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\u00a0Spring 2024 Seminars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(All seminars take place in RNS 210 unless otherwise indicated)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 14 \u2013 Physics Summer CURI and Research Opportunities Information Session. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 6 \u2013 From genes to geometry: how biology uses physics to sculpt a visceral organ, Noah Mitchell\u201912 University of California, Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 8 \u2013 Spiking at the Edge: Excitability at interfaces in reaction-diffusion systems, Colin Scheibner \u201917 Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 13 \u2013 Physics Alum journey from Olaf to Grad School, Jessye Gassel \u201921 PhD student at George Mason University. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 4 \u2013 How to fight Cancer with Physics: a Medical Physicist Assistant\u2019s Perspective, Jack Thull \u201920 Medical Physicist Assistant Mayo Clinic Rochester. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 23 \u2013 A history of the Universe: From the big bang to today, Dr. Keith Olive, University of MN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fall 2023 Seminars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

September 13  \u2013 Physics Phaculty Demo<\/strong> \u2013 Your phavorite physics phaculty opher some of their best demonstrations and hear about the upcoming colloquium schedule phor the phall! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 12 \u2013 High-energy physics: a very brief primer<\/strong>, Shoaib Munir, St. Olaf Physics Dept. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 8 \u2013 Nucleosynthesis Studies in Astrophysics<\/strong>, Christopher West, St. Olaf Physics Dept. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEM Job and Internship Panel for Summer 2024<\/strong> \u2013 Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 15 \u2013 Low-loss silicon nitride photonics for Earth Science & Astrophysics applications<\/strong>, Hani Nejadriahi, postdoctoral fellow at NASA JPL\u2019s Microdevices Laboratory. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 8 \u2013 General Relativity, LIGO, and a One Hundred Quintillion Mile Race, Jay Tasson, Carleton College Physics Department.\u00a0Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spring 2023 Seminars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(All seminars take place in RNS 210 unless otherwise indicated)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 8 – Physics Summer CURI Student Information Session, Brian Borovsky, Jordan Dull and Anne Gothmann. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 8 – Phighting Cancer with Physics: The Role of a Medical Physicist in Radiation Oncology<\/a>, Nellie Brovold’ 18, Clinical Medical Physicist – Mayo Clinic. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 15 – Trapped Ion Quantum Computing at Quantinuum<\/a>, Lucas Sletten ’15, Quantinuum Computing. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 5 – Radiation Modeling at Hypersonic Speeds, Sara Swenson, University of Colorado Boulder. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 19 – Physics in action to understand our changing ocean, Dr. Jennifer MacKinnon, Ocean Dynamics group at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UC San Diego.  Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 26  – Alumni Post-College Pathways Panel (TEAM-UP event). Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 3 – <\/strong>Particle Physics talk, Prof. Ben Messerly, 3pm. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 10 – Little Shop of Physics<\/a> – Community Engaged Physics talk, Heather Michalak, Colorado State, Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fall 2022 Seminars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(All seminars take place in RNS 210 unless otherwise indicated)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 14  \u2013 Physics Phaculty Demo<\/strong> \u2013 Your phavorite physics phaculty opher some of their best demonstrations and hear about the upcoming colloquium schedule phor the phall!  Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 28 – Organic crystals in future solar cell technology<\/a>,<\/em> Jordan Dull ’16, St. Olaf College. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 12 – Panel: 3M Society of Women Engineers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 26 – Joint Poster Session with Carleton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 9  \u2013 Quantum Computing with Electron Spins in Semiconductors<\/a>, John Nichol ’06<\/strong>, University of Rochester.  Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 21 – Astronomy research, careers in the field and graduate school, Emily Moravec ’14, Green Bank Observatory. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 7 – Climate modeling and the stratosphere: future changes to the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation, Kevin DallaSanta ’04  Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spring 2022 Seminars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

