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Department
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2007- 2008 Colloquium Series
For More Information
Contact:
David L Shealy, Department of Physics
Tel: (205) 934-8068
FAX: (205) 934-8042
E-mail: dls@uab.edu
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Fall 2007 Colloquium Series
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Professor Ryoichi Kawai
“Beyond
the Second Law of Thermodynamics”
Department of Physics, UAB
E-mail:
kawai@uab.edu
UAB, Department of Physics
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. CH 301
See
Abstract
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Thursday, August
30, 2007
Heart Valve Interstitial Cellular Mechanics
W. David Merryman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
UAB, Department of Physics
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. CH 301
See
Abstract
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Thursday, September 6, 2007
Department meeting was schedule -- no colloquium
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
“Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Complex Materials”
David J. Hilton Ph.D., Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Physics
E-mail: dhilton@uab.edu
See
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Conceptual Physics Teaching using
Demonstrations
UAB Physics Faculty
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. CH 301
See Abstract
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Thursday, September
27, 2007
Physics DSS Meeting for Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students
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Thursday, October 4, 2007
"Nano-confinement Revealed in Degradation and Relaxation Studies of
Structurally Different Polystyrene-Clay Systems"
Sergey Vyazovkin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UAB Department of Chemistry
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. CH 301
See Abstract
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
"Physics Recitation Models Discussion Session"
James C. Martin Ph.D., Associate Professor
UAB, Department
of Physics
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. CH 301
See Abstract
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
No Colloquium
UAB, Department of Physics
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. CH 301
See Abstract
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Thursday,
October 25, 2007
"Semiconductor Nanostructures for Tomorrow’s Semiconductor Devices"
Patricia M. Mooney
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Semiconductor Physics
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC Canada UAB, Department of Physics
12:30p.m. - 1:45 p.m. CH 301
See Abstract
This is a Special Physics Colloquium that is part of the "UAB/ADVANCE Distinguished Female Scholar Program." |
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Thursday, November 1, 2007
Physics Announcement
Final Defense for Masters
“Study of Nano-mechanical Properties of 3D Scaffolds Prepared from Polycaprolactone and Hydroxyapatite”
Parul Tyagi
Advisor: Dr. Aaron Catledge UAB, Department of Physics
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. CH 301
See Abstract
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Thursday , November 8, 2007
“Information Theoretic and Thermodynamic Heuristic for Relating DNA Sequence Variation to Phenotype”
Brett McKinney, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Genetics
UAB, Department of Physics
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. CH 301
See Abstract
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Thursday , November 15, 2007
“Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy”
Dimitri V. Martyshkin, Ph.D., Research Associate
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Physics
UAB, Department of Physics
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. CH 301
See Abstract
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Sunday, Dec 9, 2007, 4pm
HUC Alumni Auditorium
2007 Einstein Lecture
"The Beginning and End of the Universe"
Jonathan P. Gardner
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
See Abstract
UAB Department of Physics, School of NS&M, and Alabama Power Foundation, Inc.
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Monday, Dec 10, 2007, 11-12:30pm
Spencer Honors House, 1190 10th Ave S
2007 Einstein Lecture
"The Beginning and End of the Universe"
Jonathan P. Gardner
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
See Abstract
UAB Department of Physics, School of NS&M, and Alabama Power Foundation, Inc. |
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Spring 2008 Colloquium Series
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Thursday January 10, 2008
Dr. Perry Gerakines
, UAB Department
of Physics
Seminar Title: "Infrared Astronomy with the Spitzer Space Telescope"
UAB, Department of Physics
12:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. CH 405
See
Abstract
Thursday January 17, 2008
Dr. Mary Ellen Zvanut, UAB Department of Physics
"Electronic Materials: How they work, what they do, and what they will do in the future"
UAB, Department of Physics
12:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. CH 405
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Friday, January 25, 2008
Thomas Orlando, Professor and Chair
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School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology
http://www.chemistry.gatech.edu/faculty/Orlando/
"Lowe-engery Electron Induced Damage of Hydrated DNA"
Thrusday, January 31, 2008
Dr. Andrei Stanishevsky, UAB Department of Physics
"Ion Beams for Direct-Write Prototyping at Micro- and Nano-Scale"
12:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. CH 405
Abstract
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Thrusday, February 7, 2008
Dr. Govind Menon, Associate Professor of Physics
Troy State University
http://spectrum.troy.edu/~gmenon/
"Force-free Magnetospheres of Super-Massive Black Holes"
UAB, Department of Physics
12:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. CH 405
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Abstract
Thrusday, February 14, 2008
UAB, Department of Physics
12:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. CH 405
“Sunscreens, Photophysics and Conservation of Energy”
Dr. Tom Nordlund, UAB Department of Physics
Abstract
Thrusday, February 21, 2008
UAB, Department of Physics
12:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. CH 405
Dr. David Agresti, UAB Department of Physics
"Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Planetary Exploration"
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Thrusday, February 28, 2008
Dr. Rakesh Kapoor, UAB Department of Physics
"Quantitative Protein Detection Using Fiber-Optic biosensor"
Abstract
UAB, Department of Physics
12:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. CH 405
Thrusday, March 6, 2008
Dr. Toni Taylor, Center of Integrated Nanotechnologies
Los Alamos National Laboratory
"Ultrafast Dynamics in Complex Materials"
See Abstract
UAB, Department of Physics
12:45 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. CH 405
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Thrusday, March 13, 2008
Spring break
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Thursday, March
20, 2008
Open -- To Be Determined
March 27, 2008
Open -- To Be Determined
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Thrusday, April 10, 2008
Benjamin Harms, Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Alabama |
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“Noncommutative Physics:
An Overview of Noncommutative Geometry and
Some of Its applications to Physics”
UAB, Department of Physics
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. CH 405
Thrusday, April 17, 2008
Jennifer Curtis, Assistant Professor
School of Physics
Georgia Institue of Technology
Abstract
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Thrusday, May 8, 2008
“Surface Modification Strategies for Improving the Fixation of Bone Implants”
Dr. Sunil Kumar
Ian Wark Research Institute
University of South Australia
Abstract
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For More Information Contact:
David L Shealy
Department of Physics
Tel: (205) 934-8068
FAX: (205) 934-8042
Internet: dls@uab.edu
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