physics at the University of Edinburgh, UK School of Clinical Sciences & Community Health |
"Medical ultrasound—can the natural world teach us any new tricks?”
Host: L. Goncharova / T. Poepping |
| Thursday November 8 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Nick Provatas Materials Science & Engineering McMaster University |
"Density Functional Approach for Modeling Elasto-Plastic Effects in Solidification Phenomena”
Host: J. de Bruyn |
| Thursday November 1 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. John Dutcher Department of Physics, University of Guelph Advanced Foods and Materials Network (NCE) |
“Bacteria as Materials Scientists”
Host: L. Goncharova |
| WEDNESDAY October 31 2:30 p.m. Visual Arts Rm 100 |
Dr. Glenn Martyna
IBM, T.J. Watson Research Laboratory, New York Presented Jointly with the APPLIED MATHEMATICS DEPT. |
"Simulating materials with chemical detail at IBM: From biophysics to high-tech applications”
Host: Martin Müser |
| Thursday October 25 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Harvey Richer Physics & Astronomy Dept. University of British Columbia |
"Deconstructing an Ancient Star Cluster”
Host: S. Basu |
| Thursday October 18 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Profs. J. Hutter, A. Sigut & M. Zinke-Allmang Physics & Astronomy Dept. University of Western Ontario |
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| Thursday October 11 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Melanie Campbell Physics & Astronomy Dept. University of Waterloo |
"Adaptive optics: implications to diagnosis and therapy in the eye”
Host: J. de Bruyn |
| TUESDAY October 2 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
659Y Graduate Seminar
Iftekhar-ul Haque Western Physics & Astronomy - CANCELLED - |
"Spectral properties of synthetic opal photonic crystals”
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| Thursday September 20 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Jack Baggaley Physics & Astronomy Dept. University of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand |
"Dynamics of Solar System and Interstellar Dust by Ground-based tracking and Spacecraft”
Host: P. Brown |
| Thursday September 13 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Norm Murray Director, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) Toronto |
“Stellar Feedback and Galaxy Formation”
Host: S. Basu |
| Thursday September 6 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Douglas O. ReVelle Atmospheric, Climate and Environmental Dynamics Group Los Alamos National Laboratory |
"Infrasound from Rocket Sources”
Host: P. Brown |
| Thursday August 30 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
Dr. Ray Morris Ice, Ocean, Atmosphere and Climate Program, Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Environment and Water Resources, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia |
"Inter-hemispheric asymmetry in polar mesosphere ice-aerosol clouds and temperature”
Host: W. Hocking |
| TUESDAY August 28 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
PhD Public Lecture Nimalan Swarnalingam Western Physics & Astronomy |
“Studies of polar mesosphere summer echoes at multiple sites using calibrated radars”
Supervisor: W. Hocking |
| MONDAY August 27 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
MSc Public Lecture James Odegaard Western Physics & Astronomy |
“Design and performance evaluation of a pinhole-SPECT array insert for a field cycled MRI”
Supervisor: B. Chronik |
| WEDNESDAY August 22 9:30 a.m. Rm 123 P&A |
MSc Public Lecture Jing Zou Western Physics & Astronomy |
"Study of the microscopic structure of polymer-clay mixtures under shear using light scattering”
Supervisor: J. de Bruyn |
| Thursday August 16 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
MSc Public Lecture Josh de Bever Western Physics & Astronomy |
"Design of multiple-imaging-region gradient coil for parallel mouse MRI”
Supervisor: B. Chronik |
| WEDNESDAY August 15 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
PhD Public Lecture Songbo Xu Western Physics & Astronomy |
“Immobilized ferrocenium in tetraurea calix[4]arenes heterodimers: self-assembly on gold, electrochemical responses, and detection of the redox states by a tip - towards molecular information storage”
Supervisors: S. Mittler / M. Zinke-Allmang |
| FRIDAY August 10 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
659Y Graduate Seminar
Iftekhar-ul Haque Western Physics & Astronomy - CANCELLED - |
"Spectral properties of synthetic opal photonic crystals”
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| Thursday August 9 1:30 p.m. Rm 123 P&A |
PhD Public Lecture Debashish Mukherji Western Physics & Astronomy |
"Molecular dynamics studies of the diffusion of adsorbed and confined polymer films”
Supervisor: M. Müser |