February 9 – Summer CURI Projects in Physics<\/strong> <\/a>– Physics faculty will highlight their ongoing research projects. RNS 210 OR Watch Video<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 23 – Physics in Industry: Transitioning from academia into a successful career in semiconductor manufacturing<\/a>, Dr. Mark Wilson Engineering manager within the Yield Department and Intel Corp. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 13 – Opportunities in Materials Science Research<\/a>, Gabe McAndrews \u201919 and Raymond Wieser \u201919. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 20 –Parametric Design and Computational Modeling for Complex Engineering Applications<\/a>, Emily Johnson ’16, University of Notre Dame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 27 – Landscape Evolution Modeling: Growing and Eroding Mountains using Physics & Python<\/a>, Dr. Shelby Ahrendt ’17. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 4 –Investigating quantum speed limits with superconducting qubits<\/a>, Dr. Singh, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the Colorado School of Mines. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fall 2021 Seminars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(All seminars take place in RNS 210 unless otherwise indicated)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 15  \u2013 Physics Phaculty Demo<\/strong> – Your phavorite physics phaculty opher some of their best demonstrations and hear about the upcoming colloquium schedule phor the phall!  Watch Video PART 1<\/a> & PART 2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 10 – Decoding retinal ganglion cell activity from starlight to sunlight<\/a>, <\/b>Kiersten Ruda ’13, postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University.  Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 1 –What does it really mean for a lake to “turn over”? Radiatively driven convection in a deep lake<\/a>, Jay Austin, UM Duluth.  Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spring 2021 Seminars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(All seminars take place virtually with Zoom)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 24 \u2013 3:00 pm \u2013 Energy systems planning under extreme weather events<\/a>, Speaker Armando L. Figueroa Acevedo<\/b>, a Strategic Advisory Consultant at Black & Veatch, the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Resource Adequacy Working Group, and a certified Professional Engineer. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 24 \u2013 4:15 pm \u2013 Information Session on Physics Faculty CURI Projects<\/a>, Prabal Adhikari, Alden Adolph, Brian Borovsky, and Anne Gothmann.  <\/b>Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 31 \u2013 3:00 pm \u2013 Building students\u2019 physics identity through communities of practice, including public engagement efforts<\/a>, Kathleen Hinko<\/strong>, physics education research at Michigan State University.  Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 21 \u2013 3:00 pm \u2013 Factors that control near-source infrasound at open-vent volcanoes: A case study at Villarrica Volcano, Chile<\/a>, Bryan Rosenblatt<\/strong>, Boise State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 5 \u2013 3:00 pm \u2013Radio-Active CoWS: Studying the Interplay Between Radio Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters<\/a>, Emily Moravec, postdoctoral researcher at the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences and a support scientist at the Czech node of the European ALMA Regional Center.  Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fall 2020 Seminars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(All seminars take place virtually with Zoom)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 26th \u2013 3:00 pm \u2013 Tracing galactic-scale magnetic fields across cosmic time<\/a> Speaker Anna Williams,<\/strong> Macalester College. Watch Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 23 \u2013 3:00 pm \u2013 Design of Knitted Superelastic Tire Treads for Next Generation Non-Pneumatic Rover Tires <\/a>Speaker Henry Koon \u201916<\/strong>, University of Minnesota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 7 \u2013 3:00 pm \u2013 Quantum Computing with Electron Spins in Semiconductors<\/a> Speaker John Nichol<\/strong>, University of Rochester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 21 \u2013 3:00 pm \u2013 Physics, mathematics, and computations are pivotal to address power engineering problems<\/a> Speaker Hugo Villegas Pico, <\/strong>Iowa State University. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 4 \u2013 3:00 pm \u2013 Physics majors Rahaf Youseff<\/strong>  (Title: Characterizing Noise in Quantum Computing) and Evan Strong (<\/strong>Title: 2D Topological Defects in Liquid Crystals)<\/a> present summer 2020 research projects. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spring 2020 Seminars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(All seminars take place in RNS 210 unless otherwise indicated)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 19th \u2013 3:00 pm \u2013 Composite Posts for Enhanced and Tunable Adhesion<\/a> Speaker Helen Minsky,<\/strong> Carleton College. Watch Video<\/a>
February 26 \u2013 3:15 pm \u2013 The Quantum World through Wigner functions<\/a> Speaker William Case<\/strong>, Grinnell. Watch Video<\/a>
CANCELLED \u2013 March 4 \u2013 2:00 pm \u2013 Life after undergrad: What can I do with my physics major?<\/a> Speakers Brian Borovsky, Alden Adolph, Anne Gothmann and Eric Hazlett.  <\/b>View slides from presentation<\/a>.  Watch Video.<\/a>
If you are interested in learning about the field of biomedical engineering, watch the video below. This is the final product of an Independent Study by Kyle Palermo. Karim Khalid contributes to the video as well, based on his IS in the topic last year.     Watch Video.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fall 2019 Seminars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(All seminars take place in RNS 210 unless otherwise indicated)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 11 \u2013 (Wednesday) 3:00 pm in RNS 210 \u2013 Physics Phaculty Demo<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Come see your phavorite physics phaculty opher some of their best demonstrations and hear about the upcoming colloquium schedule phor the phall!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spring 2019 Seminars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(All seminars take place in RNS 210 unless otherwise indicated)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 13, 2:00 pm \u2013 Odd Elasticity: Soft Engines from Active Solids<\/a> Speaker Colin Scheibner<\/strong> class of 2017 physics major and physics Ph.D. student at University of Chicago. Watch Video<\/a>
February 27, 3:15 pm \u2013 Interfacial dynamics:  droplets and suspensions<\/a> Speaker Sungyon Lee<\/strong>, Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota speaking on fluids, energy and the environment. Watch Video<\/a>
March 6, 3:15 pm \u2013 From nuclei to stars: A journey in nuclear physics<\/a> Speaker Shelly Lesher<\/strong>, University of Wisconsin Lacrosse department of physics on nuclear physics
March 20, 3:15 pm \u2013 Physicist as Entrepreneur \u2013 Renewable Energy, Climate Change, and Working to Solve Big Challenges<\/a> Speaker Jimmy Randolph \u201906<\/strong>, Founder and Chief Technical Officer of two renewable energy companies, TerraCOH and Darcy Solutions. Watch Video.<\/a>
April 17, 2: 15 pm \u2013 Atom-thick physics: the progeny of graphene<\/a> Speaker Erik Henriksen<\/strong>, Assistant Professor at Washington University Department of Physics Watch Video<\/a>
May 1, 7:00 pm in RNS 150 \u2013 The Physics of Football<\/a> Speaker Timothy Gay, Ph.D.,<\/strong> Professor or Physics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Watch Video<\/a>
May 3, 4:00 pm \u2013 Honors Day Poster Session, Regents Hall of Natural Science Fourth Floor Atrium
May 15, 3:15 pm \u2013 Directed Undergraduate Research (DUR) presentation<\/a>    Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fall 2018 Seminars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

