2004-05
Previous Years

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 2004
Date Speaker Affiliation Title or Topic of Talk UT Host
26 Aug 2004 Steve Federman
 University of Toledo Probing Nucleosynthesis Through Interstellar Isotope Ratios A.N. Witt
02 Sept 2004 Toh-Ming Lu Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
 Studio Physics for student-centered learning: philosophy and implementation J.G. Amar
09 Sept 2004
Joint with BGSU @UT		 Harry Swinney
 University of Texas, Austin Emergence of Spatial Patterns in Physical,Chemical, and Biological Systems A.D. Compaan
16 Sept 2004 Gregory Madsen
 University of Wisconsin, Madison The Heterogeneous Nature of the Warm Ionized Medium in the Galaxy A.N. Witt
23 Sept 2004 Eric B. Svedberg
 Seagate Corporation Epitaxy and texture of materials such FePt, Fe and Ni on crystalline substrates of MgO, GaAs and Cu. R.A. Lukaszew
30 Sept 2004 David Glenar
 NASA GSFC Large scale Thermal Properties of the Mars South Polar Cap, from near-IR Spectral Imaging P.B. James
07 Oct 2004 Xuming Deng University of Toledo Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Silicon Based Photovoltaic Generation of Electricity and Hydrogen R.A. Lukaszew
14 Oct 2004
McMaster Cosmology Colloquium		 Paul Steinhardt
 Princeton University The Endless Universe A.N. Witt
21 Oct 2004 Igor Kaganovich
 Plasma Physics Lab, Princeton University Why do fusion?! C. E. Theodosiou
28 Oct 2004 Suzanne te Velthuis
 Argonne National Lab Studies of coupling and ordering in magnetic thin films R.A. Lukaszew
04 Nov 2004
Joint with BGSU @BGSU		 Kurt G. Eyink
 Air Force Reseach Labs Self Assembly and Beyond for Semiconductor Quantum Dots on GaAs(001) Surfaces TBD
11 Nov 2004 [None] --- Veteran's Day
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18 Nov 2004 Debra Shepherd
 NRAO Massive Protostellar Outflows: Are they Different from Low Mass Outflows? Jon Bjorkman
25 Nov 2004 [None] --- Thanksgiving ---
02 Dec 2004
Joint with BGSU @BGSU		 Scott Franklin
 Rochester Institute of Technology Logjams and Haystacks: Jamming in Rod-like Granular Materials TBA
09 Dec 2004 Donald York
 University of Chicago A Survey of the Universe, to 22nd Magnitude: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey A.N. Witt

Current Schedule - Spring Semester 2005
Date Speaker Affiliation Title or Topic of Talk UT Host
13 Jan 2005
Joint with BGSU @UT		 Michael Wolff Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO Atmospheric Science with the Mars Exploration Rovers: Things are Looking Up A. N. Witt
20 Jan 2005 TBA UT P&A Undergraduate Research Colloquium T. Kvale
27 Jan 2005 Jackie Kane TBA Quantification of Soil Contaminant Extraction: A Classroom Demonstration A. Lukaszew
03 Feb 2005
Joint with BGSU @BGSU		 Bruno Ullrich BGSU All-optical logic gate realization due to laser crossing in thin-film GaAs on glass Comer Duncan
10 Feb 2005 Cora Lind Chemistry, UT Shrinking from the Heat: Negative Thermal Expansion Materiails A. Lukaszew
22 Feb 2005
Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.		 Adwin Boogert Caltech Interstellar Ices, From Molecular Cores to Planet-forming Disks A. N. Witt
01 Mar 2005
3:00 p.m. 		Thomas Megeath Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Star Formation in the Extended Solar Neighborhood: The View from the Spitzer Space Telescope Karen Bjorkman
03 Mar 2005
Joint with BGSU @UT		 Kevin Luhman Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory The Origin of Brown Dwarfs S. R. Federman
10 Mar 2005 [None] --- Spring Break
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17 Mar 2005
John Turin
Memorial Lecture		 L. J. Curtis University of Toledo "Probability Densities and Newton's Laws"
(Why didn't Newton think about the probability of getting hit on the head when he sat under the apple tree?) 		A. N. Witt
18 Mar 2005
Friday, 2:00 p.m.		 Michael H. Jin Ohio Aerospace Institute On the Rise of Thin Film Solar Cells Xunming Deng
22 Mar 2005
Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.		 Jehad AbuShama National Renewable Energy Laboratory State-of-the-Art CuInSe2, Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and Modified-CuGaSe2 Solar Cells Robert Collins
24 Mar 2005 Edwin Bergin University of Michigan High Energy Radiation Fields and the Evolution of T Tauri Disks A. N. Witt
25 Mar 2005
Friday, 2:00 p.m.		 Sylvain Marsillac University of Nantes Cu(In,Al)Se2 thin film solar cells Robert Collins
31 Mar 2005 Dieter Gerlich Technical University, Chemnitz The role of ortho-hydrogen in reactions of interstellar relevance A.N. Witt
07 Apr 2005 Bruce Draine Princeton University Interstellar Dust: From Microwaves to X-rays A. N. Witt
14 Apr 2005
Joint with BGSU @UT		 Prof. Robert T. Deck University of Toledo The Connection between Spin and Statistics in Quantum Mechanics A. N. Witt
21 Apr 2005 John Rigden Washington University - St. Louis Why is Einstein the Standard of Greatness ? P. B. James
NEXT COLLOQUIUM:
28 Apr 2005		 Ben McCall University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign The Chemistry of H3+ in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium 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: 23 Apr 2005

Contact: Adolf Witt

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