Colloquium – Archive
Fermilab Colloquium Calendar 2014-2015
Lectures begin at 4:00 p.m. in 1 West
Appropriate for physicists Appropriate for all lab staff and members of the public
| Date | Speaker/Institute | Title | Host | Abstract | Video | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Sep 2014 | Peter Graham Stanford University |
Gravitational Wave Detection with Atom Interferometry | C. Stoughton | Abstract | Video | |
| 10 Sep 2014 | Christian Scherf DESY |
Institutional Awareness: Safety and Risk Management – from Politics to Action | P. Lebrun | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 17 Sep 2014 | Hantao Ji Princeton University |
Laboratory Study of Angular Momentum Transport in Astrophysical Accretion Disks | P. Lebrun | Abstract | Video | |
| 24 Sep 2014 | NOT HELD | |||||
| 01 Oct 2014 | NOT HELD | |||||
| 08 Oct 2014 | Venkat Selvamanickam University of Houston Note new time: 3:00 pm |
Recent Advances in High Temperature Superconductors and Potential Applications | P. Bhat | Abstract | Video | |
| 15 Oct 2014 | Michael Lubell American Physical Society |
From the Physics Trenches to the Political Swamp | P. Bhat | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 22 Oct 2014 | Jean Paul Allain University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Advanced adaptive nanomaterials under extreme conditions: current progress and challenges | T. Sen | Abstract | Video | |
| 24 Oct 2014 | Special Colloquium: Graham Farmelo Churchill College, University of Cambridge, UK |
Paul Dirac – the theorist’s theorist | C. Quigg | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 29 Oct 2014 | NOT HELD | |||||
| 05 Nov 2014 | Christophe Grojean ICREA/IFAE-Barcelona |
Quo Vadis Higgs? | B. Dobrescu | Abstract | Video | |
| 12 Nov 2014 | Junko Shigemitsu Ohio State University |
What Can Lattice Gauge Theory Do for You? | C. Quigg | Abstract | Video | |
| 19 Nov 2014 | David Newell NIST |
Defining Fundamental Constants of Nature: The New SI | P. Lebrun | Abstract | Video | |
| 26 Nov 2014 | Thanksgiving No Colloquium |
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| 03 Dec 2014 | Chris Quigg Fermilab |
Celebrating Quarkonium: The First Forty Years | P. Bhat | Abstract | Video | |
| 10 Dec 2014 | NOT HELD | |||||
| 17 Dec 2014 | NOT HELD | |||||
| 24 Dec 2014 | Christmas Holiday | No Colloquium | ||||
| 31 Dec 2014 | New Year’s Holiday | No Colloquium | ||||
| 07 Jan 2015 | Maria Michela Del Viva University of Florence |
Brain Mechanisms in Human Visual Processing and Data Acquisition in HEP | P. Bhat/D. Glenzinski | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 14 Jan 2015 | Silvia Pascoli Durham University |
Neutrino Phenomenology: From Underground to the Skies | D. Hooper | Abstract | Video | |
| 21 Jan 2015 | ||||||
| 28 Jan 2015 | Claudia Alexander Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Rosetta Comet Chaser at Landing, and Starting its Orbit Mission | V. Scarpine | Abstract | Video | |
| 04 Feb 2015 | Peter Markowitz and Xavior Cortada Florida International University and Michael Hoch, CERN |
Art@CMS as a Vehicle for Education and Outreach | P. Bhat | Abstract | Video | |
| 11 Feb 2015 | Jacob Bean University of Chicago |
Exoplanets in HD | D. Hooper | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 18 Feb 2015 | Matthew Tirrell Director of the Institute of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago |
Engineering from the molecular level up: Building a new approach to engineering research and education | P. Bhat | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 25 Feb 2015 | Colloquium Held on Thursday, 26 February | No Colloquium Today | ||||
| 26 Feb 2015 | Leonard Feldman Rutgers University |
SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM – NOTE NEW DATE: On-going Electronic Materials Revolution | D. Glenzinski / Y. Shin | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 04 Mar 2015 | Timothy Cohen Princeton University/Institute for Advanced Study |
The Higgs Mass, Top Partners, and the LHC | D. Hooper | Abstract | Video | |
| 11 Mar 2015 | No Colloquium Today | |||||
| 18 Mar 2015 | Phillipe Masson University of Houston |
Superconductivity as the Enabling Technology for All-Electric Aircraft | L. Cooley | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 25 Mar 2015 | Marc C. Ross SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |
LCLS-II: A CW Free-Electron Laser based on 1.3 GHz TESLA Superconducting RF Technology | L. Cooley | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 01 Apr 2015 | Paolo Gondolo University of Utah |
Direct Dark Matter Searches: Status and Implications | D. Lincoln | Abstract | Video | |
