KSU Physics Spring 2013 Colloquium Schedule

Spring 2013 Colloquia

All colloquia are held at 4:30 p.m. in CW 102 unless otherwise stated.

Date	Speaker	Institution	Host	Title of Colloquium
1/21	University Holiday - Martin Luther King Day
1/28	Mike Reed	Missouri State Univ.	G. Horton-Smith	Measuring the Properties of Stars Using Asteroseismology
2/4	Sam McKagan	AAPT & McKagan Enterprises	E. Sayre	Ten Results of PER that Every Physics Instructor Should Know
2/11	Kevin Carnes	K-State	A. Chakrabarti	From Ion Beams to Laser Beams: 28 Years of AMO Physics at the J. R. Macdonald Lab
2/18	Chris Snow	Colorado State	J. Schmit	Applications for Physical Models of Proteins: Folding, Structure, Prediction, and Crystallographic Structure Determination
2/25	Marcos Dantus	Michigan State Univ.	C. Trallero	Controlling Nonlinear Optical Processes, Vibrational and Electronic Excitation, and Strong Field Chemistry
3/4	Carlos Trallero	K-State	A. Chakrabarti	Learning about Molecules with Extreme Non-linear Optics
3/11	Tamar Seideman	Northwestern Univ.	C. Trallero	New Directions in Strong Field Coherent Control. From spinning tops to ultrafast switches
3/18	Spring Break
3/25	Geoff Potvin	Clemson Univ.	S. Rebello	Towards an Understanding of Graduate School Success and Its Impacts on Scientific Careers
4/1	David Weitz	Harvard Univ.	A. Chakrabarti	Neff Lecture
4/8	Dan Akerib	Case Western Reserve Univ.	G. Horton-Smith	Do WIMPs Rule? The LUX Experiment and the Search for Cosmic Dark Matter
4/15	Lindley Winslow	UCLA	G. Horton-Smith
4/22	Joan Shea	UCSB	J. Schmit
4/29	Alan Guth	MIT	A. Chakrabarti
4/30	Alan Guth	MIT	A. Chakrabarti	Peterson Lecture
5/6	Robert Levis	Temple Univ.	C. Trallero

Colloquium Committee: Glenn Horton-Smith (Chair), Bharat Ratra, Jeremy Schmit, Carlos Trallero, Dean Zollman & Ying Chen