Fall 2016
Sept. 1, Kurtis Williams, Texas A&M University-Commerce
The Art of Scientific Writing
Sept. 8, William G. Newton, Texas A&M University-Commerce
Nuclear Astrophysics
Sept. 15, Peter Frinchaboy, Texas Christian University
Understanding the Milky Way in the Era of Large Scale Chemical Abundance Surveys
Sept. 22, Arne Schwettmann, The University of Oklahoma
Matter-wave quantum optics in ultracold atomic gases
Sept. 29, Joseph H. Ngai, University of Texas at Arlington
Material Science
Oct. 6, Heungman Park, Texas A&M University-Commerce
Organic semiconductors for optoelectronic devices
Oct. 13, Jeremy Holt, Texas A&M University
Hot and dense neutron-rich matter in supernovae and neutron star mergers
Oct. 20, Jackie Chini, The University of Central Florida
Physics education research
Spring 2016
Jan. 21, Biological applications of carbon nanomaterials
Anton V. Naumov, Texas Christian University
Jan. 28, Recent Advances in High Performance Computing
Hang Liu, Texas Advanced Computing Center
Feb. 4, Applications of Bayesian statistics in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions
Scott Pratt, Michigan State University
Feb. 11, Physics Education Research
Michael Loverude, California State University-Fullerton
Feb. 18, Gravitational waves from neutron stars
Benjamin J Owen, Texas Tech University
Feb. 25, An Astronomer Goes to Washington
-Why scientists should take an interest in policy and legislative affairs
Reba Bandyopadhyay, Science & Technology Policy Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, serving at the National Science Foundation
March 24, Neutron Star Radii and the Equation of State of Dense Matter
Andrew Steiner, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
March 31, Physics Education Research
Paul D. Cottle, Florida State University
April 14, Bayesian Models for Connecting Model-Based Predictions to Reality
Dave Higdon, Virginia Tech
April 21, Antihydrogen Related Research at the University of North Texas
Carlos Ordonez, The University of North Texas
April 28, The Hubble constant in the era of precision cosmology
Lucas Macri, Texas A&M University
Fall 2015
Sept. 3
Joe Izen, The University of Texas at Dallas
ATLAS and the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
What they look like, how they work and what was done during the long 2013-2015 shutdown
Sept. 10
Kat Barger, Texas Christian University
Large-scale galactic outflows and tidal processes of the Magellanic Cloud galaxies
Sept. 17
Ohad Shemmer, University of North Texas
Quasar Science in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Era
Sept. 24
Lennart van Haaften, Texas Tech University
High-Energy Astrophysics
Oct. 1
Hans Schuessler, Texas A&M University, College Station
Frequency Combs for Astrophysics
Oct. 8
Louis E. Strigari, Texas A&M University, College Station
Science of Dark Matter
Oct. 15
David G. Whelan, Austin College
Photonics, magnetics and signal processing
Oct. 29
Thomas Corbitt, Louisiana State University
Science of Gravitational Waves with LIGO
Nov. 5
Eleanor Sayre, Kansas State University
Thinking like a physicist: What is it, and how can we tell?
Nov.12
Dean Lee, North Carolina State University
Lattice Simulations of Nuclear Physics
Nov. 19
Lawrence Weinstein, Old Dominion University
Fermi Problems
Dec. 3
Yuri Strzhemechny, Texas Christian University
Influence of experimental ambient on surface photovoltage response in nanostructured surfaces and interfaces
Spring 2015
Feb. 5
Nuclear Chemistry and Physics
Romualdo de Souza, Indiana University
Feb. 12
High Energy Physics
Marj Corcoran, Rice University
Feb. 19
Becoming physics people: Development of integrated physics identity through the
Learning Assistant experience
Eleanor Close, Texas State University
Feb. 26
Galaxy clusters: investigating their physics and role in studying dark matter and dark energy
Lindsay King, The University of Texas at Dallas
March 5
Quantum Many-Body Theory
Alexander Volya, Florida State University
March 12
Novel States of Ultracold Rydberg Atoms and Some of their Applications
James Shaffer, University of Oklahoma
March 26 (Sponsored by the Centennial of General Relativity Speakers Bureau)
Characterization of Gravitational Waves from Primordial Relativistic Turbulence
David Garrison, University of Houston-Clear Lake
April 9
Discovery of a Thorne-Zytkow Object Candidate in the Small Magellanic Cloud
Emily Levesque, University of Colorado
April 16 (Sponsored by the Centennial of General Relativity Speakers Bureau)
Nearing the Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Paul Walter, St. Edward’s University
April 23
Physics Education
Vashti Sawtelle, Michigan State University
April 30
Computational Science
Joseph Carlson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Fall 2014
Aug. 28, The Science of Neutron Stars
Dany Page, Instituto de Astronomia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Sept. 4, Habitability around F-type Stars
Manfred Cuntz, The University of Texas at Arlington
Sept. 11, Black holes and gravitational waves
Mike Kesden, The University of Texas at Dallas
Sept. 18, New ways to understand how shape changes the electronic properties on graphene
Salvador Barraza-Lopez, The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Sept. 25, New Physics at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
Zach Kohley, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan
State University
Oct. 2, Interactions of ultracold atoms and laser beams with orbital angular momentum
Eric R. I. Abraham, University of Oklahoma
Oct. 9, Astronomy and Astrophysics
David Sand, Texas Tech University
Oct. 16, What can we learn about neutrons using the dispersive optical model?
