Previous Seminar Listings

MONDAY, April 16
2:30 SPECIAL LASSP SEMINAR, 309 Clark Hall, “Experimental Measurement of Freezing Kinetics in Two-Dimensional Colloidal Crystals,” John Savage, University of Massachusetts.

4:00 GENERAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “A Major Expansion of Nuclear Power to Fight Global Warming?  Problems and Prospects,” Richard L. Garwin, IBM, Thomas J. Watson Research Center. Refreshments at 3:30-3:50, first floor south hallway.

4:00 SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING SEMINAR – JULIAN C. SMITH LECTURE, 255 Olin Hall, “Thermodynamic and Kinetic Origins of Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases:  A Chemical Engineers Perspective,” Carol K. Hall, North Carolina State University.  Refreshments at 3:15 in 128 Olin Hall.

TUESDAY, April 17
12:00 NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY  CENTER  SEMINAR SERIES,  G01 Biotech Building, “A New in vitro Model for the Blood Brain Barrier,” Gilda Shayan, Lee 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, “Chaotic Flows for Improving Performance of Micro Fuel Cells,” Joe Kirtland, Cornell University.  Refreshments at 12:00 in 178 Rhodes Hall.

4:00 SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING SEMINAR – JULIAN C. SMITH LECTURE, 255 Olin Hall, “Self Assembly of Dipolar Particles:  Designing Smart Materials Using Computer Simulation,” Carol K. Hall, North Carolina State University.  Refreshments at 3:15 in 128 Olin Hall.

4:30 LASSP SEMINAR, 700 Clark Hall, “Dynamics of a Magnetic Superfluid,” Dan Stamper-Kurn, UC at Berkeley.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM SERIES, B11 Kimball Hall, “Bits and Atoms,” Neil Gershenfeld, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Refreshments at 4:15 in the Upson Lounge.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  BAKER LECTURE, 119 Baker Lab., “Reactions at Solid Surfaces:  Reaction at Surfaces:  From Atoms to Complexity,” Gerhard Ertl, Fritz Haber Institute.  Refreshments will be served.

4:45 DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 165 Olin Hall, “Coordinating Natural and Artificial Muscle Activation in Upper Extremity Neural Prostheses,” Patrick E. Crago, Case Western Reserve University.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 160 Olin Hall.

WEDNESDAY, April 18
12:15 CAPES SEMINAR, 700 Clark Hall, “Public Speaking for Scientists and Engineers,” Melissa Hines, Cornell University.  Pizza at Noon.

1:30 PARTICLE THEORY SEMINAR, 311 Newman Lab., “Degravitation of the Cosmological Constant,” Justin Khoury, Perimeter Institute.

3:30 DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES SEMINAR, 2146 Snee Hall, “Multi-Million Year Effects of Hyperaridity on Landscape Evolution and Geochemistry in Atacama Desert of Chile,” Ron Amundson, UC at Berkeley.

4:30 BIOPHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, 700 Clark Hall, “CARS Microscopy:  Noninvasive Vibrational Imaging for Biomedicine,” Sunney Xie, Harvard University.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS SEMINAR, 205 Thurston Hall, “Peridynamic Models for Fracture and Impact:  Adaptive Refinement, Multiscale Modeling and Applications,” Florin Bobaro, University of Nebraska at Lincoln.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 206 Thurston Hall. 

THURSDAY, April 19
2:45 MACHINES AND ORGANISMS SEMINAR, B-11 Kimball Hall, “How Flies Fly,” Michael Dickinson, California Institute of Technology.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES PRESENTS – CHARLES AND BARBARA BURGER SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM SERIES, 105 Space Sciences Building, “The First Galaxies,” Steve Beckwith, Space Telescope Science Institute (STSci).  Refreshments at 4:15 in 105 Space Sciences Building.

4:30 MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR, 140 Bard Hall, “The Transmission Electron Microscope as an Experimental Laboratory – Status, Future Directions and Examples of Application,” Ian Robertson, University of Illinois.  Refreshments at 4:00 in the MS&E Lounge, Bard 260.

4:30 MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM SERIES, B11 Kimball Hall, “TBA,” Sophia Santillan, Duke University.  Refreshments at 4:15 in the Upson Lounge.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  BAKER LECTURE, 119 Baker Lab., “Reactions at Solid Surfaces:  Surface Structure and Reactivity,” Gerhard Ertl, Fritz Haber Institute.  Refreshments will be served.

FRIDAY, April 20
3:30 CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM, 655 Rhodes Hall, “The Solidification of Metallic Foams,” Stephen Davis, Northwestern University.  Refreshments at 4:30 in 657 Rhodes Hall.