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Physics & Astronomy Seminar Schedule

Trinity University

Spring 2003

 All seminars are on Tuesdays at 4:00 PM, 

in Marrs McLean Science Center (MMS), Room 170,

*** unless otherwise noted! ***

(MMS is located at the eastern terminus of Oakmont Ct.)

 

Date SpeakerInstitution Title/Topic
Jan 28 Dan Spiegel  TULaser-induced Pattern Formation in a Liquid Crystal
Jan 28 Gene Clark TUExploring Active Galactic Nuclei with a Principal Component Analysis of  Their Spectra
Jan 28 David Hough TURadio Studies of Quasars and Active Galaxies
    
Feb. 4, *** IN CHAPMAN AUDITORIUM*** John Glennformerly of NASA and the U.S. SenateSpecial Lecture
    
***MONDAY, Feb. 10, IN SCIENCE LECTURE HALL***Heinz-Otto PeitgenU. Bremen, Florida Atlantic U.Mathematical Methods in Medical Imaging: Analysis of Vascular Structures for Liver Surgery Planning
    
 Feb. 18 Jack L. Lancaster UT Health Science Center at San AntonioAn MRI Model of Myelination in Children 
    
Feb. 25Latika MenonTexas Tech U.Self-assembled Nanoarrays Using Porous Alumina: Fabrication, Characterization, Physics, and Devices
    
 Mar.18 Raymond GoldsteinSouthwest Research InstituteThe Solar Wind 
    
Mar. 25R. David BakerAustin CollegeEarth, Air, Water, and Fire: Essential Elements for Thunderstorm Development?
    
 
 Apr. 1 Lam H. Yu Rice U. Nonmetallicity in highly disordered gold nanojunctions at low temperatures
    
Apr. 8Bruce MillerTexas Christian U.Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics of Gravitating Systems
    
    
***WEDNESDAY, Apr. 16, IN SCIENCE LECTURE HALL***Richard SmalleyRice U.Band-Gap Fluorescence from Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
    
 
 Apr. 22Dwight Russell Baylor U.Electron Irradiation of Alkali Halides
    
 Apr. 29 Ricky Castillo TU Functional Brain Mapping and Cross-Modal Plasticity in the Blind
 Apr. 29 Anne Houston & Alex Webb TUSuperluminal Motion and Magnetic Fields in Quasar Jets 
 Apr. 29 Barbara Anne McClain TU Symmetry and Deformation: A Nuclear Journey
 Apr. 29 Tait Ecklund & Ryan Lester TUCRABBING 
 Apr. 29 Scott Winter TU Multiple Quasiparticle Excitations in the 159,160-Er Nuclei
 Apr. 29 Justin LinickTU Taking Color Astronomical Images with a CCD 
 Apr. 29 Chris Giebink TULaser-induced localized electroconvection in a nematic liquid crystal