Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series

Spring 2022:

All times at 4:00 pm in Newton 204, unless otherwise noted.

Week 1 Jan 27 Good luck for the start of the semester!
Week 2 Feb 3 Faculty Research-palooza
Week 3 Feb 10 Tom Dunn, Optical Engineer at Corning Fairport
"What I did with my BS in Physics:  Review of 35 year career in high-tech industry"
Week 4 Feb 17 Louise Edwards, Professor at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
"Galaxy Evolution in Cluster Cores and Outskirts"
Week 5 Feb 24 George Thurston, Professor & Director of Physics MS Program at RIT
"Opportunities for a Master of Science in Physics at Rochester Institute of Technology"
Week 6 Mar 3 Tom Wakeman ('00), Optical / Instrumentation Engineer at CUBRC (CANCELED)
Week 7 Mar 10 Annelise 'Skylen' Roti Roti, APS Education Program Manager
"Physics Teaching: the Need, the Work, the Dream"
Week 8 Mar 17 SPRING BREAK!
Week 9 Mar 24 Jim McGrath, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at U of Rochester
"Ultrathin Silicon Membranes as Enabling Tools for Organs-on-a-Chip and Medical Diagnostics"
Week 10 Mar 31 Samantha Hammond ('06), Federal Program Manager at Office of Experimental Sciences (National Nuclear Security Administration)
"A Physicist's Path to Civil Service"
Week 11 Apr 7 Cassie Brown ('10), Director in Energy Analytics and Customer Insights at ICF
"Data Analytics for Energy Efficiency"
Week 12 Apr 14 Jackson Hebel ('18), Graduate Student at RIT
Week 13 Apr 21 GREAT Day!
Week 14 Apr 28 Fred Myers ('72), Recipient of US Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching
Week 15 May 5 Lexi Irwin ('18), Imatest
"CIDs: The Future of Astronomical Imaging?" (CANCELED)
Week 16 May 12 Last Day of Classes!