CMU/Pitt physics colloquium schedule

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY -
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

Physics Colloquium Schedule for 2000/2001

Unless otherwise noted, colloquia are held at 4:30 pm in 7500 Wean Hall at CMU or at 102 Thaw Hall at Pitt. Refreshments are available at 4:15 pm.

Dates For Fall 2000

Sept 18 PITT David Snoke, Pitt, "Photons with mass and charge: nonlinear optics with excitons"

Sept 25 CMU Joel De Coninck, U. Mons, Belgium, "Droplet Spreading in the Complete Wetting Regime: A Review"

Oct 2 PITT James Mueller, Pitt, "N* physics with CLAS"

Oct 9 CMU Edward Egelman, Univ. of Virginia Health Sciences Center, "Structural Studies of Macromolecular Assemblies: Insights from Computational Image Analysis"

Oct 16 CMU Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, University of Nebraska, "Magnetically Glassy Behavior in Disordered Alloys"

Oct 23 PITT Dr. Jorge Pullin, Pennsylvania State Univ., "Colliding black holes: general relativists suddenly challenged by experiments"

Oct 30 CMU Robert Suter, CMU, "Six Dimensional Measurements of Three Dimensional Materials: The 3D X-ray Diffraction Microscope"

Nov 6 CMU Raman Sundrum, Johns Hopkins University, "Branes, Warp Factors and Extra Dimensions"

Nov 13 PITT Dr. Vittorio Paolone, Pitt, "First Evidence for Direct Observation of the Tau Neutrino"

Nov 20 PITT Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers University, and Alan Van Heuvelen, Ohio State University, "Can we use the processes of physics to guide physics instruction?"

Nov 27 CMU Gary Bernstein, Univ. of Michigan, "The State of the Art of Weak Gravitational Lensing"

Dec 4 PITT Robert J. R. Dorfman, University of Maryland, "Chaos & Statistical Mechanics"

Dec 11 CMU Albert Migliori, LANL, "Ultrasound, Entropy and the Strange Phases of Pu"

Dates For Spring 2001

Jan 8 PITT Elliott Cheu, University of Arizona, "The Search for Direct CP Violation"

Jan 22 CMU Amanda Peet, University of Toronto, "String Theory: What It's About and What It's Good For"

Jan 29 PITT Prof. Arjun Yodh, University of Penn, "Entropically driven self-assembly and interaction in suspension"

Feb 5 CMU Roy Briere, CMU, "B Physics Primer: Understanding current studies of CP violation"

Feb 12 PITT Scott Burles, Fermilab, "Sharpening the predictions of big-bang nucleosynthesis"

Feb 19 CMU David Hertzog, Urbana, "How the Muon's Spin Challenges the Standard Model"

Feb 26 PITT Charles Keeton, University of Arizona, "Gravitational Lensing: Probing the Universe with Fingers of Light"

March 5 CMU J. K. Jain, Penn State University, "The Quantum Hall Effect"

March 19 CMU Jeremiah Sullivan, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, "The Future of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty"

March 26 PITT Jeremy Levy, PITT, "How to Make a Scalable Quantum Computer in Five Easy Steps"

April 2 CMU Benjamin Schumacher, Kenyon College, "Quantum Information: If entropy is the answer, what was the question?"

April 9 PITT Mike Irwin, Inst. of Astronomy, Cambridge, England, "Ancient White Dwards in the galactic Halo"

April 16 CMU Jonathan Dorfan, SLAC, Stanford, "From the Structure of Protons to the Structure of Proteins - Electron Accelerator-based Science"

April 23 PITT John Kasianowicz, NIST, "Threading DNA through a Nanometer-Scale Pore"

April 30 CMU Tom McIntosh, Duke University Medical School, "The Energetics of Peptide-Lipid Interactions: Role of Bilayer Composition and Mechanical Properties"

