CMU/Pitt physics colloquium schedule

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY -
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

Physics Colloquium Schedule for 2001/2002

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 2001

Date Place Person, affiliation, topic or "title"

Sept 10 CMU Colin Morningstar, CMU, "Quarks, gluons, and computers: towards an understanding of the strong force"

Oct 8 CMU John Joannopoulos, MIT, "Molding the flow of light"

Oct 15 CMU Dan Hammer, Univ. of Penn, "The dynamics and mechanics of leukocyte adhesion: from single molecular properties to the behavior of ensembles of cells"

Oct 29 PITT Prof. Vladimir Savinov, PITT, "Search for New Physics at CLEO: CP Violation, exotics and beyond"

Nov 12 CMU Krishna Rajagopal, MIT, "Condensed Matter Physics of QCD"

Nov 26 CMU Gene Beier, Univ. of Pennsylvania, "Recent Results from the SNO Solar Neutrino Experiment"

Dec 3 CMU Tom Imbo, UIC, "Quantum counting"

Dates For Spring 2002

Date Place Person, affiliation, topic or "title"

Jan 15 CMU Mark Spano, Naval Surface Warfare Center, "Chaos and Its Control in Biological Systems"

Jan 22 CMU James Glazier, Notre Dame, "How Do Cells Know Where to Go?"

Jan 28 PITT Steven J. Schiff, George Mason University, "Using Physics to Dissect and Control Epileptic Seizures"

Jan 31 CMU John Marko, University of Illinois at Chicago, "Micromanipulation Study of Physical Properties of DNA and Chromosomes" (SPECIAL ROOM: Doherty Hall 2315)

Feb 4 PITT James Bullock, Ohio State University , "Probing Cosmology Using the Milky Way and the Local Group"

Feb 11 CMU Dr. William Wootters, Williams College, "Quantum Entanglement as a Resource for Communication"

Feb 13 CMU Rob de Ruyter van Steveninck, NEC Research Institute, "Optimal motion estimation by the blowfly visual system"

Feb 21 CMU Reinhard Lipowsky, Max Planck, "The Physics of Biomatter" (SPECIAL ROOM: Doherty Hall 1212)

Feb 25 PITT Prof. Keith Nelson, MIT Chemistry, "Terahertz Polaritonics: Spatiotemporal Imaging, Spatiotemporal Femtosecond Pulse Shaping, and Spatiotemporal Coherent Control"

March 11 PITT John David Crawford Memorial Lecture, Prof. Edgar Knobloch, Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley, "Bursts" (SPECIAL ROOM: Masonic Temple)

March 12 PITT John David Crawford Memorial Lecture, Prof. Edgar Knobloch, Univ. of Calif at Berkeley, "Oscillations in Spatially Extended Systems" (NOTE: 102 Thaw Hall, 1:30 PM)

March 12 PITT John David Crawford Memorial Lecture, Prof. Edgar Knobloch, Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley, "Break-Up of Spiral Waves" (NOTE: 102 Thaw Hall, 4:30 PM)

March 19 CMU DICKSON PRIZE LECTURE, Dr. Carver Mead, Caltech, "The Coming Revolution in Photography" (NOTE: McConomy Aud., University Ctr., 4:30 PM. Reception following in Rangos Ballroom.)

March 25 CMU Robert Eisenstein, National Science Foundation, "The Future of the Physical Sciences: A View from Washington"

March 28 CMU 2002 BUHL LECTURE, Dr. Saul Perlmutter, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., "Supernovas, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Universe" (NOTE: Mellon Institute Aud., 4:30 PM. Reception following in Mellon Institute Lobby.)

