MTU Physics - 1998/99 Colloquia


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Sept 11 - Ion Slicing of Crystals - special seminar
Miguel Levy, Columbia University

Sept 17 - Direct Writing of Materials
M. Renn, MTU Physics

Sept 24 - Numerical Simulations of Strongly Correlated Systems
D. G. Kanhere, Univ of Pune, India

Oct 8 - Exploring the Protein Folding Funnel Landscape
Jose Onuchic, UC San Diego

Oct 20 - The Diversity of Planetary Systems: Modeling the Migration of Extrasolar Giant Planets
David E. Trilling, Univ of Arizona

Oct 22 - The Astronomy of Gamma Ray Transients
Tom Cline, NASA

Oct 29 - Computer Simulation of Biological Macromolecules in Generalized Ensembles
Ulrich Hansmann, MTU Physics

Dec 3 - Ballistic Conductance Probing of Resonant Energy Levels in an Open Quantum Dot
Philippe Debray, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, France

Dec 10 - Interfacial Properties of Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Z. Y. Jeff Chen, Univ of Waterloo

Dec 17 - Laser-Based Cell Manipulation for Construction of Artificial Tissue
David Odde, MTU Chem Eng

Jan 12 - Crystal Ion-Slicing in Magnetic and Ferroelectric Oxides
Miguel Levy, Columbia University

Jan 14 - Discussion of the Importance of Inclusion of Second Order Effects in the Relativistic Configuration Interaction Method
Steve O'Malley, MTU Physics
On the Randomness of Unpolarized Light
Alan Koivunen, MTU Physics

Jan 21 - Modeling the Light Curves of Binary Star Systems with An Accretion Disk
Harry Leckenby, MTU Physics
A Theoretical Study of Structural and Electronic Properties of H-Silsesquioxane
Kai-hua Xiang, MTU Physics

Jan 28 - Laser Guidance of Mesoscale Particles
Frank Underdown Jr., MTU Physics
Dislocation Dynamics in Superconductors with Local Obstacles
Masato Hiratani, MTU Physics

Feb 8 - Numerical Relativity and its Application to Distorted Black Hole Spacetimes
Karen Camarda, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State University

Feb 11 - Relativistic Configuration Interaction Calculations for the Electron Affinity of Ruthenium
Peggy L. Norquist, MTU Physics
Study of Slow Rotational Motion of Particles by NMR
Raghava Panguluri, MTU Physics

Feb 18 - You and the NSF
Sethanne Howard, Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology Program, NSF

Feb 19 - 4000 Years of Women in Science
Sethanne Howard, Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology Program, NSF

Mar 11 - Universal Finite-Size Scaling Functions in Critical Phenomena
Chin-Kun Hu, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei Taiwan

Mar 18 - Progress and Problems in Gamma-ray Bursts
Haihong Che, MTU Physics
Automated Edge Detection for Remotely Sensed Imagery
James D. Chye, MTU Physics

Mar 25 - The CONCAM Sky Survey Project
Wellesley Pereira, MTU Physics

Apr 1 - Interdisciplinary Applications of Computational Statistical Physics
Dietrich Stauffer, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Cologne University, Germany

Apr 8 - NQR Detection of Explosives: Fighting Terrorism with the Harmonic Oscillator
Bryan Suits, MTU Physics

Apr 22 - Solvation and Electrostatic Effects in Biophysical Chemistry: Explicit vs. Implicit Solvent Models
Ronald M. Levy, Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University

May 6 - Predictive Calculations of Electronic Energies of Materials
Diola Bagayoko, Timbuktu Academy, Southern University and A & M College

May 11 - What Makes Protein Sequences Foldable?
Devarajan Thirumalai, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland

May 20 - What are Cosmic Rays Made of?
J. Matthews, Louisiana State University and Southern University