Spring 2016 Colloquia

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

Date

Speaker

Institution

Host

Title

1/25 Evan Frodermann Univ. of Minnesota A. Chakrabarti C3PO: Customizable Computer Coaches for Physics Online
2/4, Thu Natasha Holmes Stanford University A. Chakrabarti Re-thinking intro physics labs: Teaching and assessing critical thinking
2/8 J.T. Laverty Michigan State Univ. A. Chakrabarti Preparing Higher Education for the Next Generation of Physics Students
2/15 Eric Kuo Stanford University A. Chakrabarti When Getting it Right isn't Enough: Mathematical Sensemaking in Introductory Physics
2/22 Glenn Horton-Smith K-State A. Chakrabarti Nobel Prize in Physics Lecture: Neutrinos: The Best-Understood "Ghost Particle" in Nature
3/14 Spring Break
3/21 Warren Christensen North Dakota State Univ. E. Sayre Investigating Mathematics in the Upper-division Physics: Examples of Linear Algebra and Non-Cartesian Coordinate Systems
3/28 Tso-Yee Fan MIT N. Dadashzadeh Laser Beam Combining
3/29 Alice Bean Univ. of Kansas T. Bolton Jefferson Science Fellow Distinguished Lecture: Engaging the Public on Climate Changes
4/4 Ray Frey Univ. of Oregon B. Ratra

Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

4/11 Jonathan Reichert TeachSpin - Jonathan F. Reichert Foundation K. Corwin The TeachSpin Chronicle, From Hobby to Passion
4/18 Hans Moosmüller Desert Research Institute C. Sorensen Aerosol Optics, Climate Change, and Satellite Remote Sensing
4/25 Lyman Page Princeton Univ. B. DePaola The CMB and Neutrinos
4/26 Lyman Page Princeton Univ. B. DePaola Peterson Lecture: Observing the Birth of the Universe, Tuesday, 4/26 in the Hemisphere Room of Hale, Library
5/2 Dave Sidebottom Creighton Univ. C. Sorensen Dynamic Scattering from Network Forming Liquids Near the Glass Transition

Colloquium Committee: Ellie Sayre (Chair), Glenn Horton-Smith, Bharat Ratra, Gary Wysin, and Nicoleta Ploscariu

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