April 1 PITT Josh Frieman, Fermilab,"The Physics of an Accelerating Universe"

April 8 PITT Dr. David Salzmann, Soreq NRC, Israel & Univ. of Rochester, "Generation of K/alpha radiation by femtosecond laser produced plasmas"

April 15 PITT Prof. Regina Demina, KSU (CDF/DO/HEP), "On Beauty, Silicon, and Light Without Mass"

April 22 PITT Dr. Denis Beller, LANL, "Advanced Accelerator Applications and Transmutation of Nuclear Waste"

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Dates For Fall 2001
Date	Place	Person, affiliation, topic or "title"
Sept 10	CMU	Colin Morningstar, CMU, "Quarks, gluons, and computers: towards an understanding of the strong force"
Oct 8	CMU	John Joannopoulos, MIT, "Molding the flow of light"
Oct 15	CMU	Dan Hammer, Univ. of Penn, "The dynamics and mechanics of leukocyte adhesion: from single molecular properties to the behavior of ensembles of cells"
Oct 29	PITT	Prof. Vladimir Savinov, PITT, "Search for New Physics at CLEO: CP Violation, exotics and beyond"
Nov 12	CMU	Krishna Rajagopal, MIT, "Condensed Matter Physics of QCD"
Nov 26	CMU	Gene Beier, Univ. of Pennsylvania, "Recent Results from the SNO Solar Neutrino Experiment"
Dec 3	CMU	Tom Imbo, UIC, "Quantum counting"
Dates For Spring 2002
Date	Place	Person, affiliation, topic or "title"
Jan 15	CMU	Mark Spano, Naval Surface Warfare Center, "Chaos and Its Control in Biological Systems"
Jan 22	CMU	James Glazier, Notre Dame, "How Do Cells Know Where to Go?"
Jan 28	PITT	Steven J. Schiff, George Mason University, "Using Physics to Dissect and Control Epileptic Seizures"
Jan 31	CMU	John Marko, University of Illinois at Chicago, "Micromanipulation Study of Physical Properties of DNA and Chromosomes" (SPECIAL ROOM: Doherty Hall 2315)
Feb 4	PITT	James Bullock, Ohio State University , "Probing Cosmology Using the Milky Way and the Local Group"
Feb 11	CMU	Dr. William Wootters, Williams College, "Quantum Entanglement as a Resource for Communication"
Feb 13	CMU	Rob de Ruyter van Steveninck, NEC Research Institute, "Optimal motion estimation by the blowfly visual system"
Feb 21	CMU	Reinhard Lipowsky, Max Planck, "The Physics of Biomatter" (SPECIAL ROOM: Doherty Hall 1212)
Feb 25	PITT	Prof. Keith Nelson, MIT Chemistry, "Terahertz Polaritonics: Spatiotemporal Imaging, Spatiotemporal Femtosecond Pulse Shaping, and Spatiotemporal Coherent Control"
March 11	PITT	John David Crawford Memorial Lecture, Prof. Edgar Knobloch, Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley, "Bursts" (SPECIAL ROOM: Masonic Temple)
March 12	PITT	John David Crawford Memorial Lecture, Prof. Edgar Knobloch, Univ. of Calif at Berkeley, "Oscillations in Spatially Extended Systems" (NOTE: 102 Thaw Hall, 1:30 PM)
March 12	PITT	John David Crawford Memorial Lecture, Prof. Edgar Knobloch, Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley, "Break-Up of Spiral Waves" (NOTE: 102 Thaw Hall, 4:30 PM)
March 19	CMU	DICKSON PRIZE LECTURE, Dr. Carver Mead, Caltech, "The Coming Revolution in Photography" (NOTE: McConomy Aud., University Ctr., 4:30 PM. Reception following in Rangos Ballroom.)
March 25	CMU	Robert Eisenstein, National Science Foundation, "The Future of the Physical Sciences: A View from Washington"
March 28	CMU	2002 BUHL LECTURE, Dr. Saul Perlmutter, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., "Supernovas, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Universe" (NOTE: Mellon Institute Aud., 4:30 PM. Reception following in Mellon Institute Lobby.)
April 1	PITT	Josh Frieman, Fermilab,"The Physics of an Accelerating Universe"
April 8	PITT	Dr. David Salzmann, Soreq NRC, Israel & Univ. of Rochester, "Generation of K/alpha radiation by femtosecond laser produced plasmas"
April 15	PITT	Prof. Regina Demina, KSU (CDF/DO/HEP), "On Beauty, Silicon, and Light Without Mass"
April 22	PITT	Dr. Denis Beller, LANL, "Advanced Accelerator Applications and Transmutation of Nuclear Waste"