Physics and Astronomy

Physics Colloquium - Spring 2006

Date	Speaker
January 27	Physics Department Research Overviews
February 3	Dr. Eugenia Etkina, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Helping students acquire scientific abilities: Is this a goal of a physics course?
February 10	Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, UMaine Turbulence and Coronary Artery Disease: Roughness framework
February 17	Dr. N. Sanjay Rebello, Dept. of Physics, Kansas State University Transfer of Learning in physics education research & curriculum development
March 24	Dr. Greg Lopinski, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada Organic Molecules on Silicon Surfaces: From Single Molecules to Devices
March 31	Dr. C.V. Gopal Reddy, Research Associate, Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering, UMaine Uses of Nanoparticles in Chemical and Biological Sensors
April 7	Dr. Andrea Del Vecchio, Assistant Professor of Physics, Physical Sciences Department, Rhode Island College The Effect of Deposition Conditions on the Stress Evolution of Metallic Thin Films
April 14	William Klemperer, Erving Research Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University Making and Breaking of Weak Bonds: Intermolecular Forces
April 21	Dr. Mark Silverman, Physics Department, Trinity College, Hartford CT Inside Story of a Black Hole and Other Dark Matters of the Cosmos
April 28	Joint Chemistry/Physics Colloquium Talat Raman, Distinguished Professor of Physics, Kansas State University On Factors that Control Reactivity and Selectivity n Surfaces and Nanostructures
May 5	Manasa Gudheti, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, UMaine Lipid Rafts in Biomembranes: From Giant Unilamellar Vesicles (GUVs) to Living Cells

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