Archive: General Page

• The International X-ray Observatory: Its science objectives and instrumentation

  Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 3:15pm Reiss 502 William W. Zhang Astrophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771 The International X-ray Observatory (IXO) is a majo

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• Nematic order on curved spherical spaces

  Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 3:15pm - 4:30pm Reiss 502Alberto Fernandez-NievesGeorgia Tech, Department of Physics When nematic liquid crystals are confined to spherical shells, complex defect structu

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• Systems Engineering and Physics

  Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 3:15pm - 4:15pm Reiss 502 Clifford Martin, Ph.D.Odyssey Consortium, LLC Abstract Companies and projects fail often. This is especially the case in startups. It is a comm

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• Over the rainbow: extreme adventures in the ultraviolet

  Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 3:15pm Reiss 502 Dr. Charles W. ClarkJoint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Maryland The shopkeepers' adage, "If you do

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• Novel optical techniques for cell biology

  Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 3:15pm - 4:30pm Reiss 502 Daniel Axelrod, Professor Emeritus Department of Physics, The University of Michigan Although optical microscopy has been an invaluable tool in

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• Adaptive Quantum Design for Nanoscience

  Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 3:15pm - 4:30pm Reiss 502Prof. Stephan HaasUniversity of Southern California Recent advances in nano-technology have enabled us to construct ultra-small opto-electronic de

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• The Many Hats of String Theory

  Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 3:15pm - 4:30pm Reiss 502 Leopoldo Pando Zayas, Associate Professor Department of Physics, The University of Michigan String theory naturally came about as an attempt to

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• The Physics of NASCAR

  Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 3:15pm - 4:00pm Reiss 502Prof. Diandra Leslie Pelecky Department of Physics, University of Texas at Dallas A group of racecars piloted by the best drivers in NASCAR are tu

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• Micro- and Nano-technology in Spaceflight Instrumentation

  Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 3:15pm - 4:30pm Reiss 502 Dr. Stephanie Getty NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ABSTRACT: As spaceflight missions travel to increasingly diverse and remote planetary ta

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• Tracking a Comet

  Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 3:15pm Reiss 502Dr. Alice K. B. MonetUnited States Naval Observatory People often ask me why the Navy hires astronomers, particularly now that satellite navigation has b

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