Previous Seminar Listings

MONDAY, September 22
4:00 GENERAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM – Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “Physics Beyond the Standard Model:  Questions for the LHC,” Maxim Perelstein, Cornell University.  Refreshments at 3:30-3:50, second floor Rockefeller Hall.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  GENERAL CHEMISTRY COLLOQUIUM, 119 Baker Lab., “Catalysis by Au and Au Alloys:  From Single Crystals to Nanoparticles,” D. Wayne Goodman, Texas A&M University.

TUESDAY, September 23
11:15 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  SPECIAL SEMINAR, 119 Baker Lab., “Inorganic Fullerene-Like Structures and Nanotubes:  Science and Applications,” Reshif Tenne, Weizmann Institute, Israel.

4:30 LASSP SEMINAR, 700 Clark Hall, “PhaseChip 20:  Manipulating Phase Diagrams with Microfluidics,” Seth Fraden, Brandeis University.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM SERIES, B17 Upson Hall, “Micro- and NanoFluidics for Cellular Physiology Studies,” Shuichi Takayama, University of Michigan.  Refreshments at 4:15 in the Upson Hall Lounge.

WEDNESDAY, September 24
3:30 EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES – FIRE AND ICE, 2146 Snee Hall, “Mechanisms for Recent Arctic Sea Ice Loss,” Jennifer Kay, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.  Refreshments at 3:00 in Snee Hall Reading Room.

4:30 THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS SEMINAR, 205 Thurston Hall, “Biomechanical Imaging,” Assad A. Oberai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 206 Thurston Hall.

THURSDAY, September 25
4:30 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES COLLOQUIUM, 105 Space Science Building, “Earth Observation from Space:  The Results and Science of the First U.S. Decadal Survey,” Matthew Pritchard, Cornell University.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 105 Space Sciences Building.

4:30 MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 140 Bard Hall, “Nanowires:  Size-Dependent Optical and Structural Phase Change Properties,” Ritesh Agarwal, University of Pennsylvania.  Refreshments at 4:00 in 260 Bard Hall.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  GENERAL CHEMISTRY COLLOQUIUM, 119 Baker Lab., “The Essential Role of Thermal Fluctuations in Large Biomolecular Assemblies,” Phillip Geissler, UC at Berkeley.

FRIDAY, September 26
3:30   CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM, 655 Rhodes Hall, “Statistical Modeling of North Atlantic Hurricanes:  Landfall and Climate,” Timothy Hall, NASA, Goddard Institute for Space Studies.  Refreshments at 4:30 in 657 Rhodes Hall.