Physics Colloquium

Spring 2014

Thursdays 4:00 p.m., Room 104 Physics
Refreshments served at 3:40 p.m.
  Colloquium organizer: Ulrich Jentschura
(Link to main colloquium page)

Green - open date
Yellow - tentative (reserved)
Red - firm commitment




Date Host Speaker Title of the talk Abstract
Jan. 23 Medvedeva Vladimir Vishnyakov
[Manchester MetroU]
Production and Properties of Thin Film Ceramics Films for Applications New environments which require temperatures and working environments well beyond the ability of traditional alloys and ceramics are discussed. Thin film coatings cover application areas from aerospace and environmental protection to energy generation and biomedical applications.
Jan. 30 No Colloquium
N/A N/A N/A
Feb. 6 Waddill
Maria Baldini
[Argonne]
[Colloquium Talk] [Colloquium Talk]
Feb. 13 Waddill
Yang Liu
[Argonne]
[Colloquium Talk] [Colloquium Talk]
Feb. 20 Waddill
Seung Ho Baek
[TU Dresden]
[Colloquium Talk] [Colloquium Talk]
Feb. 27 Waddill
Cihan Kurter
[Urbana-Champaign]
[Colloquium Talk] [Colloquium Talk]
Mar. 06 Hor
Deepak Singh
[U of M Columbia]
Exploration of Magnetic Crystals The exploration of magnetic crystals, fro macroscopic investigations to topographical nanoengineering, will be discussed. Artiifical magnetic crystals help us understand the associated physics normally found in bulk materials of strongly correlated electronic systems.
Mar. 13 Spring Recess
No Colloquium No Colloquium No Colloquium
Mar. 17 Waddill
Guillaume Laurent
[MIT]
[Colloquium Talk] [Colloquium Talk]
Mar. 20 Hale
Michael Turner
[U Chicago]
The Dark Side of the Universe The APS president will deliver a talk that focuses on dark matter, dark energy, WIMPs, and other cosmological concepts pertaining to the medium-scale, and large-scale structure of the Universe.
Mar. 27 Spring Break
No Colloquium No Colloquium No Colloquium
Apr. 01 Waddill
He Wang
[U Florida]
[Colloquium Talk] [Colloquium Talk]
Apr. 03 Waddill
Predrag Ranitovic
[LBNL]
[Colloquium Talk] [Colloquium Talk]
Apr. 07 Waddill
Li Fang
[U Connecticut]
[Colloquium Talk] [Colloquium Talk]
Apr. 10 Yamilov
John H. Page
[U Manitoba]
[Colloquium Talk] [Colloquium Talk]
Apr. 14 Waddill
Daniel Fischer
[MPI Heidelberg]
[Colloquium Talk] [Colloquium Talk]
Apr. 17 No Colloquium
N/A N/A N/A
Apr. 24 No Colloquium
N/A N/A N/A
May. 1 No Colloquium
N/A N/A N/A
May. 8 No Colloquium
N/A N/A N/A



Classwork begins on January 21, 2014
Last class is May 9, 2014
Spring Break vacation begins on March 23 and ends on March 31, 2014

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