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Colloquium Schedule


2012-13 Colloquium Schedule

(All events take place in Science A106 unless indicated otherwise)

Astronomy at the High Energy Frontier: First Light at the HAWC Observatory
Friday, May 3, 2013 - 2:00pm in A109
Presenter: universe.wisc.edu

Building a quantum computer with trapped neutral atoms
Friday, April 19, 2013 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Marty Lichtman

Fragile Binary Stars: Observational Leverage on Difficult Astrophysical Problems
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 2:00pm in A109
Presenter: Dr. Terry Oswalt

Searching for Life in the Universe: Where is Everyone?
Public Presentation Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 7:30pm in TNR 170
Presenter: Dr. Terry Oswalt

What the Sagittarius Dwarf Tells Us about Our Galaxy and Dark Matter
Friday, November 30, 2012 - 2:00pm in A109
Presenter: Matthew Newby

Optical Atom Traps and Localization of Light
Friday, November 16, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presentor: Pasad Kulatunga

Further Adventures:  REU and Internship Experiences
Friday, October 5, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presentors: Kyle Leaf, Jeff Kokke, and Matt Rucinski

Chronicles of Two REU Adventures
Friday, September 21, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presentors: Zac Meadows, and Sam Knapp

2011-12 Colloquium Schedule

Nanoscience and Left-handed Metamaterials
Friday, May 11, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Alexander Popov

Superfluid Liquid Helium Films in a Disordered Environment
Friday, May 4, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Dwight Luhman

Fast Control of Domain Wall Motion in Ferromagnetic Nanowires​
Friday, April 6, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Andrew Kunz

WIST: Building a Regional Collaborative Institute at UWSP​
Friday, March 2, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Gerry Ring

Measuring the Vertical Structure of the F Ring of Saturn
Friday, February 3, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Britt Scharringhausen

A Single Molecule Study of the Cell’s Skeleton: a Physicist’s Perspective on Biology
Friday, December 2, 2011 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Douglas Martin

Electron Spin Qubits in Si/SiGe Quantum Dots
Friday, November 18, 2011 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Mark Eriksson

Cosmic Microwave Background Foregrounds: Improved Model of Spinning Dust Emission and Comparison with WMAP results
Friday, November 4, 2011 - 2:30pm
Presenter: Thiem Hoang

Modeling the Hβ Emission Line in Luminosity-Averaged Quasar Spectra
Friday, October 7, 2011 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Zac Meadows

Chronicles of Two Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Adventures
Friday, September 16, 2011 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Paulette Epstein, and Micah Broehm