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Past Physics Seminars
• For the current semester, see the
Physics Seminar Schedule page.
• Semesters during the summer are included with the
preceding spring semester.
• Important Note: The following listings of
past seminars are not intended to be up-to-date sources of contact information.
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web sites may become obsolete over time.
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which may be useful in locating personnel, institutions, and other organizations.
Spring-Summer 2009
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Thursday April 23 SL-0226 |
Dr. Edward Navarre Department of Chemistry SIUE |
Pinch Plasmas as Spectroanalytical Tools |
| Monday July 6 11:00 a.m. Room SL-1221 |
Seongheon Kim Physics Graduate Student, SIUE |
The Effects of Pump Laser Wavelength on the Persistent- Induced Index Change in Pr3+ Doped Silicate Glass Using Pump-Probe X-Scan Technique (Thesis Defense) |
| Thursday August 6 10:00 a.m. Room SL-0226 |
Esra Woody Physics Graduate Student, SIUE |
The Effect of Write-Beam Wavelength on Laser-Induced Persistent Grating Formation in Pr3+-Doped Alkali Silicate Glasses (Thesis Defense) |
Fall 2008
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Thursday October 16 SL-0226 |
Dr.
R. Sureshkumar Professor and Associate Chair Dept. of Energy, Enviornmental & Chemical Engineering Washington University, St. Louis |
Flow-induced Self Organization in Complex Fluids and Thin Films |
| Thursday October 23 SL-0226 |
Dr. Chin Chuan Wei Department of Chemistry SIUE |
Using Fluorescence Techniques to Investigate the Mechanism of Protein Biosynthesis |
| Tuesday November 4 SL-0226 |
Dr. Christopher Glosser Department of Physics SIUE |
Computational Biophysics: Looking Back and Looking Ahead |
| Thursday November 20 SL-0226 |
Dr. Jack Glassman Department of Physics SIUE |
A Cast Study of High Energy Laser Design: The Z-Beamlet Laser at Sandia National Laboratory |
Spring-Summer 2008
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Monday February 4 SL-0226 |
Dr. Elizabeth Gire Department of Physics Oregon State University |
The Views and Problem Solving Skills of Undergraduate Physics Majors: Probing the Expert-Novice Continuum |
| Monday February 18 SL-0226 |
Dr. Jennifer J. Neakrase Division of Curriculum and Instruction Arizona State University |
Nature or Nuture? A Characterization of the Knowledge and Practices of In- and Out-of-Field Beginning Secondary Physics Teachers |
| Thursday March 27 SL-0226 |
Dr. Arthur J.
Braundmeier Professor of Physics SIUE |
Modeling the Acceleration of an Automobile without using Calculus |
| Wednesday April 16 11:30 a.m. SL-1221 |
Dr.
Stephan Fuelling Nevada Terawatt Facility University of Nevada, Reno |
EUV Emission of Warm Dense Plasma on an Aluminum Surface Driven by a Pulsed MG Field |
| Thursday May 1 SL-0226 |
(1) Lance Spinnie (2) Nate Fuller Physics Undergraduate Students SIUE |
(1) Antenna Model Development for Wireless power transmission via Resonate Inductive Coupling (2) Compaction Tester Design |
| Monday June 30 Meridian Ballroom Morris Univ. Center |
Dr. Chris Lintott Junior Research Fellow Somerville College Oxford University |
The Science of Galaxy Zoo or What to Do With 140,000 Astronomers |
| Thursday July 17 11:00 a.m. |
Bal Ram Ghimire Physics Graduate Student, SIUE |
Study of the Extinction Coefficient of Alternated Metal Nano-Particles on a Surface (Thesis Defense) |
| Thursday July 17 3:00 p.m. |
Rajendra Shrestha Physics Graduate Student, SIUE |
Time Response Dynamics of Plasmon Excitation in Metallic Nanoparticles (Thesis Defense) |
Fall 2007
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Thursday September 13 SL-0226 |
Dr. P. Narayana Swamy Emeritus Professor of Physics SIUE |
Feynman's Proof of Maxwell Equations: In the Context of Quantum Gravity |
| Thursday November 8 2nd Floor Lobby Science Bldg. |
SIUE Physics Faculty | Research Interests at SIUE (Poster session) |
| Thursday November 15 SL-0226 |
Dr. Arthur J.
