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The Oregon State University Physics Department has been host to many amazing events over the years. Learn more about our past events by exploring below.

DateTypeEvent
Yunker LectureExploring the Frontiers of Physics, Computation, and Quantum Innovation
Prof. Prineha Narang
Yunker Lecture
SeminarMechanical activation of membrane proteins and ion channels by tension
Dr. Juan Vanegas
Seminar
ColloquiumDriving Electronics with Micro Defects and Femto Spin Flips
Prof. Matt W. Graham, Oregon State Physics
Colloquium
SeminarProgram of Study (Pos) process
The Graduate Student Council (GSC)
Seminar
SeminarSTEM or STEAM?
Dr. Randall L. Milstein
Seminar
ColloquiumTidal Disruption Events (TDEs): Progress, Open Questions, and Prospects
Yvette Cendes, University of Oregon
Colloquium
SeminarWormhole Town Hall
Fred DeAngelis
Seminar
ColloquiumDNA-Assembled Dye Aggregates as Possible Materials for Quantum Information Science
Ryan Pensack, Boise State University
Colloquium
ColloquiumNew Direct Electron Imaging Techniques for Quantum Materials
Prof. Kayla Nguyen, University of Oregon, Physics
Colloquium
SeminarDepartment Town Hall meeting
The Graduate Student Council (GSC)
Seminar
ColloquiumUncovering extreme matter when gravity waves
Prof. Nico Yunes, UIUC
Colloquium
ColloquiumThe self-force on static and dynamic charges in Schwarzschild spacetime using the method of images
Prof. Alan Wiseman, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Colloquium
General EventOral Prelim Prep Lunch
multiple graduate students
General Event
ColloquiumWelcome back! A short Department prospectus for the upcoming year.
Prof. Davide Lazzati, Department Head
Colloquium
Ph.D. DefenseInteractions between surface acoustic waves and charge carriers in quantum materials
Dublin Nichols
Ph.D. Defense
General EventPhysics Department Walking Ceremony
Liz Gire
General Event
Ph.D. DefenseThe Thermodynamics and Kinetics of the Crystallization of Phase Change Materials
Izak McGieson
Ph.D. Defense
Senior ThesisFinal Thesis Presentations Part III
Various
Senior Thesis
ConferenceCommunication Seminar Mini-Conference
Communication course students
Conference
Senior ThesisFinal Thesis Presentations Part II - Cancelled
Various
Senior Thesis
Senior ThesisFinal Thesis Presentations Part 1
Various
Senior Thesis
General Event, SeminarElectronic Structure Poster Fair
Solid State Physics Students
General Event, Seminar
General EventDepartment Awards Picnic
General Event
ColloquiumYunker Lecture: Facilitating thinking and learning in and beyond the physics classrooms using research-based approaches
Prof. Chandralekha Singh, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh
Colloquium
Yunker LectureFacilitating thinking and learning in and beyond the physics classrooms using research-based approaches
Prof. Chandralekha Singh, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh
Yunker Lecture
ColloquiumSharing Our Science: Challenges and Opportunities in Communicating STEM
Prof. Brandon R. Brown, University of San Francisco, Physics and Astronomy
Colloquium
SeminarStudying Gamma-Ray Bursts Using COSI
Eliza Neights
Seminar
ColloquiumBinary evolution: a multi-messenger, multi-band puzzle
Prof. Katelyn Breivik, Carnegie Mellon University, Physics
Colloquium
SeminarSculpting the electrostatic landscape in quantum materials
Ethan Minot
Seminar
ColloquiumEVENT POSTPONED: New Direct Electron Imaging Techniques for Quantum Materials
Prof. Kayla Nguyen, University of Oregon, Physics
Colloquium
SeminarUndergraduate Physics Town Hall
SPS & PhIS
Seminar
ColloquiumSTEP UP: Supporting Teachers to Encourage the Pursuit of Undergraduate Physics for Women
Prof. Zahra Hazari, Florida International University
Colloquium
SeminarHow to Prepare for the Oral Preliminary Exam (including the paperwork)
Kevin Dimmit
Seminar
ColloquiumChemical Bonding? Playing catch with electrons!
Prof. John F. Wager, Oregon State University, School of EECS
Colloquium
SeminarPhysics Department Town Hall Meeting
Graduate Student Council
Seminar
ColloquiumReal-Space Superconductivity
Dr. Pavel Kornilovich, HP Corvallis and OSU Physics
Colloquium
SeminarNo PhysBit Today
None
Seminar
SeminarAstro Search
TBD
Seminar
ColloquiumProbing Cosmic Structure Evolution with Galaxy Clusters
Prof. Heidi Wu, Boise State University
Colloquium
ColloquiumNucleosynthesis and Transients from Cataclysmic Astrophysical Events
Dr. Sanjana Curtis, Dept of Astronomy, UC Berkeley
Colloquium
SeminarAstro Search
TBD
Seminar
ColloquiumInvestigating the gravitational-wave background from nHz to kHz
Dr. Patrick Meyers, Caltech
Colloquium
Ph.D. DefenseMechanics and Dynamics of Three-dimensional Cancer Tumors Invading in Extracellular Matrix
Austin Naylor
Ph.D. Defense
Ph.D. DefenseThe Amorphous-to-Crystalline Phase Transformation in Titanium-Containing Mixed Metal Oxides
Pritha Biswas
Ph.D. Defense
ColloquiumCosmic Song and Dance: Probing Supermassive Black Hole Binaries with Electromagnetic and Gravitational-wave Observations
Dr. Tingting Liu, West Virginia University
Colloquium
ColloquiumNumerical Relativity in the Era of High-Sensitivity Gravitational-Wave Observation
Dr. Deborah Ferguson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Colloquium
ColloquiumExploring the Origins of Supermassive Black Holes and their Cosmic Significance through Cosmological Simulations
Dr. Aklant Bhomwick, University of Florida
Colloquium
SeminarTBD
Alan Rempel
Seminar
ColloquiumLooking for Secrets in the Nonlinear Universe
Prof. Tom Giblin, Kenyon College
Colloquium
SeminarQuasars with Periodic Variability in Time Domain Surveys
Dr. Caitlin Witt from Northwestern University/ Adler Planetarium
Seminar