| Spring 2005
Schedule
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. |
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| 01/10 |
First Day of Spring 2005 Classes |
| 01/12 |
Anatoli Polkovnikov, Harvard
University
"Superfluid-insulator transition in a moving
system of interacting bosons"
Reserved by Dr. Pustilnik |
| 01/17 |
Official School Holiday |
| 01/19 |
No Colloquium |
| 01/26 |
TBA |
|
02/03
|
Special!
Pietro Gambardella, Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne, Switzerland
"Magnetism in Finite-Sized Systems down to the Single Atom Limit"
Note: Time is 11 am
(Host: Dr. de Heer) |
| 02/09 |
Jacob Israelachvili, FRS, NAE, NAS,
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,
University of California
"Importance of the sub-ångstrom (pico-scale) structure of surfaces and
liquids for determining their thin-film rheology"
(Host: Dr. Riedo) |
| 02/14 |
Ilya Krivorotov, Cornell University
"Dynamics of Nanomagnets Driven by Spin-Polarized Current"
(Host: Dr. de Heer)
Note: This is Monday at 3:00 PM in Lecture
Hall 3 |
| 02/16 |
Robin Santra, Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics, Harvard University
"Clusters in XUV Radiation Fields"
(Host: Dr. Flannery) |
| 02/18 |
Amihay Hanany, MIT Center for Theoretical Physics
"Branes and Gauge Theory Dynamics"
(Host: Dr. Cvitanovic)
Note: This is Friday at 2:00 PM in Lecture
Hall 5 |
| 02/21 |
Irfan Siddiqi, Department of Applied Physics, Yale University
"Using a Dynamical Bifurcation to Readout a Quantum Bit"
(Host: Dr. de Heer)
Note: This is Monday at 3:00 PM in Lecture
Hall 3 |
| 02/23 |
Daniel Vrinceanu, Los Alamos
National Lab
"Formation, Capture and Detection of Anti-hydrogen Atoms in a Penning Trap"
(Host: Dr. Flannery) |
|
| 03/02 |
John Howell, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
"The Einstein Podolsky Rosen Paradox"
(Host: Dr. Kuzmich) |
| 03/03 |
Chris Schaffer, Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego
"Nonlinear
Optics in Vivo:
Using Light to Study and Perturb Blood Flow in the Living Brain"
(Host: Dr. Cvitanovic)
Note: This is Thursday at 3:00 PM in Lecture
Hall 5 |
| 03/07 |
Arthur LaPorta, Department of Physics, Stanford University
"Using Optical Tweezers and the Optical Torque Wrench to Probe Force and Torque Generation by Single Bio-Molecules"
(Host: Dr. Cvitanovic)
Note: This is Monday at 3:00 PM in Lecture
Hall 5 |
| 03/09 |
Phil Santangelo, Georgia Tech/Emory Department of Biomedical Engineering
"Development of a FRET-based imaging method for the study of endogenous and viral RNA in Single Live Cells"
(Host: Dr. Uzer) |
| 03/10 |
Andrei Derevianko, Physics Dept., University of Nevada, Reno
"Atomic Parity and CP
Violation
and Impact on the Particle Physics"
(Reserved: Dr. Flannery)
Note: This is Thursday. |
| 03/15 |
An Exhibit of Priceless Treasures
of Southern University Libraries: Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Einstein,
and More
(Host: Dr. Sowell)
Note: This is Tuesday from 2-4 pm in College of Computing, Room 16. |
| 03/16 |
Randall G. Hulet, Rice University
"Ultracold Atomic Fermions in Condensed Matter Physics - BCS/BEC Crossover in 6Li"
(Host: Dr.
Raman) |
| 03/21~25 |
Spring Break |
| 03/30 |
Ron Walsworth, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
"Multidisciplinary Applications of State-Selected Atoms"
(Host: Dr. Chapman) |
|
| 04/01 |
Liyuan Zhang, School of Physics, Georgia Tech
"Spin-Dependent Transport in Al Grains"
(Host: in collaboration with Cuiyun Wang and Dragomir Davidovic)
Note: This is Friday at 3:00 PM in
Lecture Hall 5. |
| 04/04 |
Raghuveer Parthasarathy, Dept. of
Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
"Pattern Formation in Biologically-Inspired Membrane Systems"
(Host: Dr. Cvitanovic)
Note: This is Monday at 3:00 PM in
Lecture Hall 5. |
| 04/06 |
Cancelled!
Richard Hughes, Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
(Host: Dr. Chapman) |
| 04/08 |
David J. Singh, Condensed Matter Sciences Division,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
"A Microscopic View of Piezoelectric Oxides"
(Host: Dr. Chapman)
Note: This is Friday at 3:00 PM in
Lecture Hall 5. |
| 04/13 |
Raymond Goldstein, Physics Department, University of Arizon
"The Platonic Ideal of Stalactite Growth"
(Host: Dr. Cvitanovic) |
| 04/14 |
(AMO seminar)
Olivier Guerreau, ECE Department, Georgia Tech
"Quantum
Cryptography: From Theory to Implementation"
(Host: Dr. Kuzmich)
Note: This is Thursday at 3:00 PM in
Lecture Hall 5. |
| 04/20 |
Randy A. Bartels, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University
(Host: Dr. Trebino) |
| 04/27 |
Joe Ford Commemorative Lecture:
Eckhardt
(Host: Dr. Uzer) |
| 04/28 |
David A Weitz, DEAS/Physics, Harvard University
"Dripping, Jetting, Drops and Wetting: The Magic of Microfluidics"
(Host: Dr. Cvitanovic)
Note: This is Thursday at 11:00 AM.
Place: Lecture Room 5. |
| 04/29 |
Last Day of Spring 2005 Classes |
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