Wed., Oct.
2
2:30 pm
Mason 107
|
- "Dendritic
Growth"
- Prof. M. E.
Glicksman
Materials Science and Engineering Department
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
|
Host: Prof. David
Wu
|
Wed.,
Oct. 2
4:00 pm
Mason 211
|
- Department
of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"Synthesis and Characterization of Novel
Catalytic Materials""
- Prof. Jingguang Chen
Materials Science and Engineering
University of Delaware
|
Host: Prof. Gary
L. Haller
|
Mon.,
Oct. 7
4:00 pm
Mason
107
|
- Special
Monday Evening Seminar (Applied Physics Panel Discussion):
"The Schon Affair: How did it Happen and What are its
Lessons?"
- Prof.
Charles Ahn
Prof. Daniel Ralph
Prof. Michel Devoret
Prof. A. Douglas Stone
|
Host: Faculty of
Applied Physics
|
Wed.,
Oct. 9
2:30 pm
Mason 107
|
- Mechanical
Engineering Seminar:
"Scale Dependent Deformation and Field Projection in Nano- and
Micro-Mechanics of Solids"
- Prof.
Kyung-Suk Kim
Department of Engineering
Brown University
|
Host:
Prof. Udo Schwarz
|
Wed.,
Oct. 9
4:00 pm
Mason 211
|
- Department
of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"Catalysts and Reactors for Production of
Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes of Reproducible Quality"
- Prof. Daniel E. Resasco
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Oklahoma
|
Host:
Prof. Gary L. Haller
|
Mon., Oct. 14
4:00 pm
Mason 107
|
- Special
Condensed Matter Seminar:
"Nearly
Crystalline Electron Solids"
-
Prof.
Steve Kivelson
UCLA
Refreshments will be served
|
Host: Prof.
Subir Sachdev
|
- Wed.,
Oct. 16
1:00
pm
- Mason 107
|
- Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Fun with Josephson Junctions: Quantum Bits and Quantum
Ratchets"
-
Prof. Kenneth Segall
MIT
|
- Host:
Prof. Daniel Prober
|
Wed.,
Oct. 16
2:30 pm
Mason 107
|
- Mechanical
Engineering Seminar:
"Granular Shear Flow: Memory in Sand"
- Prof.
Wolfgang Losert
Department of Physics
University of Maryland
|
Host: Prof.
Corey O'Hern
|
Wed.,
Oct. 16
4:00 pm
Davies Auditorium
Becton Center
|
- Tetelman/Engineering
Sesquicentennial Distinguished Lecturer Series:
"Synthetic
Gene Delivery Systems"
- Prof. Mark
E. Davis
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
|
Host: Dean Paul
A. Fleury
|
Thurs.,
Oct. 17
1:00 pm
Room Sloane Physics Lab 52
|
- Condensed
Matter Physics Seminar:
"Effects of Screening and Dissipation at the Superconductor-Insulator Transition"
- Ashvin
Vishwanath
MIT
|
Host: Subir Sachdev
|
|
Fri.,
Oct. 18
1:30
pm
Becton 408
|
- Special
Applied Physics Seminar: "Superconducting High-resolution
X-ray"
- Dr.
Stephan Friedrich
Livermore National Laboratory
|
Host: Prof.
Daniel Prober
|
Postponed:
Mon.,
Oct. 21 4:00 pm
Mason 107
|
- Postponed:
- Monday
Evening Seminar:
"Uni-directional lasing in InGaN
Quantum well Spiral-shaped Microcavities"
- Grace
Chern
Applied Physics
Refreshments will be served
|
Advisor: Prof.
Richard Chang
|
Mon.,
Oct. 21 4:00 pm
119 HGS
(320 York St.)
|
- "When
You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!"
(Yogi Berra's Guide to the Quantum World)
- Prof. R.
Shankar
Physics and Applied Physics
|
|
Tues.,
Oct. 22 4:00 pm
Mason 107
|
- Graduate
Student Seminar:
"A Framework for Maintaining Formations of Autonomous Vehicles
and Robots Based on Rigidity"
- Tolga Eren
Electrical Engineering
|
Advisor: Prof.
Peter Belhumeur
|
Wed.,
Oct. 23 1:00 pm
Mason 107
|
- Solid
State and Optics Seminar:
"Solid State Quantum Computing"
- Prof.
Vladimir Privman
Physics Department
Clarkson University
Director, Center for Quantum Device Technology, NSF
|
Host: Prof. Sean
Barrett
|
Wed.,
Oct. 23 2:30 pm
Mason 107
|
- Mechanical
Engineering Seminar:
"Granular Matter Needs a New Statistical Mechanics"
- Prof.
Hernan Makse
Levich Institute
City University of New York
Refreshments at 2:15 pm
|
Host. Prof.
Jerzy Blawzdziewicz
|
Wed.,
Oct.
23
4:00
pm
Mason 211 |
- Department
of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"Functional
Materials and Devices via Electrically Driven Assembly of Colloidal
Particles"
- Prof.
Orlin D. Velev
Department of Chemical Engineering
North Carolina State University
|
Host:
Prof. John Walz |
Thurs.,
Oct. 24
1:00 pm
Room Sloane Physics Lab 52 |
- Condensed Matter Physics
Seminar:
"Spin Crystal, Spin Glass, Spin Ice and Spin Liquid States in Frustrated Magnetic Pyrochlore Materials"
- Prof. Michel Gingras
University of Waterloo
|
Host:
Prof. Steve Girvin |
Fri.,
Oct. 25
4:00 pm
Dunham
5th floor Conference Room |
- Center
for Systems Science Seminar:
"The Interaction between Information and Control"
- Prof.
Sekhar Tatikonda
Electrical Engineering
|
Host:
Prof. Kumpati Narendra |
Mon.,
Oct 28
4:00 pm
Mason 107 |
-
Monday
Evening Seminar:
"Physical Foundations of Novel IR
Devices: 'God is in the details"
- Prof.
Janet Pan
Electrical Engineering
Refreshments at 3:30 pm in the
Mason Lounge
|
Host:
Prof. Richard Chang |
Wed.,
Oct. 30 2:30 pm
Mason 107 |
- Mechanical
Engineering Seminar:
"Should an Engineer be Concerned with Chemical Kinetics?"
- Prof.
Robert S. Tranter
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Illinois at Chicago
Refreshments at 2:15 pm
|
Host:
Prof. Alessandro Gomez |
Wed.,
Oct. 30
4:00 pm
Mason 211
|
- Department
of Chemical Engineering Barnett
F. Dodge Lecture:
"Particle Stability in Natural and Technological Aquatic
Environments"
- Prof.
Charles R. O'Melia
Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Reception
at 3:15 pm, Mason Lobby
|
Host:
Prof. Menachem
Elimelech
|
Thurs.,
Oct. 31 1:00 pm
Sloane Physics Lab 52
|
- Condensed
Matter Physics Seminar:
"Shocking Snowflakes: Geometry and Crystal Growth"
- Prof. John
Wettlaufer
Geophysics and Physics
|
Host: Prof.
Steve Girvin
|
Thurs.,
Oct. 31 2:30 pm
Mason 107
|
- Department
of Chemical
Engineering Seminar:
"Colloidal Stability and Surface Chemistry,"
-
Prof.
Egon Matijevic
Victor LaMer Professor of Colloid and Surface Science
Clarkson University
|
Host:
Prof. Menachem
Elimelech
|
