SUNY-Geneseo/Physics & Astronomy
Spring 2006
Seminar in Physics Schedule
(Phys 341-02)
Wednesdays 2:30pm, Greene 234 
   Dr. Pogo  (pogo at geneseo.edu)
   Where's Pogo?
   Office: Greene 232
   Office Hours: M 2:30 - 4:30pm; TR 10:30-11:30; W 3:30-4:30
  
 
Date First Speaker Second Speaker Third Speaker
Feb 1
Chris Wahl
1997: Laser Cooling & Trapping
Rod Engels
2003: Superconductors and Superfluids
Joel Inman
2002: Neutrinos
Feb 8
Ben Segerson
1993: Pulsars
Crystal Mosher
1995: Tau Leptons
 
Feb 15
Bruce Wei
1998: Quantum Fluids
Jeff Lipp
1996: Superfluidity of Helium 3
Dom Daloia
1992: Particle Detectors
Feb 22
Adam Mahl
2005: Precision Optics
Lara Ebert
2000: Integrated Circuits
Jeff Lipp
An Echo of Black Holes
(Sci. Am.; Dec. 2005)
Mar 1
Ben Segerson
Pyroelectricity
(Phys. Today; Aug. 2005)
Joel Inman
Magnetic Stars
(Sci. Am.; Feb. 2003)
Dom Daloia
Brown Dwarves
(Sci. Am; Jan 2006)
Mar 8
Chris Wahl
Atomic Clocks
(Sci. Am.; Sep 2002)
Bruce Wei
Why is Ice so Slippery?
(Phys. Today; Dec. 2005)
Lara Ebert
Planetary Protection
(Sci. Am.; Oct. 2002)
Mar 15      
Mar 22
Crystal Mosher
Fake Element 118
(Phys. Today.; Sep 2002)
Rod Engels
Vehicle Design & Traffic Safety (Phys. Today; Jan. 2006)
Adam Mahl
Electrodynamic Tethers
(Sci. Am.; Aug. 2004)
Mar 29
Bruce Wei
Millikan Oil Drop Experiment
Ben Segerson
?????
 
Apr 5
Rod Engels
Speed of Light
for now
Adam Mahl
Gamma Ray Attenuation
 
Apr 12
Crystal Mosher
Physical Pendulum
Joel Inman
Helmholtz Coils: Charge
to Mass Ratio
 
Apr 19
Chris Wahl
Radiation Detection
Dom Daloia
Speed of Light: Fibers vs.
Chocolate
 
Apr 26
Lara Ebert
Bioremediation
Jeff Lipp
Coefficient of Friction