Colloquia Archive

2011-2012

Wednesday, November 9 at 5 pm in CF 125
Miriam Deutsch, University of Oregon
"Nanostructured, Disordered Silver Films: Shedding New Light on an Old Material"
Thursday, January 5 at 4 pm in CF 105
Kat Barger, University of Wisconsin and WWU Physics BS alumna
"Understanding the Evolution of the Magellanic System through Tidal Debris: Characterizing the Magellanic Bridge "

Thursday, October 21 at 4 pm in CF 420
Joseph Kennedy, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
(WWU Physics BS, 2008)
"Exploring the Relation Between Crystal Fabric and Climate History in an Ice-Core Record"
Wednesday, December 1 at 4 pm in CF 420
Ben Hillman, University of Washington
(WWU Physics BS, 2008)
"Evaluation of Clouds in Climate Models Using Instrument Simulators"
Thursday, February 10 at 4 pm in CF 420
Miguel Morales, University of Washington
"21cm Cosmology"
Thursday, April 14 at 4 pm in CF 316
Stamatis Vokos, Seattle Pacific University
"A Call To Action: Findings and Recommendations of the National Task Force on Teacher Education in Physics"
Friday, April 29 at 11 am in CF 316
Pauline Barmby, University of Western Ontario
"The Story of a Space Telescope"

Thursday, October 15 at 4 pm in CF 420
Jim Vyvyan, WWU Chemistry
"Strategies for Success in Undergraduate Research"
Friday, November 6 at noon in CF 231
George Skidmore, DRS Infrared Technologies
(WWU Physics BA, 1993)
"Microbolometers for Infrared Imaging"
Friday, Deccember 4 at noon in CF 231
Amy Robertson, University of Washington
"Student and Teacher Understanding of the Particulate Nature of Matter"
Thursday, April 22 at 4 pm in CF 125
Ted Bunn, University of Richmond
"Listening to the Big Bang"
Thursday, March 11 at 4 pm
Ruth Velasco-Schmitz, physicist in oncology at UW School of Medicine
"Medical Physics - an Introduction with Focus on Radiotherapy"
Thursday, May 7
Markus Raschke, University of Washington
"Optical Antennas for Spatio-temporal Imaging and Spectroscopy on the Nanoscale"
Tuesday, May 26
Jill Bellovary, University of Washington
"The Role of Supermassive Black Hole Feedback in Galaxy Formation and Evolution"
Monday, June 1
Leah Courtland, University of South Florida
(WWU Physics BS, 2005)
"Into the Cone: A Ground Penetrating Radar Investigation of Near Vent Processes at Cerro Negro Volcano"