Chem-Phys 155
Fridays 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Refreshments are served in Chem-Phys 155 at 3:15 PM
Colloquia distinguished by a shift in time or place are indicated by an *.
Pls. see the accompanying links for details.
Some links may not be active until the week of the talk.
Aug. 26
Dr. Gary Ferland
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kentucky Understanding Starburst Galaxies - Numerical Simulations of Diffuse
Interstellar Gas
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner
Sept. 2
Dr. Bill Burke
Teaching & Academic Support Center, University of Kentucky Moving Large Masses and Calculating Distances
Faculty Host: Tom Troland
Sept. 9
Dr. Brian McNamara
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens
Outbursts from Supermassive Black Holes in Clusters of Galaxies and
the Problem of Galaxy Formation
Faculty Host: Nancy Levenson
Sept. 16
Dr. Ziqiang Wang
Department of Physics, Boston College Physics of Strong Electronic Correlation in
Sodium Doped Cobaltates Nax CoO2
Faculty Host: Ganpathy Murthy
Sept. 23
Dr. Al Shapere
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kentucky Limits on the Size of Extra Dimensions
Faculty Host: Mike Cavagnero
Sept. 30
Dr. Yuri Sushko
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kentucky New Aspects of Superconductivity and Magnetism Appearing Under Hydrostatic Pressure
Faculty Host: Mike Cavagnero
Oct. 7
Academic Recess -- Fall Break
No Colloquium
Oct. 14
Dr. John Anthony
Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky Organic Molecules in Electronic
Devices: Transistors, Diodes and Solar Cells
Faculty Host: Gang Cao
Oct. 20*
Einstein Lecture
Dr. David Gross
Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics,
University of California, Santa Barbara The Future of Physics
Faculty Hosts: Sumit Das and Susan Gardner
Oct. 21
Dr. Michael Schulz
Department of Physics, University of Missouri, Rolla Three-Dimensional Imaging of Atomic Collisions: New Insights into the
Few-Body Problem
Faculty Host: Nick Martin
Oct. 28
Dr. Iosif B. Khriplovich
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics and
Novosibirsk University, Novosibirsk
Black Holes, Classical and Quantum
Faculty Host: Misha Eides
Nov. 3*
Einstein Lecture
Dr. Frank Wilczek
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Universe is a Strange Place
Faculty Host: Al Shapere
Nov. 4
Dr. Frank Wilczek
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Origin of Mass and the Feebleness of Gravity
Faculty Host: Al Shapere
Nov. 11
Dr. David Nister
Center for Visualization & Virtual Environments
Department of Computer Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington
Real Time 3D Reconstruction and Object Recognition
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner
Nov. 18
Dr. Michael Douglas
Department of Physics, Rutgers University
Can String Theory Be Tested?
Faculty Host: Al Shapere
Nov. 25
Academic Recess -- Thanksgiving
No Colloquium
Dec. 2
Dr. Naomi Makins
Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
In Search of L: Orbital Motion in the Land of Quarks
Faculty Host: Wolfgang Korsch
Dec. 8*
Public Lecture
Dr. Kevin Grazier
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
California Institute of Technology The Science/Science Fiction Feedback Loop
Faculty Host: Tom Troland
Dec. 9
Dr. Kevin Grazier
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech
Lord of the Rings: the Cassini/Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan
Faculty Host: Tom Troland
