Fermilab
Colloquium Calendar
2001-2002
Lectures
Begin at 4:00 pm in 1 West
Colloquium Speakers
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Fermilab
Colloquium Calendar
2001-2002
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Date |
Speaker/Institute |
Title |
Host |
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September
5 |
George Coutrakon Bio Loma Linda U |
Proton Therapy at Loma
Linda and Around the World Abstract |
J. Albrow |
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September
12 |
B. Yanny Bio Fermilab |
What Did the Milky Way
Have for Breakfast? Abstract |
D. Carey |
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September
19 |
M. Tegmark Bio U of Pennsylvania |
Quantum Decoherence:
From Technology to Cosmology Abstract |
D. Carey |
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September
26 |
A. Gopnik Bio U of California |
Scientists in the Crib:
How Children Learn and What They Tell Us About the Mind Abstract |
M. Albrow |
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October
3 |
Chris Hill |
Extra Dimensions |
A. Kronfeld |
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October
10 |
D.M. Lazarus Brookhaven |
Electro-optical Detection of Charged Particles |
M. Albrow |
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October
17 |
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No Colloquium |
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October
24 |
Dr. S. Jay Olshansky |
The Quest for Immortality |
E. Berman |
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October
31 |
Ian Foster Argonne National Lab & University of Chicago |
Grid Computing and Applications |
A. Boehnlein |
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November
7 |
N. White NASA |
Cosmic Journeys: To The Edge of Gravity, Space and TimeAbstract |
M. Albrow |
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November
14 |
John Beacom Bio |
Supernova Neutrinos |
A. Kronfeld |
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November
21 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
No
Colloquium |
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November 28
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Nima Arkani-Hamed Bio Berkeley/Harvard
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Deconstructing Dimensions Adventures in Theory Space |
M. Spiropulu |
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December 5
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R. L. Garwin Science
& Technology Council on Foreign Relations, New York
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National
Missile Defense: What, When and Why? |
J. Lach |
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December 12
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Pisin Chen Stanford Lineal Accelerator Ctr, Stanford U
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Laboratory Astrophysics Using High Intensity Particle and Photon Beams |
R. Erbacher |
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December 19
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Daniel Claes & Gregory Snow Dept. of Physics & Astronomy U of Nebraska – Lincoln
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The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project: A Statewide Outreach and Education Experiment in Nebraska |
R. Raja |
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December 26
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Christmas Holiday |
No Colloquium |
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January 2 |
New Year’s Holiday
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No Colloquium |
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January 9
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Russell Vreeland West Chester University
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Reanimation of Ancient Bacteria |
R. Erbacher |
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January 16
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No Colloquium |
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January 23
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Catherine Verfaillie U of Minnesota
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Stem Cell Research |
A. Kronfeld |
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January 29-TUE
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Theodor Hansch Bio MPI and Univ. Munich
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Adventures in High Precision Laser Spectroscopy |
M. Albrow |
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February 6
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Cliff Frohlich Bio U of Texas
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Some
Physics Constraints on Ultimate Achievement in Track and Field |
D.Carey |
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February 13 |
Andrzej Rajca Bio U of Nebraska
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Organic Polymer Magnets |
M. Albrow |
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February 20
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Juan Maldacena Bio Inst. Adv. Study Princeton
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String
Theory and Gauge Theories |
M. Albrow |
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February 27 |
Charles Mielke Bio Los Alamos
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Organic Superconductors |
M. Albrow |
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March 6
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Manfred Paulini Bio Carnegie Mellon |
B Physics at the Tevatron: Run II and Beyond |
A. Kronfeld |
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March 13
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Mike Skrutskie Bio U of Virginia
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The Infrared Sky -- Science from 2MASS |
M. Albrow |
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March 20
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No Colloquium |
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March 27
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K. C. Cole Bio L.A. Times
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Lost in the Translation: Writing About Science for the General
Public |
M. Albrow |
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April 3
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Sean Carroll Bio University of Chicago |
Constants
and Variables of Nature |
M. Spiropulu |
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April 10
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Maurice Bluestein Bio Purdue U
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Revised Wind Chill Index |
A. Boehnlein |
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April 17
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Daniel Friedman Bio Nat’l Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO
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TJ Solar Cell |
A. Boehnlein |
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April 24
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Dr. David Charbonneau Bio Cal Tech
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Extrasolar Planets & The Power of the Dark Side |
R. Carrigan |
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May 1
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David Strom Bio Oregon
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A Look Back at LEP |
A. Kronfeld |
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May 8
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David Bishop Bio
Bell Labs, Lucent
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Silicon Micromachines for Science and Technology |
R. Tschirhart |
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May 15
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Roland Winston Bio University of Chicago
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Solar Energy: The Chicago Connection |
R. Tschirhart |
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May 22
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Melissa Flagg U.S. Department of State Washington, DC |
Government
Science Policy |
M. Spiropulu |
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May 29
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W. J. Nellis Lawrence Livermore Nat’l Laboratory |
Dynamic Compression of Hydrogen and Other Small Molecular Fluids at High Pressures |
M. Albrow |
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June 5
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Kenneth Eisenthal Columbia University |
Femtosecond
Laser Chemistry |
R. Raja |
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June 12
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Chang Kee Jung SUNY, Stony Brook
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Physics
Potential and Feasibility of UNO: Quest for Grand Unification & Neutrino
Physics |
R. Tschirhart |
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June 19 - CANCELLED |
Valery Nesvizhevsky
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Ultracold
Neutrons – CANCELLED |
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June 26
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Daniel McGehee Bio University of Chicago
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Mechanisms
of Nicotine Addiction |
A. Boehnlein |
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July 3
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Fourth of July Holiday |
No Colloquium |
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July 10
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JoAnne Hewett Bio Stanford/SLAC |
Experimental
Probes of Spacetime Geometries |
M. Spiropulu |
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July 17
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Abe Van Luik Bio Department of Energy |
Evaluating
the Long-Term Safety of a Repository at Yucca Mountain |
A. Boehnlein |
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July 24
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No Colloquium |
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July 31 |
Michael Pellin Bio Argonne Nat’l Lab |
Stardust! |
F. Lange |
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August 7
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No Colloquium |
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August 14
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Jacqueline Krim Bio North Carolina State University |
Nanoscale Machines: These Squeaky Wheels
Will Get No Grease |
D. Carey |
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August 21
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Guillermo Gonzalez Bio Iowa State U |
The Galactic Habitable Zone |
D. Carey |
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August 28
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