Colloquium – Archive
Fermilab Colloquium Calendar 2004-2005
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 | Video | |
| Sep 1 |
Craig J. Hogan |
Quantum Gravity in the Microwave Sky |
S. Dodelson | None | Video | |
| Sep 8 | ||||||
| Sep 15 | Michael Witherell Fermilab |
The International Linear Collider and Fermilab’s Role In It |
A. Kronfeld | Download | Video | |
| Sep 22 | Don Lamb University of Chicago |
Scientific Highlights of the HETE-2 GRB Mission | S. Dodelson | Download | PPT | Video |
| Sep 29 |
Joel |
Positron Emission Tomography (PET): Towards Time of Flight |
M. Albrow | Download | PPT | Video |
| Oct 6 | Brian Holmes San Jose State University |
The Physics of Brass Musical Instruments |
C. Newman-Holmes | Download | None | Video |
| Oct 13 | Joshua W. Shaevitz UC – Berkeley |
Nature’s Nanomachines: The Physics of Biomolecular Motors |
K. Burkett | Download | PPT | Video |
| Oct 20 | Howard Georgi Harvard |
Women and the Future of Physics | A. Boehnlein | Download | Video | |
| Oct 27 | Martinus J.G. Veltman Ohio State University |
A Century of Particle Physics | D. Carrigan | Download | None | None |
| Nov 3 | Geoff Greene Oak Ridge National Lab |
Parity Violation, Time Reversal and the Neutron. Nuclear and Particle Physics at the Spallation Neutron Source |
M. Albrow | Download | Slides | Video |
| Nov 10 | Robert J.Lang |
From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami |
A. Boehnlein | Download | PPT | Video |
| Nov 17 | Deborah Jin JILA Boulder |
Using a Fermi Gas to Create Bose-Einstein Condensates | M. Albrow | Download | PPT | Video |
| Nov 24 | Thanksgiving | No Colloquium | ||||
| Dec 1 | Robert Geroch University of Chicago |
Faster Than Light? | C. Newman-Holmes | Download | Video | |
| Dec 8 | Mike Turner NSF |
The Big Questions in Cosmology |
S. Dodelson | Download | Video | |
| Dec 15 | Michael Kramer University of Manchester |
Double Pulsars | T. Zimmerman | Download | PPT | Video |
| Dec 22 | Christmas Holiday | No Colloquium | ||||
| Dec 29 | New Year’s Holiday | No Colloquium | ||||
| Jan 5 | Nadine Barlow Northern Arizona University |
COLLOQUIUM IS RESCHEDULED TO MAY 25, 2005 | C. Newman-Holmes | Download | None | None |
| Jan 12 | James Kakalios University of Minnesota |
The Uncanny Physics of Superhero Comic Books | C. Newman-Holmes | Download | None | None |
| Jan 19 | Daniel Kleppner MIT |
How Physics Got Precise |
R. Carrigan | Download | PPT | Video |
| Jan 26 | Steve Geer Fermilab |
Proton Driver Physics |
R. Raja | Download | Video | |
| Feb 2 | Kate Kirby Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
Ethics and the Welfare of the Physics Profession | J. Nachtman | Download | PPT | Video |
| Feb 9 | Gianfranco Bertone Fermilab |
Dark Matter Particles: MeV, TeV, or Heavier? |
S. Dodelson | Download | PPT | Video |
| Feb 16 | Wim Leemans LBNL |
Accelerating in the Future: Lasers Start to Produce Quality High Energy Electron Beams |
A. Kronfeld | Download | PPT | Video |
| Feb 23 | Emile A. Okal Northwestern University |
Tsunami’s: Detecting, Simulating and Chasing them |
R. Carrigan | Download | Video | |
| Mar 2 | Shamit Kachru Stanford University |
String Theory and Cosmology |
S. Dodelson | Download | Video | |
| Mar 9 | Jose Repond Argonne National Lab |
Calorimetry at the Linear Collider |
H. Weerts | Download | PPT | Video |
| Mar 16 | John Rigden Washington University |
Einstein: The Standard of Greatness |
E. James | Download | None | Video |
