2009 - 2010 PPPL Colloquium Schedule

Week
Date
Name of Speaker
Affiliation
Title/Topic
Comments/Host
1
17-Sep-2009
 STUDENTS RETURNING
2
23-Sep-2009
Dr. Eun-Hwa Kim
Princeton University
Waves in Space Plasmas: Applications of Linear Mode Conversion
 Don Monticello
2
25-Sep-2009
Dr. Erik Storm
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LIFE - A Laser Inertial Fusion-Based Approach to Energy Production
Stewart Prager
3
30-Sept-2009
 H-MODE WORKSHOP, SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 2, 2009, PPPL
4
7-Oct-2009
 ITPA WORKSHOP, OCTOBER 5-9, 2009, PPPL
5
14-Oct-2009
 INTERNATIONAL STELLARATOR HELITRON WORKSHOP, OCTOBER 12-16, 2009, PPPL
6
19-Oct-2009
Dr. Venkatachalam Ramaswamy
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Global Climate Change: Present Understanding and Challenges
Don Monticello
7
29-Oct-2009
Dr. Donald Rej
Los Alamos National Laboratory
MW Spallation Neutron Sources for Fusion Materials Testing
Charles Neumeyer
8
4-Nov-2009
 APS-DPP MEETING, NOVEMBER 2-6, 2009, ATLANTA GA
9
10-Nov-2009
Professor Jiangang Li
Institute of Plasma Physics, CAS
Present State and Future Plan for Chinese Magnetic Fusion Research
Hantao Ji
9
11-Nov-2009
Dr. Wojcieck Fundamenski
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
Power and Particle Exhaust in Tokamaks
Rob Goldston
9
13-Nov-2009
Dr. Starnes Walker, III
Department of Homeland Security
Research Opportunities at the Department of Homeland Security
Adam Cohen
10
18-Nov-2009
Dr. Hutch Neilson
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
ReNeW: Magnetic Fusion Energy Research Needs for the ITER Era
Peter Titus
11
26-Nov-2009
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
12
2-Dec-2009
George Sjoberg/Robert Denny

Astronomy: The Last Haven for the Amateur Scientist. How the Backyard Astronomer Can and Does Do Meaningful Research
Peter Titus
12
1-Dec-2009
NSTX RESEARCH FORUM, DECEMBER 1-3, 2009, PPPL
13
7-Dec-2009
CENTER FOR PLASMA EDGE SIMULATION FALL MEETING, DECEMBER 7-8, 2009, PPPL
13
8-Dec-2009
Professor Peter Singer
Princeton University - University Center for Human Values
World Poverty: What Are Our Obligations?
Stephen Paul
13
8-Dec-2009
HEAVY ION FUSION SCIENCE - VIRTUAL NATIONAL LABORATORY PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, DECEMBER 8-9, 2009, PPPL
14
16-Dec-2009
 Dr. Hugh Summers University of Stratchlyde, Glasgow Atomic Models and Data Fusion Application: The ADAS Project Douglas McCune
15
22-Dec-2009
Professor Steven Cohen

Columbia University - Earth Institute
Energy Climate Policy and Issues of Global Sustainability
Stephen Paul
15
23-Dec-2009
 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S DAY HOLIDAYS
16
30-Dec-2009
17
6-Jan-2010
18
13-Jan-2010
Dr. Michael Bell
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Plasma Response to Lithium Coated Plasma Facing Components
Peter Titus
19
18-Jan-2010
WORKSHOP ON OPPORTUNITIES IN PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS, JANUARY 18-21, 2010, PPPL
20
27-Jan-2010
Dr. Leslie Bromberg
Massachusetts Insitute of Technology
Prospects and Challenges of the Use of HTS Materials for Fusion
Peter Titus
21
3-Feb-2010
Dr. James Drake
University of Maryland
A Magnetic Reconnection Mechanism for the Generation of Anomalous Cosmic Rays
Donald Monticello
22
10-Feb-2010
23
17-Feb-2010
ENGINEERING WEEK, FEBRUARY 14-20, 2010, PPPL
23
17-Feb-2010
INNOVATIVE CONFINEMENT CONCEPTS WORKSHOP, FEBRUARY 16-19, 2010, PPPL
24
24-Feb-2010
Dr. Benjamin Weiss
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Magnetic Records of Meteorites and Early Planetesimal Dynamos
Donald Monticello
25
3-Mar-2010
Dr. Paul Krugman
Princeton University
The Current Economic Crisis and Its Implications for the Global Community
Stephen Paul
26
10-Mar-2010
Dr. Dmitri Kharzeev
Brookhaven National Laboratoriy

Right-Left Symmetry Violation at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider: Implications for the Early Universe
Donald Monticello
26
12-Mar-2010
YOUNG WOMEN'S CONFERENCE IN SCIENCE AND MATH TECHNOLOGY, MARCH 12, 2010, PPPL
27
17-Mar-2010
Professor Michael Mauel
Columbia University
Inward Turbulent Pinch of Plasma Confined by a Levitated Dipole Magnet
Stephen Paul
28
24-Mar-2009
Dr. Douglass Post
Department of Defense
The Promise and Challenge of Physics-Based Computational Engineering
William Tang
29
31-March-2010
Dr. David Anderson
University of Wisconsin
Quasisymmetry in Plasma Confinement: What We have Learned from HSX
Donald Monticello
30
7-Apr-2010
Professor William Happer
Princeton University
CO2: Friend or Foe?
Stephen Paul
31
13-April-2010
Dr. Michael Hesse
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

The Inner Workings of Magnetic Reconnection: Diffusion Region in the Balance

Hantao Ji
31
14-Apr-2010
Dr. Dana Lindaman
Harvard University
History Lessons: How Textbooks From Around the World Portray U.S. History
Stephen Paul
32
21-April-2010
 INTERNATIONAL SHERWOOD FUSION THEORY CONFERENCE, APRIL 19-21, 2010, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
33
27-April-2010
Dr. James Burch
Southwest Research Institute
Reconnecting Magnetic Fields - A Definitive Space Experiment
Masaaki Yamada
33
28-Apr-2010
Professor David Graves
University of California at Berkeley
Low Temperature Plasmas for Biomedical Applications
Igor Kaganovich
34
5-May-2010
Dr. J. Richard Gott, III
Princeton University
 Lagrange-Point Pobjects and the Origin of the Moon
Donald Monticello
35
12-May-2010
Ahmed Hassanein
Purdue University
Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography -- Challenges and Similarities to Fusion Devices
Charles Neumeyer
36
16-May-2010
 TOPICAL CONFERENCE HIGH TEMPERATURE PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS, MAY 16-20, 2010, WILDWOOD, NJ
36
19-May-2010
37
26-May-2010
Dr. Uwe Kortshagen
University of Minnesota
Physics and Applications of Nanoparticles in Plasmas
Igor Kaganovich
38
2-June-2010
Dr. Donald Prosnitz
University of California at Berkeley
Science Responds?
Stephen Paul
39
9-Jun-2010
40
16-Jun-2010
Michael S. Byster
Founder - Brainetics
A Novel Technique to Expand Mental Capacity and Memory
Michael Viola
41
23-Jun-2010
 
42
30-June-2010
Professor David Vanderbilt
Rutgers University
First-Principles Theory of Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
Stephen Paul

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Last Update: June 9, 2010