Colloquium Schedule Fall 2007


Note:

Unless stated otherwise, all seminars will be held in the Physics building, Room 401. The seminars will begin at 3:30 PM on Wednesdays with coffee served at 3:15 PM.

Maps:

UMBC Campus Visitor Parking at meters in Lot #1.
Physics Building We are building #26.

Schedule:

DATE

TOPIC

SPEAKER

INSTITUTION/DEPARTMENT

Sept. 5

“Worlds in Transit”

Kailash Sahu

Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore

Sept. 12

 

TBA

..

Sept. 19

 

TBA

 

Sept. 26

“Making Black Holes Visible: Accretion, Radiation, and Jets”

Julian Krolik

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University

Oct. 3

 

TBA

 

Oct. 10

“Inner Workings and Innovations of Physical Review Letters”

Robert Garisto

American Physical Society

Oct. 17

“Do Middle Weight Black Holes Exist?”

Richard Mushotzky

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Oct. 24

 

TBA

 

Oct. 31

“The Physics of Drums”

Philip Rous

UMBC Physics Department

Nov. 7

“The Mathematical Epidemiology of Rift Valley Fever”

David Hartley

ISIS Center, Georgetown Univ. School of Medicine

Nov. 14

No Seminar

 

 

*Nov. 15

TBA

Dr. William D. Phillips (Nobel Laureate)

NIST

Nov. 21

No Seminar

 

 

Nov. 28

Phase Fresnel Lenses for X-ray and Gamma-ray Imaging

John Krizmanic

CRESST@USRA

Dec. 5

“Gamma-ray Imaging with the 3-D Track Imager”

Georgia de Nolfo

CRESST@UMBC

* Note special Thurs. Seminar

 

 

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