Fall 2012

The Physics Department Colloquia of the Fall 2012 semester

Refreshments 4:00 pm in the Foyer of the Olin Physics-Chemistry Building
Presentations 4:15 - 5:15 pm in Olin 204

September 17: “Particle Physics at the Large Hadron Collider”
Prof. Lisa Randall, Harvard University

October 1: “Unraveling a Brain Twister”
Prof. Michael Broide, Lewis & Clark College

October 15: “Joining Acoustical Physics and Electrical Engineering to
Protect Oregon’s Marine Habitats”
Nathan Laws, Graduate Student at Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab), P.S.U.

October 29: “Tales from the Field: Three Cool Student Research Experiences during Summer 2012”
Katie Brennan, Elena Hoff, and Robert Pirtle, Lewis & Clark College


November 12: “Are Quantum States Really Real?”
Prof. Maximilian Schlosshauer, University of Portland

November 26: “Science, Magic, and Religion in the Middle Ages”
Prof. Ralph Drayton, Lewis & Clark College

December 10: Advanced Lab Projects
Physics Students from Physics 300/400, Lewis & Clark College