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Physics & Astronomy Seminar Schedule

Trinity University
 
Spring 2005

                                  

 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. 18Gregory Shields UT AustinBlack Holes in Active Galaxies
 

 

Feb. 1Gordon MacAlpineTUAdventures in Astrophysics
 

Feb. 1

 

Miranda MartinTUBenard-Marangoni Convection in Silicon Oil
Feb. 1

 

Rusty Conner TUQuantum Chemistry

 

 

 

 

Feb. 8Lorenzo BrancaleonUTSApH-Modulated Binding of a Porphyrin to Beta-Lactoglobulin

 

 

 

 

 

***MONDAY*** Feb. 21 in ***SLH***Naomi HalasRice U.Plasmonics: Optical Nanostructures by Rational Design

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mar. 1Kathleen SurplessTUDating Rocks; or, how I use mass spectrometry to determine the timing and location of tectonic events
 

 

 

 

 

 

Mar. 22Jerry GoldsteinSwRIThe Dynamics of the Plasmasphere: Rediscovery with Ultraviolet Imaging
 

 

 

 

 

 

***MONDAY*** Mar. 28 in ***SLH***Laura McCulloughU. Wisconsin at StoutWomen in Science and Testing; or, Why Does Context Matter?
 

 

Apr. 19Adam MarshallU. ChicagoSpin Glasses and Other Phase Transitions
 

 

Apr. 26

 

Dustin ParkerTUDesign of a Prototype Zoom Telescope
Apr. 26 Kevin DoyleTUUnderstanding the Behavior of Electro-Optic Modulators, a.k.a. Correcting Amplitude Modulation in a Pockels Cell
Apr. 26 Eric DanielsonTUMore Strange Behavior of Superluminal Jets
Apr. 26Erin PerezTUParsec-scale Polarization Structure in Lobe-dominated Quasars
Apr. 26 Penny Lee WhetstoneTUCultural Bias in the Physics Classroom
Apr. 26 Skyler SaucedoTUNumerically Simulating the Dynamics of the Ginzburg-Landau Equation