09/03: no seminar
09/10: Kyle Kotaich, OnTo Technologies
Lifetime Limitations of Commercial Lithium Batteries
09/17: SCRP conference, no seminar
09/24: no seminar
10/01: Mishkat Bhattacharya, University of Maryland
Detecting level crossings without looking at the spectrum
10/08: John Essick, Reed College
How a quantum dot gets its color
10/15: David McIntyre, Oregon State University
Optical tweezers for trapping and manipulation of particles
10/22: mid-semester day, no seminar
10/29: Jennifer Heath, Linfield College
Peering into the heart of a solar cell
11/05: Poster presentation for SCRP, no seminar
11/12: Murdock conference, no seminar
11/19: Kirsten Brookshire, Oregon State University
Unipolar fatigue testing in PZT piezoelectric thin films
11/26: Thanksgiving, no seminar
12/03: Senior presentations
Physics Seminar Spring 2010: Fridays, 3 pm - 4 pm, Collins 323
02/19: Senior presentations II
02/26: Shannon Mayer, University of Portland
Controlling light: An introduction to electromagnetically-induced
transparency and quantum information science
03/12: Lucas Illig, Reed College
Nonlinear dynamics of optoelectronic feedback oscillators
04/09: Andrew Dawes, Pacific University
Nonlinear optics in cold atoms
Physics Seminar Fall 2009: Mondays 4 pm - 5pm, Collins 323
09/07: Labor Day, no seminar
09/14: Kathy Hadley, University of Oregon
Magnetic Corrugation Instability
09/21: David Altman, Willamette University
Understanding the regulated activity of the motor protein myosin
09/28: Nathan Kuwada, University of Oregon
Artificial molecular motors: Simulation and design
10/05: Practice talks by physics majors
Understanding the regulated activity of the motor protein myosin
09/28: Nathan Kuwada, University of Oregon
Artificial molecular motors: Simulation and design
10/05: Practice talks by physics majors
10/12: Cody Leary, University of Oregon
Spin and orbital rotations of electrons and photons via spin-orbit
interaction: Why electrons and photons are not so very different
after all
Spin and orbital rotations of electrons and photons via spin-orbit
interaction: Why electrons and photons are not so very different
after all
10/19: Chris Harland, University of Oregon
Microrheology in Black Lipid Membranes
Microrheology in Black Lipid Membranes
10/26: Raghuveer Parthasarathy, University of Oregon
Manipulating membrane mechanics
Manipulating membrane mechanics
11/02: Roberta Bigelow, Willamette University
Cancelled
Cancelled
11/09: Mick Davis, University of Oregon
Characterization and Modeling of Chemically Deposited Silver Thin
Film structure
11/16: Rick Watkins, Willamette University
Characterization and Modeling of Chemically Deposited Silver Thin
Film structure
11/16: Rick Watkins, Willamette University
Large Scale Flows of Galaxies: A Challenge for the Standard Model of
Cosmology?
Cosmology?
11/23: Michaela Kleinert, Willamette University
Cool stuff - ultracold atoms (and molecules) at WU
Cool stuff - ultracold atoms (and molecules) at WU
11/30: Practice Talks physics majors
12/07: Senior presentations I
