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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
ColloquiumFrom Confusion to Consensus: Investigating Socio-Metacognition in Collaborative Physics Learning
Thanh Le, Western Washington University
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ColloquiumEcampus teaching strategies and fluid dynamics modeling in astrophysics
Dr. Kathryn Hadley, Oregon State Physics
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ColloquiumProfessor of Teaching Interview: A Conversation
Dr. Randall L. Milstein, Oregon State Physics
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ColloquiumThe Wonderful World of AGN Variability
Matthew Graham, California Institute of Technology
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ColloquiumDesigning Curriculum to Engage Students
Dr. Paul J. Emigh, Oregon State Physics
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ColloquiumSpace Navigation using an X-ray Telescope
Andrea Lommen, Haverford College
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ColloquiumThe Landscape of Multi-Messenger Astronomy in the LISA ERA
Shane L. Larson
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ColloquiumMapping the Local Interstellar Medium with Pulsar Scintillometry
Prof. James McKee
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ColloquiumLaser Spectroscopy for Characterizing Metals, Organic/Inorganic Semiconductors and Photovoltaics
Dr. Getasew Admasu Wubetu
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ColloquiumWhy we observe?- New perspectives in ice melt dynamics through in-situ observation at the glacier ice-ocean interface
Jonathan Nash
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Colloquium2024 Nobel Prize in Physics – How Physics Shapes Artificial Intelligence
Bo Sun
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ColloquiumCan Artificial Intelligence Help Bring About Fusion Energy?
Jesse Rodriguez
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ColloquiumDriving Electronics with Micro Defects and Femto Spin Flips
Prof. Matt W. Graham, Oregon State Physics
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ColloquiumTidal Disruption Events (TDEs): Progress, Open Questions, and Prospects
Yvette Cendes, University of Oregon
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ColloquiumDNA-Assembled Dye Aggregates as Possible Materials for Quantum Information Science
Ryan Pensack, Boise State University
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ColloquiumNew Direct Electron Imaging Techniques for Quantum Materials
Prof. Kayla Nguyen, University of Oregon, Physics
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ColloquiumUncovering extreme matter when gravity waves
Prof. Nico Yunes, UIUC
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ColloquiumThe self-force on static and dynamic charges in Schwarzschild spacetime using the method of images
Prof. Alan Wiseman, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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ColloquiumWelcome back! A short Department prospectus for the upcoming year.
Prof. Davide Lazzati, Department Head
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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
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ColloquiumSharing Our Science: Challenges and Opportunities in Communicating STEM
Prof. Brandon R. Brown, University of San Francisco, Physics and Astronomy
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ColloquiumBinary evolution: a multi-messenger, multi-band puzzle
Prof. Katelyn Breivik, Carnegie Mellon University, Physics
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ColloquiumEVENT POSTPONED: New Direct Electron Imaging Techniques for Quantum Materials
Prof. Kayla Nguyen, University of Oregon, Physics
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ColloquiumSTEP UP: Supporting Teachers to Encourage the Pursuit of Undergraduate Physics for Women
Prof. Zahra Hazari, Florida International University
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ColloquiumChemical Bonding? Playing catch with electrons!
Prof. John F. Wager, Oregon State University, School of EECS
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ColloquiumReal-Space Superconductivity
Dr. Pavel Kornilovich, HP Corvallis and OSU Physics
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ColloquiumProbing Cosmic Structure Evolution with Galaxy Clusters
Prof. Heidi Wu, Boise State University
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ColloquiumNucleosynthesis and Transients from Cataclysmic Astrophysical Events
Dr. Sanjana Curtis, Dept of Astronomy, UC Berkeley
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ColloquiumInvestigating the gravitational-wave background from nHz to kHz
Dr. Patrick Meyers, Caltech
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ColloquiumCosmic Song and Dance: Probing Supermassive Black Hole Binaries with Electromagnetic and Gravitational-wave Observations
Dr. Tingting Liu, West Virginia University
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ColloquiumNumerical Relativity in the Era of High-Sensitivity Gravitational-Wave Observation
Dr. Deborah Ferguson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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ColloquiumExploring the Origins of Supermassive Black Holes and their Cosmic Significance through Cosmological Simulations
Dr. Aklant Bhomwick, University of Florida
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ColloquiumLooking for Secrets in the Nonlinear Universe
Prof. Tom Giblin, Kenyon College
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ColloquiumAttosecond Science: Understanding the Physics behind the 2023 Nobel Prize
Prof. Yun-Shik Lee, Oregon State Physics
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ColloquiumPlanning for learner variation in physics: leveraging education research and curriculum design
Prof. Daryl McPadden, Michigan State University
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ColloquiumWhat Kind of a Beast Is It? The exceptional Lie Algebra e8 and the Standard Model of Particle Physics
Prof. Corinne Manogue, Oregon State University, Physics
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ColloquiumNeutron stars: a window into dense nuclear matter
Dr. Justin Ripley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Physics
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ColloquiumImproving Student Learning: The Dual Roles of Conceptual Understanding and Reasoning Ability
Prof. Paula Heron, Physics, University of Washington
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ColloquiumMaking sense of quantum mechanics with the languages of physics
Prof. Liz Gire, Oregon State Physics
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ColloquiumThe 3D (Discovering, Decoding, and Directing) State Space of Cells
Prof. Bo Sun, Oregon State Physics
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ColloquiumHow quantum mechanics can help cosmologists solve their problems
Prof. Craig Hogan, University of Chicago
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ColloquiumUsing Photons to Understand and Change Defects in Semiconductors
Prof. Matthew McCluskey, Washington State, Physics
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ColloquiumWelcome to the Department of Physics
Prof. Davide Lazzati, Department Head
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ColloquiumMesoscale scanning probes for studying interacting electrons in two-dimensional materials
Prof. Arthur Barnard (U of Washington)
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ColloquiumCombining modeling and experiment to understand cell migration
Dr. Wouter-Jan Rappel from Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego
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Colloquium“Quantum alchemy” with two-dimensional materials
Prof. Matthew Yankowitz (Department of Physics, University of Washington)
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ColloquiumSimulating excited-state processes in mesoscale molecular aggregates
Prof. Doran Raccah
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ColloquiumHans Geiger and the Birth of Modern Physics
Prof. Kenneth Krane
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Colloquium"Disruptive" vs. state-of-the-art solar photovoltaic technologies?
Dr. Dirk Weiss, Head of Technology Assessment, First Solar, Inc.
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ColloquiumNobel Prize in Physics 2022: Entangled States – From Theory to Technology
Prof. David McIntyre, Oregon State University
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