Physics Colloquia Schedule

Spring 2010

The colloquia are held in Room 128 (old number: 114), Physics Building at 3:30 P.M. on Wednesdays unless noted otherwise (please see abstract for specific details). Tea and coffee is available before the colloquium in Room 128. Refreshments will be served after the colloquium (at around 5:00pm), and further discussions with the speaker are encouraged during this time. For additions, corrections, or questions please contact Cristin Paul at cristin.paul@duke.edu.
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January 20
3:30 PM
Robert Beichner
North Carolina State University
The Student-Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs (SCALE-UP) Project
February 03
3:30 PM
Thomas C. Halsey
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co.
Carbon Capture and Storage
February 17
3:30 PM
Charles Reichhardt
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Using Colloids to Explore Complex Matter with Competing Interactions
February 24
3:30 PM
Laura Cadonati
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst
Gravitational wave bursts and multimessenger astrophysics
March 24
3:30 PM
Thomas Schaefer
N. C. State University
In search of the perfect fluid
March 31
3:30 PM
Jason Detwiler
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
MAJORANA: An Ultra-Low Background Enriched-Germanium Detector Array for Fundamental Physics Measurements
April 06
8 PM
Anthony Leggett
(2010 London Lecture)
French Family Science Center 2231
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Does the everyday world really obey quantum mechanics?
April 28
3:30 PM
Seth Hoedl
Univerity of Washington
Gravitational Scale Particle Physics with Torsion Pendulums: A New Axion Search

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