…™ Foundations and Frontiers of Physics Seminar University of Maryland    Foundations and Frontiers of Physics
   Spring 2013

   An informal seminar for first year graduate students.


Wednesdays, 5pm in the Toll Room, 1305F.

Please be at 4:30 pm before the talk for a gathering that may include the speaker.

Syllabus

Guidelines for speakers


DATE
SPEAKER
TITLE
Jan. 30
William D. Phillips
 NIST and UMD Physics
Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Feb. 6
Michelle Girvan
 UMD Physics
Non-Linear Dynamics theory
 
Feb. 13
Victor Yakovenko
 UMD Physics

Econo-Physics

Feb. 20 Alberto Belloni
UMD Physics
High Energy Physics (LHC)
Feb. 27
Daniel Lathrop
UMD Physics
Non-Linear Dynamics experiment
Mar. 6

Cancelled because UMD was closed
Mar. 13 Ki-Yong Kim
UMD Physics
Laser/Plasma Physics
Mar. 20 SPRING BREAK

Mar. 27
Crystal Senko
UMD Physics
Graduate Student at UMD
Apr. 3
Alessandra Buonuano
UMD Physics

To Catch a Wave: The Hunt for Ripples in the Fabric of Space-Time

Gravity

Apr. 10 Paulo Bedaque
UMD Physics
Quarks, Hadron, and Nuclei
Apr. 17 Johnpierre Paglione
UMD Physics
Condensed Matter Experiment
Apr. 24
Kaustubh Agashe
UMD Physics
Elementary Particles Theory
May 1
Arpita Upadhyaya
UMD Physics
Biophysics
May 8 (at 5:30 PM)
Jordan Goodman
UMD Physics
Particle Astrophysics (special starting time at 5:30 PM)

Faculty organizers:

Luis Orozco, Room 2201 CSS, x 59740, lorozco-at-umd dot edu
Adil Hassam, Room 3307 A.V. Williams, x 51417, hassam-at-plasma.umd.edu

Last modified May 10, 2013