October 2004 as of July 28

October 2004
as of October 26

Tues., Oct. 5
postponed

Graduate Student Seminar:

James Beaty
Biomedical Engineering

Adviser: Prof. Hemant Tagare

Wed., Oct. 6
1:00 pm
Mason 107

Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Static Buckling and Actuation of Free-Standing Mesoscopic Beams"

Stephen M. Carr
Dartmouth University

Host: Prof. Robert Schoelkopf

Wed., Oct. 6
2:30 pm
Mason 107

Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
"From Glass to Gel: The Physics of Attractive Colloids"

Prof. David Reichman
Columbia University

Host: Prof. Corey O'Hern

Wed., Oct. 6
4:00 pm
Mason 211

Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"Probing the Micromechanics and Nanoscale Interactions of Colloidal Gels using Optical Tweezers"

Prof. Eric Furst
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Delaware

Host: Prof. John Walz

Fri., Oct. 8
noon
Mason 107

Biomaterials Seminars Series:
"Microfabrication to Manipulate and Investigate the Biological World"

Prof. David LaVan
Mechanical Engineering

A light lunch will be provided

Host: Prof. Paul van Tassel

Tues., Oct. 12
4:00 pm
Mason 107

Graduate Student Seminar:
"3D Image Segmentation Using Statistical Neighborhood Information"

Jing Yang
Biomedical Engineering

Refreshments at 3:45 pm

Adviser: Prof. James Duncan

Wed., Oct. 13
1:00 pm
Mason 107

Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Electric Transport through Systems of Magnetic Nanoparticles"

Prof. Aviad Frydman
Bar Ilan University
Israel

Host: Prof. Daniel Prober

Wed., Oct. 13
2:30 pm
Mason 107

Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
"Atomistic and Molecular Phenomena in Tribology"

Prof. Andrew Gellman
Carnegie Mellon University

Host: Prof. Udo Schwarz

Wed., Oct. 13
4:00 pm
Watson 500

Communications and Networking Seminar:
"Wireless Sensor Networks: Seamless Computing Across the Physical and Digital Worlds"

Dr. Feng Zhao
Microsoft Research

Host: Prof. Sekhar Tatikonda

Wed., Oct. 13
4:00 pm
Mason 211

Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"An Impulsive Bathtub Vortex"

Prof. Peder A. Tyvand
Department of Physics
Agricultural University of Norway

Host: Prof. Abbas Firoozabadi

Thurs., Oct 14
1:00 pm
Sloane Physics
Lab 52


Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
""Hofstadter Butterfly and Cooper Pair Density Wave
    in Underdoped Cuprates"

Prof. Zlatko Tesanovic
Johns Hopkins University

Host: Prof. Subir Sachdev

Fri., Oct., 15
(note the day)
1:00 pm
Mason 107



Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"THz Spectroscopy in the Lab and at Telescopes"

Prof. Geoffrey A. Blake
Owens Valley Radio Observatory
Division of Geological and Planetary Science
California Institute of Technology

Host: Prof. Daniel Prober

Mon., Oct 18
4:00 pm
Mason 107

Monday Evening Seminar:
"Superconducting Niobium Microbridge as Sensitive Power Detector"

Daniel Santavicca
Applied Physics

Refreshments at 3:30 pm

Host: Prof. Daniel Prober

Wed., Oct. 20
1:00 pm
Mason 107

Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Transport and Scanned Probe Investigations on Chemically Derived Nanostructures"

Prof. Hongkun Park
Chemistry and Physics
Harvard

Host: Prof. Rob Schoelkopf

Wed., Oct. 20
2:30 pm
Mason 107

Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
"Ferromagnetic Shape-Memory Alloys"

Prof. Sam Allen
MIT

Host: Prof. Ainissa Ramirez and Prof. David Wu

Wed., Oct. 20
4:00 pm
Mason 211

Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"Non-Equilibrium Effects in Capillary Pressure Relationships for Two-phase Flow in Porous Media"

Prof. M. Hassanizadeh
Department of Earth Sciences
Utrecht University
The Netherlands

Host: Prof. Abbas Firoozabadi

Thurs., Oct. 21
1:00 pm
Sloane Physics
Lab 52

Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
"Random Shapes and random maps: A Case for Stochastic Loewner Evolution"

Prof. Ilya Gruzberg
University of Chicago

Prof. Nicholas Read

Thurs., Oct. 21
3:00 pm
(note day and time)
Mason 107

Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"A Tour of Nanoscience Research at Sandia National Laboratories"

Dr. Julia Phillips, Director
Physical and Chemical Sciences Center
Sandia National Laboratories

Tea at 2:30 pm in the Mason Lobby

Hosts: Prof. Mark Reed & Dean Paul Fleury

Mon., Oct. 25
4:00 pm
Mason 107

Monday Evening Seminar:
"Fabrication of Single Electron Devices"

