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Physics & Astronomy Department
Seminars and Colloquia
Thursdays, 12:15 pm, room 126 of the Rita Liddy Hollings Science Center (SciC), unless otherwise noted

Open to anyone who would like to attend!


Date

Speaker

Topic

4 Sep 2008 Mr. Matt Baer
Mr. Chris Marvin
Mr. Frank Grimmer
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, CofC
Simplified Model of Pyramidal Neuron
Predicting Neuron Oscillations
Atomic Force Microscopy
link to full description
11 Sep 2008 Mr. Andrew Smith
Mr. Robert Laquiere
Mr. Joseph Niehaus
Mr. Gregory Smith
Mr. William DuPre
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, CofC
Calibrating a SGS: The Self Guiding Spectrometer
The Pointing Model for the St. Thomas Observatory
Cosmos++ Code Optimizations
Phase Separation in Near Critical Fluids
Ultracold Photoassociation of NaCs
link to full description
18 Sep 2008 Prof. Walter Huda
Dept. of Radiology, MUSC
Who Are Medial Physicists, and What Do They Do?
link to full description
25 Sep 2008 Dr. Thomas Pearl
Dept. of Physics, NCSU
Properties of Weakly Surface Bound Nanostructures
link to full description
2 Oct 2008 CANCELLED

9 Oct 2008 Dr. Jessica Whitehead
SC Sea Grant Consortium
The Science-Society Disconnect in Climate Change
link to full description
16 Oct 2008 Dr. Robin Shelton
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, UGA
The Galaxy's Halo
link to full description
23 Oct 2008 Dr. Yiannis Koutalos
Dept. of Ophthalmology, MUSC
Recycling the pigment of vertebrate photoreceptors
link to full description
30 Oct 2008 Dr. Annalisa Calini
Dept. of Mathematics, CofC
Rogue Waves in the Ocean
6 Nov 2008 Dr. David Pooley
Dept. of Astronomy, Wisconsin
TBA
13 Nov 2008 Dr. Phil Arras
Dept. of Astronomy, U. of Virginia
Something about extrasolar planets
20 Nov 2008 Dr. Linda Jones
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, CofC
TBA
27 Nov 2008 THANKSGIVING
4 Dec 2008 Dr. Larry Engelhardt
Dept. of Physics, Francis Marion

TBA


Speakers interested in giving a talk in the College of Charleston Physics & Astronomy department are asked to contact Dr. Chris Fragile (fragilep@cofc.edu).

 


updated: 6-Aug-08