Willem Dickhoff, Washington University in St. Louis
Oct. 23, High Energy Physics
Rene Bellwied, University of Houston
Oct. 30, Nuclear Theory
Petr Navratil, TRIUMF, Vancouver (Canada’s National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics)
Nov. 6, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Jennifer Marshall, Texas A&M University
Nov. 13, Workshop on Careers in Physics and Astronomy
Toni Sauncy, American Institute of PhysicsNov. 20, Nonlinear optics of graphene and topological insulators
Alexey Belyanin, Texas A&M University
Dec. 4, Remote sensing studies of the Earth's ionosphere
Fabiano S. Rodrigues, University of Texas at Dallas
Spring 2014
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Fall 2013
NOVEMBER 21
TEACHING THE PHYSICS OF SPORTS: EXPERIENCES OF A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST
PROF. MIKE LISA
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
NOVEMBER 14
NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS IN ASTRONOMY BASED ON THE PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS
DR. SEUNG-HOON CHA
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE
NOVEMBER 7
INTEGRATION OF FUNCTIONAL OXIDES AND SEMICONDUCTORS
PROF. ALEX DEMKOV
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
OCTOBER 31
NUCLEAR FORCES AT SHORT DISTANCES AND SUPERDENSE NUCLEAR MATTER
PROF. MISAK SARGSIAN
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
OCTOBER 24
THE STRING LANDSCAPE AND THE MULTIVERSE
PROF. GERALD CLEAVER
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
OCTOBER 17
THE ART OF SCIENTIFIC WRITING
PROF. KURTIS WILLIAMS
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE
OCTOBER 10
GROUND BASED OBSERVATIONS OF ASTEROIDS
PROF. MICHAEL FAUERBACH
FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY
OCTOBER 3
LASER STUDIES OF BASIC ATOMS AND NUCLEI – AN OLYMPICS OF PRECISION
PROF. DAVID SHINER
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
SEPTEMBER 26
CHANDRA X-RAY GRATING SPECTROSCOPY OF CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES
PROF. ERIC M. SCHLEGEL
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO
SEPTEMBER 19
HIGH ENERGY NUCLEAR COLLISIONS: HARD PROBES, HEAVY QUARKS, AND STRONG GLUON FIELDS
PROF. RAINER FRIES
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
SEPTEMBER 12
ARCHAEOASTRONOMY: ANCIENT PEOPLE CONNECTING THE EARTH TO THE SKY
PROF. KENT MONTGOMERY
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE
SEPTEMBER 5
RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT IN RESEARCH
PROF. MATT WOOD
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE
Spring 2013
JANUARY 17
CLUSTERING IN COMPLEX NETWORKS
PROF. MUTLU METE
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE
JANUARY 24
NEW EXPLORATIONS OF ATOMIC-SCALE INTERACTIONS USING LARGE SCALE COMPUTATION
PROF. DAVID R. SCHULTZ
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
JANUARY 31
BLACK HOLES AND NEUTRON STARS IN GLOBULAR CLUSTERS
PROF. TOM MACCARONE
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
FEBRUARY 7
WHY IS THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE ACCELERATING?
PROF. MUSTAPHA ISHAK-BOUSHAKI
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS
FEBRUARY 14
DETERMINING MODERN ENERGY DENSITY FUNCTIONAL FOR NUCLEI AND THE STATUS OF THE EQUATION OF STATE OF NUCLEAR MATTER
DR. SHALOM SHLOMO
CYCLOTRON INSTITUTE, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
FEBRUARY 21
MEASURING INFORMATION PRESENTATION IN A PHYSICS CLASS
PROF. GAY B. STEWART
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, FAYETTEVILLE
FEBRUARY 28
WHITE DWARF BINARIES AND GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
PROF. MATTHEW BENACQUISTA
CENTER FOR GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE
MARCH 7
TIME-DEPENDENT QUANTUM REACTIVE SCATTERING IN THREE DIMENSIONS USING HYPERSPHERICAL (APH) COORDINATES: THEORY AND RESULTS
PROF. GREGORY A. PARKER
THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
MARCH 21
MERGING COMPACT BINARIES
PROF. DONG LAI
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
MARCH 28
RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR DEVICES AND TERRORISM
PROF. JOHN W. POSTON, SR.
DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
APRIL 11
MID-INFRARED SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS: TOWARD ACHIEVING EFFICIENT HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATION
PROF. LINDA OLAFSEN
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
APRIL 18
MOLECULAR MOTORS: FROM MECHANICS TO DISEASE
PROF. GEORGE SHUBEITA
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
MAY 2
EXPERIMENTAL CHALLENGES IN NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS
DR. R.G. PIZZONE
LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD-INFN, CATANIA, ITALY