Michael Metcalfe
Yale Physics Department

Refreshments at 3:30 pm

Adviser: Prof. Michel Devoret

Tues., Oct. 26
4:00 pm
Mason 107

Graduate Student Seminar:
"Tunneling Spectroscopy Study of Thin Gate Dielectrics"

Wei He
Electrical Engineering

Refreshments at 3:45 pm

Adviser: Prof. T.P. Ma

Wed., Oct. 27
11:00 am
Becton Faculty Lounge

Department of Biomedical Engineering Research Seminar:
"Biomechanics of Engineered Heart Valve Tissues"

Prof. Michael S. Sacks
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Pittsburgh, PA

Host: Prof. Mark Salzman

Wed., Oct. 27
1:00 pm
Mason 107

Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Electronic Structure of Oligo(phenylene-ethynylene)s Chemisorbed on Gold"

Dr. Roger van Zee
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Host: Prof. Mark Reed

Wed., Oct. 27
2:30 pm
Mason 107

Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
"Deformation-Assisted Transformations in Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Alloys"

Prof. Michael Atzmon
University of Michigan

Host: Prof. David Wu

Wed., Oct. 27
4:00 pm
Mason 211

Department of Chemical Engineering
2004 Fall John M. Henske Lecture:
"Drinking Water Distribution: Processes that Degrade its Quality"

Professor Vernon Snoeyink
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign

Host: Prof. Menachem Elimelech

Wed., Oct. 27
4:00 pm
Watson 500

Communications and Networking Seminar:
"Distributed Coordination and Swarming of Mobile Agents: From Bird Flocking to Synchronization of Coupled Oscillators"

Prof. Ali Jadbabaie
University of Pennsylvania

Host: Prof. Sekhar Tatikonda

Thurs., Oct. 28
11:00 am
Becton
4th floor Alcove

Special Applied Physics Seminar:
"On-chip Detection of Quantum Noise in Mesoscopic Devices"

Eugen Onac
Applied Physics

Hosts: Dr. Johannes Majer and Prof. Robert Schoelkopf

Thurs., Oct. 28
1:00 pm
Sloane Physics
Lab 52

Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
"Nonlinear Transport Near Quantum Critical Points"

Prof. Shivaji Sondhi
Princeton University

Host: Prof. Subir Sachdev

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Tues., Oct. 5 postponed	Graduate Student Seminar: James Beaty Biomedical Engineering	Adviser: Prof. Hemant Tagare
Wed., Oct. 6 1:00 pm Mason 107	Solid State and Optics Seminar: "Static Buckling and Actuation of Free-Standing Mesoscopic Beams" Stephen M. Carr Dartmouth University	Host: Prof. Robert Schoelkopf
Wed., Oct. 6 2:30 pm Mason 107	Mechanical Engineering Seminar: "From Glass to Gel: The Physics of Attractive Colloids" Prof. David Reichman Columbia University	Host: Prof. Corey O'Hern
Wed., Oct. 6 4:00 pm Mason 211	Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar: "Probing the Micromechanics and Nanoscale Interactions of Colloidal Gels using Optical Tweezers" Prof. Eric Furst Department of Chemical Engineering University of Delaware	Host: Prof. John Walz

