Gettysburg College
Physics Department
2009-2010 COLLOQUIA*
 Our
2009-2010 program of speakers has come to an end, but the 2010-2011 program will
begin this coming fall - so keep posted!
These presentations are open
to the general public, as well as to all students, faculty, administrators and
staff of Gettysburg College, and we cordially invite you to join in for
instructive, thought-provoking lectures on current topics in astronomy and
physics
 Come find out what
physics is all about!!
*[latin colloquy fr. com + loqui to
speak] conversation, dialogue; an academic meeting at
which specialist(s)
speak on a given subject and then answer questions about it.
Spring,
2010:
Thursday, February 25, 3:30 p.m.
Masters Hall Room 110 (Mara Auditorium) |
Fronefield Crawford
Franklin & Marshall
New Searches for Old Pulsars |
Thursday, March 4, 3:30 p.m.
Masters Hall Room 208 |
Beth Willman
Haverford College
The (nearly) Invisible Galaxies |
Thursday, March 25, 3:30 p.m.
Masters Hall Room 110 (Mara Auditorium) |
Craig Foltz
Division of Astronomical Sciences, National Science Foundation
The
National Science Foundation, Astronomical Adaptive Optics,
and Some Really Cool Telescopes
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Saturday, April 24, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Masters Hall |
Astronomers'
Meeting
, University of Iowa, Keynote Speaker (11:00 a.m.
Mara)
Stay tuned for additional information! |
Wednesday, April 28, 3:00 p.m.
Masters Hall Room 110 (Mara Auditorium) |
Peter J. Pella
Gettysburg College, Department of Physics
Nuclear Nonproliferation Under
President Barack Obama |
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Thursday, September 24, 3:00 pm.
Masters Hall Room 110 (Mara Auditorium)
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Xiangyun Qui
Laboratory of Physical & Structural Biology, National Institutes of Health
Electrostatics-Driven Assembly of Liquid Crystalline DNA |
Friday, October 2, 3:00 pm.
Masters Hall Room 110 (Mara Auditorium) |
Christina L. McGahan, '11
Evaluation of a Non-Destructive Method for the Removal of Dust,
Debris, and Co-deposited Tritium from First Wall Surfaces and Plasma Surface
Interfaces in a Fusion Reactor |
Friday, October 2, 3:30 pm.
Masters Hall Room 110 (Mara Auditorium) |
Christine M. Kuhn, '10
Retroreflector Measurements and LED Traffic Signal Distributions |
Thursday, October 8, 3:00 p.m.
Masters Hall Room 110 (Mara Auditorium) |
D.
J. Pisano
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
West Virginia University
Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies: What are They and What will They Become? |
Thursday, October 22, 3:00 p.m.
Masters Hall Room 110 (Mara Auditorium) |
Greg Adkins
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Franklin and Marshall College
The New Quantum Universe |
Thursday, October 29, 3:00 p.m.
Masters Hall Room 110 (Mara Auditorium) |
Kate Spillane
University of Pennsylvania, Medical Physics Program Director
Career Options in Medical Physics |
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Need additional
information or have suggestions for future colloquia? Call 717-337-6020,
e-mail
us.
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here
for travel directions.
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