Spring 2001 Seminars and Colloquia
Amherst College Physics Department Colloquia
- Wednesday , Jan 24,'01, 4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) - Dr. Anthony Dinsmore,
Harvard University, "Colloidal Suspensions: Model Systems for Complex Materials" -
Merrill 3, Amherst College
- Wednesday , Jan. 31, '01, 4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) - Dr. Anke Husmann,
University of Chicago, "Freezing Fermions With Stress", Merrill 220, Amherst College
- Monday , Feb 5,'01, 4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) - Dr. Philip Collins,
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, "Nanoscale Electronic Devices From Carbon Nanotubes" -
Merrill 4, Amherst College
- Wednesday , Feb. 7, '01, 4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) - Dr. Jonathan Friedman,
The State University of New York at Stony Brook, "Exploring the Quantum-Classical Frontier: From Nanomagnets to Schrodinger's SQUID", Merrill 3,
Amherst College
- Thursday , Feb. 15, '01,
4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) - NONE
- Thursday , Feb. 22, '01,
4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) -
Dean Lee, University of Massachusetts,
"Taking on Hard Problems in Nonperturbative Hadronic Physics",
Merrill 3, Amherst College
- Thursday , Mar. 1, '01,
4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) - NONE
- Tuesday, Mar. 6, '01,
4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) -
Steve Lundeen,
Colorado State University,
"Electrons in circular orbits: exploring a new world of atomic structure",
Merrill 3, Amherst College
- Thursday, Mar. 8, '01,
7:30 pm - FIVE COLLEGE COLLOQUIUM -
Prof. Susan Coppersmith,
University of Chicago,
"The Complexity of Materials",
location?, Mt. Holyoke College
- Tuesday, Mar. 13, '01,
5 pm (tea in 204 Merrill ?) -
Prof. Tim Newman,
University of Virginia,
(Nonlinear dynamics, population biology, quantum mechanics?),
Merrill 3?, Amherst College
- Thursday, Mar. 15, '01,
4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) -
Jamie Kellogg '94,
Harvard University,
Earth and Structure Formation,
Merrill 3, Amherst College
- Thursday , Mar. 29, '01,
4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) -
Nick Bigelow,
University of Rochester,
Ultra-cold atomic mixture vapors: from making molecules to BEC,
Merrill 3, Amherst College
- Thursday , Apr. 5, '01,
4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) -
Sarah Bolton,
Williams College,
Squeezing Semiconductors--what ultrafast measurements tell us about
mesoscopia,
Merrill 3, Amherst College
- Thursday , Apr. 12, '01,
4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) -
TBA,
TBA,
"TBA",
Merrill 3, Amherst College
- Thursday , Apr. 19, '01,
4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) -
Michael Ramsey-Musolf, University of Connecticut,
(Theory of Time Reversal Violations?),
Merrill 3, Amherst College
- Tuesday , Apr. 24, '01,
4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) -
Mr. Andrew Youdin,
University of California, Berkeley,
Planetary Systems: Discoveries and Origins,
Merrill 3, Amherst College
- Thursday , Apr. 26, '01,
4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) -
Student talks?
(thesis?),
Merrill 3, Amherst College
- Thursday , May 3, '01,
4:45 pm (tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 pm) -
TBA
TBA
"TBA",
Merrill 3, Amherst College
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UMass Physics Department Colloquia
- Wednesday , Feb 21,'01, 4:00 pm
(tea @3:40 pm) -
Prof. William Wootters,
Williams College,
Quantum Entanglements as a Resource for Communication
-
Hasbrouck 124,
UMass
- Wednesday , Apr 4,'01, 4:00 pm
(tea @3:40 pm) -
Prof. David Weitz,
Harvard University,
Hard Problems with Soft Materials
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Hasbrouck 124,
UMass
- Wednesday , May 9,'01, 4:00 pm
(tea @3:40 pm) -
Prof. Subir Sachdev,
Yale University,
Quantum Antiferromagnetism and High Temperature Superconductors
-
Hasbrouck 124,
UMass
UMass Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
- Thursday , Feb 1,'01, 12:00 pm
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Boris Svistunov,
Kurchatov Institute (Moscow),
Relaxation scenario for the superfluid turbulence at T -> 0
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LGRT 1033,
UMass
- Thursday , Feb 8,'01, 12:00 pm
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Carol Livermore,
Microsystems Technology Laboratories, MIT,
Button-sized, micromachined motors and generators for a micro-gas turbine engine
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LGRT 1033,
UMass
- Thursday , Feb 15,'01, 12:00 pm
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Kai Liu,
Physics Department, UC San Diego,
Magnetism and magneto-transport in nanostructured materials
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LGRT 1033,
UMass
- Thursday , Feb 22,'01, 12:00 pm
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Jonathan R. Friedman,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, SUNY Stony Brook,
Quantum Taxonomy: Making a (Schrodinger's) Cat out of a SQUID
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LGRT 1033,
UMass
- Thursday , Mar 01,'01, 12:00 pm
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Anthony D. Dinsmore,
Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University,
Colloidal Suspensions: Model Systems for Complex Materials
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LGRT 1033,
UMass
- Thursday , Mar 08,'01, 12:00 pm
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Vladimir Butko,
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University,
How and ultrathin metal film becomes an insulator
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LGRT 1033,
UMass
UMass Particle Physics Brownbag
- Thursday , Feb 08,'01, 12:15 pm
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Barry R. Holstein,
Department of Physics, UMass,
Geodetic Precession
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LGRT 419B,
UMass
- Tuesday , Feb 20,'01, 12:15 pm
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Eric Roura
Department of Physics, UMass,
"Alcohol in Space: Methanol MASER near IR sources, a hangover that
shines....", Nuclear Conference Room (419B LGRT), UMass
UMass High Energy Physics/Nuclear Physics Seminar
- Tuesday , Friday, Feb 16,'01, 2:00 pm
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Barry Holstein
Department of Physics, UMass,
"String-Motivated calculations of the effective action",
1033 LGRT, UMass
Smith College Physics Department Colloquia
Mt. Holyoke College Physics Department Colloquia