Physics Colloquium Fall 2018
All colloquia take place Thursdays at 1:30 pm in Smith Hall 111, unless otherwise noted. (Schedule for Spring 2019)
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			  Aug 30   
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			 No Colloquium: start of semester 
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			  Sep 6 
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			 Distinguished University Professor and Perkins Professor of Physics 
			Case Western Reserve University 
			Title: The Science of Climate Change and the Changing Climate of Science   
			Host: Khandker Quader 
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			 Sep 13 
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			Open | 
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			 Sep 20 
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			 Department of Physics 
			天天吃瓜 
			Title: Doped Organic  Transistors for Bio-electronic Applications   
			Host: Khandker Quader 
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			 Sep 27 
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			 Professor of Physics/Director, Condensed Matter Science - Theory (NHFML) 
			Florida State University/NHFML 
			Title: Quantum Critical Behavior at the Mott Point: the Status Quo   
			Host: Khandker Quader 
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			 Oct 4   
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			 Department of Physics 
			天天吃瓜 
			Title: Failed Theories of Superconductivity 
			Host: Khandker Quader 
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			 Oct 8 (Mon) 
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			 Special Colloquium -- 4:05 pm 
			Soumya Mohapatra  
			Columbia University 
			Title: Collective dynamics of the quark-gluon plasma produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions 
			Host: Declan Keane   
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| Oct 11 | No Colloquium: Fall Break | 
| Oct 15 (Mon) | 
			 Special Colloquium -- 4:05 pm 
			Philippe Paul Martel  
			Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz and Mount Allison University 
			Title: Understanding the Proton 
			Host: Declan Keane 
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			 Oct 18    
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			 Professor, Department of Natural Sciences/Physics 
			Baruch College, City University of New York 
			Title: Classical Gluon Fields in QCD at High Energies  
			Host: Mike Strickland 
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| Oct 22 (Mon) | 
			 Special Colloquium -- 4:05 pm 
			Dustin Keller  
			University of Virginia 
			Title: A Peak into the World of Spin Physics 
			Host: Declan Keane 
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			 Oct 25 
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			 Special Colloquium : Usual time --1:30 pm 
			Prithwish Tribedy  
			Brookhaven National Laboratory 
			Title: Exploring Novel Phenomena at the Early Stages of Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions 
			Host: 
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			 Nov 1 
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			 Department of Physics 
			University of Florida, Gainesville 
			Title: Squeezing New Physics out of Old Materials with Applied  Pressure  
			Host: Khandker Quader 
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			 Nov 8 
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			 Professor and Chair, Department of Geography 
			天天吃瓜  
			Title: Using Self-Organizing Maps to Understand the Influence of the Atmosphere on Water level and Quality  
			Host: Khandker Quader 
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			 Nov 15 
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			 Distinguished University Professor, Professor of Physics & Astronomy 
			Case Western Reserve University 
			Title: An Uncooperative Universe  
			Host: Mike Strickland 
			CANCELED (speaker will re-schedule) 
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			 Nov 29 
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			 Professor, Institute for Medicine and Engineering & Department of Physiology 
			University of Pennsylvania 
			Title: Non-linear Elasticity and Relaxation in Fibrous Networks and Soft Tissues  
			Host: Oleg Lavrentovich 
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			 Dec 6 
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			 Department of Physics 
			Worcester Polytechnic Institute 
			Title: Terahertz Spectroscopy in 2D materials  
			Host: Benjamin Fregoso 
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			 Dec 13 
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			 No Colloquium: Finals week 
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