| 08 Apr 2015 | Cynthia Boggs Argonne National Laboratory |
Highly Enriched Uranium Transparency Program | R. Tesarek | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 15 Apr 2015 | Richard Haier UC Irvine |
Seeing Intelligence at Work in the Brain | D. Lincoln | Abstract | N/A | Video |
| 22 Apr 2015 | A. Douglas Stone Yale University |
Einstein and Quantum Mechanics: Its Not What You think | M. Albrow | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 29 April 2015 | Postponed | No Colloquium this week | ||||
| 06 May 2015 | Eric Braaten Ohio State University |
Ultracold Atoms: How Quantum Field Theory Invaded Atomic Physics | D. Hooper | Abstract | Video | |
| 13 May 2015 | John Carlstrom KICP, University of Chicago |
Physics and Cosmology with the Cosmic Microwave Background | D. Hooper | Abstract | Video | |
| 20 May 2015 | Robert Fefferman University of Chicago |
Some Hopefully Harmonious Topics from Harmonic Analysis: Singlular Integrals, Classical and Modern | P. Bhat | Abstract | ||
| 27 May 2015 | Daniel Eisenstein Harvard University |
Dark Energy and Cosmic Sound | D. Hooper | Abstract | Video | |
| 03 Jun 2015 | William Freeman Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
A big world of tiny motions | M. Albrow | Abstract | Video | |
| 10 Jun 2015 | No Colloquium | |||||
| 17 June 2015 | Gennady Shvets The University of Texas at Austin |
Advanced Structure- and Plasma-Based Accelerators | T. Sen | Abstract | Video | |
| 24 June 2015 | Brian Odom Northwestern University |
Adding Trapped Molecules to the Quantum Toolkit | C. Stoughton | Abstract | Video | |
| 01 Jul 2015 | No Colloquium | |||||
| 08 Jul 2015 | Harry McSween University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
Asteroid Exploration by the Dawn Spacecraft | C. Stoughton | Abstract | Video | |
| 15 Jul 2015 | Allan Franklin University of Colorado, Boulder |
Shifting Standards: Experiments in Particle Physics in the Twentieth Century | D. Glenzinski | Abstract | Video | |
| 22 Jul 2015 | Larry Weinstein Old Dominion University |
Guesstimation: Solving the World’s Problems on a Cocktail Napkin | P. Bhat | Abstract | Video | |
| 29 Jul 2015 | Bina Venkataraman The Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard |
Shaping Policy with Science: A Call to Action | P. Bhat | Abstract | Video | |
| 05 Aug 2015 | Joel Rynes Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) |
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office’s Aproach to Detect Concealed Threats | R. Kephart | Abstract | Video | |
| 12 Aug 2015 | Elijah Wolfson Newseek |
Sex Cells | D. Lincoln | Abstract | Video | |
| 19 Aug 2015 | No colloquium | |||||
| 26 Aug 2015 | No colloquium | |||||
| 02 Sep 2015 | David Nygren University of Texas at Arlington |
Searches for Neutrino-less Double Beta-Decay: a Decade of Discovery Ahead at the ton-scale? | A. Para | Abstract | Video | |
| 09 Sep 2015 | Scott Dodelson Fermilab/UChicago |
Cosmic Neutrinos | A. Para | Abstract | Video | |
| 16 Sep 2015 | Humphrey Maris Brown University |
Electron Bubbles in Liquid Helium and Quantum Mechanics | M. Albrow | Abstract | ||
| 23 Sep 2015 | Vadim Banine ASML |
EUV lithography: now and in the future | A. Grassellino | Abstract | Video | |
| 30 Sep 2015 | Ryan Campbell Fermilab |
The Betz Prairie Turns 40 | K. Yurkewicz | Abstract | Video | |
| 07 Oct 2015 | John Grunsfeld NASA |
NASA Missions in the 21st Century | P. Bhat | Video | ||
| 14 Oct 2015 | Michael Levin University of Chicago |
The Puzzling Boundaries of Topological Quantum Matter | D. Hooper | Abstract | Video | |
| 21 Oct 2015 | James Hartle University of California, Santa Barbara |
Einstein’s Vision and the Quantum Universe | P. Bhat | Abstract | Video | |
| 28 Oct 2015 | TBD | |||||
| 4 Nov 2015 | Wendy Freedman University of Chicago |
The Unexpected Universe: Measurements of Cosmological Parameters | C. Stoughton | Abstract | Video | |
| 11 Nov 2015 | Kathryn Zurek LBL Berkeley |
New theories for dark matter: hunting beyond the WIMP | D. Hooper | Abstract | Video | |
| 18 Nov 2015 | Professor R. Rajaraman Jawaharlal Nehru University, India |
The Rocky Road to Nuclear Zero | M. Albrow/P. Bhat | Abstract | Video | |
| 25 Nov 2015 | No collquium | |||||
| 02 Dec 2015 | ||||||
| 09 Dec 2015 | Stephen Parke Fermilab |
“The 2015 Neutrino Nobel Prize – a theoretical perspective” | P. Bhat | Abstract | Video | |
| 16 Dec 2015 | B. Flaugher, J. Fireman, M. Soares-Santos, J. Peoples | The Dark Energy Survey: the Movie | C. Stoughton | Abstract | Video | |
| 23 Dec 2015 | No colloquium | |||||
| 30 Dec 2015 | No colloquium |