2001-2002

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.

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Current Schedule - Fall Semester 2001
Date Speaker Affiliation Title or Topic of Talk Contact
30 Aug 2001 Adolf Witt University of Toledo Photophysics of Luminescing Nanoparticles in Insterstellar Space J.E. Bjorkman
06 Sept 2001 Dongqi Li (Cancelled) Argonne National Lab Nanomagnetism: From Ultrathin Films to Self-Assembled Wires and Dots R.A. Lukaszew
13 Sept 2001
Joint with BGSU @UT		 David Lambert (Cancelled) University of Texas Beyond the Standard Model of Stellar Atmospheres S.R. Federman
20 Sept 2001 Fabio Marchesoni Universita' di Camerino, Italy Noise-Controlled Transport in Nonlinear Coupled Systems R.A. Lukaszew
27 Sept 2001 Roy Clarke University of Michigan The Femto-Lab: Studying the Dynamics of Materials with Brilliant X-ray Beams R.A. Lukaszew
04 Oct 2001 Cagliyan Kurdak University of Michigan Single Electron Transistors are the Ultimate Transistors, but How Useful are They? R.A. Lukaszew
11 Oct 2001 Gilbert B. Chapman II DaimlerChrysler Materials Characterization to Support the Drive Toward Energy Efficiency in the Automotive Industry R.A. Lukaszew
18 Oct 2001
Joint with BGSU @BGSU		 Herbert Jaeger Miami University Crystalline and Metamict Zircon as seen by Perturbed Angular Correlation Spectroscopy G.C. Duncan
25 Oct 2001 Susan Lamb University of Illinois- Urbana Arp220: Unveiling a Nearby Galaxy Merger P.B. James
01 Nov 2001 Paul Keyes Wayne State University The Liquid Crystalline Blue Phases R.A. Lukaszew
08 Nov 2001
Joint with BGSU @UT		 Leonard Sander University of Michigan Epidemics, Disorder, and Percolation R.A. Lukaszew
15 Nov 2001 Sergei Voloshin Wayne State Universtiy Results from the First Year of RHIC R.A. Lukaszew
22 Nov 2001 [None] -- [Thanksgiving Holiday] --
29 Nov 2001 Ed Churchwell University of Wisconsin The Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF): Last of NASA's Great Observatories J.E. Bjorkman
6 Dec 2001
Joint with BGSU @BGSU
Sergio Ulloa
Ohio University
Confined Electrons in Semiconductors: From Artificial Atoms to Resonant Scattering and Cellular Automata
G.C. Duncan
13 Dec 2001 Rachel Goldman University of Michigan Semiconductor Nanostructures: Phase Separation, Self-Assembly, and Three-Dimensional Quantum Dot Crystals R.A. Lukaszew

Current Schedule - Spring Semester 2002
Date Speaker Affiliation Title or Topic of Talk UT Host
17 Jan 2002
Joint with BGSU @UT		 Dan Gibson Denison University Negative Ions: Stock Market Forecasters or Electron Interferometers? S.R. Federman
24 Jan 2002 Dale Partin Delphi Automotive Reserach Labs Indium Antimonide Magnetoresistors for Automotive Applications R.A. Lukaszew
31 Jan 2002 Rob Harr (Cancelled) Wayne State University The J/psi as a Tool for Particle Physics R.A. Lukaszew
07 Feb 2002
Joint with BGSU @BGSU		 Mario Mateo University of Michigan Searching for Substructure in the Galactic Halo G.C. Duncan
14 Feb 2002 Brad Orr University of Michigan Topics in Nanotechnology - Molecular Electronics & Synthetic Polymers for Drug D elivery R.A. Lukaszew
21 Feb 2002
Dion D. Raftopoulos
Award Lecture
Sigma Xi Chapter of the Univ. of Toledo		 Karen Bjorkman University of Toledo Polarimetry, An Astronomer's Periscope: Looking at Stars From a Different Angle J.E. Bjorkman
28 Feb 2002 Geoff Clayton Louisiana State University The Evolution of Interstellar Dust Out to z=0.001 A.N. Witt
07 Mar 2002
Joint with BGSU @UT		 Walt Kauppila Wayne State University Towards Investigations of Matter with Antimatter by Studying Positron-Atom (Molecule) Scattering R.A. Lukaszew
14 Mar 2002 [None] -- [Spring Break] --
21 Mar 2002
John Turin
Memorial Lecture		 Steve Selman Medical College of Ohio Optics to the Operating Room and Computers to the Kitchen J.E. Bjorkman
28 Mar 2002 Charles Lada Havard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Seeing Light Through the Dark: Infrared Extinction and the Nature of Dark Nebulae J.E. Bjorkman
04 Apr 2002 Michael Sitko University of Cincinnati Formation and Evolution of Solar Systems: Extrasolar Mineralogy J.E. Bjorkman
11 Apr 2002 Alex Abrikosov Argonne National Lab Superconductivity: History and Modern State V.G. Karpov
18 Apr 2002
Joint with BGSU @BGSU		 Dave McQueen New York University Computation of Blood Flow in a Three-Dimensional Model of the Heart G.C. Duncan
25 Apr 2002 Richard Ignace University of Iowa Microlensing as a Means for Imaging Distant Sources J.E. Bjorkman
NEXT COLLOQ:
02 May 2002		 Marcos Grimsditch Argonne National Lab Magnetic Properties of Nanoarrays V.G. Karpov

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

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Last Updated: 02 May, 2002

Contact: Jon Bjorkman

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