New Mexico Tech Physics

Physics Department Colloquia

Spring 2009

Thursdays, 4:00 pm, Workman 101 (unless noted*)
Physics 579 Graduate Seminar

Date Speaker Topic
January 29 Jean Eilek
1st: J. Elias / 2nd: T. McCracken
The Pulsar in the Crab Nebula
February 5 David Westpfahl
1st: H. Bloemhard / 2nd: T. Wang
The Shearing Arms of Grand-Design Spiral Galaxies
February 12 Jonathan Wolfe
*1st: T. McCracken / 2nd: D. Herceg
Fractals and the Evolving Patterns of Nature
February 19 David Raymond
1st: D. Herceg / 2nd: J. Lapierre
A Radically Modern View of Electricity and Magnetism
February 26 Barry Sabol
1st: S. Behnke / 2nd: S. Sugaya
Mirror Coating at the Large Binocular Telescope
March 5 Joe Craig
1st: T. Wang / 2nd: H. Bloemhard
The Long Wavelength Array: A new low-frequency radio telescope
March 12 NO SEMINAR

SPRING BREAK
March 19 TBA
1st: P. Cigan / 2nd: K. Nyland
March 26 Steve Tremblay
1st: K. Morris / 2nd: P. Cigan
A look at complex objects from the VLBA Imaging and Polarization Survey
April 2 Sharon Sessions
1st: S. Sugaya / 2nd: S. Behnke
Complexity in Tropical Rainfall
April 9 Urvashi Rao-Venkata
1st: J. Rembold / 2nd: M. LaBelle
Remote Sensing, Image Making and Radio Telescopes
April 16 Mark Boslough
1st: K. Nyland / 2nd: J. Elias
The Nature of Airburst and its Contribution to the Asteroid Impact Threat
April 23 Raul Morales-Juberias
1st: J. Lapierre/ 2nd: K. Morris
Saturn's North Polar Hexagon Numerical Modeling Results
April 30 Dean Hines
1st: E. Jordan / 2nd: J. Rembold
May 7 Aaron Clauset
1st: M. LaBelle / 2nd: E. Jordan
Inferring large-scale structural patterns in complex networks
Maintained by Gina Chavez (e-mail: rchavez@kestrel.nmt.edu).
Modified: May 1, 2009