Previous Seminar Listings

MONDAY, September 24
4:00 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 165 Olin Hall, “Microfluidics:  An Enabling Tool to Study Soft Matter,” Patrick S. Doyle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Refreshments at 3:45 in 128 Olin Hall.

4:00 GENERAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM – Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “Designer Hamiltonians in the Laboratory:  Observation of Many Body Physics in Semiconductor Nanostructure,” David Goldhaber-Gordon, Stanford University.  Refreshments at 3:30-3:50, second floor Rockefeller Hall.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  GENERAL COLLOQUIUM, 119 Baker Lab., “Nanostructuring Electrochemical Interfaces:  From DNA Self-Assembled Monolayers to Fuel Cell Catalysts,” Carlos Cabrera, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras.  Refreshments will be served.

TUESDAY, September 25
12:00 NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY  CENTER  SEMINAR SERIES,  G01 Biotech Building, “Macromolecular Assemblies that Mediate Information Processing in Bacterial Taxis Responses,” Brian Crane, Cornell University.  Please feel free to bring your lunch. Refreshments will be served. For more information view www.nbtc.cornell.edu/technology_platform.htm.

4:30 LASSP SEMINAR, 700 Clark Hall, “A Cooper Solid?: Electrodynamics of the 2D Superconductor-Insulator Quantum Phase Transition,” Peter Armitage, The Johns Hopkins University.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM SERIES, B17 Upson Hall, “Connections:  Hooke, Rayleigh, & Optical Fibers,” Peter G. Simpkins, Syracuse University.  Refreshments at 4:15 in the Upson Hall Lounge.

WEDNESDAY, September 26
1:30 PARTICLE THEORY SEMINAR, 311 Newman Lab., “TBA,” Jessie Shelton, Rutgers University.

4:30 BIOPHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, 700 Clark Hall, “Sparks, Syntillas and Secretion,” John Walsh, MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS SEMINAR, 205 Thurston Hall, “Dynamics of Volume-Scavenging Droplet Systems:  Toward Wet Reversible Super-Adhesion,” Paul Steen, CBE and TAM.   Refreshments at 4:15 in 206 Thurston Hall.

THURSDAY, September 27
12:15 CENTER FOR NANOSCALE SYSTEMS (CNS) SEMINAR SERIES, 700 Clark Hall, “Multiple Exciton Generation in Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Novel Molecules:  Applications to Third Generation Solar Photon Conversion,” Arthur Nozik, University of Colorado.  Pizza at noon.

2:45 MACHINES AND ORGANISMS:  LOCOMOTION AND MANIPULATION SEMINAR, 201 Thurston, “TBA,” Umberto Pesavento, Cornell University.

3:35 DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING & DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 255 Olin Hall, “TBA,” Carl Accettura, Kyowa Pharmaceutical, Inc.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES COLLOQUIUM, 105 Space Sciences Building, “Identifying Complex Organic Molecules in Interstellar Clouds,” Kevin Knuth, University at Albany.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 105 Space Sciences Building.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY. GENERAL CHEMISTRY COLLOQIUM, 119 Baker Lab., “Expanding the Language of Bacterial Communication Using Synthetic Ligands,” Helen Blackwell, University of Wisconsin at Madison.  Refreshments will be served.

FRIDAY, September 28
12:00 PHOTONICS SEMINAR, 231 Phillips Hall, “Device Physics Across Bandgaps,” Debjeep Jena, University of Notre Dame.  Refreshments at 11:45 in 231 Phillips Hall.

3:30 EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES/BEB SEMINAR, Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall, “Global Climate Change:  Past and Future,” Michael E. Mann, Pennsylvania State University.

4:00 LESTER EASTMAN SERIES, 219 Phillips Hall, “Aspects of and Extremes in Biological Motility,” L. Mahadevan, Harvard University.  Refreshments at 3:45 in 219 Phillips Hall.