Braundmeier Professor of Physics SIUE |
Atmospheric Turbulence and the Long Distance Propagation of Laser Beams |
| Wednesday December 5 7:30 p.m. Dunham Hall Theater |
Dr. Christopher Sorensen University Distinguished Professor Departments of Physics and Chemistry Kansas State University |
Fire, Fractals, and the Divine Proportion (William C. Shaw Memorial Lecture) |
| Thursday December 13 11:00 a.m. Room SL-1221 |
Daniel J. Probst Physics Graduate Student, SIUE |
Nonlinear Optical Properties of CdTe Using the X-scan Technique (Thesis Defense) |
Spring-Summer 2007
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Thursday February 22 |
Dr. David Barnaby Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Western Kentucky University |
The Sky’s on Fire: Lighting up the Night with Blazar Gamma-rays |
| Tuesday February 27 |
Dr. Jeffrey A. Sabby Department of Physics University of Arkansas |
Having Fun with Observational Astronomy: Spectroscopic Eclipsing Binaries, Automated Observatories, and Undergraduate Education |
| Thursday March 1 |
Dr. Pamela Gay Department of Physics, SIUE |
Think Cosmically, Act Locally (Affect Globally) |
| Monday March 12 |
Dr. N. Sanjay Rebello Physics Department Kansas State University |
Transfer of Learning and Implications for Instruction (Sponsored jointly with the Office of Science & Mathematics Education) |
| Thursday April 19 |
Dr. Charles Henderson Physics Department & Mallinson Institute for Science Education Western Michigan University |
Barriers to the Implementation of 'Reformed' Instruction (Sponsored jointly with Excellence in Learning and Teaching Initiative) |
| Tuesday May 22 |
Dr. Richard Wiener Program Officer Research Corporation |
Research Funding Opportunities for Beginning Science Faculty |
| Tuesday June 12 |
Jason C. Schaake Physics Graduate Student, SIUE |
Characterization of Optical Constants for Cerium Oxide Thin Films (Thesis Defense) |
| Monday July 30 |
Ruchi Pandey Physics Graduate Student, SIUE |
A Study of the Evolution of the Coherence Function in Non-Linear Media (Thesis Defense) |
Fall 2006
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Thursday September 14 |
Dr. P. Narayana Swamy Emeritus Professor of Physics SIUE |
Generalized Heisenberg Uncertainty Relation and Quantum Harmonic Oscillators |
| Thursday September 21 |
Dr. Said Nakati Sidki Professor Emeritus Department of Mathematics Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil |
Groups, Trees and Automata |
| Thursday October 5 |
Dr.
Laura McCullough Associate Professor Physics Department University of Wisconsin - Stout |
Gender in Science and Math Education |
| Thursday October 19 |
(1) Britney Rutherford (2) Matt Skibinski Undergraduate Students Department of Physics, SIUE |
(1) Continued Development of the Pump Storage Ring for OPA Applied to Stellar Interferometry (2) Internship in Health Physics |
| Thursday October 26 |
Dr.
Kannan Ramaswamy Department of Chemistry Washington University |
Optically Generated Nuclear Spin-Orientation in Semiconductors |
| Tuesday October 31 |
Dr.
