Fall 2006 Clark Physics Colloquium Schedule

Thursdays at 4:15 p.m. in Room N-105
Sackler Science Center
Refreshments at 4:00 p.m.
Special times and rooms denoted in boldface.

date speaker institution title host
September 1, 2 pm Samvel Gevorgyan Yerevan State University & National Academy of Sciences Abilities of a flat-coil-oscillator technique to study peculiarities of SC-matter and to create high-resolution test and control devices and Departmental Awards
September 7 Dedra Demaree Holy Cross Writing to Learn in Physics: Is it worth the effort? Gould
September 14        
September 21        
September 28 Sanjoy Mahajan University of Cambridge & MIT's Teaching and Learning Laboratory 2=1, or Teaching the gentle art of lying Gould
October 5        
October 12 Moataz Emam Clark University The theory formerly known as String Theory - a review  
October 13-14 NES APS/AAPT(Holy Cross College) The Physics of Sports Holy Cross
Friday, October 20, 2:15 pm Danny Abrams MIT (EAPS) A coupled oscillator model of the Millennium Bridge instability Kudrolli
October 26        
November 2 Francis Starr Wesleyan Some Assembly Required: Computer-Aided Design of Materials from the Bottom Up Gould
November 9 Nat Fortune Smith College Making the best of conflicting advice: quantum phase transitions in the spin 1/2 antiferromagnet Cs2CuBr4 abstract Landee
Friday, November 10, 2:15 pm Jin-Qiang Zhong New York University Thermal Convection with a freely moving boundary abstract Kudrolli
November 16 Vinothan Manoharan Harvard Shaky stuff: internal dynamics of foams Kudrolli
November 23 Thanksgiving      
November 30        
December 7        
Tuesday, December 12 Mina Khanlarzadeh Clark University Master's Thesis defense

Clark U Physics

Updated October 30, 2006
Sujata Davis: sudavis@guessu.edu