Each semester, the School of Physics invites a variety of speakers to
come share their exciting research with students and faculty at Georgia
Tech. All students and faculty are invited.
If you have questions or
would like to set up an appointment with one of the speakers, please
contact
Cvitanovic ,
Bellissard,
Davidovic, or
Riedo.
--ALL LECTURES ARE ON WEDNESDAYS AT 3:00 pm in LECTURE ROOM 5 UNLESS
OTHERWISE NOTED
----THE RECEPTION WILL BE AT 2:30 PM IN ROOM N201.
Spring 2006 Schedule
| Date | Topic |
| 01/09 | First Day of Spring 2006 Classes |
| 01/11 |
Sungchul Hohng, Department
of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "Advances in single-molecule spectroscopy and biological applications" (Host: Dr. Kennedy) |
| 01/16 | Official School Holiday |
| 01/18 |
Jason Petta,
Department of Physics, Harvard University "Quantum Control of Coupled Electron Spins" (Host: Dr. B. Kennedy) |
| 01/20 |
Miquel Salmeron, LBNL, Berkeley "The Molecular Level Physics of Rubbing" NOTE: 2 pm |
| 01/25 |
Keir. Neuman, Laboratoire de
Physique Statistique, ENS, Paris "Enzymatic symmetry breaking: How does Topoisomerase IV distinguish left from right?" (Host: Dr. B. Kennedy) |
| 01/30 |
Amihay Hanany, MIT Center for Theoretical Physics "Tilings, Dimers, and Quiver Gauge Theories" (host B. Kennedy) |
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| 02/01 |
Daniel Goldman, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley "Bouncing, Splashing, Steping and Climbing: Physics, Biology, and Engineering of Complex Interactions" (host B. Kennedy) |
| 02/08 |
James Thompson, Department of Physics, MIT "Efficient Coupling of Atoms and Light" (host B. Kennedy) |
| 02/13 |
Subhadeep Gupta, University of
California, Berkeley "Ultracold Atoms and Bose-Einstein Condensates in Storage Rings and Optical Cavities" (host B. Kennedy) NOTE: Monday |
| 02/15 |
Markus. Kindermann, Department of
Physics, Cornell University "Correlations and entanglement in nanostructures" (Host: Dr. B. Kennedy) |
| 02/22 |
Maxim Vavilov, Department of Applied Physics, Yale University "Electron Transport through Driven Mesoscopic Systems" (Host: Dr. B. Kennedy) |
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| 03/01 |
Christian Santangelo, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Pennsylvania "Taming Competing Length Scales in Electrostatics and Self- Assembly" (Host: Dr. B. Kennedy) |
| 03/15 |
Aephraim
Steinberg, U. Toronto (Host: A. Kuzmich) |
| 03/20-24 | Spring Break |
| 03/27 |
Toan Nguyen Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles "How to Design a Virus: Shape Transformation of Viral Capsids" (Reserved by B. Kennedy) |
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| 04/03 |
Brian Lantz, Ginzton Lab, Stanford University "Advanced LIGO: Building the Foundation for the Next Gravitational Wave Observatory" (Reserved by B. Kennedy) NOTE: Monday |
| 04/07 |
Wolfgang
Ketterle (2001
Nobel laureate) "New Forms of Quantum Matter Near Absolute Zero Temperature" Note: Frontiers of Physics Lecture Howey Lecture Rm. 4, Friday at 3:00 pm (host: Dr. C. Raman) |
| 04/12 |
The Annual Joseph Ford Commemorative Lecture A. Douglas Stone, Yale University, Department of Applied Physics "Einstein's unknown insight and the problem of quantizing chaotic motion" (Host: T. Uzer) NOTE: 3:00 p.m, Lecture Room 3; Reception from 2:00 to 3:00 pm in N201. |
| 04/17 |
Stefan Luther Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (LASSP), Cornell University "Nonlinear Dynamics and Arrhythmias of the Heart" (Reserved by B. Kennedy) NOTE: Monday |
| 04/19 |
Earl McDaniel Memorial Lecture Phillip Bucksbaum, Photon Sciences Division, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center "Ultrafast Quantum Control" NOTE: 3:00 p.m, Lecture Room 5; Reception will be at 2:30 pm in N201. |
| 04/26 |
Barry Barish, Caltech "Probing Einstein's Universe" (Host: P. Cvitanovic) |
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| 05/03 |
David Vanderbilt, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers
University "Theory of Electric Polarization and Orbital Magnetization" |
| 05/05 | End of Spring 2006 |
| 05/15 | Summer Term 2006 Classes Begin |
