Events Archive | Department of Physics

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.

Date	Type	Event
2023-11-13	Colloquium	Improving Student Learning: The Dual Roles of Conceptual Understanding and Reasoning Ability Prof. Paula Heron, Physics, University of Washington Colloquium
2023-11-08	Seminar	Evidence for a Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves in the NANOGrav 15-yr dataset Dr. Xavier Siemens (he/him/his) Seminar
2023-11-06	Colloquium	Making sense of quantum mechanics with the languages of physics Prof. Liz Gire, Oregon State Physics Colloquium
2023-11-03	Seminar	Mechanoresponsive Proteins: From molecular mechanisms towards applications in biology and materials science Prof. Kerstin Blank Seminar
2023-11-01	Seminar	Evidence for a binary black hole merger in an active galactic nucleus disk Sophia Morton (she/her) Seminar
2023-10-30	Colloquium	The 3D (Discovering, Decoding, and Directing) State Space of Cells Prof. Bo Sun, Oregon State Physics Colloquium
2023-10-25	Seminar	Physics Pedagogy Series: Asking Good Questions in Class Dr. Corinne Manogue (she/they) and Dr. Liz Gire (she/they) Seminar
2023-10-23	Colloquium	How quantum mechanics can help cosmologists solve their problems Prof. Craig Hogan, University of Chicago Colloquium
2023-10-18	Seminar	Factors of Student Success in Computing and Physics Dr. Patti Hamerski (she/her) Seminar
2023-10-16	Colloquium	Using Photons to Understand and Change Defects in Semiconductors Prof. Matthew McCluskey, Washington State, Physics Colloquium
2023-10-11	Seminar	MINERvA's experience of cross-section extraction methods and NuXTract 2023 Noah Vaughn Seminar
2023-10-09	Yunker Lecture	Yunker Lecture: Cell shapes keep cells in shape Gaudenz Danuser Yunker Lecture
2023-10-04	Seminar	Physics Town Hall Meeting Physics Graduate Student Council Seminar
2023-10-02	Colloquium	Welcome to the Department of Physics Prof. Davide Lazzati, Department Head Colloquium
2023-06-13	General Event	Undergraduate Senior Thesis Presentations Physics Majors General Event
2023-06-09	Outreach	Lab tours for Wilsonville High School students Outreach
2023-06-06	General Event	Undergraduate Senior Thesis Presentations Physics Majors General Event
2023-06-05	Outreach	School visit to Ashbrook Independent School Outreach
2023-05-31	M.S. Defense	Two-dimensional materials: towards organic-inorganic hybrid heterojunctions Vivek Jain M.S. Defense
2023-05-31	Ph.D. Defense	Singlet Fission Dynamics in Single-Crystal Organic Semiconductors (PhD Defense) Gina Mayonado Ph.D. Defense
2023-05-30	M.S. Defense	Two-dimensional materials: towards organic-inorganic hybrid heterojunctions Vivek Jain M.S. Defense
2023-05-22	Colloquium	Mesoscale scanning probes for studying interacting electrons in two-dimensional materials Prof. Arthur Barnard (U of Washington) Colloquium
2023-05-15	Colloquium	Combining modeling and experiment to understand cell migration Dr. Wouter-Jan Rappel from Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego Colloquium
2023-05-10	Seminar	Modeling the Binary SMBH Population: Linking Galaxy Observations to the nHz GW Background Dr. Joseph Simon, UC Boulder Seminar
2023-05-08	Colloquium	“Quantum alchemy” with two-dimensional materials Prof. Matthew Yankowitz (Department of Physics, University of Washington) Colloquium
2023-05-01	Colloquium	Simulating excited-state processes in mesoscale molecular aggregates Prof. Doran Raccah Colloquium
2023-04-10	Colloquium	Hans Geiger and the Birth of Modern Physics Prof. Kenneth Krane Colloquium
2023-04-10	Seminar	Hans Geiger and the Birth of Modern Physics Seminar
2023-04-03	Colloquium	"Disruptive" vs. state-of-the-art solar photovoltaic technologies? Dr. Dirk Weiss, Head of Technology Assessment, First Solar, Inc. Colloquium
2023-03-22	Colloquium	Nobel Prize in Physics 2022: Entangled States – From Theory to Technology Prof. David McIntyre, Oregon State University Colloquium
2023-03-06	Colloquium	Physics Colloquium Prof. Kenneth Krane Colloquium
2023-03-01	Seminar	APS March Meeting Pre-Departure Talks Graduate Students Seminar
2023-02-27	Colloquium	Metastable qubits and motional state interferometers in trapped-ion systems Prof. David Allcock (University of Oregon) Colloquium
2023-02-20	Colloquium	Imaginary Mechanics from Spring Networks to Polymers Prof. Jayson Paulose from University of Oregon Colloquium
2023-02-13	Seminar	Seminar - Physics Education Research Dr. Patti Hamerski Seminar
2023-02-09	Seminar	Seminar - Physics Education Research Dr. Doris Li Seminar
2023-02-08	General Event	Women Rock at Science General Event
2023-02-08	Seminar	WIC Thesis Fair Seminar
2023-02-06	Seminar	Seminar - Physics Education Research Dr. Dina Alaee Zohrabi Seminar
2023-02-01	Seminar	Seminar - Physics Education Research Dr. Alex Werth Seminar
2023-01-25	Seminar	Seminar - Physics Education Research Dr. Mike Vignal Seminar
2023-01-23	Colloquium	Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 Prof. David McIntyre, Oregon State University Colloquium
2023-01-18	Seminar	TBA Dr. Karen Fonseca Romero, the National University of Columbia. Seminar
2022-12-06	M.S. Defense	Designing Exciton Polariton Properties in Organic Semiconductor Microcavites Roshell Lamug M.S. Defense
2022-11-30	Seminar	Supermassive Black Hole Binaries and Where to Find Them Dr. Bence Bécsy, Oregon State University [Siemens Group] Seminar
2022-11-28	Colloquium	How Random Are Quantum Random Numbers? Prof. Maximilian Schlosshauer, University of Portland Colloquium
2022-11-21	Colloquium	From a Grain of Sand to a (Quantum) Bit of Information Jim Clarke, Director of Quantum Hardware Intel Labs Colloquium
2022-11-14	Colloquium	Developing and utilizing computational physics approaches to study biology problems Prof. Lin Li, University of Texas at El Paso Colloquium
2022-11-14	Colloquium	Presentation: Developing and Utilizing Computational Physics Approaches to Study Biology Problems Colloquium
2022-11-02	Colloquium	The Heavyweight W boson - an Upset to the Standard Model of Particle Physics Prof. Ashutosh Kotwal, Duke University Colloquium