2007 - 2008 PPPL Colloquium Schedule

Week
Date
Name
Affiliation
Title/Topic
Comments/Host
0
Tuesday
28-Aug-2007
Alain Herve
Former Technical Coordinator of the CMS Experiment

CERN, Geneva Switzerland Experience Gained from the Construction, Test, and Operation of the Large 4-Tesla Superconducting Coil for the CMS Experiment at CERN Steve Baumgartner/Phil Heitzenroeder Ext. 3043
1
5-Sep-2007 No colloquium scheduled - Students just returning
2
12-Sep-2007 Erik Winfree
Associate Professor
California Institute of Technology, Computer Science & Computation and Neural Science, Pasadena, CA Programming the DNA World Igor Kaganovich, Ext. 3277
3
19-Sep-2007 John Sheffield, Senior Fellow University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN - Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment What About Fusion Reactors? Igor Kaganovich, Ext. 3277
4
26-Sep-2007 Prof. Ian Dobson University of Wisconsin, Madsion
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Cascading Failure, the Risk of Large Blackouts, Criticality, and Self-Organization Stefan Gerhardt, Ext. 2823
5
3-Oct-2007 Prof. Edward W. Felten Princeton University, Computer Science and Public Affairs Electronic Voting: Danger and Opportunity Steve Baumgartner, Ext. 2820
6
10-Oct-2007 Sergey Macheret, Senior Staff Aeronautical Engineer Revolutionary Technology Programs, Lockheed Martin, Palmdale, CA Weakly Ionized Plasmas for Aerospace Applications Igor Kaganovich, Ext. 3277
7
17-Oct-2007 Prof. Stewart Prager University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin The Reversed Field Pinch: Progress from Fusion to Astrophysics Stefan Gerhardt, Ext. 2823
8
24-Oct-2007 Dr. Peter Barker University College London, U.K. Controlling the Motion of Atoms and Molecules with Intense Optical Fields Igor Kaganovich, Ext. 3277
9
31-Oct-2007 Prof. Michael A. Lieberman University of California, Berkeley - Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Berkeley, CA Nanoelectronics and Plasma Processing-- The Next Fifteen Years and Beyond Igor Kaganovich, Ext. 3277
10
7-Nov-2007
APS-DPP MEETING - November 12-16, 2007, Orlando, Florida
11
14-Nov-2007
12
21-Nov-2007
Thanksgiving Holiday
13
28-Nov-2007 Frank J. Owens, Senior Research Physicist Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, Picatinny, New Jersey Carbon Nanotube Polymer and Metal Composites Steve Baumgartner, Ext 2820
14
5-Dec-2007 Prof. Joel Fajans University of California, Berkeley Antimatter Plasmas and Antihydrogen Production and Trapping Igor Kaganovich, Ext. 3277
15
12-Dec-2007 Prof. Brian W. Kernighan Princeton University, Computer Sciences Department, Princeton, New Jersey Millions, Billions, Zillions: Why (In)numeracy Matters Steve Baumgartner, Ext. 2820
16
19-Dec-2007
Christmas and New Year's Holidays
17
26-Dec-2007
18
2-Jan-2008
19
9-Jan-2008        
20
16-Jan-2008 Taik-Soo Hahm, Principal Research Physicist Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Princeton, New Jersey
Recent Progress in Understanding Tokamak Core Turbulence and Transport Stefan Gerhardt, Ext. 2823
21
23-Jan-2008
No colloquium scheduled
22
30-Jan-2008 Dr. Peter Frumhoff, Director of Science and Policy & Chief Climate Scientist
Union of Concerned Scientist, Cambridge, Massachusetts Confronting Climate Change in New Jersey and the Northeast: Science, Impacts and Solutions Stefan Gerhardt, Ext. 2823
23
6-Feb-2008 Prof. Frank von Hippel Princeton University, Public and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton, New Jersey A Global Cleanout of Nuclear-weapon Materials Stefan Gerhardt, Ext. 2823
24
13-Feb-2008
Mark J. Kushner, Dean Iowa State University, College of Engineering Achieving Selectivity in Plasma Material Processing: Addressing the Physics While Still Making a Profit Igor Kaganovich, Ext. 3277
25
20-Feb-2008 Masaaki Yamada & Russel Kulsrud PPPL & Princeton University, Astrophysical Sciences Department Magnetic Reconnection: Recent Progress in Theory and Experiment Stefan Gerhardt, Ext. 2823
26
27-Feb-2008 Prof. Dennis Whyte Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Plasma Science & Fusion Center, Cambridge, MA The Challenges of Plasma-surface Interactions for ITER and Beyond Stefan Gerhardt, Ext. 2823
27
5-Mar-2008 Prof. Karl M. Krushelnick University of Michigan, Center for Ultrafast Optical Science (CUOS), Ann Arbor, MI Magnetic Fields in High Intensity-Laser Produced Plasmas Stefan Gerhardt, Ext. 2823
28
12-Mar-2008 Prof. Iain Couzin Princeton University, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Collective motion and decision-making in animal groups Igor Kaganovich, Ext. 3277
29
19-Mar-2008 Prof. Lev Tsendin St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russia Electron Kinetics in Glows Igor Kaganovich, Ext. 3277
30
26-Mar-2008 Dr. Valery Godyak - CANCELLED Maxwell Prize Winner; Retired, OSRAM Sylvania, Inc. Tentative Title: Research and Development Gas Discharge Lamps Igor Kaganovich, Ext. 3277
31
2-Apr-2008
Sherwood Conference - March 30 - April 2, 2008 - Boulder, CO
32
9-Apr-2008 Barry C. Barish, Emeritus Professor California Institute of Technology, LIGO Laboratory The Global Design Effort for the International Linear Collider Igor Kaganovich, Ext. 3277
33
16-Apr-2008 Francis F. Chen, Prof. Emeritus University of California, Los Angeles
Electrical Engineering Department
The Complicated Physics of Helicon Discharges Igor Kaganovich, Ext. 3277
34
23-Apr-2008 Laura Cadonati
Assistant Professor
Univeristy of Massachusetts, Physics Department, Amherst, MA LIGO: A Journey Towards Gravitational Wave Astronomy Stefan Gerhardt, Ext. 2823
35
30-Apr-2008 Dr. Linn F. Mollenauer Bell Telephone Laboratories, Lucent Technologies (Retired) Solitons in Optical Fibers for Telecommunications Igor Kaganovich, Ext. 3277
36
7-May-2008 Prof. Sergei Krasheninikov University of California, San Diego
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Dust in Magnetic Fusion Igor Kaganovich, Ext. 3277
37
14-May-2008 Earl Marmar
Senior Research Scientist
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC)
Alcator C-Mod - Recent Results and Near-term Plans Stefan Gerhardt, Ext. 2823
38
21-May-2008 Victor Malka Research Director at CNRS, Paris, France Principle and Applications of Electron Beams Produced with Laser Plasma Accelerators Stefan Gerhardt, Ext. 2823
39
28-May-2008 Dr. B. Grant Logan Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA Heavy Ion Direct Drive Fusion Igor Kaganovich, Ext. 3277
40
4-Jun-2008 Prof. Tullis C. Onstott Princeton University, Department of Geosciences The Search for Dark Life in the Universe Stefan Gerhardt, Ext. 2823

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