May 7 PITT Don Bethune, IBM Almaden Research Center, "Quantum Cryptography: A Means to Achieve Secure Communication over Insecure Channels"

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Dates For Fall 2000
Sept 18	PITT	David Snoke, Pitt, "Photons with mass and charge: nonlinear optics with excitons"
Sept 25	CMU	Joel De Coninck, U. Mons, Belgium, "Droplet Spreading in the Complete Wetting Regime: A Review"
Oct 2	PITT	James Mueller, Pitt, "N physics with CLAS"*
Oct 9	CMU	Edward Egelman, Univ. of Virginia Health Sciences Center, "Structural Studies of Macromolecular Assemblies: Insights from Computational Image Analysis"
Oct 16	CMU	Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, University of Nebraska, "Magnetically Glassy Behavior in Disordered Alloys"
Oct 23	PITT	Dr. Jorge Pullin, Pennsylvania State Univ., "Colliding black holes: general relativists suddenly challenged by experiments"
Oct 30	CMU	Robert Suter, CMU, "Six Dimensional Measurements of Three Dimensional Materials: The 3D X-ray Diffraction Microscope"
Nov 6	CMU	Raman Sundrum, Johns Hopkins University, "Branes, Warp Factors and Extra Dimensions"
Nov 13	PITT	Dr. Vittorio Paolone, Pitt, "First Evidence for Direct Observation of the Tau Neutrino"
Nov 20	PITT	Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers University, and Alan Van Heuvelen, Ohio State University, "Can we use the processes of physics to guide physics instruction?"
Nov 27	CMU	Gary Bernstein, Univ. of Michigan, "The State of the Art of Weak Gravitational Lensing"
Dec 4	PITT	Robert J. R. Dorfman, University of Maryland, "Chaos & Statistical Mechanics"
Dec 11	CMU	Albert Migliori, LANL, "Ultrasound, Entropy and the Strange Phases of Pu"
Dates For Spring 2001
Jan 8	PITT	Elliott Cheu, University of Arizona, "The Search for Direct CP Violation"
Jan 22	CMU	Amanda Peet, University of Toronto, "String Theory: What It's About and What It's Good For"
Jan 29	PITT	Prof. Arjun Yodh, University of Penn, "Entropically driven self-assembly and interaction in suspension"
Feb 5	CMU	Roy Briere, CMU, "B Physics Primer: Understanding current studies of CP violation"
Feb 12	PITT	Scott Burles, Fermilab, "Sharpening the predictions of big-bang nucleosynthesis"
Feb 19	CMU	David Hertzog, Urbana, "How the Muon's Spin Challenges the Standard Model"
Feb 26	PITT	Charles Keeton, University of Arizona, "Gravitational Lensing: Probing the Universe with Fingers of Light"
March 5	CMU	J. K. Jain, Penn State University, "The Quantum Hall Effect"
March 19	CMU	Jeremiah Sullivan, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, "The Future of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty"
March 26	PITT	Jeremy Levy, PITT, "How to Make a Scalable Quantum Computer in Five Easy Steps"
April 2	CMU	Benjamin Schumacher, Kenyon College, "Quantum Information: If entropy is the answer, what was the question?"
April 9	PITT	Mike Irwin, Inst. of Astronomy, Cambridge, England, "Ancient White Dwards in the galactic Halo"
April 16	CMU	Jonathan Dorfan, SLAC, Stanford, "From the Structure of Protons to the Structure of Proteins - Electron Accelerator-based Science"
April 23	PITT	John Kasianowicz, NIST, "Threading DNA through a Nanometer-Scale Pore"
April 30	CMU	Tom McIntosh, Duke University Medical School, "The Energetics of Peptide-Lipid Interactions: Role of Bilayer Composition and Mechanical Properties"
May 7	PITT	Don Bethune, IBM Almaden Research Center, "Quantum Cryptography: A Means to Achieve Secure Communication over Insecure Channels"