Narendra K. Jaggi Chair, Department of Physics Illinois Wesleyan University |
Measurable Consequences of Extra Spatial Dimensions |
| Thursday November 9 |
Christopher Favazza Department of Physics and Center for Materials Innovation Washington University |
Formation of Ordered Nanostructures through Laser- Induced Hydrodynamic Flow in Thin Metal Films |
| Thursday November 16 |
Snail Scott Assistant Professor of Art University of Missouri - St. Louis |
The Orrery in Age of Enlightenment |
| Thursday November 30 |
Dr. Mary L. Urquhart Assistant Professor Center for Space Sciences University of Texas at Dallas |
Lunar Thermal Emission, Rock Abundance, and Landing Hazards |
| Thursday December 7 |
Jacquelyn Marler Undergraduate Student Department of Physics, SIUE |
Characterizing Spherical Lenses Using the X-Scan Technique |
Spring 2006
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Thursday March 2 |
Dr. Thomas M. Foster Departments of Physics and Office of Science and Mathematics Education, SIUE |
Why do Engineering Programs Require Physics? Preparing the SIUE Engineering Major |
| Thursday March 30 |
Dr. Pamela Gay Harvard University Science Center |
Pro-Am Collaboration: Multi-Periodic RR Lyrae Stars, and Other Success Stories from the AAVSO |
| Thursday April 6 |
Dr. Kristin A.M. Scott Plasmon Corporation Colorado Springs, CO |
Optics in Optical Data Storage Technology |
| Tuesday April 11 (1) 11:00 a.m. (2) 3:30 p.m. |
Dr. Scott V. Franklin Department of Physics Rochester Institute of Technology |
(1) Can Students Write to Learn? Exploring Student Writing in Physics (2) Jamming and Flow of Rod-Like Granular Materials |
| Thursday April 27 |
Dr. David Barnaby Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Western Kentucky University |
Investigating Dragons Breath: Blackholes and Jets in Blazars |
Fall 2005
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Thursday September 15 7:30 p.m. Dunham Hall Theater |
Dr. Michael
Turner Assistant Director for Mathematical and Physical Sciences National Science Foundation Rauner Distinguished Service Professor and Chair Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics University of Chicago |
The Dark Side of the Universe: Beyond Stars and the Starstuff We Are Made Of (William C. Shaw Memorial Lecture) |
| Thursday October 27 |
Dr. Thomas M. Foster Dr. Jack Glassman Dr. Christopher J. Glosser Dr. Rebecca S. Lindell Professors of Physics, SIUE |
Physics Faculty Focus I: Current research topics |
| Thursday November 3 |
Steve Horstmann Northrop Gruman Space Technology Cutting Edge Optronics |
Designing a Laser for the Death Star: Using Common Components in Modern Solid State Lasers |
| Thursday November 17 |
Dr. Arthur J.
Braundmeier Dr. Abdullatif Y. Hamad Dr. Monwhea Jeng Professors of Physics, SIUE |
Physics Faculty Focus II: Current research topics |
| Thursday December 15 |
Nathan Anterhaus Physics Graduate Student, SIUE |
Effects of Electron Beam Irradiation on the Grating Kinetics in Eu-Doped and Undoped Silicate Glasses (M.S. Thesis Defense) |
Spring 2005
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Thursday February 24 |
Dr. Arthur J. Braundmeier Professor of Physics, SIUE |
A Thin Introduction to Thin Optical Films |
| Thursday March 17 |
Dr. David H. Kaplan Professor of Physics, SIUE |
Photons in Scintillating Optical Fibers |
| Thursday March 24 |
Dr. N. Sanjay Rebello Physics Department Kansas State University |
Transfer of Learning in Physics Education Research and Development |
| Thursday March 31 |
Dr. P.N. Swamy Emeritus Professor of Physics, SIUE |
Quantum Harmonic Oscillators |
| Thursday April 21 |
Dr. Monwhea Jeng Professor of Physics, SIUE |
Bell's Theorem, Nonlocality, and Unbreakable Codes |
| Thursday April 28 |
Dr. Andrew Heckler Assistant Dean, College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences The Ohio State University |
Cognition and the Learning of Physics |
Fall 2004
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Thursday September 2 |
Dr. P.N. Swamy Emeritus Professor of Physics, SIUE |
Does Physics Imply a Creator? |
| Thursday September 16 |
Dr. Abdullatif Y. Hamad Assistant Professor of Physics, SIUE |
X-Scan: A New Technique to Measure Nonlinear Refraction |
| Thursday October 21 |
Dr. Neville (Bill)
Reay Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Physics Ohio State University |
Toward an Effective Use of Voting Machines in Physics Lectures |
| Thursday October 28 |
