Colloquia from 2020 - 2021
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for the Academic Year 2020-2021(September 2020 through May 2021) |
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You can find all the Physics & Astronomy Events on Western's Events Calendar by clicking here. NORMALLY, our Colloquia would be presented in PAB Seminar Room 100 (Main Floor [south side] of the Physics & Astronomy Building), HOWEVER, due to COVID-19 and until further notice, our colloquia will be presented VIRTUALLY via ZOOM, but at the same time as usual - on THURSDAYS at 1:30 p.m. Our colloquia will now be offered on TWO Thursdays each month. There will be NO colloquium on one of the remaining weeks and a FACULTY Meeting on the other. DETAILS BELOW. |
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WINTER 2021 Term: |
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| Thursday 1 April 1:30 p.m. |
(Faculty Meeting) |
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| Thursday 8 April 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM |
CANCELLED (NO Colloquium) Dr. Paula Foster |
New directions in in vivo cell tracking: Magnetic particle imaging Host: E. Wong |
| Thursday 15 April |
(NO Colloquium) |
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| Thursday 22 April 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM |
Dr. Ozzy Mermut |
Advances in biophotonic therapies and dosimetry for the diseased and aging eye Host: T. Poepping |
PREVIOUS Talks |
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WINTER 2021 Term: |
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| Thursday 25 March 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM |
Dr. Alexander Haefele |
Some insight into MeteoSwiss’ work to monitor and forecast weather and climate Host: R. J. Sica |
| Thursday 18 March 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM |
Dr. Mikko Karttunen |
Physics of cell mechanics: Cells, cell division and spreading of cancer cells from the mechanobiological perspective Host: R. J. Sica |
| Thursday 11 March |
(NO Colloquium) |
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| Thursday 4 March 1:30 p.m. |
(NO Colloquium) |
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| Thursday 25 February 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM |
Dr. Girma Bitsuamlak |
Computational and experimental generation of tornado-like vortices Host: W. K. Hocking |
| Thursday 18 February |
(NO Colloquium - Reading Week) |
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| Thursday 11 February 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM |
Dr. Kundan Kadam |
Eruptive Phenomena during Star Formation Host: S. Basu |
| Thursday 4 February 1:30 p.m. |
(Faculty Meeting) |
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| Thursday 28 January 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM |
Dr. Theodosia Gougousi |
Applications of Atomic Layer Deposition in nonlinear optics and 2D materials Host: L. Goncharova |
| Thursday 21 January |
(NO Colloquium) |
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| Thursday 14 January 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM |
Master's thesis talk |
Supervisors: Goncharova/Simpson |
| Thursday 7 January 1:30 p.m. |
(Faculty Meeting) |
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FALL 2020 Term: |
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| Thursday 10 December 1:30 p.m. |
(Faculty Meeting) |
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| Thursday 3 December 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM |
Dr. Dan Lizotte |
Principles and physical/astronomical applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence Host: W. K. Hocking |
| Thursday 26 November |
(NO Colloquium) |
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| Thursday 19 November 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM |
Dr. Chris DeGroot |
Fluid Mechanics and the COVID-19 Pandemic Host: O. Trichtchenko |
| Thursday 12 November 1:30 p.m. |
(Faculty Meeting) |
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| FRIDAY 6 November 6:30 p.m. via ZOOM |
Dr. Catherine Beauchemin The Annual ELIZABETH LAIRD Memorial Lecture Presented JOINTLY by the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) and the Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference (CUPC)
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Virophysics: A physicist's approach to virology |
| Thursday 29 October |
(NO Colloquium) |
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| Thursday 22 October 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM |
Dr. Auriane Egal |
Meteors from comet 1P/Halley Host: P. G. Brown |
| Thursday 15 October 1:30 p.m. |
(Faculty Meeting) |
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| Thursday 8 October 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM |
Dr. Giovanni Fanchini |
Nano-optics in Flatland: What a scanning near-field optical microscope may tell us about two-dimensional materials towards their applications Host: W. K. Hocking |
| Thursday 1 October |
(NO Colloquium) |
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| Thursday 24 September 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM |
Dr. Stanimir Metchev |
Weather on other worlds: From studying clouds and winds to seeking life Host: W. K. Hocking |
| Thursday 17 September 1:30 p.m. |
(Faculty Meeting) |
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| Thursday 10 September 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM |
Dr. Wayne Hocking |
Things we teach in elementary Physics and probably should not! Host: R. J. Sica |
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