Department of Physics
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

Fall 2007 Colloquium Series

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

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  

Thursday, September 6, 2007

 Department meeting was schedule -- no colloquium

 

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 Abstract

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Conceptual Physics Teaching using Demonstrations

UAB Physics Faculty

 

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. CH 301
See Abstract

 

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Physics DSS Meeting for Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students  

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

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

Thursday, October 18, 2007

 

No Colloquium

UAB, Department of Physics
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. CH 301
See Abstract

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."

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

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

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

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.

 

 

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.

Spring 2008 Colloquium Series

 

 

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

See Abstract



Friday, January 25, 2008

Thomas Orlando, Professor and Chair

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

 


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

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"

Abstract


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

 


Thrusday, March 13, 2008

Spring break

 

 


                                                                                                          Thursday, March 20, 2008

                                                                         

                                               Open -- To Be Determined                                                  

 


March 27, 2008

Open -- To Be Determined

 

 


April 3, 2008

TBA

 

 


Thrusday, April 10, 2008

Benjamin Harms, Professor

Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Alabama

“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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For More Information Contact:
David L Shealy
Department of Physics
Tel: (205) 934-8068
FAX: (205) 934-8042
Internet: dls@uab.edu