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Past Colloquia

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2009-2010

3/17/2010Mohammad Sherafati, University of Missouri - ColumbiaElectronic and magnetic interactions in graphene: Why is graphene so unique?
3/3/2010Taner Edis, Truman State UniversityRandom Adventures in Physics and Weirdness
2/17/2010Francesc Ferrer, Washington University, St. LouisThe Engine of the Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy
1/20/2010Anders Carlsson, Washington University in St LouisNonlinear Protein Waves in Biological Cells
1/13/2010Matthew Beaky, Truman State UniversitySummer Research Opportunities in Physics
12/2/2009Aaron Dominguez, University of Nebraska - LincolnUsing Silicon Trackers for High Energy Physics
11/18/2009Gregory L. Comer, Saint Louis UniversityThe Multi-faceted Physics of General Relativistic Compact Objects
11/4/2009Truman Physics Majors, Truman State UniversityStudent Summer Research Presentations
10/28/2009Eric Majzoub, University of Missouri - St LouisEstimating the Enthalpy of Formation of Complex Hydrides using First Principles and Global Optimization Techniques
10/21/2009Peter Rolnick, Truman State UniversitySearching for a Maternal Effect in Paramecium Population Dynamics
10/7/2009Tom Cravens, University of KansasThe Cassini-Huygens Mission to the Saturn System: Recent Results
9/23/2009Mark Alford, Washington UniversitySuperconducting Quarks: Condensed Matter in the Heavens
9/9/2009John Hauptman, Iowa State UniversityNew ideas for big detectors in high energy physics

2008-2009

4/29/2009John P. Ralston, University of KansasExploring the Un-Quantum Universe
3/18/2009Jarrett Johnson, University of Texas (Truman alum)Star Formation in the Early Universe
2/25/2009Michael Goggin, Truman State UniversityProbing the Quantum-Classical Border with Variable Strength Measurments of Single Photons
2/11/2009Clifford M. Will, Washington University, St. LouisBlack Holes, Waves of Gravity, and other Warped Ideas of Dr. Einstein
2/4/2009Jacob Burress, University of Missouri - ColumbiaGas Adsorption on Nanoporous Biocarbon, Results and Pore Structure Analysis
11/5/2008Michael Mayo, University of Missouri - ColumbiaPower laws in biology: Insight into the structure-function relationship of the human lung
10/22/2008David W. Riggins, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyThe Hypersonic X Plane Legacy: The X-43 Hypersonic Aerospace Vehicle
9/24/2008Michael Ogilvie, Washington University in St LouisAre there more than four dimensions?
9/9/2008Ian Redmount, Saint Louis UniversityParticle Physics in a Dark-Energy-Dominated Universe, or, QFTICS for Beginners
8/27/2008David Zeke Besson, University of KansasRadiowave Detection of Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos in Antarctica
6/2/2008Xiuping Tao, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryProtein folding and structure identification

