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Events Archive

People gathered in a field for the 2017 eclipse.

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
SeminarAPS Career Mentoring Seminar
Dr. Jameson O'Reilly, Univeristy of Oregon
Seminar
SeminarIntellectual Property Law for Physicists
Shawn Kolitch (main presenter), Jake Peterfeso (available for questions and discussion)
Seminar
Yunker LectureDriving quantum matter out-of-equilibrium
Prof. Prineha Narang
Yunker Lecture
ColloquiumMapping the Local Interstellar Medium with Pulsar Scintillometry
Prof. James McKee
Colloquium
SeminarNew Tech for Amateur Astrophotographers
Tom Carrico
Seminar
ColloquiumLaser Spectroscopy for Characterizing Metals, Organic/Inorganic Semiconductors and Photovoltaics
Dr. Getasew Admasu Wubetu
Colloquium
SeminarRecent searches for nhz frequency gravitational waves with the MeerKAT pulsar timing array
Pratyasha Gitika (Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia)
Seminar
ColloquiumWhy we observe?- New perspectives in ice melt dynamics through in-situ observation at the glacier ice-ocean interface
Jonathan Nash
Colloquium
SeminarCelts and Comets
Dr. Randall L. Milstein
Seminar
Colloquium2024 Nobel Prize in Physics – How Physics Shapes Artificial Intelligence
Bo Sun
Colloquium
ColloquiumCan Artificial Intelligence Help Bring About Fusion Energy?
Jesse Rodriguez
Colloquium
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