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Events in the academic year 2007-2008

Datesort iconTypeSpeakerTitle
2008-Jun-12Senior Thesis PresentationSeniorsThis program is updated when titles are submitted.
2008-Jun-11MS DefenseJeff HazbounThe Effect of Negative-Energy Shells on Schwarzschild Geometry
2008-Jun-07PicnicDepartment Picnic
2008-Jun-05PhD Thesis DefenseRobyn WangbergSub-diffraction Light Propagation and Imaging in Planar Negative Refraction Waveguides
2008-Jun-04SSO SeminarProf. Brian Paul, Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, OSUNanomanufacturing at the ONAMI Microproducts Breakthrough Institute
2008-May-28Special LectureDr. Paulo Freitas, Director of INESC Microsystems and Nanotechnologies at Lisbon in PortugalSpintronic biochips - IEEE Distinguished Lecture
2008-May-27Special LectureProf. John Lee, Mathematics, OSUWeierstrass Approximation Theorems - Lonseth Lecture
2008-May-19ColloquiumProf. Ed Prather, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Arizona Insights from nearly a decade of research on the teaching and learning of astronomy.
2008-May-15PhD Thesis DefenseZach WirenExchange Interaction Studies in Magnetic Semiconductors by Neutron Scattering
2008-May-14SSO SeminarHai Yue and the OSU Solar Vehicle Team OSU Solar Vehicle Team
2008-May-12ColloquiumProf. Ted K. A. Brekken, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, OSUThe Promise of Wave Power
2008-May-07SSO SeminarProf. Jamie Kruzic, Mechanical Engineering, OSUEffect of free volume changes and residual stresses on the fatigue and fracture behavior of a Zr-Ti-Ni-Cu-Be bulk metallic glass
2008-May-05ColloquiumProf. Cynthia Twohy, Atmospheric Sciences, OSUProperties and Effects of Particles that Form Clouds
2008-Apr-29PhD Thesis DefenseKatie HayPhysical Processes that control Droplet Transport in Rock Fracture Systems
2008-Apr-28ColloquiumProf. Natalie Roe, Lawrence Berkeley LaboratoryTaking the Measure of Dark Energy
2008-Apr-23SSO SeminarProf. Dietrich Belitz, Physics, University of OregonQuantum Phase Transitions and Exotic Phases in the Metallic Helimagnet MnSi
2008-Apr-21ColloquiumProf. Guenter Schneider, Physics, OSUMaterial Design Challenges for Photovoltaics
2008-Apr-16SSO SeminarProf. Janet Tate, Physics, OSUA report on the conference Graduate Education in Physics: Which Way Forward?
2008-Apr-14ColloquiumProf. Jun Zhu, Penn State UniversityProbing Local Properties of Nanostructures with Non-contact Atomic Force Microscopy
2008-Apr-09SSO SeminarVarious peopleReports from the APS March meeting in New Orleans
2008-Apr-07ColloquiumProf. Deborah Pence, Mechanical Engineering, OSUTwo-Phase Void Fraction in a Microscale Fractal-Like Branching Flow Network
2008-Mar-31ColloquiumProf. Rubin Landau, Department of Physics, OSUComputational Physics, An Improved Path for Physics Education?
2008-Mar-17Research SeminarProf. Rubin LandauComputational Physics
2008-Mar-07Research SeminarProf. Tom GiebultowiczExperimental Solid State
2008-Mar-06Yunker LectureEdward W. Kolb -- Arthur Holly Compton, Distinguished Service Professor, University of ChicagoMysteries of the Dark Universe
2008-Mar-05SSO SeminarStudentsPractice Talks, APS meeting
2008-Mar-01Open HouseFaculty/StaffOpen House for Prospective Graduate Students
2008-Feb-29Research SeminarProfs. David McIntyre and Bill HetheringtonExperimental Optical
2008-Feb-29Open HouseFaculty/StaffOpen House for Prospective Graduate Students
2008-Feb-27SSO SeminarZach WirenDetermination of Distance Effects on Manganese Spin-Spin Interactions in Magnetic Semiconductors by Neutron Scattering
2008-Feb-27PhD Thesis DefenseSkye DorsettBreaking of spherical symmetry in electronic structure; Free and immersed atoms in an electron gas
2008-Feb-25ColloquiumProf. Robert Beichner, North Carolina State University The Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment Undergraduate Programs (SCALE-UP) Project
2008-Feb-22Research SeminarProf. Viktor Podolskiy Computational Optical
2008-Feb-20SSO SeminarProf. Jens Noeckel, University of OregonGoing beyond Gaussian beams in optical resonators with mixed boundary conditions
2008-Feb-18ColloquiumProf. Diego Krapf, Colorado State University Solid-state nanopores for single molecule biophysics
2008-Feb-18PhD Thesis DefenseJeremy DanielsonN/A
2008-Feb-15Research SeminarProf. Yun-Shik Lee Experimental Optical & Solid State
2008-Feb-14Special LectureDr. Bruce D. Terris, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies PATTERNED NANOMAGNETIC BITS AND DEVICES - IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecture
2008-Feb-13SSO SeminarJustin Elser, Physics, OSUScattering free Plasmonic Optics
