Colloquium Schedule, Spring 2009

All talks will be held on Thursday, except where noted, at 4:30 P.M. in Room 58 Exley Science Center with refreshments at 4:10 P.M., Room 58 (Foyer) Exley Science Center.

Date

Speaker

Title
January
22nd Greg Denbeaux ‘93
University at Albany		  Extreme ultraviolet radiation for 22 nm resolution lithography – opportunities and challenges
29th    
February
5th Daniel McKinsey
Yale University		 Direct Dark Matter Detection with Noble Liquids 
12th Cancelled!
Luca Dal Negro
 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
 Boston University		 Light in Deterministic Aperiodic Structures ß∑
19th    
26th Fred Schlachter
Advanced Light Source Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory		 Over a barrel: a world wide energy crisis
March
5th Cancelled!
April Allderdice ‘94
CEO - MicroEnergy Credits 		 “MicroEnergy Credits: Linking Microfinance Clients to the Carbon Markets” 
12th Spring Break!
19th
26th James Warren
Group Leader, Thermodynamics and Kinetics Group
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology		 Modeling crystal growth: A thermodynamic approach to pattern formation
April
2nd Dr. Jabez McClelland '76
(P '09)
Group Leader, Electron Physics Group
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD		 “Measurements for Nanotechnology: How do they DO that?”
9th Charles A.  Hall
Professor of Environmental & Forest Biology at SUNY
Syracuse  		Peak Oil, Energy Return on Investment, and Your Financial Future"
16th Sam Slishman '93   
Endorphin Power Company  		 Physics and medicine, the good and the bad: the story of a liberal arts physics major in the medical bubble
23rd Brian Stewart
Wesleyan University		  2nd Annual Earth Week Rant
30th Bertman Lecture 
Jane Wang
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Cornell University		 Falling Paper and Insect Flight

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