Spring 2010

Physics Colloquium Series

Organizer:  Bethe Scaletter, ext. 7585

Colloquia will be held Mondays at 4:00pm in the Olin Physics-Chemistry Building, Room 204.  Refreshments and pre-colloquium discussions are at 3:45 in the Olin Foyer.

February 1

Ethan Siegel,  Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, Lewis & Clark College

“The Fate of the Universe”

February 15

Dan West, 2007 LC Physics Graduate

“The Physics of Kayaking Down Waterfalls”

March 8

Joseph Levy, Polar Regions Research Postdoctoral Fellow, Portland State University

“The Physical Geology of Mars:  Ice Ages, Glaciers, and the Search for Habitable Environments”

March 15

James Kakalios, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Minnesota

“When Noise Has Noise:  Fluctuational Phenomena in Disordered Systems”

March 29

Paul Allen, Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Lewis & Clark College

“Mathematical Problems in Relativity”

April 19

Advanced lab Projects

April 26

Advanced lab Projects