DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
University of Missouri Columbia

Joint Condensed Matter/ECE/Biological Physics Seminars Schedule
AY 2003-2004


DATE
SPEAKER
TITLE
HOST
Sept. 3
Brian Kirby,
UMC
Annealing Dependent Phenomena in Ferromagnetic Semiconductors: a neutron reflectometry study of Ga1-xMnxAs

Sept. 10
W.C. (Bill) Nunnally, Professor UMC
Physical electronics research activities in electrical engineering
Shubra
Sept. 17
Giovanni Vignale,
Professor, UMC
Edge Luttinger liquid: Theory and Experiment

Sept. 24
Jim Fleming,
Sandia National Lab 
Silicon Based Fabrication and Properties of 3-D Photonic Crystals and Bragg Fibers
Shubra
Oct. 1
Stefan Zoller
Spectroscopy Techniques for High-Mobility Strained Si CMOS
Shubra
Oct. 8
David Baxter,
Indiana University
LENS A University-Based Pulsed Neutron Source
Worcester
Oct. 15
Anton Amann,
Innsbruck University
Fibrillation Scoring and Development of Intelligent Defibrillators
Pfeifer
Oct. 22
Jay J. Senkevich
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Molecular Caulk: A Pore Sealing Technology for Ultra-Low K Dielectrics
Shubra
Oct. 29
Rob McQueeney
Ames lab Iowa
Lattice Dynamics of Plutonium
Montfrooij
Nov. 5
Huey Huang,
Rice University
Cancelled
Worcester
Nov. 12
Xudong Fan,
3M Corporation, Austin, TX
Cavity-QED of Composite Dielectric Microsphere and Semiconductor
          Nanocrystal System
Wexler
Nov. 19 Kartik Ghosh
Southwest Missouri State
Nanoscale investigation of non-volatile ferroelectric memories using atomic force microscope (AFM)
Suchi
Nov 26

Thanksgiving Break

Dec. 3
Judy Wu
University of Kansas-Lawrence
Cation exchange: thin film epitaxy via atomic surgery
Vignale
Dec. 10
Carsten Ullrich
UMR
Intersubband charge and spin dynamics in semiconductor quantum wells
Vignale
Dec. 12

Stop Day





Jan. 20

Classes begin

Jan. 21
Ruben Portugal
Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Exchange Bias: theory and recent experiments
Vignale
Jan. 28
Naz Islam
UMC

Satpathy
Feb. 4
Ivan Rasnik (UIUC)
Single molecule FRET experiments for DNA binding and unwinding mechanism of helicase
Portugal
Feb. 11
Marie-Pier Rols
Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology, Tolouse
What can an electric field do for you?
From in vitro gene delivery mechanism to in vivo applications in cancer treatment.
Forgacs
Feb. 18
Baskaran
IMS, Chennai, India
Resonating-valence-bond  theory of
cobaltates
Satpathy
Feb. 25
T. N. De Silva,
University of Cincinnati
Correlated electron systems
Satpathy
Mar. 3
 Drabold
 Ohio University
Structural Modeling of Amorphous Materials and a Qualitative Picture of Anderson Localization
Satpathy
Mar. 10
G. S. Tripathy
Berhampur University
Title -Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors: An Overview
Satpathy
Mar. 17
Karoly Jakab (UMC) TBA
Forgacs
Mar. 24

Spring Break

Mar. 31
Marco Polini
Scuola Normale Superiore
Theory of the pair distribution function in Fermion fluids
Vignale
Apr. 7 Paul Karen
University of Missouri-Rolla
Macroscopic magnetic methods of characterizing thin layers, powders and
bulk materials
Miceli
Apr. 14
Dennis Mills
Argonne National Lab
Next Generation Synchrotron Radiation Sources
Taub
Apr. 21
Satish Ogale
University of Maryland
Oxide-based diluted magnetic semiconductors
Suchi Guha
Apr. 28
Willy Wriggers
University of Texas
Structure and Dynamics of Macromolecular Machines Revealed by Signal-Processing of Multi-Resolution Data
Ioan Kosztin
May 6
Phil Russel
North Carolina State
Characterization of Nanomaterials and Quantum Devices via SPM and STEM
Lou Ross
May 7

Stop Day