2008-Feb-11ColloquiumProf. Henri Jansen, Department of Physics, OSUNobel prize in Physics 2007: ALBERT FERT and PETER GRUNBERG
2008-Feb-08Research SeminarProfs. Corinne Manogue and Dedra Demaree Physics Education Research
2008-Feb-06SSO SeminarDr. Sergei RouvimovHigh Resolution Electron Microscopy in Nano-Technology
2008-Feb-01Research SeminarProf. Ethan MinotExperimental Solid State
2008-Jan-30SSO SeminarProf. Jan Gaj, Dept. of Physics, Warsaw University Optical experiments on individual semiconductor quantum dots
2008-Jan-28ColloquiumProf. David Cobden, University of Washington Phase transitions in correlated-electron nanostructures
2008-Jan-25Research SeminarProfs. Henri Jansen and Guenter SchneiderComputational Solid State
2008-Jan-23SSO SeminarProf. Tom Giebultowicz Interlayer magnetic coupling in all-semiconductor magnetic/nonmagnetic superlattice structures
2008-Jan-18Research SeminarProf. Oksana OstroverkhovaExperimental Optical & Solid State
2008-Jan-16SSO SeminarPart I: Clayton Jeffryes, BioEngineering / Part II: Debbie Gale, BioEngineering See Abstract
2008-Jan-14ColloquiumProf. Stephen Kevan, University of OregonCorrelations, Coherence, and Complexity
2008-Jan-11Research SeminarProf. Janet TateHow to get started & what is expected Experimental Solid State
2007-Nov-28SSO SeminarProf. John Simonsen, Department of Wood Science & Engineering, OSUNanoparticles from trees -- are they good for anything?
2007-Nov-26ColloquiumDr. Tom McMail Microsoft Research External Research GroupNext Generation Research and Breakthrough Innovation Indicators from U.S. Academic Research 2007
2007-Nov-14SSO SeminarProf. David McIntyre, Department of Physics, OSULasers and Quantum Optics
2007-Nov-12ColloquiumHarry Yeh, Edwards Professor of Coastal and Ocean Engineering, OSUTorque, Rotation, and Turbulence in Tsunami Bores
2007-Nov-05ColloquiumProf. Fred Goldberg, San Diego State UniversityStudents Coming to Understand Why Objects Fall Together
2007-Oct-31SSO SeminarProf. Sundar Atre, Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, OSUDesigning Nanoparticulate Systems
2007-Oct-30ColloquiumSee program http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/events/2007paulingconference/index.html The Scientist as Educator and Public Citizen: Linus Pauling and His Era
2007-Oct-29PhD Thesis DefenseRobert KykyneshiPulsed laser deposition and thin film properties of p-type BaCuSF, BaCuSeF, BaCuTeF and n-type Zn2In2O5 wide band-gap semicond.
2007-Oct-24SSO SeminarJohn Conley, EECS Department, OSUField Emission Induced UV Electroluminescence of Carbon Nanotubes Coated with Atomic Layer Deposited ZnO...
2007-Oct-22ColloquiumProf. John Gardner, ViewPlus TechnologiesHow a blind person can read physics?
2007-Oct-17SSO SeminarSkye Dorsett, Department of Physics, OSUBreaking of spherical symmetry in electronic structure: free and immersed atoms in an electron gas
2007-Oct-15ColloquiumProf. David McIntyre, Department of Physics, OSUComputation in the Paradigms Curriculum at Oregon State University
2007-Oct-10SSO SeminarKatrina Hay, Department of Physics, OSUA Theoretical Model for Wetting of a Rough Surface
2007-Oct-08ColloquiumProf. Ivan Avrutsky, Wayne State UniversityNanostructuring silicon-on-insulator thin films with an excimer laser
2007-Oct-03SSO SeminarPete Wall, CBL TechnologyIntroduction to DMM (Direct Molecular Manufacturing) utilizing CBL's (Coincident Beams Licensing) microscopy patented technology
2007-Oct-01ColloquiumProf. Markus Raschke, University of WashingtonDynamics on the nanoscale: towards imaging with nanometer spatial and femtosecond temporal resolution
2007-Sep-21General EventSeveral PresentersGraduate Student Orientation 2007, see http://physics.oregonstate.edu/gradorientation for more info.
2007-Sep-20PicnicPicnic
2007-Sep-20General EventSeveral PresentersGraduate Student Orientation 2007, see http://physics.oregonstate.edu/gradorientation for more info.
2007-Sep-19General EventSeveral PresentersGraduate Student Orientation 2007, see http://physics.oregonstate.edu/gradorientation for more info.
2007-Sep-18General EventSeveral PresentersGraduate Student Orientation 2007, see http://physics.oregonstate.edu/gradorientation for more info.
2007-Sep-17MS DefenseJosh MellonCreating Efficiencies in the Financial Operations of an Innovative Technology Business
2007-Aug-30PhD Thesis DefenseAlexander A. GovyadinovSubwavelength Light Confinement and Quantum Chaos in Micro- and Nano-Structured Metamaterials
2007-Aug-07ONAMI SeminarDr. Kenji Kitamura, Optronic Materials Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan Micro- to nano-domain engineering of ferroelectric single crystals aiming novel applications ---- From Frozen to Mobile Ferroele