Previous Seminar Listings

MONDAY, Mar. 31
4:00 GENERAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “An Adventure in Physics Outside the Laboratory,” Judy Franz, American Physics Society.  Refreshments at 3:30-3:50, second floor Rockefeller Hall.

TUESDAY, Apr. 1
12:00 NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY  CENTER  SEMINAR SERIES,  G01 Biotech Building, “TBA.”   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, “Geometry and Symmetry in Photonics and Materials Science,” Weining Man, Princeton University.  Refreshments at 4:15.

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

WEDNESDAY, Apr. 2
1:30 PARTICLE THEORY SEMINAR, 311 Newman Lab., “TBA,” Dan Hooper, FNAL.

4:15 DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, 155 Olin Hall, “Investigations of Single-Cell, Mechanical Biomarkers via Atomic Force Microscopy,” Dr. Eric Darling, Duke University.  Refreshments at 4:00 inside 155 Olin Hall.

4:30 BIOPHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, 700 Clark Hall, “Non-Equilibrium Stress Fluctuations in Biopolymer Networks Driven by Molecular Motors,” Gijsje Keonderink, Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam, NL.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS SEMINAR, 205 Thurston Hall, “Shaken, Not Stirred:  Granular Equilibrium,” Mark Shattuck, City College of New York.   Refreshments at 4:15 in 206 Thurston Hall.

THURSDAY, Apr. 3
2:45 MACHINES AND ORGANISMS: LOCOMOTION AND MANIPULATION SEMINAR, 201 Thurston Hall, “TBA,” Dan Goldman, Georgia Tech.

3:35 DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING & DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 255 Olin Hall, “TBA,” Dr. Kris Kiewetter, Kinetic Concepts, Inc.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES COLLOQUIUM, 105 Space Sciences Bldg., “Beyond Vanilla Cosmology:  The Search for Deviations from Inflationary Lambda-CDM,” Mark Wyman, Perimeter Institute.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 105 Space Sciences Bldg.

4:30 MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR, 140 Bard Hall, “Materials Science and Engineering of Nanoporous Metals for Fuel Cell Catalysis,” Jonah Erlebacher, Johns Hopkins University.  Refreshments at 4:00 in the MS&E Lounge, 260 Bard Hall.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, GENERAL CHEMISTRY COLLOQUIUM, 119 Baker Lab., “Single-Nanostructure Electronics, Optoelectronics, and Plasmonics,” Hongkun Park, Harvard University.

FRIDAY, Apr. 4
3:30 CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM, 655 Rhodes Hall, “Toward a Mathematical Theory of Counterterrorism:  Building the Perfect Terrorist Cell,” Jonathan Farley, California Institute of Technology.  Refreshments at 4:30 in 657 Rhodes Hall.

4:30 THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS SPECIAL SEMINAR, 205 Thurston Hall, “Lessons on Structure from the Structure of Viruses,” Richard James, University of Minnesota.   Refreshments at 4:15 in 206 Thurston Hall.