Previous Seminar Listings

MONDAY, March 5
4:00 GENERAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “Explosions in Accreting White Dwarfs:  From Classical Novae to Supernovae,” Lars Bildsten, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC at Santa Barbara. Refreshments at 3:30-3:50, first floor south hallway.

4:00 SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 165 Olin Hall, “Engineering Shape of Polymeric Drug Delivery Particles,” Julie Champion, UC at Santa Barbara.  Refreshments at 3:45 in 128 Olin Hall.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  ORGANIC / ORGANOMETALLIC SEMINAR, 119 Baker Lab., “Biosynthetic Inorganic Chemistry,” Yi Lu, University of Illinois.  Refreshments will be served.

TUESDAY, March 6
12:00 NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY  CENTER  SEMINAR SERIES,  G01 Biotech Building, “Availability of Biotin Incorporated in Electrospun PLA Fibers for Streptavidin Binding,” Margaret Frey, Lois and Mel Tukman, Cornell University. For more information view:  http://www.nbtc.cornell.edu/seminar_series.htm.

4:30 MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM SERIES, B11 Kimball Hall, “High Precision GPS Positioning Using Carrier Phase Measurements,” Gerard Lachapelle, CRC/iCORE, University of Calgary.  Refreshments at 4:15 in the Upson Lounge.

WEDNESDAY, March 7
4:00 SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 165 Olin Hall, “Molecular Insights into Self-Perpetuating Conformational Changes of Prions and Amyloids,” Peter M. Tessier, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.   Refreshments at 3:45 in 128 Olin Hall.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS SEMINAR, 205 Thurston Hall, “TBA,” Peter Varkonyi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 206 Thurston Hall. 

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  CBI SEMINAR SERIES, 119 Baker Lab., “TBA,” Abiola Pollard, Cornell University.  Refreshments will be served.

THURSDAY, March 8
4:30 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES COLLOQUIUM, 105 Space Sciences Building, “Thermal Evolution and Tides in Extrasolar Gas Giant Planets,” Phil Arras, University of Virginia.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 105 Space Sciences Building.

4:30 MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR, 140 Bard Hall, “Materials Engineering on a Chip:  Particle Assembly and Manipulation by Electric Fields,” Orlin Velev, North Carolina State University.  Refreshments at 4:00 in the MS&E Lounge, 260 Bard Hall.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  GENERAL CHEMISTRY COLLOQUIUM, 119 Baker Lab., “The Chemistry Behind Varenicline (ChantixTM):  From Concept to Tablet,” Jotham Coe, Pfizer.  Refreshments will be served.

FRIDAY, March 9
3:30 CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM, 655 Rhodes Hall, “Edge Detection and Hierarchical Decompositions,” Eitan Tadmor, University of Maryland, College Park.  Refreshments at 4:30 in 657 Rhodes Hall.