Dr. Ramki
Kalyanaraman Department of Physics Washington University, St. Louis |
Dynamic Assembly of Functional Nanostructured Thin Films |
| Thursday November 18 |
Barbara Wiley MSE, Aerospace Engineering GPS Branch Technical Advisor National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (St. Louis, MO) |
Where Are We? Physics, Geodesy and GPS |
| Thursday December 2 |
Dr. Susana E. Deustua Director of Educational Activities American Astronomical Society |
The Accelerating Universe and Dark Energy |
| Tuesday December 7 |
Martin McConnell Physics Undergraduate Student, SIUE |
Black Holes - Evolution, Effects, and Consequences (Senior Project) |
Spring 2004
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Tuesday January 13 |
Research Asst. Professor of Physics and Director of Laser Development University of Nevada, Reno |
The Leopard Laser at the University of Nevada, Reno |
| Tuesday January 20 |
Matthew Bigelow The Institute for Optics University of Rochester |
Ultra-Slow and Superluminar Light Propagation in Room-Temperature Solids |
| Thursday January 22 |
Dr. Lei Zhang Visiting Assist. Professor of Physics Department of Chemistry & Physics Elizabeth City State University |
Optical Properties of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystalline Materials |
| Wednesday January 28 |
Dr. Aleksey Bugayev Applied Research Center Old Dominion University |
Holographic Interferometry of Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors Induced by Pico- and Femtosecond Pulse Excitation |
| Tuesday February 3 |
Dr. Hernando Garcia Department of Physics New Jersey Institute of Technology |
New Approach to the Measurement of the Nonlinear Refractive Index and the Raman Gain Coefficient of Short (<25 m) Lengths of Silica and Erbium-Doped Fibers |
| Thursday February 12 |
Dr. Natalia Dushkina Department of Physics & Astronomy Bowling Green State University |
Optical Properties of Bulk CdS and Thin-Film CdS Formed by Laser Ablation |
| Thursday March 18 |
Dr. Christopher Glosser Department of Physics Baylor University |
Recent Progress in Computational Biophysics: A Pedagogical Review |
| Tuesday March 23 |
Dr. Ranjith S. Wijesinghe Assistant Professor of Physics Pittsburg State University |
Comparison of Electric and Magnetic Techniques for the Determination of Conduction Velocity Distribution of Nerve Bundles |
| Tuesday March 30 |
Dr. Scott Steckenrider Development Leader for New Business Development Cabot Microelectronics Corporation |
Photo-Acoustics: Technology and Applications of Laser-Based Ultrasonics |
| Tuesday April 13 |
Dr. Jerry Pogatshnik Professor of Physics and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, SIUE |
Applescript Applications for the Internet |
| Friday May 7 |
James E. Kuhlman Physics Graduate Student, SIUE |
Evaluating the Matter and Interactions Curriculum (Thesis Defense) |
Fall 2003
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Thursday September 4 |
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Southern Illinois University, Carbondale |
Analytical Solution for Nonlinear Dynamics of Photorefractive Gratings |
| Thursday September 18 |
Dr. Brian K. Brickeen Sr. Scientist / Mgr., Laser Engineering Northrop Gruman Space Technology Cutting Edge Optronics |
Solid State Lasers: Introduction to Technology and Applications |
| Thursday October 2 |
Dr. S.M. Aouadi Department of Physics Southern Illinois University, Carbondale |
Real-Time Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Study During the Growth of Nanocrystalline and Nanolaminate Nitride Coatings |
| Thursday October 16 |
Dr. Edward F. Stephens Cutting Edge Optronics (Physics B.S. & M.S. Graduate, SIUE) |
Career Paths and Expectations as an Industrial Scientist/Engineer |
| Thursday October 30 |
Dr. P.N. Swamy Emeritus Professor of Physics, SIUE |
From One-Particle Quantum Physics to Many-Body Systems |
| Thursday November 20 |
Dr. Rebecca S. Lindell Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, and Biology Education Research Group, SIUE |
Using the Lunar Phases Concept Inventory to Quantitatively Investigate College Students' Understanding of Lunar Phases |
Spring-Summer 2003
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Monday February 17 |
Dr. & Lt. Col. Michael A. Marciniak Air Force Institute of Technology |
Ultra-Fast Spectroscopy of Mid-Infrared Semiconductor Lasers. . . from an Optics Point-of-View |
| Tuesday February 25 |
Dr.
