General Colloquium Series

Winter 2007

Thursdays at 4:00 pm - Room 245 of the Physics Research Bldg. - Refreshments at 3:30 pm.

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Title of Talk
January 11	Prof. Finn Larsen	University of Michigan	Black holes in string theory
January 18	Prof. Steve Vigdor	Indiana University	Probing the Proton's Spin Structure with Polarized Proton Collisions
January 25	Prof. Arjun Yodh	University of Pennsylvania	Melting in Temperature Sensitive Colloidal Suspensions
February 01	Prof. Mike Solomon	University of Michigan	Rigidity at the microscopic scale: Gelation, bonding and rupture in colloidal suspensions
February 08	Prof. Jacek Furdyna	University of Notre Dame	Making Semiconductors Ferromagnetic: Reasons, Challenges, and Opportunities
February 13 Special Colloquium	Dr. Zhixian Zhou	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
February 15	Dr. Vikram Prasad	Emory University	Microscopic tools for studying biomaterials and interfaces
February 20 Special Colloquium	Dr. Robert Szoszkiewicz	Columbia University	Local capillaries of water and water confined at sub-nanometer gaps: a prelude to bioinspired surfaces
February 22	Dr. Christina Othon	Naval Research Laboratory	Advanced Materials and Architectures for Directed Cell Growth
March 01	Dr. Xuan Gao	Harvard University	The Sensitivity Limits of Nanowire Bio-Sensors.
March 29	Prof. Tom Witten	University of Chicago	Stress focusing: making sharp structure by remote control
April 05	Dr. Herman White	Fermi Lab	The International Linear Collider and Fixed Target Physics
April 12 Special Colloquium: Vaden Miles Lecture Location: 1117 Science Hall, 5045 Cass Avenue Detroit, Michigan Time: 4:00-5:00 PM	Prof. Sydney Nagel	University of Chicago	Physics at the Breakfast Table.
April 19	Prof. Ani Aprahamian	University of Notre Dame	Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics

For additional information, contact Ashis Mukhopadhyay at (313) 577-2775 or Rene Bellwied at (313) 577-5407.

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