Colloquia
The Department hosts more than a dozen colloquia each year, and all are open to the public. Unless otherwise noted, these are scheduled for 2:00 pm Friday in DeLoach Hall 212; refreshments are served at 1:45 pm.Spring 2013
February 8, 2013
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Dr. Maiken H. Mikkelsen, Duke University
"Plasmonics and Enhanced Light-matter Interactions of a Single Emitter"
Abstract
Website
February 22, 2013
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Dr. Joaquin Drut, UNC Chapel Hill
"Strongly interacting ultracold atoms: simple systems, perfect fluids"
Abstract
Website
March 15, 2013
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Troy Schaudt, Wolfram Research, Inc.
"
Mathematica 9 in Education and Research"
Abstract
Website
March 22, 2013
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Dr. Ashot Gasparian, NC A & T State University
"The size of the proton: How big is it?
Abstract
Website
April 5, 2013
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Dr. Curt Moyer, UNCW
“Time in Quantum Mechanics”
Abstract
Website
April 18, 2013
Annual Sigma Pi Sigma Lecture
7:00pm DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Dr. Allena Opper, The George Washington University
"Exploring the Subatomic World - How and Why"
Abstract
Website
April 19, 2013
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Dr. Allena Opper, The George Washington University
"First Results on the Weak Charge of the Proton - and a Search for Physics Beyond the Standard Model"
Abstract
Website
April 24, 2013
12:00pm DeLoach Hall, Room 224
Honors Thesis Defense
Kurt Baker
"
Forecasting a chaotic spatial temporal series using a genetic algorithm"
Abstract
April 26, 2013
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
PHY 495 Student Presentation
Kevin Carlin
"Reflection-less Scattering Potential and the KdV Solitons"
Abstract
Matthew Heiskell
"Assembly and Testing of a Low Granularity Pair Spectrometer for Jefferson Laboratory Hall D"
Abstract
Fall 2012
October 12, 2012
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
LTJG William N. Zinicola, Instructor, Naval Nuclear Power Training Command
"What the Nuclear Navy has to Offer Physics Majors"
Abstract
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http://www.navy.com/careers/nuclear-energy/nuclear-power-school.html
https://www.netc.navy.mil/nnptc/powerschool.html
November 2, 2012
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Summer Fellowship Seminar
Derek Grimes, UNCW Physics Major
"
Characterizing Stratification in the Arabian Sea”
Abstract
Ben St. Laurent, UNCW Physics Major
"Silicon Photomultiplier Production Analysis at Jefferson Lab”
Abstract
Matthew Heiskell, UNCW Physics Major
“Development of Super Conducting Solenoid Magnet Pick-Up Coils in Hall D”
Abstract
Spring 2012
January 20, 2012
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Cengage Learning, Robyn Roberts
Abstract
March 2, 2012
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Brian F. Davis, Professor, Physics Department, UNCW
"Sunlight & Shadow Interactions on Petroglyphs"
Abstract
March 9, 2012
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Heather League, Pearson Publishing
March 30, 2012
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Matthew B. Hastings, Associate Professor, Physics Department, Duke University
"An Exotic Quantum Critical Point in a Bose-Hubbard Model"
Abstract
April 12, 2012
Annual Sigma Pi Sigma Lecture
7:00 PM DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Professor Jorge Pullin, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University
"Quantum gravity: an incomplete revolution in physics"
Abstract
April 13, 2012
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Professor Jorge Pullin, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University
"Loop quantum gravity: status and recent results for cosmology and black holes"
Abstract
April 20, 2012
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
PHY 495 Senior SeminarTalks
Ashley Martin
Steven Bache
April 27, 2012
1:00 PM DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Professor Edward Olszewski, UNCW Physics Department
"Magnetic Monopoles: from Dirac to D-branes"
Abstract
April 27, 2012
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
PHY 495 Senior Seminar Talks
Sam Andrews
Runyon Colie Woods
Fall 2011
September 16, 2011
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Professor Liping Gan, UNCW Physics & Physical
Oceanography
Abstract
Thursday, December 1, 2011
"Undergraduate
Research Experience at Jefferson Lab"
Steven Bache, Samuel Andrews and Runyon Colie Woods
Abstract
December 2, 2011
PHY 495 Senior Seminar Talks
DeLoach
Hall, Room 212
Chris O'Connor and Joseph Tubergen
Spring 2011
February 18, 2011
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Ralph J. Reda, Ph.D, Senior Research Scientist,
Morpho Detection
"The Detection of Nuclear Weapons and Radioactive
Materials-Current Technology & Future Trends"
Abstract
February 25, 2011
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Assistant Professor Kenan Gundogdu, NC State
University
Abstract
March 4, 2011
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Professor
Haiyan Gao, Duke University
"Nucleon Transversity at JLAB"
Abstract
March 24, 2011
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Tyler Schweitzer, GE
Hitachi Nuclear Energy
"Nuclear Reactor Technology "
Abstract
March 25, 2011
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Professor Meng Xia, University of
Michigan
"Numerical Modeling of the Cape Fear River Estuary and Adjacent
Coasts: storm surge hindcast and plume dynamics"
Abstract
April 1, 2011
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Professor Moorad
Alexanian, UNCW
“The Bogoliubov inequality and the nature of
Bose-Einstein condensates for
interacting atoms in spatial dimensions D ≤
2”
Abstract
April 7, 2011, 7:00 PM
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Professor Paul Frampton, UNC Chapel Hil
"Did
Time Begin? Will Time End?"
Abstract
April 8, 2011
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Professor Paul
Frampton, UNC Chapel Hil
"Seeking Evolution of Dark Energy"
Abstract
April 15, 2011
DeLoach Hall, Room 212
Dr. Subrahmanyam
Bulusu, University of South Carolina
Salellite Oceanography Laboratory,
Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Abstract
April 29, 2011
PHY 495 Senior Seminar Talks
Brian Kay
Anthony Tatum
Andrew Whitley
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