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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
ColloquiumNanoplasmonics & Metamaterials: From Physical Fundamentals to Life Sciences & Point of Care Diagnostics
Dr. Ahmet Ali Yanik, Harvard Medical School
Colloquium
SeminarBig opportunities to research small things
Michael Zwolak
Seminar
General EventLunch with students
Dr. Matthew Comstock, UIUC
General Event
SeminarExpanding the frontiers of single molecule biophysics: looking deeper and more broadly to further understanding and application.
Dr. Matthew Comstock, UIUC
Seminar
ColloquiumSeeing structure and function of biological molecular machines in real-time: angstrom-resolution optical trapping and single molecule fluorescence.
Dr. Matthew Comstock, UIUC
Colloquium
ColloquiumThe power of small quantum information processors
Dr. Robin Blume-Kohout, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Colloquium
SeminarLibrary Resources for Research
Uta Hussong-Christian
Seminar
SeminarMagnetoresistance and spin-transfer torque in magnetic tunnel junctions
Prof. Shinji Yuasa, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
Seminar
ColloquiumNo big deal: Various adventures to the nanoscale and back
Prof. Michael Zwolak, OSU
Colloquium
SeminarComputational Physics Research
Guenter Schneider
Seminar
Ph.D. DefenseTerahertz Spectroscopy of Semiconductor and Metal Nanostructures
Andrew Jameson
Ph.D. Defense
SeminarPart I: Materials Physics Research, Part II Physics Education Research
Janet Tate & Dedra Demaree
Seminar
Ph.D. DefenseDenny Jackson Defense
Denny Jackson
Ph.D. Defense
SeminarStudies of the regulated activity of the motor protein myosin
David Altman, Willamette University
Seminar
ColloquiumNanophotonics: The Art of Managing Photons at the Nanoscale
Prof. Mark Brongersma, Stanford University
Colloquium
SeminarCold Atom Electron Source
Sebastian Saliba, Univ. of Melbourne, Portland State Univ.
Seminar
ColloquiumLearning and Forgetting in Large Introductory Courses
Prof. Eleanor Sayre, Kansas State University
Colloquium
Yunker LectureRelativity, Quantum Physics, and Graphene
Philip Kim, Professor of Physics, Columbia University
Yunker Lecture
SeminarElectric Field Effect Control of Low-dimensional Transport Phenomena in Nanoscaled Materials
Prof. Philip Kim, Columbia University
Seminar
SeminarExploiting Heat at the Nanoscale
P. Alex Greaney, MIME, Oregon State University
Seminar
ColloquiumBuilding electronics at the nanoscale to watch nature at the nanoscale
Prof. Ethan Minot
Colloquium
SeminarDynamics of an inhomogeneous quantum phase transition
Marek Rams, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Seminar
ColloquiumNew Frontiers in Optical Science: Terahertz Spectroscopy of Two Dimensional Systems
Prof. YunShik Lee
Colloquium
SeminarMeasurement of twisting and torquing by a single biological molecular motor reveals details of motor mechanism
Craig Hetherington, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
Seminar
General EventNW-APS meeting day 2
Many
General Event
General EventNW-APS meeting day 1
Many
General Event
Special LectureThe Greatest Scientific Achievements of the Hubble Space Telescope
Dr. Mario Livio, Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
Special Lecture
General EventNW-APS meeting day 0
Many
General Event
SeminarShell rupture threshold of single UCA microbubbles
Ali Almaqwashi, OSU
Seminar
ColloquiumClickers in context: How is peer instruction used in the classroom (and what works?)
Stephanie Chasteen, U of Colorado
Colloquium
Ph.D. DefenseCarbon nanotube devices engineered by atomic force microscopy
Landon Prisbrey
Ph.D. Defense
SeminarAPSNW practice talks
OSU physics students
Seminar
M.S. DefenseA classical density-functional theory for describing water interfaces
Jessica Hughes
M.S. Defense
ColloquiumComputational Chemistry: Applying Computational Techniques Towards the Advancement of Synthesis, Materials, and Biology
Prof. Paul Cheong, Dept. of Chemistry, OSU
Colloquium
SeminarPhases, Broken Symmetries, and Goldstone Modes in Helical Magnets
Prof. Dietrich Belitz, University of Oregon
Seminar
General EventNational Nuclear Security Administration: Nonproliferation Graduate Fellowship Program
Dr. Peter Sprunger, PNNL
General Event
ColloquiumDeveloping A Model for Future eTextBooks
Prof. Rubin Landau, Oregon State University
Colloquium
General EventOrientation for new graduate students
Several
General Event
SeminarTerahertz molecular imaging and its applications
Prof. Joo-Hiuk Son, Department of Physics, University of Seoul
Seminar
SeminarSingle-Biomolecule Kinetics: The Art of Studying a Single Enzyme
Prof. Kerstin Blank, Uni. of Nijmegen
Seminar
Senior ThesisSenior thesis presentations
Seniors in PH403
Senior Thesis
SeminarTerahertz Spectroscopy of Ni-Ti Alloy Thin Films
Andy Jameson
Seminar
Senior ThesisMonte Carlo simulations of structure and melting transition in small Ag clusters
Lee Collins
Senior Thesis
Senior ThesisGravitational waves and the LISA detector
Jessica Gifford
Senior Thesis
SeminarOptoelectronic Properties of Organic Semiconductor Materials
Whitney Shepherd
Seminar
ColloquiumGraphene Optoelectronics and Plasmonics
Prof. Xiaodong Xu, Uni. Wash.
Colloquium
Ph.D. DefenseLabel-free biosensing with carbon nanotube transistors
Matthew Leyden
Ph.D. Defense
SeminarHigh resolution photoelectron microscopy
Rolf Koenenkamp, Portland State University
Seminar
SeminarCarbon nanotube optoelectronics
Ethan Minot
Seminar
ColloquiumCANCELLED: Highly efficient inorganic cathode and anode for organic light emitting diodes
Hiroshi Yanagi, Yamanashi University
Colloquium