David A. Branning Department of Physics Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
A Tale of Two Photons: Quantum Thought-Experiments with Light |
| Monday May 5 |
Catherine Sylve Physics Graduate Student, SIUE |
The Effect of Problem Solving on Conceptual Understanding in the High School Physics Curriculum (Thesis Defense) |
| Tuesday July 1 |
Steven Horstmann Physics Graduate Student, SIUE |
Laser Induced Grating in Eu3+-Doped Sodium-Magnesium-Aluminosilicate Glasses Using a Pump Beam of Wavelength 532 nm (Thesis Defense) |
Fall 2002
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Thursday September 12 |
Dr. Thomas M. Foster Dr. Kimberly A. Shaw Department of Physics, SIUE |
A Peek Into Pandora's Box: What We Have Learned About Our Introductory Physics Classes |
| Thursday October 10 |
Dr. Leon Hsu University of Minnesota |
Charge Transport in III-Nitride Semiconductor Heterostructures |
| Thursday October 24 |
Dr. Andrea M. Pascarella Department of Physics University of Northern Iowa |
CAPA (Computer-Assisted Personalized Assigments) in a Large University Setting |
| Thursday November 14 |
Dr. W. Robert Binns Research Professor of Physics Washington University |
The Elemental and Isotopic Abundances of Galactic Cosmic Rays |
| Thursday November 21 |
Anne Wake Physics Graduate Student, SIUE |
Physics and Astronomy: Seeing the Light with a Homemade Telescope |
Spring 2002
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Thursday February 7 |
Dr. P. Narayana Swamy Professor Emeritus Department of Physics, SIUE |
Fundamental Units, Constants, Dimensions and All That |
| Thursday February 14 |
Dr. Patrick
Schelling Materials Science Division Argonne National Laboratory |
Atomic-level Simulation of Thermal Transport and Phonon Dynamics |
| Tuesday February 26 |
Monwhea Jeng Department of Physics U. of California at Santa Barbara |
Scaling, Universality, and Self- Similarity in Disordered Systems |
| Tuesday March 5 |
Department of Physics Grinnell College |
When Protons Run Amok: Radiation Damage of Semiconductor Devices |
| Wednesday March 27 7:30 p.m. Dunham Hall Theater |
Dr. Virginia Trimble Professor of Physics University of California at Irvine Visiting Professor of Astronomy University of Maryland |
Cosmology: Man's Place in the Universe (William C. Shaw Memorial Lecture, also supported by the Shaw Memorial Fund and the College of Arts and Sciences) |
Fall 2001
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Thursday August 30 |
Dr. P. Narayana Swamy Department of Physics, SIUE |
"NOTHING" |
| Thursday September 6 |
James A. Wilson Physics Graduate Student, SIUE |
The Universe: An Examination of the Big Bang Theory (M.S. project defense) |
| Thursday September 27 |
Dr. Kathleen A. Harper Physics Education Research Group Ohio State University |
Alternative Problems Based on Problem Solving Research |
| Wednesday October 17 7:30 p.m. Room SL-3114 |
Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus Prof. of Physics, Elect. Engineering, and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Big Prospects for Small Science (William C. Shaw Memorial Lecture, also supported by the Shaw Memorial Fund and the College of Arts and Sciences) |
| Thursday November 15 |
Dr. Laura E. McCullough Department of Physics University of Wisconsin - Stout |
The Missing Women: Physics and Gender |
Spring 2001
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Tuesday February 20 |
Dr. David Kaplan Department of Physics Yeshiva University |
New Light in Physics: Scintillating Optical Fibers and Their Applications |
| Tuesday February 27 |
Dr. Abdullatif Hamad Department of Physics Oklahoma State University |
The Physics and Applications of Rare Earth Doped Photorefractive Glasses |
| Thursday March 1 |
Rebecca Lindell (Adrian) Dept. of Physics & Astronomy Kansas State University |