Fri., Oct. 8 noon Mason 107	Biomaterials Seminars Series: "Microfabrication to Manipulate and Investigate the Biological World" Prof. David LaVan Mechanical Engineering A light lunch will be provided	Host: Prof. Paul van Tassel
Tues., Oct. 12 4:00 pm Mason 107	Graduate Student Seminar: "3D Image Segmentation Using Statistical Neighborhood Information" Jing Yang Biomedical Engineering Refreshments at 3:45 pm	Adviser: Prof. James Duncan
Wed., Oct. 13 1:00 pm Mason 107	Solid State and Optics Seminar: "Electric Transport through Systems of Magnetic Nanoparticles" Prof. Aviad Frydman Bar Ilan University Israel	Host: Prof. Daniel Prober
Wed., Oct. 13 2:30 pm Mason 107	Mechanical Engineering Seminar: "Atomistic and Molecular Phenomena in Tribology" Prof. Andrew Gellman Carnegie Mellon University	Host: Prof. Udo Schwarz
Wed., Oct. 13 4:00 pm Watson 500	Communications and Networking Seminar: "Wireless Sensor Networks: Seamless Computing Across the Physical and Digital Worlds" Dr. Feng Zhao Microsoft Research	Host: Prof. Sekhar Tatikonda
Wed., Oct. 13 4:00 pm Mason 211	Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar: "An Impulsive Bathtub Vortex" Prof. Peder A. Tyvand Department of Physics Agricultural University of Norway	Host: Prof. Abbas Firoozabadi
Thurs., Oct 14 1:00 pm Sloane Physics Lab 52	Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: ""Hofstadter Butterfly and Cooper Pair Density Wave in Underdoped Cuprates" Prof. Zlatko Tesanovic Johns Hopkins University	Host: Prof. Subir Sachdev
Fri., Oct., 15 (note the day) 1:00 pm Mason 107	Solid State and Optics Seminar: "THz Spectroscopy in the Lab and at Telescopes" Prof. Geoffrey A. Blake Owens Valley Radio Observatory Division of Geological and Planetary Science California Institute of Technology	Host: Prof. Daniel Prober
Mon., Oct 18 4:00 pm Mason 107	Monday Evening Seminar: "Superconducting Niobium Microbridge as Sensitive Power Detector" Daniel Santavicca Applied Physics Refreshments at 3:30 pm	Host: Prof. Daniel Prober
Wed., Oct. 20 1:00 pm Mason 107	Solid State and Optics Seminar: "Transport and Scanned Probe Investigations on Chemically Derived Nanostructures" Prof. Hongkun Park Chemistry and Physics Harvard	Host: Prof. Rob Schoelkopf
Wed., Oct. 20 2:30 pm Mason 107	Mechanical Engineering Seminar: "Ferromagnetic Shape-Memory Alloys" Prof. Sam Allen MIT	Host: Prof. Ainissa Ramirez and Prof. David Wu
Wed., Oct. 20 4:00 pm Mason 211	Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar: "Non-Equilibrium Effects in Capillary Pressure Relationships for Two-phase Flow in Porous Media" Prof. M. Hassanizadeh Department of Earth Sciences Utrecht University The Netherlands	Host: Prof. Abbas Firoozabadi
Thurs., Oct. 21 1:00 pm Sloane Physics Lab 52	Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: "Random Shapes and random maps: A Case for Stochastic Loewner Evolution" Prof. Ilya Gruzberg University of Chicago	Prof. Nicholas Read
Thurs., Oct. 21 3:00 pm (note day and time) Mason 107	Solid State and Optics Seminar: "A Tour of Nanoscience Research at Sandia National Laboratories" Dr. Julia Phillips, Director Physical and Chemical Sciences Center Sandia National Laboratories Tea at 2:30 pm in the Mason Lobby	Hosts: Prof. Mark Reed & Dean Paul Fleury
Mon., Oct. 25 4:00 pm Mason 107	Monday Evening Seminar: "Fabrication of Single Electron Devices" Michael Metcalfe Yale Physics Department Refreshments at 3:30 pm	Adviser: Prof. Michel Devoret
Tues., Oct. 26 4:00 pm Mason 107	Graduate Student Seminar: "Tunneling Spectroscopy Study of Thin Gate Dielectrics" Wei He Electrical Engineering Refreshments at 3:45 pm	Adviser: Prof. T.P. Ma
Wed., Oct. 27 11:00 am Becton Faculty Lounge	Department of Biomedical Engineering Research Seminar: "Biomechanics of Engineered Heart Valve Tissues" Prof. Michael S. Sacks Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Pittsburgh, PA	Host: Prof. Mark Salzman
Wed., Oct. 27 1:00 pm Mason 107	Solid State and Optics Seminar: "Electronic Structure of Oligo(phenylene-ethynylene)s Chemisorbed on Gold" Dr. Roger van Zee National Institute of Standards and Technology	Host: Prof. Mark Reed
Wed., Oct. 27 2:30 pm Mason 107	Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar: "Deformation-Assisted Transformations in Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Alloys" Prof. Michael Atzmon University of Michigan	Host: Prof. David Wu
Wed., Oct. 27 4:00 pm Mason 211	Department of Chemical Engineering 2004 Fall John M. Henske Lecture: "Drinking Water Distribution: Processes that Degrade its Quality" Professor Vernon Snoeyink Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Host: Prof. Menachem Elimelech
Wed., Oct. 27 4:00 pm Watson 500	Communications and Networking Seminar: "Distributed Coordination and Swarming of Mobile Agents: From Bird Flocking to Synchronization of Coupled Oscillators" Prof. Ali Jadbabaie University of Pennsylvania	Host: Prof. Sekhar Tatikonda
Thurs., Oct. 28 11:00 am Becton 4th floor Alcove	Special Applied Physics Seminar: "On-chip Detection of Quantum Noise in Mesoscopic Devices" Eugen Onac Applied Physics	Hosts: Dr. Johannes Majer and Prof. Robert Schoelkopf
Thurs., Oct. 28 1:00 pm Sloane Physics Lab 52	Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: "Nonlinear Transport Near Quantum Critical Points" Prof. Shivaji Sondhi Princeton University	Host: Prof. Subir Sachdev