Spring 2016 Colloquia

Colloquia

Spring 2016 Colloquia

Our department colloquium is a forum for invited scientists to present modern research in a fashion accessible to those with a background in physics, but who are not experts in the field. Talks are aimed at the graduate level.

If you have questions about colloquium, please contact Dr. Michael Kesden.

Date/Host Speaker/Institution Title/Abstract
January 20
Host: Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki
UTD Physics Department  Who is Who in Physics
January 27
Host: Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki
Dr. Carlos Bertulani
Texas A&M Commerce
The Quest for the Origins of Elements
February 3
Host: Fan Zhang
Dr. Bruno Uchoa
Oklahoma
Quantum Hall Condensates
February 10
Host: Mike Kesden
Dr. Tom Maccarone
Texas Tech
Compact Objects in Globular Clusters
February 17
Host: Lloyd Lumata
Dr. Samar Mohanty
NanoScope Technologies
Physical Cues for Axonal Guidance
February 24
Host: Mark Lee
Dr. Jason Slinker
UT Dallas
Using DNA Devices to Track Anticancer Drug Activity
March 2
Host: Chuanwei Zhang
Dr. Han Pu
Rice
Studying strongly interacting 1D cold atoms (as if they are weakly interacting)
March 9
Host: Xiaoyan Shi
Dr. Zhigang Jiang
Georgia Tech
Magnetoplasmons and Magnetophonons in Graphene and Graphite
March 16
Host:
March 23
Host: Mike Kesden
Dr. Xinchou Lou
UT Dallas
The Higgs Boson and Beyond — Experimental Effort in Particle Physics
March 30
Host: Fan Zhang
Dr. Kai Sun
Michigan
Topological Kondo Insulators and Topological Crystalline Kondo Insulators
April 6
Host: Mike Kesden
Dr. Roger Malina
UT Dallas
DATA REMIX: the UTD ArtSciLab Research in Data Representation and Experimental Publishing
April 13
Host: Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki
Dr. Jacob Moldenhauer
Univ. of Dallas
Computational Cosmology: What can models and simulations teach us about the universe?
April 20
Host: Mike Kesden
Dr. Scott Noble
Univ. of Tulsa
Lighting Up Inspiraling Binary Black Hole Systems
April 27
Host: Chuanwei Zhang
Dr. Victor Galitski
Maryland
Topological Kondo Insulators

Current Colloquia

Fall 2015 Colloquia
Spring 2015 Colloquia

Fall 2014 Colloquia

Spring 2014 Colloquia