Physics Colloquium Speaker Schedule

Colloquium Schedule
University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Physics

colloquium time Wednesdays, 4 PM
Place Chamberlin 2241
coffee & cookies 3:30 PM

Fall Semester, 2005 / Spring Semester, 2006

Last updated Apr. 3, 2006.

Fall Semester, 2005 (back to top)

September October November December

2 Jim Berryman
(LLNL)
Host: Dave Huber
Title: "Physics of Viscoelastic Composites"

7 Postponed to a later date
Samir Mathur

5 David E. Kaplan
(Johns Hopkins)
Host: Frank Petriello
Title: "" 9 Markus Wohlgenannt
(U. Iowa)
Host: Michael Winokur
Title: "Large, Room Temperature Magnetoresistance in Organic
Light-Emitting Diodes" 7 Lisa Everett
(U. Florida)
Host: Tao Han
Title: "The Flavor Enigma: A Window to Physics Beyond the Standard Model"

14 Dan Lehman
(DOE)
Host: Bob Morse
Title: "Large Science Project Experience at the US Dept.
of Energy" 12 Hooman Davoudiasl
(UW-Madison)
Host:
Title: "The Cosmic Riddle: From Newton's Apple to Colliders" 16 Tom Record
(UW-Madison)
Host: Don Cox
Title: " DNA Binding Proteins as Molecular Machines: Thermodynamic
and Mechanistic Studies" 14 Holiday Colloquium
(UW-Madison)
Host: Students
Title: "TBA"

21 Charles Stevens
(The Salk Institute)
Host: Sue Coppersmith
Title: ""

19 Miklos Porkolab
(MIT)
Hosts: Stewart Prager and Hooman Davoudiasl
Title: "Progress in Magnetic Fusion Research & the Promise of ITER" 23 No Colloquium

21 Holiday
Recess

28 Nadya Mason
(UIUC)
Host: Andrey Chubukov
Title: "" 26 L. Glazman
(U. Minnesota)
Host: Andrey Chubukov
Title: "" 30 Kaustubh Agashe
(Syracuse)
Host: Frank Petriello
Title: ""

*September*	*October*	*November*	*December*
		2 *Jim Berryman* *(LLNL)* Host: Dave Huber Title: "Physics of Viscoelastic Composites"
7 Postponed to a later date Samir Mathur	5 *David E. Kaplan* *(Johns Hopkins)* Host: Frank Petriello Title: ""	9 *Markus Wohlgenannt* *(U. Iowa)* Host: Michael Winokur Title: "Large, Room Temperature Magnetoresistance in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes"	7 *Lisa Everett* *(U. Florida)* Host: Tao Han Title: "The Flavor Enigma: A Window to Physics Beyond the Standard Model"
14 *Dan Lehman* *(DOE)* Host: Bob Morse Title: "Large Science Project Experience at the US Dept. of Energy"	12 *Hooman Davoudiasl* *(UW-Madison)* Host: Title: "The Cosmic Riddle: From Newton's Apple to Colliders"	16 *Tom Record* *(UW-Madison)* Host: Don Cox Title: " DNA Binding Proteins as Molecular Machines: Thermodynamic and Mechanistic Studies"	14 *Holiday Colloquium* *(UW-Madison)* Host: Students Title: "TBA"
21 *Charles Stevens* *(The Salk Institute)* Host: Sue Coppersmith Title: ""	19 *Miklos Porkolab* *(MIT)* Hosts: Stewart Prager and Hooman Davoudiasl Title: "Progress in Magnetic Fusion Research & the Promise of ITER"	23 *No Colloquium*	21 Holiday Recess
28 *Nadya Mason* (*UIUC)* Host: Andrey Chubukov Title: ""	26 *L. Glazman* *(U. Minnesota)* Host: Andrey Chubukov Title: ""	30 *Kaustubh Agashe* *(Syracuse)* Host: Frank Petriello Title: ""

Spring Semester, 2006 (back to top)

