Previous Seminar Listings

MONDAY, March 12
12:00 THE LESTER EASTMAN SERIES, 231 Phillips Hall, “Single Chip Cellphone,” Peter Asbeck, UC at San Diego.

4:00 GENERAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM – THE BETHE LECTURES, Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “Gauge/Gravity Duality:  From Black Holes to the Bethe Ansatz,” Joseph Polchinski, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC at Santa Barbara. Refreshments at 3:30-3:50, first floor south hallway.

TUESDAY, March 13
12:00 NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY  CENTER  SEMINAR SERIES,  G01 Biotech Building, “The Development of Catalysts for Polycarbonate and Polyethers Synthesis:  Novel Polymers with Applications in Nanobiotechnology,” Kathryn Peretti, Coates Research Group, Cornell University. For more information view:  http://www.nbtc.cornell.edu/seminar_series.htm.

12:15 CORNELL FLUID DYNAMICS SEMINAR, 178 Rhodes Hall, “The Prospective Future[s] of Civilian Aeronautics,” Dennis M. Bushnell, Chief Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center.  Refreshments at 12:00 in 178 Rhodes Hall.

4:30 LASSP SEMINAR, 700 Clark Hall, “The Transformation Design Method and Metamaterials:  Tools to Realize Invisibility and Other Interesting Effects,” David Schurig, Duke University.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM SERIES, B11 Kimball Hall, “A Wave-Top Tour through Emerging Technologies and Their Potential Applications and Implications,” Dennis Bushnell, NASA Langley Research Center.  Refreshments at 4:15 in the Upson Lounge.

WEDNESDAY, March 14
1:30 PARTICLE THEORY SEMINAR – THE BETHE LECTURES, 311 Newman Lab., “Cosmic String Loops and Gravitational Wave Signatures,” Joseph Polchinski, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC at Santa Barbara.

4:30 BIOPHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, 700 Clark Hall, “Three-Dimensional Structures of Small Proteins in Solution Determined by NMR,” Barbara Lyons, New Mexico State University.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS SEMINAR, 205 Thurston Hall, “Challenges in X-Ray Diffraction Measurements of Residual Stresses,” Yogesh Potdar, General Electric.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 206 Thurston Hall. 

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

7:30 PUBLIC LECTURE – THE BETHE LECTURES, Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “Superstrings, Cosmic Strings, and the Landscape,” Joseph Polchinski, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC at Santa Barbara

THURSDAY, March 15
4:30 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES COLLOQUIUM, 105 Space Sciences Building, “Planetary Beginnings:  Probing the Inner AU of Protoplanetary Disks,” Josh Eisner, University of Berkeley.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 105 Space Sciences Building.
 
4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  GENERAL CHEMISTRY COLLOQUIUM, 119 Baker Lab., “Discovering New Twists in Nazarov Cyclization Chemistry,” Alison Frontier, University of Rochester.  Refreshments will be served.

FRIDAY, March 1
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Next Colloquium Listing will be for the Week of March 26th - March 30th