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.
Fall 2009 Schedule
| Date | Topic |
| 11/20/09 | Andrey Turchanin, University of Bielefeld, Germany & Biefeld Institute of Biophysics and Nanoscience (BINAS), "1-nm-Thin Carbon Nanosheets: Novel 2D Materials" (Host: J. Curtis) 3:00pm in Molecular Science & Engineering Building, Room G021 |
Spring 2009 Schedule
| Date | Topic |
| 06/16/09 | Austen Lamacraft, University of Virginia, "Low energy dynamics of spinor condensates" 3:00 pm in Howey Physics, Room N110 |
| 05/15/09 | Harold Craighead, A&E Physics, Cornell Univeristy |
| 04/28/09 | Jane Wang, Cornell University, "Insects in Free Flight: From Aerodynamics to Control" 11:00 am in Howey Physics, Room N110 |
Fall 2008
| 08/26 | Michel Louge, Cornell University |
| 11/25 | Yuanbo Zhang, UC Berkeley "Probing the Electronic Properties of Graphene at the Atomic Scale" 3:00 pm in Howey N110 |
| 12/02 | Antonio Barrero, University of Sevilla (Spain) "Whipping instability in electrified micro/nanojets" 11:00 am in Howey N110 |
Spring/ Summer 2008
| 03/04 | Eugene Mishchenko, University of Utah, "Intrinsic Spin-Hall Effect in 2D Electron Systems", |
| 05/09 | David Weitz, Department of Physics, Harvard University, "Mechanics of Active Biomolecular Networks" 10:30 am in M building, Rm. G011 (Host: E. Riedo) http://www.softmaterials.gatech.edu |
| 05/28 | Ignacio Gonzalez-Loscertales, Univ. of Malaga, Spain, "Micro and nanoparticles via electro-hydrodynamic liquid atomization" 11 am in Howey S107 (Host: A. Fernandez-Nieves) |
| 05/28 | Sarah Koester, Dept. of Physics, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, "Controlled manipulation of biological systems in microfluidic environments" 4 pm in Molecular Science & Engineering building, Rm. 3201A (Host: J. Curtis) |
| 06/03 | Vincenzo Vitelli, Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, "Energy transport in jammed solids" 3pm in Howey N110 (Host: A. Fernandez-Nieves) |
| 06/10 | Jan Scrimgeour, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Optical Assembly of Synthetic Biofilms" 3 pm in Molecular Science & Engineering Building, Room 3201A (Host: J. Curtis) |