Physics seminars meet in Regents Hall 210 at 2:00 on Wednesdays unless otherwise noted. Everyone is invited to join the speaker, physics faculty, and students in Buntrock 221 for lunch at 12:00 (bring your own bag lunch).
Fall Semester Seminars 2008/09
9/17: Search for Dark Matter, Angie Reisetter, Physics Department, St. Olaf College
9/26: From Atoms to Crystals: Making Solids that Nature Doesn't Make, James N. Eckstein, Physics Professor, University of Illinois (Friday, 1:00 pm in RNS 310)
WATCH AT: http://xstream.stolaf.edu/sci/JamesEckstein.mov
10/22: Aerogeophysical Mapping of Ice Geology in Antarctica: From Tectonics to Climate Change, Dr. Carol Finn, US Geological Survey. Seminar sponsored by the Grace A. Whittier Endowment.
WATCH AT: http://xstream.stolaf.edu/sci/CarolFinn.mov
11/05: Application of a Bachelor's Degree in Physics to High-Performance Computer Design, Greg Edlund, Senior Engineer, IBM, Rochester, MN
WATCH AT: http://xstream.stolaf.edu/sci/GregEdlund.mov
11/19: The LHC:Exploring Fundamental Matter (or a Creator of Black Holes?), Evan Frodermann '02, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota
WATCH AT: http://xstream.stolaf.edu/sci/EvanFrodermann.mp4
Spring Semester Seminars 2007/08
2/20: Plasma Physics and Fusion Research on the Madison Symmetric Torus, Doug Stone '05, Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2/27: What Determines Sea Level and Why is it Rising? Bob Jacobel, Physics Department, St. Olaf College
3/05: John Scott Russell, Fermi Pasta Ulam, and the Straits of Gilbraltar: A History of Solitions, Amy Kolan, Physics department, St. Olaf College
WATCH AT: http://xstream.stolaf.edu/sci/amykolan-3-6-08.mp4
3/12: A Dynamical System Approach to the Cocktail Party Problem: Using Optics Instead of your Brain to Separate Signals, Marty Baylor, Physics Department, Carleton College
WATCH AT: http://xstream.stolaf.edu/sci/MartyBaylor-3-12-08.mp4
4/9: The Intersection of Physics, Biology, and Engineering: The Life of an Interdisciplinary Industrial Scientist, Eric Schilling '99, Sr. Biomedical Systems Engineer, Medtronic Inc. Minneapolis, MN (abstract TBA)
WATCH AT: http://xstream.stolaf.edu/sci/EricSchilling040908.mp4
4/16: The Early Solar System: Surprises from NASA's Stardust Mission, Dr. Russell Palma, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Minnesota State University-Mankato
WATCH AT: http://xstream.stolaf.edu/sci/RussellPalma041608.mp4
4/30: My Undergraduate Research Experience: Fusion Energy (direct drive), Plasma Physics, and a Rockin' Good Time, Brett Anderson '08, St. Olaf Physics Major
4/30 - 5/2: St. Olaf College Science Symposium
5/7: Nanoscale Friction Reserach: Micromachines and Beyond, Cullen O'Neill '09, St. Olaf Physics Major
Fall Semester Seminars 2007/08
9/19: Faculty Show & Tell--My Favorite Physics Demo, Physics Faculty, St. Olaf College
9/26: Archaelology Geophysics--Exploring for Ancient Subsurface Structures Surrounding the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway (Part of the Statoil Summer Project 2007), Christin W. Strandli '09, Physics Student, St. Olaf College
10/10: Optical Micro- and Nano- systems at the University of Minnesota, Joseph Talghader, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engr, University of Minnesota
10/24: Space Weather - The Sun-Earth Connection, Ruth Skoug, Space Science and Applications Group. Los Alamos National Laboratory (Visit Sponsored by the Grace A Whittier Endowment)
10/31: No seminar
11/7: No seminar
11/14: Cosmology Today, Dr. Rellen Hardtke, U of WI--River Falls
11/21: Thanksgiving break
11/28: No seminar
12/5: Micro/Nano Friction at St. Olaf College: Recent results, Reaching out, Dr. Brian Borovsky, Physics Department, St. Olaf College