September 12 \u2013 (Wednesday) 3:00 pm in RNS 210 \u2013 Physics Phaculty Demo<\/strong> \u2013 Come see your phavorite physics phaculty opher some of their best demonstrations and hear about the upcoming colloquium schedule phor the phall!
September 27 \u2013 (Thursday) 11:20 am in RNS 210 \u2013 Learn about the Engineering Dual Degree program at Washington University in St. Louis<\/em> \u2013 PIZZA Provided!!!!
September 28 \u2013 (Friday) 1:15 pm in RNS 150 \u2013 Building a Comprehensive Picture of Stellar Evolution<\/a> Speaker: Natalie Gosnell, <\/strong>Associate Professor of Physics at Colorado College. View slide presentation<\/a>. Watch video<\/a>.
October 31 \u2013 (Wednesday) 3:00 pm in RNS 210 \u2013 From Flocking Birds to Swarming Bacteria: A Study of the Dynamics of Active Fluids<\/a> Speaker: Xiang Chen<\/strong> Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota. Watch Video<\/a>.
November 1 \u2013 (Thursday) 6:00 pm in RNS 210 \u2013 Physics summer Opportunities Panel<\/strong>.  Come listen to your phellow physics peers talk about their physics or engineering related summer experiences. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spring 2018 Seminars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

February 21 – The Role of the Physicist in Proton Radiation Therapy<\/a> Speaker Nicholas Remmes<\/strong> Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medical Physics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
February 21 – Summer Opportunities Student Panel<\/em>, Panel: St. Olaf College Physics Majors<\/strong>
March 7 – Using Classical Mechanics to Study Quantum Mechanical Systems<\/a>  Speaker Jim Perez<\/strong> Ph.D. Professor of Physics, Luther College Watch Video<\/a>
March 23 – Messing with Mother Nature: Climate Change and Climate Engineering<\/a>  Speaker Thomas Ackerman<\/strong> Ph.D., Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, and Director of the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO), University of Washington Watch Video<\/a>
April 11  – Joint Poster Session with Carleton College<\/a>
April 25 – Emergent phenomena: from starlings to spin liquids<\/a> Speaker: Rebecca Flint<\/strong> Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics, Iowa State University Watch Video<\/a>
May 2 – Divide & Concur: Conquering Constraints<\/a>  Speakers: Prof. Amy Kolan, and St. Olaf College physics majors Brian Nevins ’19, Shane Kosieradski ’18, Zhifei Yang ’19 <\/strong>Watch Video<\/a>
May 6 – Grad School Panel discussion – Panelists: Kali Gustafson \u201917<\/strong> ( masters in structural engineering), Trevor Stewart \u201918<\/strong> (masters in electrical engineering), Emma Dawson \u201918<\/strong> (PhD in physics), Brynna Freitag \u201918<\/strong> (masters in mechanical engineering)
May 9 – Acoustic Propulsion: It’s Not Rocket Science<\/a>  Speaker: Emma Dawson ’18<\/strong>, St. Olaf College Physics Major Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fall 2017 Seminars<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

