Previous Seminar Listings

MONDAY, Oct. 15
4:00 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 165 Olin Hall, “Ultrathin Multilayered Assemblies for the Release of DNA from Surfaces,” David M. Lynn, University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Refreshments at 3:45 in 128 Olin Hall.

4:00 GENERAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM – Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “Size Matters:  Growth, Innovation and the Pace of Life from Cells to Cities,” Geoffrey B. West, Santa Fe Institute.  Refreshments at 3:30-3:50, second floor Rockefeller Hall.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  CBI SEMINAR, 119 Baker Lab., “Exploring the Mechanism of Ribosome Catalyzed Peptide Bond Formation,” Scott Strobel, Yale University.  Refreshments will be served.

TUESDAY, Oct. 16
12:00 NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY  CENTER  SEMINAR SERIES,  G01 Biotech Building, “Single Molecule Studies of Microbial Communities,” Ben Cipriany, 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, “TBA,” Narayanan Menon, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM SERIES, B17 Upson Hall, “Thermal Transport and Nanostructure Interfaces,” Jennifer K. Gemmill, University of Pennsylvania.  Reception including refreshments in the Upson Hall Lounge at 4:00.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17
12:15 CNS CAPES SEMINAR, 700 Clark Hall, “Research Proposals – Maximizing Your Chance for Success,” Frank DiSalvo, Cornell University.  Pizza at Noon.

12:15 THE BOVAY PROGRAM IN THE HISTORY AND ETHICS OF ENGINEERING SEMINAR SERIES, 310 Rhodes Hall, “Community, Development, Design,” Susan Kinne, Grupo Fenix, Nicaragua.

1:30 PARTICLE THEORY SEMINAR, 311 Newman Lab., “TBA,” Gilad Perez, Harvard University.

3:30 EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES SEMINAR, 2146 Snee Hall, “Water Drawndown at Lake Mead Reservoir,” Glen MacDonald, UC at Los Angeles.

4:00 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 165 Olin Hall, “Natural Gas Hydrates in Energy Recovery, Transportation, and Storage,” Carolyn Ann Hoh, Colorado School of Mines.  Refreshments at 3:45 in 128 Olin Hall.

4:30 BIOPHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, 700 Clark Hall, “TBA,” Kevin Gardner, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 155 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 128 Olin Hall.

4:30 THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS SEMINAR, 205 Thurston Hall, “Experimental Results on Dynamic Fracture and Shock Loading Response of Novel Materials,” Arun Shukla, University of Rhode Island.   Refreshments at 4:15 in 206 Thurston Hall.

THURSDAY, Oct. 18
2:45 MACHINES AND ORGANISMS:  LOCOMOTION AND MANIPULATION SEMINAR, 201 Thurston, “TBA,” Manoj Srinivasan, Princeton University.

3:35 DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 255 Olin Hall, “From Cocktail Napkin to Viable Company,” Fred B. Dinger III, C2M Medical, Incorporated.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES COLLOQUIUM, 105 Space Sciences Building, “The Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies,” Evan Skillman, University of Minnesota.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 105 Space Sciences Building.

4:30 MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 140 Bard Hall, “Controlling Nanoscale Structure in Functional Polymers,” Rachel Segalman, UC at Berkeley.  Refreshments at 4:00 in the MS&E Lounge, 260 Bard Hall.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  GENERAL COLLOQUIUM, 119 Baker Lab., “Rapid Formation of Molecular Complexity in Natural Product Synthesis,” Erik Sorensen, Princeton University.  Refreshments will be served.

FRIDAY, Oct. 19
3:30 CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM, B11 Kimball Hall, “The Indian Clerk:  Creating Fiction from the Lives of Great Mathematicians,” David Leavitt, University of Florida.  Book signing and refreshments at 4:30 in 102 Thurston Hall.