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Events Archive

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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
SeminarGraphene and carbon nanotube based biosensors: an alternative to fluorescence detection
Ethan Minot
Seminar
ColloquiumShining Light on the Molecular Mechanism of Cytoskeleton-based Molecular Motors
Prof. Weihong Qiu, Department of Physics, OSU
Colloquium
SeminarThe formation of atomic clusters and nanoparticles from deposition in a saturated vapor
Prof. Davide Lazzati
Seminar
ColloquiumGamma-Ray Bursts: numerical tools to understand the biggest explosions in the Universe
Prof. Davide Lazzati
Colloquium
General EventSenior Graduation Dinner 2013
Several
General Event
Senior ThesisSenior Thesis Presentations Part II
Seniors
Senior Thesis
SeminarMagneto-Optic Analysis of Magnetic Microstructures
Prof. Rudolf Schaefer, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW), Dresden, Germany
Seminar
Senior ThesisSenior Thesis Presentations Part I
Seniors
Senior Thesis
Senior ThesisA Detailed Introduction to String Theory
Andy Svesko
Senior Thesis
Ph.D. DefenseGrowth and Characterization of the p-type Semiconductors SnS and BiCuOSe
Jason Francis
Ph.D. Defense
SeminarDoping and Defects in Complex Semiconductors
Prof. Guenter Schneider
Seminar
ColloquiumCoastal Physical Oceanography
Kipp Shearman, College of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, OSU
Colloquium
SeminarTBA
Tal Sharf, Tristan deBorde
Seminar
Senior ThesisBuilding a basic computational model of impurity and surface states in a 1-dimensional solid
Bethany Matthews
Senior Thesis
ColloquiumGraphene Mechanical Wonders
Scott Bunch, University of Colorado, Boulder
Colloquium
Senior ThesisThermal conductivity of dielectric thin films by the 3-omega method
River Wiedle
Senior Thesis
SeminarOptical and Electronic Properties of the p-type semiconductors BiCuOSe and SnS
Jason Francis, OSU Physics
Seminar
ColloquiumPulsed Laser Irradiation of Doped Zinc Oxide Films
Dr. Gregory Exarhos, PNNL
Colloquium
General EventStudent lunch with Dr. Greg Exarhos
Dr. Greg Exarhos
General Event
SeminarBreaking of angular momentum symmetry for light atoms; magnetic structures within the LDA.
Skye Dorsett
Seminar
ColloquiumCavity optomechanics: Controlling mechanical motion with light
Hailin Wang, Department of Physics, University of Oregon
Colloquium
SeminarResuscitating Large-N Theory for Atomic Gases: Mean-Field Theories from Path-Integral Formalisms
Dr. Chih-Chun Chien, Los Alamos National Lab
Seminar
SeminarAdvanced spintronic materials for generation and control of spin current
Prof. Koki Takanashi, Institute for Materials Research (IMR), Tohoku University
Seminar
ColloquiumMemcomputing: a brain-inspired computing paradigm to store and process information on the same physical platform
Prof. Massimiliano Di Ventra, University of California, San Diego
Colloquium
SeminarExpanding Chemical Biology with Broadly Permissive Synthetases
Prof. Ryan Mehl
Seminar
ColloquiumHybrid Polymer Photonic Materials and Devices for Optical Communications
Prof. Robert Norwood, University of Arizona
Colloquium
General EventStudent lunch with Prof. Bob Norwood
Prof. Bob Norwood
General Event
SeminarHigh Efficiency Solar Absorbers
Ram Ravichandran, EECS
Seminar
General EventFourth Annual Physics Open House
Several Faculty Members
General Event
Seminar Imaging Microbial Biofilms in Porous Media: Technique and Applications
Prof. Dorthe Wildenschild
Seminar
Special LectureBlack Holes and Galaxy Evolution
Prof. Chris O'Dea
Special Lecture
ColloquiumRogue Atoms in Flatland: Imaging structural disorder in novel 2D materials with transmission electron microscopy
Pinshane Huang, Cornell University
Colloquium
Open HouseProspective Graduate Student Visit
Several
Open House
M.S. DefenseMasters Final Oral Examination: Design of a Data Storage System for the Start-Up Biological Sensor Company, Dahl Natural
Jessica McCartney
M.S. Defense
SeminarMarch Meeting practice talks
Daniel Gruss, Jason Vielma, David Foster
Seminar
ColloquiumSingle Molecule Bioelectronics
Prof. Phil Collins, UC Irvine
Colloquium
ColloquiumUsing Electronic Spectroscopy to Study the Local Conformations and Kinetics of Biological Macromolecules
Prof. Andrew H. Marcus, Department of Chemistry, Oregon Center for Optics, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon
Colloquium
General EventCollege of Science Winter Awards Day
General Event
SeminarTBA
Dr. Weihong Qiu, Harvard Medical School
Seminar
ColloquiumShining Light on the Mechanism of Nature’s Nanomachines
Dr. Weihong Qiu, Harvard Medical School, Department of Cell Biology
Colloquium
SeminarFaculty candidate - holding open
TBA
Seminar
SeminarTBA
Dr. Paulo Araujo, MIT
Seminar
ColloquiumOptical Spectroscopy and Phonon Self-Energy Renormalizations in Carbon Materials
Dr. Paulo T. Araujo, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Colloquium
SeminarTBA
Dr. Patrice Genevet, Harvard University
Seminar
ColloquiumPhotonic metasurfaces, a modern approach to designing optical components
Dr. Patrice Genevet, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Colloquium
General EventDiscovering the Scientist Within
Discovering the Scientist Within
General Event
SeminarTBA
Dr. Hajin Kim, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Seminar
SeminarFaculty candidate - holding open
TBA
Seminar
ColloquiumThe role of fluctuations in biology at the molecular level
Dr. Hajin Kim, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Colloquium
SeminarTBA
Dr. Sanghyuk Lee, UC Berkeley
Seminar