September 13 – Physics Phaculty Demo<\/strong> – Come see your phavorite physics phaculty offer some of their best demonstrations and hear about the upcoming colloquium schedule for the phall! – Watch the Video<\/a>
September 28 – Speaker: Suyog Shrestha<\/strong>  Pushing the Frontiers of Knowledge at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider<\/a> – Postdoctoral Research Associate in Physics from the Ohio State University working at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland – Watch the Video<\/a>
October 11 – Building Better Batteries for the Body<\/a>  Speaker: Erik Scott ’87, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Bakken Fellow, Technical Fellow and Director of Advanced Development at Medtronic Incorporated, Restorative Therapies Group.
November 8 – Near-field optics for investigating biomolecular self-assembly below the diffraction limit of light<\/a>   Speaker: Keisuke Hasegawa<\/strong> Ph.D., Department of Physics at Grinnell College
November 29 –Controlling Absorption with Nanophotonics: Photovoltaics and New Optical Materials<\/a>  Speaker: Vivian Ferry Ph.D<\/strong>., Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Department at the University of Minnesota<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring 2017 Seminars<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

February 8 – Nanoscience Research at the University of Minnesota<\/strong><\/a> Speaker: James Marti, Ph.D<\/strong>., Senior Scientist and Outreach Coordinator, Minnesota Nano Center, University of Minnesota  See Video<\/a>
March 8 – 3:10 pm  Precipitation formation and marine stratocumulus as a natural laboratory<\/strong>
March 13 – 3:10 pm  Assembling new coral-based tools for reconstructing ancient environmental change <\/strong> <\/strong>
March 15 – 3:10 pm  <\/i>The frontiers of air pollution research using observations from space<\/strong> <\/i>
April 5 – 2:00 pm The Two-Higgs-Doublet Model<\/strong><\/a> Speaker: Patrick Kneschke<\/strong>, PhD. student at University of Stavanger, Norway. See Video<\/a>
Tuesday, April 18 – 7:00 pm in RNS 297 – Careers in Engineering: Next Steps After St. Olaf<\/a> <\/strong>Speaker: Nick Rydberg ’08, <\/strong>Vice President of Engineering, Minnesota Health Solutions See Video<\/a>
April 19 – 2:00 pm From Newtonian Physics to Tube-Jack Testing: A Preservation Engineering Career Path and Doctoral Work<\/a> <\/strong>Speaker: Elizabeth Manning ’07, PhD, <\/strong>Structural engineer-in-training at Meyer Borgman Johnson (MBJ) in Minneapolis See Video<\/a>
April 26 – 7:00 pm in RNS 297 – Graduate School Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fall 2016 Seminars<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

September 14 – Physics faculty demo<\/em> – Come see your favorite physics professors offer some of their favorite demonstrations and hear about our colloquium schedule for the fall! See Video<\/a>
September 23 (Friday-3:30) – Graduate Research Life and Atomic Layer Processing for Nano-devices<\/em><\/a> Speaker Nate Eigenfeld ’11, UC Boulder, Mech Eng.  See Video<\/a>
September 29 (Thursday 3:15 in RNS 150) – Physics & Chemistry joint seminar<\/a><\/em> – Speaker:  Arthur White from Iowa State, Materials Chemistry
October 3 (Monday 6:15-9:15 pm at the University of Minnesota, Physics and Nanotechnology Building) Women in Physics & Astronomy group at the U of M present: Life After Undergrad<\/strong>. More info and RSVP click here<\/a>.
October 12 – Causing a Big Racket with Riny Magnets: emergent 1\/f noise in the collections of oscillating nanomagnetic dots<\/a><\/em> – Speaker: Barry Costanzi<\/strong> ’09, visiting professor of physics at St. Olaf College See Video<\/a>
October 19 – 7:00 pm at the University of Minnesota, Memorial Hall) – Misel Family Lecture series – Quantum Computing & The Entanglement Frontier<\/a>; Speaker John Preskill<\/strong>, Professor of Theoretical Physics at California Institute of Technology
November 1 (Tuesday 7:00 pm at Carleton College) – Verbrugge physics lecture<\/strong><\/em>
November 9 – 3:30 pm  St. Olaf & Carleton Joint Physics Poster Session<\/strong><\/a> <\/em>Fourth Floor Atrium at St. Olaf College
November 14 – Physics Seminar -RNS 210 “Feel” your brain: Exploring stiffness of brain cancer with medical imaging<\/em>
November 21 – Physics Seminar -RNS 210 Fantastic Excitons and How to Find Them<\/em>
November 28 – Physics Seminar – RNS 290 Snow and Firn: Impact of Microscale Properties on Macroscale Climate Indicators<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016 Spring Semester Seminars<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