Promoting Conceptual Change in the Instroductory Astronomy Classroom |
| Tuesday March 6 |
Dr. Scott Bonham Department of Physics North Carolina State University |
The Reality and Potential of Web-Based Homework |
| Thursday March 22 |
Dr. Kastro Hamed Department of Physics Georgetown University |
Investigating Students' Understanding of Surface Phenomena |
| Tuesday March 27 |
Dr. Lenore Horner Department of Physics Creighton University |
Elektromagnetische Polka |
| Thursday March 29 |
Dr. Valeri Petkov Dept. of Physics & Astronomy Michigan State University |
Local Structure of Materials from High Energy X-Ray Diffraction |
| Tuesday April 3 |
Dr. Gregory Comer Department of Physics Saint Louis University |
Probing Neutron Star Superfluidity Using Gravitational Wave Data |
| Thursday April 5 |
Dr. Yashar Yourdshahyan Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania |
Structures and Surface Reactions from Density Functional Theory |
Fall 2000
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Tuesday September 12 |
Dr. P. Narayana Swamy Department of Physics, SIUE |
Stars, Test Charges and Other Bewilderments in Physics |
| Thursday October 5 |
Dr. Leah O'Brien Department of Chemistry, SIUE |
High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy of Diatomic Radicals (or, Now that we have a Hamiltonian, what can we do with it?) |
| Thursday October 12 |
Dr. Thomas M. Foster Department of Physics, SIUE |
Modern Introductory Mechanics: The Emperor's New Clothes |
| Thursday October 26 |
Joan Winnett Cooper Electronics Technology St. Louis, MO (SIUE Physics Alumna) |
Product development at Cooper Electronics Technology |
| Thursday November 2 |
Dr. William Thacker Department of Physics St. Louis University |
Modeling the Transition to Turbulence |
Spring 2000
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Tuesday January 25 |
Samir I. Sayegh, M.D., Ph.D. Dept. of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Washington U. School of Medicine |
The Physics and Medicine of Laser Eye Surgery |
| Tuesday February 22 |
Mary Shapiro and Linda Taft Prentice-Hall, Inc. |
Demonstration of web sites accompanying their College and University Physics texts |
| Friday March 3 |
Chung-Wu Ho, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics SIUE |
Is There a Ghost in the Machine? (Also sponsored by: SIUE Dept. of Philosophical Studies; Science and Consciousness Group) |
| Thursday March 23 |
John Walkup, Ph.D. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy University of Oklahoma |
Team Learning on the Web |
| Tuesday March 28 |
Thomas Foster, Ph.D. Center for Innovation in Learning Carnegie Mellon University |
The Problem with Solving Problems |
| Wednesday March 29 |
Stuart Hutton, Ph.D. Dept. of Physics Gustavus Adolphus College |
Dielectric Relaxation and Electrical Conductivity with Application to Lower Dimensional Magnetic and Electrical Systems |
| Friday March 31 2:00 p.m. Univ. Center Faculty Club |
P. Narayana Swamy, Ph.D. Professor of Physics SIUE |
The Indeterminacy Principle: Limits to Perception (Also sponsored by: SIUE Dept. of Philosophical Studies; Science and Consciousness Group) |
| Tuesday April 4 |
Lei Bao, Ph.D. Dept. of Physics Kansas State University |
Dynamics of Student Modeling: Understanding the Physics of Learning Process |
| Thursday April 6 |
Tom Ruekgauer, Ph.D. Textron Systems Socorro, NM |
Nonlinear Processes Within Cylindrical Microcavities |
| Tuesday April 11 |
Kanishka Marasinghe, Ph.D. University of Missouri, Rolla |
Nuclear Waste to Supermagnets: A Physicist's Adventures in Materials Science |
| Thursday April 13 |
Jim Kafka, Ph.D. Spectra-Physics Lasers Mountain View, CA |
Lasers, Pulses and Telecom (Distinguished Traveling Lecturer Program in Laser Science) |
Fall 1999