2007-2008

5/2/2008Chuanyun Xiao, New York UniversityAb Initio QM/MM Study In Biophysics -- Catalytic Mechanism of Enzymes and Relevant Boundary Problem
4/30/2008Alex Travesset, Iowa State UniversitySoft Condensed Matter: Where Physics, Biology and Chemistry Meet
4/28/2008Alexey Pronin, Virginia TechTBA
4/2/2008Joerg Schmalian, Iowa State UniversityFailed Theories of Superconductivity
3/26/2008Evgeny Tsymbal, University of Nebraska - LincolnPhysics of Magnetoelectronic Devices
3/19/2008Beth Lusczek, University of Minnesota (Truman alum)Astrophysics to Medical Physics: One Grad Students Journey to a Ph.D.
3/17/2008Dr. Timothy Stiles, University of Wisconsin-MadisonTissue Characterization Using Ultrasound
3/5/2008Wayne Polyzou, The University of IowaFew-body nuclear physics: working towards the transition region
2/27/2008Patrick Gibbons, Washington University in St LouisTransmission Electron Microscopy of Amorphous Metal Alloys
2/13/2008Phil Baringer, University of KansasParticle Physics at the Energy Frontier
1/30/2008Philip Fraundorf, University of Missouri - St LouisThinking on multiple scales of space, time, and organization
11/28/2007Dr. Eduardo Velasco, Truman Satate UniversityWhat is Dark Energy?
11/14/2007Dr. Fred Skiff, The University of Iowa, Iowa City.Explorations of the fourth state of matter
10/31/2007Dr. Ping Yu, University of Missouri, ColumbiaDiffusion Photons for Biomedical Imaging Applications
10/10/2007Dr. Dan Waddill, University of Missouri, RollaWhat Photoelectrons Can Tell Us About Surfaces and Their Properties
10/3/2007Dr. Evalyn Gates, University of ChicagoGravitational Lensing: The Search for Dark Matter and Dark Energy
9/19/2007Dr. Maria Rosati, Iowa State UniversityLittle Big Bangs at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
9/5/2007Eric Dieckman, Cody Sumter, and Adam Vogt, Truman State UniversityResearch presentations by Truman Physics Students

2006-2007

4/11/2007Ramki Kalyanaraman, Washington UniversitySelf-organized patterns from fast (nanosecond) metal dewetting
3/21/2007Margaret P. Hill, Southeast Missouri State UniversityIMPROVING MAGNETIC MATERIALS: PHYSICS OR ALCHEMY?
3/14/2007Steven Baldwin, Washington UniversityUltrasound as a Means of Enhancing Site-Targeted Drug Delivery
2/21/2007Bruce A. Wilking, University of Missouri-Saint LouisBrown Dwarfs in Young Star Clusters
2/14/2007Sarah E. Smith (Truman Physics Alumna), Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas CityCell polarity protein dynamics revealed by raster image correlation spectroscopy
1/31/2007Eric Patterson, Truman State UniversityChemistry in silico: Understanding chemical reactions via Schrdinger and Newton
1/17/2007Michael Goggin, Truman State UniversityQuantum Entanglement for Fun and Profit
11/29/2006Tim Flanagan (Graduate student, Truman alumnus), University of IowaDust release from surfaces exposed to plasma
11/8/2006Suchi Guha, University of Missouri - ColumbiaBlue-emitting polymers: application in organic optoelectronics
11/1/2006Alexander A. Golovin, Northwestern UniversitySelf-Assembly of Nano-porous Structures in Anodic Aluminum Oxide
10/11/2006Martin Pohl, Iowa State UniversityEnergetic particles and gamma-ray bursts
9/27/2006Peter Rolnick, Truman State UniversityAn Introduction to Relativistic Hamiltonian Dynamics
9/13/2006Raghav K Chhetri, Violet Poole, David Kiblinger, Oleksiy Golovin, Truman State UniversityStudent Summer Research Presentations

2005-2006

4/5/2006Andrew Melnyk, University of Missouri-ColumbiaIs Physicalism Refuted By Human Mentality?
2/8/2006James P. Cottingham, Coe CollegeThe Acoustics of Free Reed Instruments
1/25/2006The Physics Faculty and Jennifer Thompson, Truman State UniversitySummer Research Opportunities in Physics
12/7/2005Bret N. Flanders, Oklahoma State UniversityThe Dielectrophoretic Assembly of Submicron Interconnects with Highly Reproducible Structural Proper
11/30/2005Sergei Kopeikin, University Of Missouri (Columbia)Gravitomagnetism and the Lorentz Invariance of Gravity in the Gravitational Light-Ray Deflection Experiments
10/26/2005Peter Groner, University of Missouri at Kansas CityRotational Spectroscopy of Interstellar Cloud Molecules with Two Internal Rotors
10/5/2005Guillermo Gonzalez, Iowa State UniversityWhat are we learning about extrasolar planets?

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