We host colloquia, seminars and a number of outreach events.
Speaker: Prof. Davide Lazzati, Department Head
Meet our new graduate students, and learn about our new departmental directions.
Speaker: Gaudenz Danuser
(The annual Yunker Lecture will start from 5:00pm. Light refreshment starts from 4pm. )
Speaker: Prof. Matthew McCluskey, Washington State, Physics
The optical properties of semiconductors are inextricably linked to their electronic and vibrational properties. Electronic transitions from hydrogenic impurities and vibrational modes of mass defects lead to well-defined peaks in the infrared (IR) spectrum that provide information about the… Read more
Speaker: Prof. Craig Hogan, University of Chicago
The universe on the largest scales is controlled by gravity. Quantum fluctuations of the gravitational vacuum directly influence its behavior, even on the largest scales: they accelerate the cosmic expansion today, and created perturbations during early cosmic inflation that led to all large… Read more
Speaker: Prof. Bo Sun, Oregon State Physics
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Speaker: Prof. Liz Gire, Oregon State Physics
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Speaker: Prof. Paula Heron, Physics, University of Washington
Abstract: Why do students make errors on physics problems? Errors that directly contradict what they have been taught? Errors that don’t arise from the failure to remember the correct formula? For the past several decades, physics education researchers have focused on one… Read more
Speaker: Prof. Daryl McPadden, Michigan State University
Web: https://perl.natsci.msu.edu/people/faculty/daryl-mcpadden.aspx
Speaker: Prof. Zahra Hazari, Florida International University
Web: https://case.fiu.edu/about/directory/profiles/hazari-zahra.html