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Thursday September 9 |
Zhiyi Liu Physics graduate student, SIUE |
A Serial Interface Program for Control of the Lambda 9 Spectrometer (M.S. thesis defense) |
| Tuesday October 12 |
Dr. Warren P. Grice Physics faculty, SIUE |
Multi-Source Entanglement in Quantum Teleportation |
| Tuesday October 19 |
Dr. David A. Branning Optical Technology Division National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD |
The Quantum Eraser: Complementarity Without the Uncertainty Principle |
| Thursday November 4 |
Dr. Patricia Lindley Charles Evans & Associates Redwood City, CA Dr. Bruno Schueler Physical Electronics, Inc. Eden Prairie, MN |
Time-of-flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS): Fundamentals and Applications |
| Tuesday November 9 |
Department of Physics Illinois State University, Normal |
Image Potential States of Coated Gold and Silver Substrates |
| Tuesday November 16 |
Dr. Ik-Ju Kang Professor Emeritus, Physics, SIUE |
A Prediction of Hurricane Path by a Wave Model |
Spring 1999
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| Tuesday February 23 |
Prof. P. Narayana Swamy Dept. of Physics, SIUE |
Infinities in Physics: What we Can (or Not) Learn from Transfinite Numbers in Mathematics |
| Thursday April 1 |
Prof. Julia A. Thompson University of Pittsburgh |
Rare (Forbidden) Kaon Decays: How and Why We Look for Them |
| Tuesday April 13 |
Shawn O'Connor Physics Graduate Student, SIUE |
A Presentation of Ultra-Fast Optics |
| Tuesday April 20 |
Prof. Warren P. Grice Dept. of Physics, SIUE |
Shedding Light on Quantum Mysteries |
Fall 1998
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| September 22 | Prof. P. Narayana Swamy Dept. of Physics, SIUE |
Maxwell Equations from Schroedinger Equation: Say, What? |
| October 6 | Gail Keefe MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (SIUE Physics Alumna) |
How Physicists Use in the Job the Physics They Learned in School |
| October 13 | Prof. Greg Comer Dept. of Physics St. Louis University |
From Non-relativistic to General Relativistic Superfluids and Applications to Neutron Stars |
| October 27 | Prof. Phil Fraundorf Dept. of Physics University of Missouri, St. Louis (SIUE Physics Alumnus) |
New Eyes in Physics: Prospects, Pioneers and Pitfalls |
| November 3 | Dept. of Mechanical Engineering SIUE |
Analytical modeling of chaotic motion layers in nonlinear dynamics |
| November 10 | Dr. Donald P. Ames President, Fluotech Inc., St. Louis |
Horology: Time Keeping and Dissemination |
Spring 1998
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| January 27 | Prof. Gerald J. Pogatshnik Physics Faculty, SIUE |
Building and Managing an Academic Website Using Adobe PDF Files |
| March 3 | Prof. P. Narayana Swamy Physics Faculty, SIUE |
Sabbatical Research Fall 1997: Travels and Travails |
| March 10 | Dr. Diane Herrick Eastman Kodak Company |
Electrophotography: The Technology of Copiers and Laser Printers |
| March 24 | Prof. Frederick W. Zurheide Physics Faculty, SIUE |
Physics is Phun, Revisited |
| March 31 | Prof. Roger C. Hill Physics Faculty, SIUE |
Optical Phenomena In Nature, or, Why Is The Full Moon Full? |
| April 7 | Prof. George A. Henderson Physics Faculty, SIUE |
“A White Sportcoat and a Pink Carnation”: Do you See it? “A White F sharp or a Pink G flat”: Do you Hear it? |
| April 14 | Dr. Don Ames President, Fluotech, Inc. |
Astronaut Visor Analyses |
| April 21 | Dr. George Dubé President MetaStable Instruments, Inc. |
A Review of 1083 nm Lasers for Hyperpolarizing Metastable Helium Atoms |
| April 28 | Ted McMinn Vice-President, Technology Cutting Edge Optronics |
The Development of Diode-Pumped Solid-State Laser Systems at Cutting Edge Optronics |
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Written by Roger Hill (rhill@siue.edu)
Revised 2009 Oct 8