| Mar 23 | Benn Tannenbaum American Association for the Advancement of Science |
Dr. Smith goes to Washington: A Physicist Wanders the Halls of Congress |
K. Burkett | Download | PPT | Video |
| Mar 30 | James Cronin University of Chicago |
Remembering Fermi |
C. Newman-Holmes | Download | PPT | Video |
| Apr 6 | Ricard M. Myers Stanford University School of Medicine |
Using Genomics to Study Human Biology and Disease | R. Plunkett | Download | PPT | Video |
| Apr 13 | Steven Koonin BP |
A Physicist’s View of the World’s Energy Situation | T. Zimmerman | Download | Video | |
| April 20 | Nino Boccara UIC |
Highway Car Traffic as a Complex System. The Physicist’s Point of View | K. Burkett | Download | PPT | Video |
| Apr 27 | David DeVorkin National Air and Space Museum |
Presenting Cosmology and its History at The National Air and Space Museum | J. Nachtman | Download | Slides | Video |
| Apr 28 | SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM 2:30 pm in 1West: Chris Llewellyn Smith UKAEA, Culham |
The Fast Track to Fusion Power | K. Ellis | Download | PPT | Video |
| May 4 | Doug Bryman University of British Columbia |
Present and Future Kaon Physics | K. Burkett | Download | PPT | Video |
| May 11 | Bill Marciano BNL |
Muon Physics in the 21st Century | R. Raja | Download | Video | |
| May 18 |
Andreas Höcker |
B Physics, CP Violation and the CKM Fit | A. Kronfeld | Download | PPT | Video |
| May 25 | Nadine Barlow Northern Arizona University |
Beyond Tang: The Hidden Benefits of the Space Program | C. Newman-Holmes | Download | PPT | Video |
| Jun 1 | Robert Kaufmann Boston University |
Oil and the American Way of Life: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell | T. Zimmerman | Download | PPT | Video |
| Jun 8 | None | USERS MEETING – NO COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULED | ||||
| Jun 15 | Jim Pinfold University of Alberta |
Astrocollider Physics: Astroparticle Physics and the LHC | M. Albrow | Download | PPT | Video |
| Jun 22 | Eugenie C. Scott National Center for Science Education |
Creationism, Evolution, and Science Education | S. Dodelson | Download | PPT | Video |
| Jun 29 | Jan-Henrik Andersen University of Michigan |
Perception of the Extreme Unseen – From Mathematics to Aesthetic Coherence | A. Kronfeld | Download | PPT | Video |
| Jul 6 | John Turner National Renewable Energy Lab |
The Sustainable Hydrogen Economy | T. Zimmerman | Download | PPT | Video |
| Jul 13 | Felix Aharonian Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg |
Astrophysics and Cosmology with TeV Gamma Rays | C. Newman-Holmes | Download | PPT | Video |
| Jul 20 | Harold Kirk Brookhaven National Laboratory |
Research into Muon Cooling | R. Raja | Download | ||
| Jul 27 | No Colloquium | |||||
| Aug 3 | Grayson Barber American Civil Liberties Union |
The USA Patriot Act Controversy | E. Prebys | Download | ||
| Aug 10 | Robert Mitchell JPL |
Cassini Mission | J. Nachtman | Download | PPT | Video |
| Aug 17 | Philip James University of Toledo |
The Enigmatic Martian Polar Caps | K. Burkett | Download | PPT | Video |
| Aug 24 | Zheng-Tian Lu Argonne National Laboratory |
Atom Trap, Krypton-81 and Saharan Water | M. Albrow | Download | PPT | Video |
| Aug 31 | Stephen Long University of Illinois Urbana Champaign |
The Direct Effects of Atmospheric Change on Vegetation-From Gene Expression to Crop Production in the Field | R. Plunkett | Download | PPT | Video |