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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
SeminarThe NANOGrav search for nanohertz gravitational waves
Xavier Siemens
Seminar
ColloquiumStructural Instability and Potential Collapse of Thwaites Glacier's Eastern Ice Shelf, West Antarctica
Erin Pettit (OSU, CEOAS)
Colloquium
SeminarExtreme High-Field Electron Dynamics in Nanomaterials
Yun-Shik Lee
Seminar
ColloquiumGalactic and Stellar Archaeology in the Big Data Era
Keith Hawkins (University of Texas at Austin)
Colloquium
SeminarFrom Physics to Data Science
Justin Ellis
Seminar
ColloquiumThe APS Bridge Program: Enhancing diversity in physics graduate education
Monica Plisch (APS)
Colloquium
SeminarRodriguez&Bashyal_SSO_TBA
Isabel Rodriguez & Amit Bashyal (OSU Physics)
Seminar
SeminarInternships and Jobs
Heidi Schellman
Seminar
Colloquium“Seeing Gold” - Evolving Nanotechnologies for Ophthalmology Applications
Marilyn Rampersad Mackiewicz (OSU Chemistry)
Colloquium
ColloquiumMore Than the Sum of its Parts | A Superposition of Teaching and Physics Education Research
KC Walsh (OSU - Physics)
Colloquium
General EventVirtual Info session featuring OSU alumni on UO Graduate Intern Program
Dr. Nima Dinyari (UO), Alex Kuepper & Michael Mauer (OSU alumni)
General Event
SeminarComputation and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Tools of the Trade (N.G) & How I Started doing PER (and how the pandemic modified that) (C.S)
Nickolas Gantzler & Christian Solorio, OSU Physics
Seminar
ColloquiumJourney to Paradise: The story of my transition to the Left Coast and the wonders I’ve discovered since arriving, with lots of pictures
Fred DeAngelis (OSU - Physics)
Colloquium
ColloquiumThe NANOGrav 12.5-Year Data Set: Are we nearly there?
Maura McLaughlin (West Virginia)
Colloquium
SeminarComputing for the DUNE Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment
Prof. Heidi Schellman (OSU Physics)
Seminar
Colloquium How do you make a binary black hole?
Carl Rodriguez (CMU)
Colloquium
SeminarIntroduction to Quantum Computing & Spin Qubits in Silicon
Dr. Jeanette Roberts (Intel Corp)
Seminar
ColloquiumThe 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics
David Craig and Xavier Siemens
Colloquium
SeminarSeeing Skyrmions: Imaging nanoscale magnetic knots with electron microscopy
Prof. Ben McMorran (Univ. Oregon)
Seminar
ColloquiumCore-Collapse Supernovae: From Neutrino-Driven 1D Explosions to Light Curves and Spectra
Sanjana Curtis - North Carolina State
Colloquium
Seminar12 Years of Pulsar Timing in Search for a Gravitational Wave Signal
Nima Laal & Jerry Sun (OSU Physics)
Seminar
ColloquiumModernizing Quantitative Physics Education Research
Danny Caballero (Michigan State)
Colloquium
SeminarUnderstanding the crosstalk between mechanical and chemical guidance in 3d cell migration
Pedram Esfahani (OSU Physics)
Seminar
ColloquiumState of the Department and introduction of the 2020 graduate cohort
Heidi Schellman and the new grads
Colloquium
General EventGraduate Student Orientation
General Event
General EventGraduate Student Orientation
General Event
General EventGraduate Student Orientation
General Event
General EventGraduate Student Orientation
Profs. Corinne Manogue & Liz Zire
General Event
General EventStudent R2R forum
Pedram Esfahani
General Event
Senior ThesisSenior thesis presentations, Part II
PH403 seniors
Senior Thesis
M.S. DefenseIan Founds, Master's Final Oral Exam
Ian Founds
M.S. Defense
Ph.D. DefenseJordan Pommerenck, PhD Thesis Defense
Jordan Pommerenck
Ph.D. Defense
Senior ThesisImproving the Photostability and Recovery of Organic Semiconductors: A Study on Controlling the Photo-Degradation of Functionalized Pentacene Derivatives
Ryan Tollefsen
Senior Thesis
Senior ThesisCorrugation Instabilities Across Shock Fronts in Magnetohydrodynamical Astrophysical Systems
Austin Mullins
Senior Thesis
Senior ThesisSenior thesis presentations, Part I
PH403 seniors
Senior Thesis
ColloquiumOn the road to quantum computing: what's a qubit, why would you make it superconducting, and why do we care?
Jens Koch (Northwestern)
Colloquium
Senior ThesisModeling the Nuclear Fusion Profile in a Novel Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Reactor
Jacob van de Lindt
Senior Thesis
SeminarAnnealing without Heat: Materials Processing using Photons
Prof. Julia Hsu, University of Texas, Dallas
Seminar
Colloquium2D materials and defects: adventures in atomic-scale simulations
David Strubbe (UC Merced)
Colloquium
ColloquiumSpecial Colloquium: "Accessibility Quick Tips for Remote Instruction"
Gabriel Merrell and Tracy Bentley-Townlin
Colloquium
Senior ThesisExamination of the Impact of One-Dimensional CrustalStructures on Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake Locations
McKenzie Meyer
Senior Thesis
ColloquiumTransiting Earth-sized planets in TRAPPIST-1: dynamics-based compositions and prospects for JWST
Eric Agol (UW)
Colloquium
Senior ThesisConsistent Histories Formulation of the Double-Slit Experiment
Benjamin Bauml, OSU Physics
Senior Thesis
SeminarStatistical Thermodynamic Model of Gas Adsorption in a Metal-Organic Framework Harboring a Rotaxane Molecular Shuttle
Cory Simon, OSU CBEE
Seminar
ColloquiumWhat Stubs and Sparkles In Vast Vats of Liquid Will Tell Us About Exploding Stars
Kate Scholberg (Duke)
Colloquium
OutreachCANCELLED Clover/Timber Ridge Science Night
Student and faculty volunteers
Outreach
SeminarRational design and synthesis of metal-organic frameworks for carbon capture
Kyriakos Stylianou, OSU Chemistry
Seminar
OutreachCANCELLED Family Science Night
student and faculty volunteers
Outreach
ColloquiumZOOM Colloquium - Associations Between Learning Assistants, Passing Introductory Physics, and Equity: A QuantCrit Investigation
Jayson Nissen
Colloquium
General EventOffice Open
General Event