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JMU Physics
Dept. Seminars this semester will meet either Thursday from 4:00-5:25
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Fall 2008 Seminars |
| Date | Speaker (Affiliation) | Title | Host | Abstract |
| Thursday 8/28 | Drs. Utter and I. Niculescu (JMU) | Group Advising for Juniors and Seniors | Utter | |
| Thursday 9/4 | Rebekah Evans (GMU) | Research in Space Weather | Ingham | |
| Friday 9/12 | Warren Buck (UW Bothell) | NASA's New Frontiers | I. Niculescu | Abstract |
| Thursday 9/18 | Dr. DJ Chen (RMH) | Physics in Radiation Oncology | Whisnant | |
| Thursday 9/25 | Bruce Marsh (Joint w/ Geology) |
Magmatic Systems: Physics + Chemistry + Materials = Petrology
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R. Amenta | |
| Thursday 10/2 | Joseph Priest (Miami Univ, OH) | Pendulums Large and Small | Whisnant | Abstract |
| Thursday 10/9 | Edwin Taylor (MIT) |
General Relativity for Undergraduates: The Jungle and the Explorers. NOTE SPECIAL ROOM: ISAT 259 |
Ingham | Abstract |
| Thursday 10/16 | Chris Jarzynski (UMD) | Nonequilibrium thermodynamics at the microscale | Paulson | Abstract |
| Thursday 10/23 | Kevin Giovanetti (JMU) | The 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics: Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking | Paulson | |
| Thursday 10/30 | Crystal Brogan (NRAO) | Alumni Lecture: Massive Stars from the Cradle to the Grave | Butner | |
| Thursday 11/6 | Carlton Caves (UNM) |
"Everything I know I learned by Doing Physics Homework Problems" |
Paulson | Abstract/Bio |
| Thrusday 11/13 | Brian Utter (JMU) | Paulson | ||
| Thursday 11/20 | Brent Doran (Inst. for Adv. Study) | Lansdman | ||
| Thursday 11/27 | Thanksgiving | No Seminar | ||
| Thursday 12/4 | End Of Semester | No Seminar |
Other JMU Science and Technology Seminars: