PHY 497 Physics Seminar
Spring 2013 Schedule
All meetings are on Weds. from 3:20-4:15 p.m. in CH201 unless otherwise noted. The Physics Club Picnic will be held at Myrick Park.
| 1 | Jan. 30 | Seminar Description |
| 2 |
Feb. 6 |
Edward Drury, United States Navy US Navy Nuclear Power Officer Candidate Program |
| 3 | Feb. 13 |
Andrew Prudhom, UW-L Characterizing and Enhancing the Single-Photon Sensitivity of Quantum-Dot Optically Gated Field-Effect Transistors |
| 4 | Feb. 20 |
Mark Eriksson, UW-Madison Semiconductor Nanostructures and Quantum Optics |
| 5 | Feb. 27 |
Jim Madsen, UW-River Falls Trials and Triumphs of Transforming the South Pole Ice in the IceCube Neutrino Observatory |
| 6 | Mar. 6 |
Britt Lundgren, UW-Madison Shedding Light on Distant Galaxies with 200,000 Quasars |
| 7 | Mar. 13 |
Jennifer Docktor, UW-L Physics Teacher Preparation and Physics Education Research at UW-L |
| 8 | Mar. 20 |
Spring Break No Seminar |
| 9 | Mar. 27 |
Taviare Hawkins, UW-L The Physics of Microtubules |
| 10 | Apr. 3 |
Ani Aprahamian, University of Notre Dame The Origin of the Heavy Elements in the Universe |
| 11 | Apr. 10 |
Alec Habig, Univ. of Minnesota - Duluth Photovoltaic Research |
| 12 | Apr. 17 |
Bob Ragan, UW-L What is the Higgs Boson? |
| 13 | Apr. 25 & 26 |
Mildred Dresselhaus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Public Lecture (4/25); Physics Seminar (4/26) |
| 14 | May 1 | Spring Picnic |
| 15 | May 8 |
1-page Paper Due by 5:00 PM |
Contact Dr. Gansen in CH 2016 or at 785-8432 for further information, or email him at gansen.eric@uwlax.edu.