Fall 2010

Physics Colloquia Series

Organizer:  Stephen Tufte, ext. 7588

Colloquia will be held Mondays at 4:15pm in the Olin Physics-Chemistry Building, Room 204.  Refreshments and pre-colloquium discussions are at 4:00 in the Olin Foyer.

September 13

Trevor Hutchinson, LC Physics

“Effects of Nanocrystalline Inclusion on Thermal Equilibrium in Amorphous Silicon”

Miriam Robinson, LC Physics

“Building an Interferometer of X-ray Imaging”

Chris Scheffler, 2010 LC Physics Grad

“Life at a Different Scale:  Developing Tools for Nanotech”

September 27

Dr. Richard Iverson, US Geological Society, Cascades Volcano Observatory

“When 1+ 0 > 1:  debris flow momentum growth during entrainment of wet bed sediment”

October 25

Dr. David Altman, Asst. Professor of Physics, Willamette University

“Understanding the Regulated Activity of the Motor Protein Myosin”

November 8

Greg Meyer, M.S.M.E., Professor of Engineering at Portland Community College

“The Art of Engineering Your Technical Careers”

December 6 Advanced Lab Presentations:

Bill Casson, “Movin-n-Grovin with E&M”

Kate Dahlhausen, Miriam Robinson, Sammi Allen, Elliot Hursh

   “Hovercraft: Das Bus”

Michael Ball, “Filtration of Waste Vegetable Oil”

December 9 (**special day/time, Thurs 11:30-12:30**)

Advanced Lab Presentations

***CANCELED***