Colloquia for Fall 2017
|
Department of Physics
& Astronomy Colloquia for Fall 2017 |
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Title and Abstract Link |
| 08 Sept | Hans G. Kaper | Georgetown University and Mathematics and Climate Research Network |
Mathematics and Climate |
| 15 Sept | Miguel A. F. Sanjuán |
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Department of Physics | Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, and Complex Systems: A Historical Perspective |
| 22 Sept | Jerzy
Kocik |
Southern Illinois University, Department of Mathematics |
Apollonian Fractal -- Numbers, Geometry, and Physics |
| 29 Sept | John Shebalin |
Space Weather Lab, GMU |
The Dynamo Problem, or: Where does the Earth's Magnetic Field Come From? |
| 06 Oct | Francesco Sorrentino | University of New Mexico, Department of Mechanical Engineering | Optimal Control of Networks: Energy Scaling and Open Challenges |
| 13 Oct | Michael Summers |
George Mason University, Department of Physics and Astronomy | The New Horizons Mission to Pluto: A Recap of Science Results, and a Look Forward to the Encounter with 2014MU69 |
| 20 Oct | |||
| 27 Oct |
Ira Schwartz |
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC |
Pattern Forming Swarms and the Physics of Mixed Reality |
| 03 Nov | Heather Hill | National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD |
Optical Investigation of Two-Dimensional
Electron-Hole Pairs in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides |
| 10 Nov | Darius Torchinsky |
Temple University, Department of Physics |
Revealing Hidden Symmetry Breaking in Strongly Correlated Matter |
| 17 Nov | David Siskind |
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC |
The Effect of Polar Mesospheric Clouds on the Environment at the Edge of Space |
| 24 Nov |
Thanksgiving break -- no colloquium | Thanksgiving break -- no colloquium | |
| 01 Dec | Rhonda Dzakpasu | Georgetown University, Department of Physics | Neuromodulation within in vitro Neural Network Dynamics |
| 08 Dec | Robert Ehrlich |
George Mason University, Department of Physics and
Astronomy |