Week |
Date |
Name of Speaker |
Affiliation |
Title/Topic |
Comments/Host |
1 |
3-Sep-2008 |
STUDENTS RETURNING |
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2 |
10-Sep-2008 |
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3
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17-Sep-2008 |
Dr. Glen Wurden |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Free-floating Atmospheric Ball Plasmas |
Stewart Zweben |
4 |
24-Sep-2008 |
Professor Jerry Woodall |
Purdue University |
Solid Aluminum Alloys: A High Energy Density Material for Safe Energy Storage, Transport and Splitting Water to Make Hydrogen on Demand |
Larry Dudek |
5 |
1-Oct-2008 |
Professor Adam Maloof |
Princeton University |
Rock Magnetic Evidence for Rapid Motion of the Solid Earth With Respect to its Spin Axis |
Stewart Zweben |
6 |
6-Oct-2008 |
Professor Dr. Thomas Klinger |
IPP Greifswald, Germany |
Steady-State Operation of Fusion Plasmas-The Stellarator Project Wendelstein 7-X |
Stewart Zweben |
7 |
15-Oct-2008 |
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8 |
21-Oct-2008 |
Professor Robert Park |
University of Maryland |
Superstition in the Age of Science |
Stewart Zweben |
9 |
29-Oct-2008 |
Dr. John Grant |
Smithsonian Institution |
Mars Exploration Rovers: Still Driving on Mars |
Neil Pomphrey |
10 |
5-Nov-2008 |
Professor Hassan Aref |
Virginia Tech |
The Three-Vortex Problem |
Neil Pomphrey |
11 |
12-Nov-2008 |
C A N C E L L E D | |||
12 |
19-Nov-2008 |
APS-DPP MEETING, NOVEMBER 17-21, 2008, DALLAS, TX | |||
13 |
26-Nov-2008 |
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
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14 |
3-Dec-2008 |
Professor Bonnie Bassler |
Princeton University |
Small Talk: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria |
Neil Pomphrey |
15
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10-Dec-2008 |
Dr. David Campbell |
ITER |
ITER: Design Evolution towards Burning Plasma Experiments |
Stewart Zweben |
16 |
17-Dec-2008 |
Professor Allen Boozer | Princeton University | Tokamaks and Quasi-Axisymmetric Shaping | Neil Pomphrey |
17 |
24-Dec-2008 |
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S DAY HOLIDAYS | |||
18 |
31-Dec-2008 |
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19 |
7-Jan-2009 |
Professor Steve Cowley |
UKAEA Culham |
Explosive Instability and Fusion |
Stewart Zweben |
20 |
14-Jan-2009 |
Dr. Tony Rothman |
Princeton University |
Japanese Temple Geometry |
Stewart Zweben |
21 |
21-Jan-2009 |
Professor Alain Goriely |
University of Arizona |
Old and New Problems in the Physics of Plants |
Neil Pomphrey |
22 |
28-Jan-2009 |
C A N C E L L E D | |||
23 |
4-Feb-2009 |
Professor Charles Seife |
New York University |
Fusion, the Public, and the Press |
Stewart Zweben |
24 |
11-Feb-2009 |
Professor Freeman Dyson |
Institute for Advanced Study |
Can a Single Graviton be Observed? |
Stewart Zweben |
25 |
18-Feb-2009 |
Professor Claire Max |
University of California, Santa Cruz |
Adaptive Optics and Laser Guide Stars for Astronomy and Medical Applications |
Stewart Zweben |
26
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25-Feb-2009 |
Professor Jacopo Buongiorno |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
The Nuclear Renaissance in the U.S. |
Neil Pomphrey |
27 |
4-Mar-2009 |
C A N C E L L E D |
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28 |
11-Mar-2009 |
Professor Joseph Formaggio |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
When Going Underground, Remember the Sunscreen |
Stewart Zweben |
29 |
18-Mar-2009 |
Dr. Carlos Calle |
NASA Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory, Kennedy Space Center |
Controlling Dust During Lunar Exploration Missions |
Stewart Zweben |
30 |
25-Mar-2009 |
Professor Eric Blackman |
University of Rochester |
Helmet Protection against Traumatic Brain Injury: A Physics Perspective on this Interdisciplinary Frontier |
Stewart Zweben |
31 |
1-Apr-2009 |
Dr. Dale Meade |
Fusion Innovation Research and Energy |
Highlights of 50 Years of Fusion Research |
Stewart Zweben |
32
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10-Apr-2009 |
Dr. Gavin Schmidt |
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies |
What Good are Climate Models? |
Stewart Zweben |
33 |
15-Apr-2009 |
Professor Sabine Kastner |
Princeton University |
Vision, Attention and the Quest for Consciousness in the Human Brain |
Neil Pomphrey |
34 |
22-Apr-2009 |
Professor Robert Kaufmann |
Boston University |
Oil and the American Way of Life: Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
Larry Dudek |
35 |
29-Apr-2009 |
NO COLLOQUIUM | |||
36 |
30-Apr-2009 |
Drs. Swadesh Mahajan & Mike Kotschenreuther |
University of Texas |
Making a Case for a Fusion-Fission Hybrid |
Stewart Prager |
37 |
6-May-2009 |
NO COLLOQUIUM | |||
38 |
13-May-2009 |
Dr. Joseph Minervini |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Superconductors for Power Transmission and Distribution |
Larry Dudek |
39 |
20-May-2009 |
Professor Adam Burrows |
Princeton University |
The Multi-Dimensional Mechanisms of Supernova Explosions |
Neil Pomphrey |
40 |
27-May-2009 |
Professor Michael Tuts |
Columbia University |
The ATLAS Experiment at LHC: First Data |
Stewart Zweben |
41 |
3-Jun-2009 |
Professor Earl Scime |
West Virginia University |
Magnetospheric Imaging in Neutral Atoms |
Stewart Zweben |
42 |
4-Jun-2009 |
Dr. Professor Piero Martin |
Consorzio RFX, EURATOM-ENEA Association and University of Padova, Italy |
Helical States and Feedback Control: The Reversed Field Pinch Route in the ITER Era |
Stewart Zweben |
43 |
10-Jun-2009 |
Dr. Steve Obenschain |
Naval Research Laboratory |
Advances in the S&T for High-Gain Pellet Fusion
using a KrF Laser Driver and Potential for a "fast track"
to the Energy Application |
Stewart Zweben |
43 |
18-Jun-2009 Note: THURSDAY |
Professor Philip Snyder |
Theory and Computational Science Division, General Atomics |
How the Tail Wags the Dog: Understanding the Physics of the H-mode Pedestal and ELMs in Fusion Devices |
Stewart Zweben |
44 |
6-Aug-2009 |
Special Agent |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
Balancing Export Control and Academic Freedom |
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Last Update: July 7, 2009