February 17 – Speaker: Holger M\u00fcller,<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley; Testing the Standard Model and Searching for the Dark Side Using Atomic Physics<\/a>  <\/em>See video<\/a><\/strong>
March 2 – Speaker: Demian Cho<\/strong>, Assistant Professor, St. Mary’s University-Winona, Minnesota; Neutron Stars as a Laboratory<\/a>   <\/em>See video<\/a><\/strong>
March 30, Speaker: Sam Kelly<\/strong>, Assistant Professor, Large Lakes Observatory and Dept. of Physics, University of Minnesota Duluth; Subsurface Waves in the Oceans and Lake Superior<\/a>  <\/em>See video<\/a><\/strong>
April 6 – Tour of Sage Glass in Faribault, MN.  2:00-4:00 pm
April 11, 3:00 in RNS 290 – Speaker: Patrick Mengyan,<\/strong> Instructor & Post Doc. Research Associate in Physics at Texas Tech University; Magnetism and Mu dynamics in Vanadium Dioxide compounds and other current research interests<\/a> <\/em>See video<\/a><\/strong>
April 20 – Speaker: Elliot Schmidt ’12,<\/strong> Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota; Materials Science: A great career path for the budding physicist or chemist<\/a>  <\/em>See video<\/a><\/strong>
April 20 – Grad School Panel<\/a> 7:00 pm in RNS 208, Panelists: Elliot Schmidt<\/strong> ’12, Kay Pepin<\/strong> ’10, Jordan Dull<\/strong> ’16, Owen Puls<\/strong> ’16 & Andrew Hoffman<\/strong> ’16.
April 22 – Friday at 3:00 pm –<\/em><\/strong> Speaker: Brianna Thomas<\/strong>, Ph.D Candidate in Physics at Purdue University; Quantum Percolation: Electrons in a Maze<\/a><\/em>
April 27 – Physics Career Panel<\/a> at 7:00 pm in RNS 210.  Panelist:  Katie Wineman<\/strong> ’11, Steve Hornberger<\/strong> ’87 & Pete Malamen<\/strong> ’71.  Networking reception to follow.
May 6 – Honors Day Poster Session for the Sciences<\/a> – 4:00 – 5:30 pm Fourth Floor Atrium.  Appetizers served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015 Fall Semester Seminars<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

September 16 – Faculty Demo show See video<\/a><\/strong>
September 30 – Speaker: Pete Dahlberg<\/strong>, University of Chicago.  Title:  Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy Reveals Ultrafast Energy Transfer Events In Photosynthesis<\/a>.  <\/em>See video<\/a><\/strong>
October 5 – 7:00 pm at Carleton College.  Speaker: Paul McKuen<\/strong>, Cornell University.  The Art and Science of Nanoscale Carbon<\/a><\/em>
October 21 – Speaker: Michael Rutkowski<\/strong>; Research Associate, Institute for Astrophysics at the University of Minnesota.  A (very) abridged view of 25 years of discoveries with the Hubble Space Telescope<\/a>.  <\/em>See video<\/a><\/strong>
December 9 – Speaker: Professor Russell Holmes; <\/b>Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota Directing excited state transport in organic semiconductors for enhanced photoconversion in solar cells<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2015 Spring Semester Seminars<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

March 4: C3PO: Customizable Computer Coaches for Physics Online<\/a>  Speaker Evan Frodermann<\/strong> ’02, University of Minnesota<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 18: Why Should You Care About Nuclear Fusion?<\/a> Speaker David Crandall, <\/strong>retired from the U.S. Department of Energy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 25: From Protons to Pictures: A Physicist in Medical Imaging <\/a>.  Speaker Kay Pepin ’10, <\/strong>Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering at Mayo Graduate School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 15: Career Panel<\/a>.   Panelists Roberto Zayas<\/strong>, St. Olaf Piper Center & Brian Borovsky<\/strong>, St. Olaf Professor of Physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 27: Grad School Panel<\/a>.  Panelists Elliot Schmidt ’12, Lauren Snyder ’12, <\/strong>& Lucas Sletten<\/strong> ’15  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 29: Guiding Cracks with Geometry<\/a>.  Speaker Noah Mitchell ’12<\/strong>, PhD Candidate at University of Chicago<\/p>\n\n\n