DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

COLLOQUIUM FALL 2009 / SPRING 2010

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FALL SEMESTER 2009

Tuesdays's colloquia are held at 218 Science Center from 3:30 - 4:30 pm

Thursday's colloquia are held at 500 Classroom South from 3:00 - 4:00 pm

Refreshments are served at 20 min prior the colloquium

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Title

06/02/09

Ms. Yiying Zhoun  

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy; GSU

 
EPR, ENDOR and DFT Studies on X-irradiated Single Crystals of L-Lysine·HCl·2H2O and L-Arginine·HCl·H2O
(abstract)  

06/16/09

  Dr. Roman Borisyuk  

University of Plymouth, UK

 
Biologically realistic neural network model of the tadpole spinal cord
(abstract)  

06/30/09

  Ms. Margaret Trippe  

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy; GSU

 
A Multi-Wavelength Investigation of Seyfert 1.8 and 1.9 Galaxies
PhD thesis defense / 2:00 -3:30pm     (abstract)  

07/03/09

  Ms. Tabetha Boyajian  

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy; GSU

 
Sizing Up the Stars
PhD thesis defense / 10:00 -11:30am     (abstract)  

Monday
07/20/09

  Mr. Christopher Oakley  

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy; GSU

 
Cosmic Ray Flux Measurements with the Muon Detector System
PhD thesis defense: 2pm -3pm   (abstract)  

08/18/09

  Ms. Laura Byrun  

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy; GSU

 
Analysis of GaN/AlxGa1-xN Heterojunction dual-band Photodetectors using capacitance profiling techniques
(abstract)  

08/20/09

  P&A Faculty  

Dept. P&A

  Faculty meeting

08/25/09

  Mr. Wei-Chun Chu  

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy

 
Photoionization of the Be Isoelectronic Sequence: Relativistic and Nonrelativistic R-matrix Calculations
PhD thesis defense     (abstract)  

09/01/09

  Prof. Charles Epstein  

Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta

 
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Noninvasively Assaying and Affecting the Function of the Human Brain
(abstract)  

09/17/09

  P&A Faculty  

Dept. P&A

  Faculty meeting

09/22/09

  Prof. Beatriz Cardelino  

Dept. Chemistry, Spelman College

 
Modeling group III-V epitaxy: Interfacial reactions
(abstract)  

09/29/09

  Prof. Richard S. Miller  

Department of Physics. UAHuntsville, AL

 
Ex Luna, Scientia! Nuclear Astrophysics from the Moon
(abstract)  

10/06/09

 Prof. Vasily N. Astratov  

Department of Physics and Optical Science, UNC Charlotte

 
Integrated Microsphere Resonator Arrays: Optical Transport and Focusing Effect
(abstract)  

10/08/09

 Prof. Ken Crozier  

School Engin. & Appl. Sci., Harvard University

 
Manipulating nanoparticles and enhancing spectroscopy with surface plasmons
(abstract)  

10/13/09

  Dr. Tarek K. Ghanem  

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, GSU

 
Length-dependent transport measurements in long channel carbon nanotubes
(abstract)  

Friday
10/16/09

  Mr. Maxim Durach  

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy; GSU

 
Giant Plasmonic Energy and Momentum Transfer on the Nanoscale
PhD thesis defense / Friday @ 3:30 pm; Room: GCB 227     (abstract)  

10/20/09

  Ms. Anastasia Rusina  

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy; GSU

 
Optical and Terahertz Energy Nanoconcentration in Plasmonics
PhD thesis defense / 3:30 pm     (abstract)  

10/27/09

  Dr. Christy Pierce  

Center for Relativistic Astrophysics; Georgia Tech

 
The Effects of an AGN on Galaxy Color and Morphology Measurements
(abstract)  

10/29/09

  P&A Faculty  

Dept. P&A

  Faculty meeting - 3pm - in 500 CS (Corrin Sorteberg will provide an overview of changes in benefits for next year)

Friday
11/06/09

  Prof. Robert Anderson  

Dept. of Physics; University of Maryland

 
Quantum Computing Based on Josephson-Junction SQUID Phase Qubits
Friday @ 3:30 pm; Room TBA     (abstract)  

11/10/09

 Dr. Adam Kraus  

Department of Physics, University of Hawaii

 
Stellar Multiplicity and Planet Formation
(abstract)  

11/19/09

  P&A Faculty  

Dept. P&A

  Faculty meeting

12/01/09

Mr. Will Barnett

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy; GSU

TBA
PhD thesis defense / 3:30 pm     (abstract)  

12/03/09

Mr. Goksel Durkaya

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy; GSU

Surface morphology - structural properties relations in neural nerves cells and InGaN epilayers
PhD thesis defense / 3:00 pm     (abstract)  

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