January February March April May

4 Holiday
Recess 1 Hideo Mabuchi
(Cal Tech)
Host: Thad Walker
Title: "" 1 Jeff Peterson
(Carnegie Mellon)
Host: Peter Timbie
Title: "21-cm emission from the Cosmic Dark Ages" 3 Richard Packard
(Berkeley)
Host: Franz Himpsel
Title: "Superfluidity"

11 Holiday
Recess 8 Doug Stone
(Yale)
Host: Loyal Durand
Title: "Genius and Genius^2: Planck, Einstein and the Birth of Quantum Theory" 8 Scott Willenbrock
(UIUC)
Host: Tao Han
Title: ""Particle Physics: Past, Present, Future" 5 Bob Park
(U. Maryland)
Host: Louis Bruch
Title: "Voodoo Science in the Age of Intelligent Design" 10 NO MORE COLLOQUIUM

18 Mark Trodden
(Syracuse)
Host: Daniel Chung
Title: "Connecting the Dark Side and Fundamental Physics" 15 Jim Matthews
(Louisiana State University)
Host: Bob Morse
Title: "First Results from the Pierre Auger Observatory" 15 NO COLLOQUIUM

Spring Recess 12 Pierre Ramond
(U Florida - Gainesville)
Host: Daniel Chung
Title: "History of Neutrinos-Part I"

25 Deniz Yavuz
(UW - Madison)
Host: Thad Walker
Title: "Quantum Computing with Trapped Neutral Atoms"
22 Daniel Savin
(Columbia)
Host: James Lawler
Title: "AMO Physics from the Early Universe to the
Present"
22 Eli Waxman
(Weizmann)
Host: Albrecht Karle
Title: "Astrophysics with High Energy Neutrinos"

19 Moses Chan
(Penn State)
Host: Louis Bruch
Title: "Can a Solid be a Superfluid?"

29 Robert Caldwell
(Dartmouth)
Host: Daniel Chung
Title: "Lambda -- Most of the Energy of the Universe" 26 Jim Kakalios
(U. Minnesota)
Host: Sue Coppersmith
Title: "The Physics of Super-heroes"

*January*	*February*	*March*	*April*	*May*
4 Holiday Recess	1 *Hideo Mabuchi* *(Cal Tech)* Host: Thad Walker Title: ""	1 *Jeff Peterson* *(Carnegie Mellon)* Host: Peter Timbie Title: "21-cm emission from the Cosmic Dark Ages"		3 *Richard Packard* *(Berkeley)* Host: Franz Himpsel Title: "Superfluidity"
11 Holiday Recess	8 *Doug Stone* *(Yale)* Host: Loyal Durand Title: "Genius and Genius^2: Planck, Einstein and the Birth of Quantum Theory"	8 *Scott Willenbrock* *(UIUC)* Host: Tao Han Title: ""Particle Physics: Past, Present, Future"	5 *Bob Park* *(U. Maryland)* Host: Louis Bruch Title: "Voodoo Science in the Age of Intelligent Design"	10 *NO MORE COLLOQUIUM*
18 *Mark Trodden* *(Syracuse)* Host: Daniel Chung Title: "Connecting the Dark Side and Fundamental Physics"	15 *Jim Matthews* *(Louisiana State University)* Host: Bob Morse Title: "First Results from the Pierre Auger Observatory"	15 *NO COLLOQUIUM* Spring Recess	12 *Pierre Ramond* *(U Florida - Gainesville)* Host: Daniel Chung Title: "History of Neutrinos-Part I"
25 *Deniz Yavuz* *(UW - Madison)* Host: Thad Walker Title: "Quantum Computing with Trapped Neutral Atoms"	22 *Daniel Savin* *(Columbia)* Host: James Lawler Title: "AMO Physics from the Early Universe to the Present"	22 *Eli Waxman* *(Weizmann)* Host: Albrecht Karle Title: "Astrophysics with High Energy Neutrinos"	19 *Moses Chan* *(Penn State)* Host: Louis Bruch Title: "Can a Solid be a Superfluid?"
		29 *Robert Caldwell* *(Dartmouth)* Host: Daniel Chung Title: "Lambda -- Most of the Energy of the Universe"	26 *Jim Kakalios* *(U. Minnesota)* Host: Sue Coppersmith Title: "The Physics of Super-heroes"