Physics & Astronomy - Valparaiso University

: Spring 2013 Schedule Demo Day (1/11)Summer Opportunities (1/25)Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (2/1)Computational Photocatalyst Design (2/8)Kress Lecture (2/14)Representational Dependence & Representational Fluency (2/18)The Earth Moves? Prove it! (2/15)The Tropospheric Ozone Pollution Project (4/12)Searching for a New Kind of Light (4/19)Senior Projects (4/26)Senior Projects (5/3) & Spring Picnic

Spring 2013 Colloquium Schedule

DATE	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION AND TOPIC
1/11/13	Faculty and Staff	Valparaiso University, Department of Physics & Astronomy "Our Favorite Physics Demos"
1/18/13	Dr. Todd Krauss	Neils Colloquia on Innovative Science (NCIS) Series University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry "Nanosicence and Nanotechnology: Where Size Really Does Matter"
1/25/13	Physics & Astronomy Faculty	Valparaiso University, Department of Physics & Astronomy "Summer Research Opportunities in the Physics & Astronomy Dept."
2/01/13	Dr. Mike Kash	Lake Forest College, Department of Physics "Diode Lasers and Electromagnetically Induced Transparency"
2/08/13	Dr. Haiying He	Michigan Tech University, Department of Physics "From Green-House Gas to Solar Fuels: Design of Photocatalysts by Computational Approach"
2/14/13	Dr. Dennis Danielson	Kress Lecture Series and Christ College Symposium University of British Columbia, Department of English "Reviving Copernicus, revising the Copernican Principle"
2/15/13	Dr. Dennis Danielson	University of British Columbia, Department of English "What do you mean, 'The Earth Moves'? Prove it!"
2/19/13 8:30 pm	Dr. Mary Bridget Kustusch	Oregon State University, Department of Physics "The Beginning and the End: Exploring the transition from representational dependence to representational fluency"
2/22/13	Dr. Mike Samide	Butler University, Department of Chemistry NCIS – "Using Principles of Civic Engagement to Teach Science: Brownfields, Green Chemistry, and Art"
3/1/13	---------------	NO COLLOQUIUM --Spring Recess from Classes
3/8/13	---------------	NO COLLOQUIUM --Spring Recess from Classes
3/15/13	---------------	NO COLLOQUIUM --Spring Recess from Classes
3/22/13	Dr. Warren Kosman	Valparaiso University, Department of Chemistry NCIS – "Toward a Better Coordinate System in Which to Solve the Schroedinger Equation for the Helium Atom"
3/29/13	---------------	NO COLLOQUIUM –Good Friday
4/5/13	Dr. Patrick Holland	University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry NCIS - "The Global Nitrogen Cycle and Nitrogen Fixation by Iron Complexes"
4/12/13	Prof. Gary Morris	Valparaiso Unversity, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy and Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences The Tropospheric Ozone Pollution Project (TOPP): O3 and SO2 Sondes from 2004 - 2012
4/19/13	Dr. Ross Corliss (VU `05)	Dept. of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology NCIS - "Searching for a New Kind of Light"
4/26/13	Senior Students	Valparaiso University, Department of Physics & Astronomy "Senior Research Project Final Reports"
5/03/13	Senior Students	Valparaiso University, Department of Physics & Astronomy & Neils Science Center Spring Picnic "Senior Research Project Proposals & Spring Picnic"