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Research

	Colloquium
	Fall 2002 | Spring 2003 | Summer 2003

Physics colloquiums are normally held each Thursday at 4:00 pm in Room 139, Fisher Hall. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.

Summer Semester 2003

Constraining the Cosmic Star Formation Rate with the MeV Background

Dr. Ken Wantanabe

Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics & Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics
NASA/GSFC
Monday, August 21, 2003
2:30 pm, Fisher 101

Scientific Prospects for the Hybrid Auger Detector

Dr. Brian Fick

The Enrico Fermi Institute
The University of Chicago
Monday, August 18, 2003
2:30 pm, Fisher 101

Molecular Scale Electronics: Promises and Challenges

Dr. Ranjit Pati

Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Science Center
The University of Chicago
Monday, August 11, 2003
2:30 pm, Fisher 101

A Theoretical Study of Scintillating Fluoride Crystals
-- Methodology and Application

Hutian Jiang

Physics Graduate Student
Michigan Technological University
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
10:00 am, Fisher 126

Spring Semester 2003

Computer Simulations of Calcium and Sodium Channels

Dr. Douglas Henderson

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Brigham Young University
Friday, May 16, 2003
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

Monte Carlo simulations of surface phase transitions and morphology dynamics

Da Gao

Physics Graduate Student
Michigan Technological University
Friday, May 9, 2003
10:00 am, Fisher 101

MTU 2003 Undergraduate Research in Physics

The CONCAM Global Sky Monitoring Network
Its Evolution and the Creation of a Performance Model

Wellesley E. Pereira

Physics Graduate Student
Michigan Technological University
Monday, April 7, 2003
12:00 pm, Fisher 132

Magnetic Ordering in Ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic Bilayers

Dr. Shan-Ho Tsai

Enterprise IT Services
University of Georgia
Thursday, March 27, 2003
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

Spectroscopy Applications for Studying Atmospheric Phenomena

Alex V. Sergeyev

Physics Graduate Student
Michigan Technological University
Thursday, March 20, 2003
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

PIEZOACTUATION AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES IN PZN-PT

Raghav Rao Vanga

Physics Graduate Student
Michigan Technological University
Thursday, March 20, 2003
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

SNAP: Probing Dark Energy in the Accelerating Universe

Dr. Michael Schubnell

University of Michigan
Harrison M. Randall Laboratory of Physics
Thursday, February 27, 2003
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

In Quest of Dark Matter

Dr. Paolo Gondolo

Case Western Reserve University
Department of Physics
Monday, February 24, 2003
4:00 pm, Fisher 101

Electronic Polarization in Organic Molecules and Molecular Solids: Classical Interactions Between Quantum Systems

Dr. Eugene Tsiper

Rutgers University
Department of Chemistry
Monday, February 3, 2003
4:00 pm, Fisher 101

X-rays from Hot Stars

Dr. Richard Ignace

University of Wisconsin
Department of Astronomy
Friday, January 31, 2003
4:00 pm, Fisher 101

A New Look Into the Effect of Large Drops on the Radiative Transfer Process

Dr. Alexander Marshak

NASA/GSFC
Thursday, January 30, 2003
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

Dynamically Controlled Interfaces in Complex Fluids

Dr. Colin Denniston

Johns Hopkins University
Monday, January 27, 2003
4:00 pm, Fisher 101

Physics of Red Blood Cell Shapes

Dr. Ranjan Mukhopadhyay

NEC Research Institute
Princeton, NJ
Monday, January 20, 2003
4:00 pm, Fisher 101

Solving the Solar Neutrino Problem with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Dr. Mark Chen

Physics Department
Queen's University in Kingston
Ontario, Canada
Thursday, January 16, 2003
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

Fall Semester 2002

RCI Calculations of Atomic Properties of Technetium: Difficulties and Improvements in Methodology

Dr. Steven O'Malley

Department of Physics
Michigan Technological University
Thursday, December 12, 2002
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

Simulation of Point Defects using Cluster-in-the-Lattice Techniques: Applications to Chalcopyrite Semiconductors

Dr. Miguel Blanco

Departamento de Quimica Fisica y Analitica
Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo Spain
Thursday, December 5, 2002
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

Educating in Bulk: The Introductory Physics Course Revisions at Illinois CANCELLED

Dr. Mats Selen

Department of Physics
University of Illinois
Thursday, November 21, 2002
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

Atomic bond control of frontier carbon materials: thin films, nanotubes, and nanostructures

Dr. Yoke Khin Yap

Department of Physics
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Michigan Technological University
Thursday, November 14, 2002
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

Reconciling models and observations of aerosol direct and indirect effects

Dr. William Conant

Environmental Science & Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Thursday, November 7, 2002
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

What is a mass of neutrino or MTU with University of Texas against the rest of the world

Dr. Jacek Borysow

Department of Physics
Michigan Technological University
Thursday, October 31, 2002
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

Gamma Ray Bursts, Supernovae, GLAST

Dr. Jerry Bonnell

NASA Goddard
Tuesday, October 3, 2002
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

Information-Theoretic Bounds for Wavefield-Phase Estimation

Dr. Timothy J. Schulz

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michigan Technological University
Tuesday, September 19, 2002
4:00 pm, Fisher 139

Multiplex Optical Sensors

David J. Brady

Director, Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communication Sytems
Brian F. Addy Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Duke University
Sponsored jointly by Physics and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments
Thursday, September 12, 2002
4:00 pm, Dow 641