Colloquium – Archive
Fermilab Colloquium Calendar 2011-2012
Lectures begin at 4:00 p.m. in 1 West
Orange titles are more technical; Green titles are less technical.
| Date | Speaker/Institute | Title | Host | Abstract | Video | |
| 07 Sep 2011 | ||||||
| 14 Sep 2011 | ||||||
| 21 Sep 2011 | ||||||
| 28 Sep 2011 | ||||||
| 5 Oct 2011 | George Sonneborn NASA |
The James Webb Space Telescope: Science and Mission Status | P. Lebrun | Abstract | Video | |
| 12 Oct 2011 | ||||||
| 19 Oct 2011 | Brad Sherrill Michigan State University |
Science with the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams | T. Sen | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 26 Oct 2011 | No Colloquium | Project X Collaboration Meeting | ||||
| 2 Nov 2011 | Paul Steinhardt Princeton University |
Once Upon a Time in Kamchatka: The Strange Search for Natural Quasicrystals | C. Quigg | Abstract | ||
| 9 Nov 2011 | No Colloquium | International CMS Upgrade Workshop | ||||
| 16 Nov 2011 | Vladimir Shiltsev Fermilab |
Mikhail Lomonosov | P. Lebrun | Abstract | Video | |
| 23 Nov 2011 | Thanksgiving | No Colloquium | ||||
| 30 Nov 2011 | ||||||
| 7 Dec 2011 | Itai Cohen Cornell University |
Flight of the Fruit Fly | P. Lebrun | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 14 Dec 2011 | Joseph Minervini MIT |
The Technical and Engineering Challenges of Fusion Reactors for Energy | G. Ambrosio | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 21 Dec 2011 | Christmas Holiday | No Colloquium | ||||
| 28 Dec 2011 | New Year’s Holiday | No Colloquium | ||||
| 4 Jan 2012 | Chris Lintott University of Oxford |
What to do with 500,000 scientists | F. DeJongh | Abstract | Video | |
| 11 Jan 2012 | J. Provine Stanford University |
Surface Forces in Nanomechanical Systems: Living on the Edge | M. Votava | Abstract | Video | Video |
| 18 Jan 2012 | Eric Toone Deputy Director for Technology for the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) |
The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy: A New Paradigm in Transformational Energy Research | R. Lipton | Abstract | Video | |
| 25 Jan 2012 | Hugh Montgomery Jefferson Lab |
Jefferson Lab: The Next Ten Years and Beyond | R. Kephart | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 1 Feb 2012 | Jasper Kirkby CERN |
Cosmic Rays, Climate and the CERN CLOUD Experiment | D. Glenzinski | Abstract | ||
| 8 Feb 2012 | ||||||
| 15 Feb 2012 | Stuart Henderson Fermilab |
Are Accelerators Ready to Drive Subcritical Nuclear Reactors? | C. Quigg | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 22 Feb 2012 | ||||||
| 29 Feb 2012 | Hod Lipson Cornell University |
Machine Science: Distilling Natural Laws from Experimental Data, from particle physics to computational biology | P. Lebrun | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 7 Mar 2012 | Marco Bersanelli University of Milan, Italy |
The Planck Mission: Early Results | G. Ambrosio | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 14 Mar 2012 | Nergis Mavalvala MIT |
Quantum Opportunities in Gravitational Wave Detectors | F. DeJongh | PPT | Video | |
| 21 Mar 2012 | Joshua Klein University of Pennsylvania |
From Anomaly to Problem to Physics: Lessons from Solar Neutrinos | P. Lebrun and S. Geer | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 28 Mar 2012 | Dean Alhorn NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center |
Flying on Sun Shine: Sailing in Space | P. Lebrun | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 4 Apr 2012 | Chris Quigg Fermilab |
The Higgs Boson for the Masses? | P. Lebrun and P. Fox | Abstract | Video | |
| 11 Apr 2012 | Donald Umstadter University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
An all-laser-driven x-ray synchrotron light source | T. Sen | Abstract | ||
| 18 Apr 2012 | Aephraim M. Steinberg University of Toronto |
Quantum Measurement and the Real World | F. DeJongh | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 25 Apr 2012 | Kerry Bernstein IBM T.J. Watson Research Center |
The Post-CMOS Switch: Benchmarking the Replacement Candidates | T. Liu | Abstract | ||
| 2 May 2012 | Jeff Harvey University of Chicago |
String Theory and Quantum Chromodynamics | C. Quigg | Abstract | Video | |
| 9 May 2012 | Bob Tschirhart Fermilab |
Project X and the Endless Frontier | P. Lebrun | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 16 May 2012 | William J. Cooper University of California, Irvine |
Application of Electron Beam Systems for Environmental Applications | R. Kephart | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 23 May 2012 | Wit Busza MIT |
Studies of QCD Matter from E178 and E451 at NAL to CMS at LHC | A. Para | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 30 May 2012 | ||||||
| 6 Jun 2012 | Lucie Linssen CERN |
Physics and detectors at the CLIC linear e+e- collider | A. Para | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 13 Jun 2012 | No Colloquium | User’s Meeting/Tevatron Symposium | ||||
| 20 Jun 2012 | Xiang Zhang University of California Berkeley |
Optical Metamaterials: Negative Refraction, Superlens and Plasmon Lasers | T. Liu | Abstract | Video | |
| 27 Jun 2012 | Samuel Kounaves Tufts University |
The Mars Phoenix Mission: Simple Findings – Global Implications | R. Lipton | Abstract | Video | |
| 4 Jul 2012 | Independence Day – No Colloquium | |||||
| 10 Jul 2012 | Daniel R. Green Fermilab |
SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM – Fermilab: Life on the Energy Frontier | P. Lebrun | Abstract | Video | |
| 11 Jul 2012 | Glen Marshall TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC |
Muon decay parameters and the TWIST experiment | D. Glenzinski | Abstract | Video | |
| 18 Jul 2012 | ||||||
| 25 Jul 2012 | ||||||
| 1 Aug 2012 | ||||||
| 8 Aug 2012 | NOTE NEW LOCATION: AUDITORIUM Andreas Kronfeld Fermilab |
Twenty-first Century Lattice Gauge Theory: Consequences of the QCD Lagrangian | C. Quigg | Abstract | Video | |
| 15 Aug 2012 | NOTE NEW LOCATION: AUDITORIUM Rob Plunkett Fermilab |
The Ghost that Wasn’t: Neutrino Physics in the 21st Century | P. Fox | Abstract | Video | |
| 22 Aug 2012 | ||||||
| 29 Aug 2012 |