2000-2001

Colloquia of the University of Toledo Department of Physics and Astronomy are normally held on Thursdays at 4:00pm in McMaster Hall, Room 1005 (MH 1005). Coffee and refreshments are available beforehand at 3:30pm in MH 4009.

For information on other seminars within the department, check here.

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Fall Semester ---- Spring Semester ---- Next Colloquium --- Map and info for joint colloquia at BGSU
Current Schedule - Fall Semester 2000
Date Speaker Affiliation Title or Topic of Talk Contact
24 Aug 2000 [None] -- [No Colloquium] --
31 Aug 2000
Joint with BGSU @BGSU		 Bruno Ullrich Bowling Green State University Optoelectronic Properties of Thin Film CdS Formed by Pulsed-laser Deposition R. Boughton
07 Sept 2000 Chakram S. Jayanthi University of Louisville Novel Properties of Materials at the Nanoscale A.D. Compaan
14 Sept 2000
Joint with BGSU @UT		 Richard Boyd Ohio State University Detecting Supernova Neutrinos S.R. Federman
21 Sept 2000 Peter Bernath University of Waterloo Infrared Emission Spectroscopy and Molecular Astronomy S.R. Federman
28 Sept 2000 Pulak Dutta Northwestern University Order in Soft Materials Near Surfaces and Interfaces A.D. Compaan
05 Oct 2000 Tim Beers Michigan State University Kinematics of the Galaxy and Halo Substructure S.R. Federman
12 Oct 2000 Ivan Oleinik University of Oxford New Opportunities in Atomistic Modeling of Thin Films A.D. Compaan
17 Oct 2000 - Special Tuesday Colloquium Rosa Lukaszew University of Michigan Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy and Spin Dependent Tunneling A.D. Compaan
19 Oct 2000 Chonglin Chen University of Houston Epitaxial Growth and Characterizations of Perovskite Oxide Thin Films A.D. Compaan
24 Oct 2000 - Special Tuesday Colloquium Jeff Terry Argonne National Lab Synchrotron Radiation Investigations of Plutonium Gallium Alloys A.D. Compaan
26 Oct 2000
Joint with BGSU @BGSU		 Margaret Hanson University of Cincinnati Finding the Most Massive Stars R. Boughton
02 Nov 2000 Yiping Zhao Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Roughening Mechanisms for Plasma Etch Front and Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth Front A.D. Compaan
07 Nov 2000 - Special Tuesday Colloquium Victor Karpov First Solar, LLC (Perrysburg) Physics of Thin-Film Photovoltaics beyond One Dimension: Performance and Stability A.D. Compaan
09 Nov 2000 -- -- -- A.D. Compaan
16 Nov 2000
Joint with BGSU @UT 		Paul Feldman Johns Hopkins University The Atmospheres of the Galilean Satellites S.R. Federman
23 Nov 2000 [None] -- [Thanksgiving Holiday] --
30 Nov 2000 R. Paul Drake University of Michigan Astrophysics Experiments with Lasers and Z Pinches S.R. Federman
7 Dec 2000
Joint with BGSU @BGSU		 Ralf W. Wittenberg University of Michigan A Wavelet-based Investigation of a Spatiotemporally Chaotic System R. Boughton

Current Schedule - Spring Semester 2001
Date Speaker Affiliation Title or Topic of Talk UT Host
18 Jan 2001
Joint with BGSU @UT 		Deborah Haarsma Calvin College The Star Formation History of the Universe S.R. Federman
25 Jan 2001 Nancy Morrison University of Toledo Gusty Winds: H Alpha Profile Variability in A-Type Supergiant Stars S.R. Federman
01 Feb 2001
Dion D. Raftopoulos
Award Lecture
Sigma Xi Chapter of the Univ. of Toledo		 Al Compaan University of Toledo The Physics and Technology of Electrically-Active Thin Films: Applications to Solar Cells and Plasma Display Panels B.G. Bagley
08 Feb 2001 Phil James University of Toledo Mars Global Surveyor: One Mars Year of Observations S.R. Federman
15 Feb 2001
Joint with BGSU @BGSU		 Arnold Burger Fisk University Novel Materials for Detectors and Lasers C. Duncan
20 Feb 2001 - Note Change to Tuesday Paul vanden Bout National Radio Astronomy Observatory Imaging Cosmic Dawn - The Atacama Large Millimeter Array S.R. Federman
01 Mar 2001 Bruce Hrivnak Valparaiso University Red Giants to Planetary Nebulae: Studying the Transitional Objects S.R. Federman
08 Mar 2001
Joint with BGSU @UT 		Mike Mumma Goddard Space Flight Center The Organic Composition of Recent Comets as Seen at Infrared Wavelengths P.B. James
15 Mar 2001 [None] -- [Spring Break] --
22 Mar 2001
John Turin
Memorial Lecture		 Richard Heinz Indiana University Astrophysics Underground -- See also L.J. Curtis
29 Mar 2001 Bahram Roughani Kettering University Raman Scattering Investigation of Thin 3x3 GaAs/AlAs Superlattice Structures S.A. Lee
05 Apr 2001 Karl Gordon University of Arizona Dust in Starburst Galaxies A.N. Witt
12 Apr 2001 Christopher Monroe University of Michigan Quantum Computing with Trapped Ions: Can Schroedinger's Cat Help Us? B. Gao
19 Apr 2001
Joint with BGSU @BGSU		 Stephen Cheng University of Akron Crystallization in Confined Nano-length Scale Environments C. Duncan
26 Apr 2001 Andrew Kostic IBM Semiconductor Reliability: Challenges and Opportunities R.T. Deck
03 May 2001 Yang Xia Oakland University Microscopic MRI and Its Applications in Biology and Medicine S.A. Lee

Note: Subject to change - check here for the latest schedule.

-> NEXT COLLOQ. Colloquia will resume in September 2001. Check this space for announcements.

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Last Updated: 23 April, 2001

Contact: Steve Federman

E-Mail Address: srf@physics.utoledo.edu