Michigan State University
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Spring 2002 Colloquium Schedule

Colloquia are presented at 4:10 pm on Tuesdays in 118 Physics-Astronomy Building
Refreshments are served at 3:45 p.m. outside 224 Physics-Astronomy Building

Date  (2002)		Speaker		Speaker's  Institution		Title		Local  Host
Jan. 15		Mikhail D. Lukin		Harvard University		"Trapped" Photon States and Quantum Information		Zelevinsky
Jan. 22		Daniel C. Mattis		University of Utah		The Transfer Matrix and its Generalization in Statistical Mechanics		Mahanti
Jan. 29		James Cronin		University of Chicago		The Pierre Auger Observatories: A Search for the Nature and Origin of the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays		Pope
Feb. 5		David C. Larbalestier		University of Wisconsin		Superconductivity at 39K in MgB2: New Physics, New Applications, New Horizons?		Zeller
Feb. 12		Francis Halzen		University of Wisconsin		Kilometer Scale Neutrino Observatories		Huston
Feb. 19		John N. Ng		TRIUMF		Probing Extra Dimensions with Neutrinos		Yuan
Feb. 26		Eberhard Bodenschatz		Cornell University		Why Does a Mosquito Care about Turbulence and Why Should You?		Zelevinsky
Mar. 5		SPRING BREAK:   NO COLLOQUIUM
Mar. 12		Adam Para		Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory		The Puzzle of the Neutrino Mass		Bromberg
Mar. 19		J. Ritchie Patterson		Cornell University		Confronting the Strong Force with Charm		-
Mar. 26		Teng Lek Khoo		Argonne National Laboratory		Superdeformation in Nuclei: Order Embedded in Chaos		Zelevinsky
Apr. 2		Craig Davis		Ford Motor Company		Physics and Industry		Thorpe
Apr. 9		Stuart Lindsay		Arizona State University		Scanning Probe Microscopy - A Nanoview of Molecular Biology		Thorpe
Apr. 16		Jon J. Kruse		Mayo Clinic		Image Guided Radiation Therapy		Galonsky
Apr. 23		Philip R. Goode		Big Bear Solar Observatory, New Jersey Institute of Technology		The Sun (and Moon) from Big Bear Solar Observatory		Stein

Map to the MSU Physics-Astronomy Building.

Building accessibility information.

Contact Lorie Neuman at neuman@pa.msu.edu for more information or if special accommodations are necessary.
Organized by Vladimir Zelevinsky and S.D. Mahanti

This page last updated 3-15-2002