Fall 2015 Seminar

Talks are 12:00 noon on Thursdays in Academic West 112, unless otherwise noted.

Fall Schedule

September 10, 2015

Christopher Kulp

Characterizing Time Series Data

Christopher Kulp, Lycoming University

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September 24, 2015

Dan Beller

A New Twist on Twisted Liquid Crystals

Dan Beller, Harvard University

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October 8, 2015

Sean McMahon

Adaptations in Dynamic Vascular Networks

Sean McMahon, Bucknell '16

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Zach Schillaci

Real-time Optimization of an Ion Optical Beamline

Zach Schillaci, Bucknell '16

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October 15, 2015 -- POSTPONED until Spring 2016

Ed Lyman

Subdiffusion and Signaling in Heterogeneous Lipid Membranes

Ed Lyman, Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware

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October 22, 2015

Jia Jia Dong

Physics in Living Things: Running, Tumbling and More

JiaJia Dong, Bucknell

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November 5, 2015

Walter John Schwenger

Bacterial Flagella as a Model Colloid of Tunable Shape

Walter John Schwenger '10, Brandeis University

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November 12, 2015

Jeff_Bowen

Einstein’s Final Steps Toward the Gravitational Field Equations

Jeff Bowen, Bucknell

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November 19, 2015

Tom Solomon Katherine Lilienthal Minh Doan

Barriers Impeding the Motion of Bacteria and Reaction Fronts in Fluid Flows

Minh Doan '16, Katie Lilienthal '18, Tom Solomon, Bucknell

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MONDAY, November 30, 2015

Mollie Schwartz

Demystifying Quantum Measurements Using Superconducting Artificial Atoms

Mollie Schwartz, University of California Berkeley

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December 3, 2015

Summer Research Opportunities in Physics & Astronomy

Department of Physics & Astronomy

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