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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.


Fall Semester ---- Spring Semester ---- Next Colloquium --- Info and map for joint colloquia at BGSU
Current Schedule - Fall Semester 2007
Date Speaker Affiliation Title or Topic of Talk UT Host
23 Aug 2007 Takashi Minemoto Ritsumeikan University, Japan  Outdoor performance of silicon based photovoltaic modules - effect of solar spectrum and operation temperature S. X. Marsillac
30 Aug 2007
Joint with BGSU @UT		 Daniel Gall  RPI  The Materials Machine: Nanostructure Growth from the Vapor Phase   S. V. Khare 
06 Sept 2007 Leonard Brillson  Ohio State University   Interface Bonding, Reactions and Defect Formation at Semiconductor Interfaces S. V. Khare  
13 Sept 2007
 REU students University of Toledo   Ryan Zeller, Lindsay Sanzenbacker, Adam Gray S. Cheng 
20 Sept 2007
Joint with BGSU @UT		 Lee Hartmann  University of Michigan   Dynamical star and cluster formation A. N. Witt  
27 Sept 2007
 Jon Pelz   Ohio State University   Nanometer-resolution electronic studies of nanocontacts for high-k dielectric films   S. V. Khare
04 Oct 2007 Kevin Robbie Queens University, Canada Functional nanomaterials from directed self-assembly S. V. Khare
11 Oct 2007 Katsuyo Thornton  University of Michigan  Phase Field Simulations for Microstructural Evolution: From Metals to Biomaterials  J. G. Amar
Note special time: 3:00 p.m.
18 Oct 2007		 Bob Dempsey Turin Lecture   A Rocket in Low Earth Orbit: Engineering Challenges in Operating the International Space Station Larry J. Curtis 
25 Oct 2007
 Eite Tiesinga NIST Two-body transients in coupled atomic-molecular Bose-Einstein Condensates Bo Gao
Joint with BGSU @BGSU 01 Nov 2007 Liese van Zee University of Indiana Dwarf Galaxy Evolution A. Layden
08 Nov 2007 Snezana Stanimirovic University of Wisconsin Recent results from GALFA: Galactic disk/halo interface region and more A. N. Witt
15 Nov 2007 Christopher Tycner University of Central Michigan Hot Disks around Hot Stars A. N. Witt
22 Nov 2007 [None] --- Thanksgiving ---
29 Nov 2007
 Nathan Smith University of California at Berkeley  Precursors to supernova explosions and extraordinary deaths of very massive stars   A. N. Witt
 06 Dec 2007 Andreas Fischer Lam Research Corporation  Plasma Etch Technology A. D. Compaan
Current Schedule - Spring Semester 2008
Date Speaker Affiliation Title or Topic of Talk UT Host
10 Jan 2008 S. D. Mahanti Michigan State University NOVEL THERMOELECTRICS - ROLE OF NANOSTRUCTURE S. V. Khare
17 Jan 2008 Erica Snow SUNY Fredonia Extraction of dipole and quadrupole polarizabilities from fine structure measurements of high-angular momentum Rydberg states L. J. Curtis
24 Jan 2008 John Monnier University of Michigan Nano-radian astronomy: Investigating Protoplanetary Disks with Infrared Interferometry A. N. Witt
31 Jan 2008
 Jay Gupta Ohio State University Quantum size effects in few-atom metal nanoclusters S. V. Khare
07 Feb 2008
Joint with BGSU @UT		 Zhixian Zhou Wayne State University Electron Transport in Individual Nanostructures S. V. Khare
14 Feb 2008
AWIS Distinguished Women in Science Speaker Series 		Martha Haynes Cornell University HI Cosmology in the Local Universe with ALFALFA Karen Bjorkman
21 Feb 2008 Scott Lee University of Toledo The Conformational Flexibility of DNA S. V. Khare
28 Feb 2008 Margaret Hanson University of Cincinnati One Hundred 30 Dors: Is the Milky Way different or are we somehow missing them? A. N. Witt
06 Mar 2008  [None]  ---  Spring Break  ---
13 Mar 2008 Terry Bigioni University of Toledo Nanostructured Materials for Photovoltaic Applications
 A. D. Compaan
20 Mar 2008 Frank Ernst Case Western Reserve University Colossal Supersaturation with Interstitial Atoms: A New Concept for Advanced Structural Alloys S. V. Khare
27 Mar 2008
Joint with BGSU @BGSU		 Alexey Bezryadin Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling and its Manifestations in Thin Superconducting Wires A. Layden
NEXT
COLLOQUIUM
03 Apr 2008		 John Bally University of Colorado Star and Planet Formation: Lessons Learned from Orion A. N. Witt
10 Apr 2008
Joint with BGSU @BGSU		 Ata Saradejini University of Florida The HST/ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters A. Layden
17 Apr 2008 Els Peeters University of Western Ontario Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as Astrophysical Probe A. N. Witt
24 Apr 2008 Reva-Kay Williams University of Toledo High Energy-Momentum Extraction from Rotating Black Holes Using the Penrose Mechanism A. N. Witt

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

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BGSU Colloquia

Colloquia at Bowling Green State University are held at 4:00 pm in room 123 Overman Hall. Coffee and donuts are available beforehand at 3:30 pm in room 106 Overman Hall. Both rooms are next to the Physics and Astronomy Dept. office. See the BGSU Campus Map to locate Overman Hall.

Last Updated: 10 Feb 2008

Contact: Sanjay V. Khare