Fermilab Colloquium Calendar 2005-2006
Lectures begin at 4:00 p.m. in 1 West

Orange titles are specialized; Green titles are general interest.

Date	Speaker/Institute	Title	Host	Abstract	PDF	Video
7 Sep 2005	Thomas Newman University of California, San Francisco	The Power of Stories Over Statistics: Illustrations from Neonatal Jaundice and Infant Airplane Safety	C. Newman-Holmes	Abstract	PPT	Video
14 Sep 2005	Tim Gay University of Nebraska	Football Physics	C. Newman-Holmes	Abstract	PPT	Video
21 Sep 2005	Andreas Kronfeld Fermilab	Predictive Lattice QCD	M. Albrow	Abstract	PDF	Video
28 Sep 2005	Sidney Redner Boston University	Statistical Physics of Citations	B. Dobrescu	Abstract	PDF	Video
5 Oct 2005	Paul Davies Macquarie University	Multiverse Cosmological Models and the Anthropic Principle	T. Zimmerman	Abstract		Video
12 Oct 2005	Jonathan P. Gardner NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	Galaxy Formation with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes	C. Newman-Holmes	Abstract
19 Oct 2005	David Gross UCSB	The Future of Physics	A. Kronfeld	Abstract	PPT	Video
26 Oct 2005	Maya Tolstoy Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University	Applications of Ocean Acoustic Monitoring to Understanding Our Planet	A. Boehnlein	Abstract	PPT	Video
2 Nov 2005	Larry Bartoszek Bartoszek Engineering	Taking the Space Elevator from Science Fiction to Engineering	E. Prebys	Abstract	PPT	Video
9 Nov 2005	Eric Adelberger Univeristy of Washington	Sub-Millimeter Tests of the Newtonian Inverse Square Law	B. Dobrescu	Abstract	PDF	Video
16 Nov 2005		No Colloquium
23 Nov 2005	Thanksgiving	No Colloquium
30 Nov 2005	Gary Bernstein University of Pennsylvania	Seeing the Invisible Universe with Gravitational Lensing and SNAP	C. Newman-Holmes	Abstract	PPT	Video
7 Dec 2005	Robert Scherrer Vanderbilt University	Science and Science Fiction (Rescheduled to March 29)	S. Dodelson	Abstract
14 Dec 2005	Henry Petroski Duke University	Success and Failure in Design	J. Nachtman	Abstract	PPT	Video
21 Dec 2005	Christmas Holiday	No Colloquium
28 Dec 2005	New Year's Holiday	No Colloquium
4 Jan 2006	James Rosenzweig UCLA	Reinventing the Accelerator for the High Energy Frontier	C. Newman-Holmes	Abstract	PPT	Video
11 Jan 2006		No Colloquium
18 Jan 2006	Joshua Frieman Fermilab	Mapping the Heavens: Probing Cosmology with Large Surveys	S. Dodelson	Abstract	PPT	Video
25 Jan 2006	Fred Rasio Northwestern University	The Million-Body Problem: Particle Simulations in Astrophysics	S. Dodelson	Abstract	PDF	Video
1 Feb 2006	Lisa Randall Harvard University	Warped Geometry: Consequences and Signatures	B. Dobrescu	Abstract
8 Feb 2006	Raymond Pierrehumbert University of Chicago	Early Life Crises of Habitable Planets	T. Zimmerman	Abstract	PDF	Video
15 Feb 2006	Daniel Dennett Tufts University	Religion as a Natural Phenomenon	D. Whiteson	Abstract	PPT	Video
22 Feb 2006	Maria Klawe Princeton University	Gender, Lies and Video Games: The Truth about Females and Computing	C. Newman-Holmes	Abstract	PPT	Video
1 Mar 2006	Mark Trodden Syracuse University	Is Cosmic Acceleration Telling Us Something about Gravity?	S. Dodelson	Abstract	PDF	Video
8 Mar 2006	Nir Goldman Lawrence Livermore Lab	Astrochemistry: Discovery of Novel Forms of Matter in Large Planets	D. Whiteson	Abstract	PPT	Video
15 Mar 2006	Allan Cameron and Fredi Lajvardi Carl Hayden High School, Phoenix, AZ	"La Vida Robot" - High School Engineering Program Combats Engineering Brain Drain	E. Prebys	Abstract	PPT	Video
22 Mar 2006	Elizabeth Simmons Michigan State University	How to Popularize Physics	B. Dobrescu	Abstract	PDF	Video
29 Mar 2006	Robert Scherrer Vanderbilt University	Science and Science Fiction	S. Dodelson	Abstract	PPT	Video
5 Apr 2006	Joseph Lykken Fermilab	Is Particle Physics Ready for the LHC?	C. Newman-Holmes	Abstract	PDF	Video
12 Apr 2006	George Hart SUNY Stony Brook	Solid Freeform Fabrication of Aesthetic Objects	R. Plunkett	Abstract	PPT	Video
19 Apr 2006	Warren Washington NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research)	Climate Change in the 20th and 21st Centuries	T. Zimmerman	Abstract	PPT	Video
26 Apr 2006	Michael A'Hearn University of Maryland	Deep Impact: Excavating Comet Tempel 1	D. Whiteson	Abstract
3 May 2006	Jill Tarter SETI	The Allen Telescope Array: 42 is More than the Answer to "Life, the Universe, and Everything"	M. Albrow	Abstract	PPT	Video
10 May 2006	Gene Spafford Purdue University	The Cyber Security Crisis	T. Zimmerman	Abstract	PDF	Video
17 May 2006	Michael Baden, MD	How Long has Grandpa Been Dead and Other Forensic Mysteries	E. Prebys	Abstract	PPT	Video
24 May 2006	Neal Lane Rice University	The Future of U.S. Science - to Follow or to Lead?	C. Newman-Holmes	Abstract	PDF	Video
31 May 2006	Fermilab Users Meeting
7 Jun 2006	Lance Dixon SLAC	Twistor Spinoffs for Collider Physics	B. Dobrescu	Abstract	PPT	Video
14 Jun 2006	Lillian Hoddeson University of Illinois	Megascience and the Powers and Paradoxes of Pushing Frontiers at Fermilab	C. Newman-Holmes	Abstract	PPT	Video
21 Jun 2006	Seth Putterman California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA	Energy Focusing Phenomena: From Sonoluminescence to Crystal Fusion	P. Bauer	Abstract
28 Jun 2006	Charles Falco University of Arizona	The Science of Optics; The History of Art	A. Boehnlein	Abstract		Video
5 Jul 2006		No Colloquium
12 Jul 2006	Bradley Filippone Cal Tech	Ultra-Cold Neutrons: From neV to TeV	M. Albrow	Abstract	PPT	Video
19 Jul 2006	Gary Westfall Michigan State University	Recent Results from RHIC - The Perfect Liquid	A. Boehnlein	Abstract	PPT	Video
26 Jul 2006		No Colloquium
2 Aug 2006	Nicholas Hatsopoulos University of Chicago	Encoding and Decoding of Neuronal Ensembles in the Motor Cortex	C. Newman-Holmes	Abstract	PPT	Video
9 Aug 2006	Young-Kee Kim Fermilab and University of Chicago	Passing the Baton: Tevatron-LHC Team	B. Dobrescu	Abstract	PPT	Video
16 Aug 2006	Tim Tait Argonne National Laboratory	High Energy Colliders as Tools to Understand the Early Universe	B. Dobrescu	Abstract
23 Aug 2006	Wolfgang Panofsky SLAC	CANCELLED	C. Newman-Holmes	Abstract
30 Aug 2006		No Colloquium

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