Spring 2016 Colloquia
All colloquia are held at 4:30 p.m. in CW 102 unless otherwise stated.
Date |
Speaker |
Institution |
Host |
Title |
| 1/25 | Evan Frodermann | Univ. of Minnesota | A. Chakrabarti | C3PO: Customizable Computer Coaches for Physics Online |
| 2/4, Thu | Natasha Holmes | Stanford University | A. Chakrabarti | Re-thinking intro physics labs: Teaching and assessing critical thinking |
| 2/8 | J.T. Laverty | Michigan State Univ. | A. Chakrabarti | Preparing Higher Education for the Next Generation of Physics Students |
| 2/15 | Eric Kuo | Stanford University | A. Chakrabarti | When Getting it Right isn't Enough: Mathematical Sensemaking in Introductory Physics |
| 2/22 | Glenn Horton-Smith | K-State | A. Chakrabarti | Nobel Prize in Physics Lecture: Neutrinos: The Best-Understood "Ghost Particle" in Nature |
| 3/14 | Spring Break | |||
| 3/21 | Warren Christensen | North Dakota State Univ. | E. Sayre | Investigating Mathematics in the Upper-division Physics: Examples of Linear Algebra and Non-Cartesian Coordinate Systems |
| 3/28 | Tso-Yee Fan | MIT | N. Dadashzadeh | Laser Beam Combining |
| 3/29 | Alice Bean | Univ. of Kansas | T. Bolton | Jefferson Science Fellow Distinguished Lecture: Engaging the Public on Climate Changes |
| 4/4 | Ray Frey | Univ. of Oregon | B. Ratra |
Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger |
| 4/11 | Jonathan Reichert | TeachSpin - Jonathan F. Reichert Foundation | K. Corwin | The TeachSpin Chronicle, From Hobby to Passion |
| 4/18 | Hans Moosmüller | Desert Research Institute | C. Sorensen | Aerosol Optics, Climate Change, and Satellite Remote Sensing |
| 4/25 | Lyman Page | Princeton Univ. | B. DePaola | The CMB and Neutrinos |
| 4/26 | Lyman Page | Princeton Univ. | B. DePaola | Peterson Lecture: Observing the Birth of the Universe, Tuesday, 4/26 in the Hemisphere Room of Hale, Library |
| 5/2 | Dave Sidebottom | Creighton Univ. | C. Sorensen | Dynamic Scattering from Network Forming Liquids Near the Glass Transition |
Colloquium Committee: Ellie Sayre (Chair), Glenn Horton-Smith, Bharat Ratra, Gary Wysin, and Nicoleta Ploscariu
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