Graduate Student Seminar
This seminar series exists to provide physics students a forum to share their work and interests with their peers. Seminar talks are given by students on the topic of their choice. The topics can be only tangentially related to physics, e.g. The Physics of Running, The Physics of Climbing. The audience is comprised of other students. Faculty are not invited to these talks. The atmosphere is congenial and non-threatening. Our hope is to maintain a vigorous schedule of regular weekly talks. Please volunteer yourself, or suggest a friend; our contact information can be found below.
Time and Location
The GSS, by default, is at 4:00pm on Wednesdays in the OCO conference room, 240D Willamette Hall. Deviations from this will be noted on the schedule.
Schedule
| Date | Title | Speaker | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 4, 2012 | Interactive Teaching | Richard Wagner | Coming out of the emerging field of highly interactive lecturing, Richard Wagner and Mike Raymer have been developing a new course for the UofO titled “Information Theory, Quantum Mechanics and DNA”. Richard will present the ideas behind creating the course and will hold a live demonstration of a sample lecture from the course. This talk will benefit those interested in science teaching, listening to Richard’s silky smooth oration and also Richard, as he prepares to repeat the lecture the following week for students enrolled in the course. |
| April 11, 2012 | Meeting | Wanton Committee | |
| April 18, 2012 | Trials and Tribulations from New Zealand | Rick Montgomery | A tale of photos, science, philosophy, glow worms, and insanity in the Southern Hemisphere. |
| April 25, 2012 | TBD | TBD | matt jemielita rescheduled. will probably be about the physics of photography, is yet to be determined |
| May 2, 2012 | Electromagnetically Induced Transparency of Spin Ensembles in a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas | Tom Baldwin | We report experimental studies of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in a two-dimensional electron gas of a modulation-doped quantum well, with the aim of realizing an ideal EIT process in a solid state spin ensemble. |
| May 9, 2012 | what are fractals? | Tyler Yahn and Jordan Pierce | Yes, we do this in our free time. |
| May 16, 2012 | |||
| May 23, 2012 | |||
| May 30, 2012 | |||
| June 6, 2012 |
Why should I attend?
- Find out what research is being pursued in the UO Physics Department.
- Support your fellow graduate students.
- Practice giving a presentation.
- Eat Free Cookies!
Why should I give a presentation?
- Practice your talks before your committee/group/advisor gets to hear it.
- Students are better listeners.
- You can discuss anything that you want to!
- John Toner will not be there.
GSS Committee
The GSS committee for the 2011--2012 year is:
- Jason Boucher
- Peter Morse
- Roger Smith