Physics and Astronomy Departmental Seminar

Time and location: Tuesdays 3:30 - 4:30 pm, 218 Natural Science Center (NSC)
Thursdays 2:30 - 3:30 pm, 200 General Classroom Building (GCB)

Refreshments are served in the SPS room in NSC 220 after the colloquium. Department acknowledges the support of faculty, staff and
student volunteers in hosting colloquium series.


Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Title
06/29/2012	Mr. Travis Fischer	Dept. Phy. & Astr.; GSU	Determining Inclinations of Active Galactic Nuclei via their Narrow-Line Region Kinematics Friday 2pm, Room 218 NSC, Dissertation Defense (abstract)
08/13/2012	Saida Caballero-Nieves	Dept. Phy. & Astr.; GSU	A STUDY OF MULTIPLE STARS IN CYGNUS Monday 10am, Room 309 Classroom South, Dissertation Defense (abstract)
08/14/2012	Mr. Ranga Jayasinghe	Dept. Phy. & Astr.; GSU	MULTIBAND DETECTORS AND APPLICATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED ANTI-REFLECTION COATINGS FOR IMPROVED EFFICIENCY 3:30pm, Room 218 NSC, Dissertation Defense
08/28/2012	Dr. Kaspar von Braun	NASA Exoplanet Sci. Institute	Extrasolar Parents (abstract)
08/30/2012	GSU P&A Faculty	Dept. Phy. & Astr.; GSU	Updates on Physics Research at GSU 2:30 PM, Room 200 GCB
08/31/2012	Dr. Sarath Gunapala	NASA Jet Propulsion Lab at CalTech	Infrared Detectors and Thermal Imagery Friday 10-11am, Room PSC124 (abstract)
08/31/2012	Astronomers Greet Members of the Department	Dept. Phy. & Astr.; GSU	Short Talks about Research Programs in Astronomy Friday 1:30pm, Aderhold 212
09/04/2012	Dr. Duy Nguyen	University of Rochester	Title tba (abstract)
09/06/2012	Dr. Kayhan Gultekin	University of Michigan	Black Holes and Their Evolution: Combining Multiwavelength Observations and Theory Thursday 2:30 - 3:30pm, Room 200 GCB (abstract)
09/11/2012	Nic Scott	Dept. Phy. & Astr.; GSU	Jouvence of FLUOR - a new beam beam combiner at the CHARA array (abstract)
09/18/2012	Dr. Rachel Kuzio de Naray	Royal Military College of Canada	Low Surface Brightness Galaxies as Probes of Dark Matter (abstract)
09/20/2012	Dr. Caryl Gronwall	Penn State University	Ly-alpha Emitting Galaxies and HETDEX: From Galaxy Formation to Dark Energy Thursday 2:30 - 3:30pm, Room 200 GCB (abstract)
09/25/2012	Dr. Dean Sabatinelli	Behavioral & Brain Sciences, UGA	Rapid functional imaging of emotional perception (abstract)
10/02/2012	Dr. Jeremy A. Rioussett	School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, GaTech	3-D Modeling of Atmospheric Electrodynamics in Mars' Dynamo Region (abstract)
10/09/2012	Dr. William D. Cochran	University of Texas, Austin	Expoplanets in the Post-Kepler Era (abstract)
10/11/2012	Dr. Keivan Stassun	Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt Univ	Empirical Constraints on the Formation and Evolution of Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs: A Data-Intensive Approach Thursday 2:30 - 3:30pm, Room 200 GCB (abstract)
10/18/2012	Dr. Sebastien Lepine	American Museum of Natural History	All the science you can do with moving stars: from exoplanet surveys to Galactic archeaology (abstract)
10/23/2012	Dr. John C. Mather (Nobel Laureate)	NASA - James Webb Space Telescope	The William H. Nelson lecture: “History of the Universe from the Beginning to End” 1:30 PM, GSU Student Center (Speaker's Auditorium) (abstract)
10/30/2012	Dr. Eric Ford	University of Florida	Planetary Dynamics in the Era of Kepler and Big Data (abstract)
11/06/2012	Abhisek Sen	Dept. Phy. & Astr.; GSU	J/psi Measurement in 39, 62 and 200 GeV center of mass energies in Au+Au collisions at PHENIX (abstract) PhD defense
11/08/2012	Prof. Ian Ferguson	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of North Carolina, Charlotte	The importance of ternary group III-nitrides for advanced Solid Sate Lighting and high-efficient Photovoltaics 2:30 - 3:30 PM, 200 GCB (abstract and speaker's bio)

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Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Title

06/29/2012

Mr. Travis Fischer

Dept. Phy. & Astr.; GSU

Determining Inclinations of Active Galactic Nuclei via their Narrow-Line Region Kinematics Friday 2pm, Room 218 NSC, Dissertation Defense (abstract)

08/13/2012

Saida Caballero-Nieves

Dept. Phy. & Astr.; GSU

A STUDY OF MULTIPLE STARS IN CYGNUS

Monday 10am, Room 309 Classroom South,

Dissertation Defense (abstract)

08/14/2012

Mr. Ranga Jayasinghe

Dept. Phy. & Astr.; GSU

MULTIBAND DETECTORS AND APPLICATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED ANTI-REFLECTION COATINGS FOR IMPROVED EFFICIENCY 3:30pm, Room 218 NSC, Dissertation Defense

08/28/2012

Dr. Kaspar von Braun

NASA Exoplanet Sci. Institute

Extrasolar Parents (abstract)

08/30/2012

GSU P&A Faculty

Dept. Phy. & Astr.; GSU

Updates on Physics Research at GSU 2:30 PM, Room 200 GCB

08/31/2012

Dr. Sarath Gunapala

NASA Jet Propulsion Lab at CalTech

Infrared Detectors and Thermal Imagery Friday 10-11am, Room PSC124 (abstract)

08/31/2012

Astronomers Greet Members of the Department

Dept. Phy. & Astr.; GSU

Short Talks about Research Programs in Astronomy Friday 1:30pm, Aderhold 212

09/04/2012

Dr. Duy Nguyen

University of Rochester

Title tba (abstract)

09/06/2012

Dr. Kayhan Gultekin

University of Michigan

Black Holes and Their Evolution: Combining Multiwavelength Observations and Theory Thursday 2:30 - 3:30pm, Room 200 GCB (abstract)

09/11/2012

Nic Scott

Dept. Phy. & Astr.; GSU

Jouvence of FLUOR - a new beam beam combiner at the CHARA array

Jouvence of FLUOR - a new beam beam combiner at the CHARA array

09/18/2012

Dr. Rachel Kuzio de Naray

Royal Military College of Canada

Low Surface Brightness Galaxies as Probes of Dark Matter (abstract)

Low Surface Brightness Galaxies as Probes of Dark Matter

09/20/2012

Dr. Caryl Gronwall

Penn State University

Ly-alpha Emitting Galaxies and HETDEX: From Galaxy Formation to Dark Energy Thursday 2:30 - 3:30pm, Room 200 GCB (abstract)

09/25/2012

Dr. Dean Sabatinelli

Behavioral & Brain Sciences, UGA

Rapid functional imaging of emotional perception (abstract)

10/11/2012

Dr. Keivan Stassun

Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt Univ

Empirical Constraints on the Formation and Evolution of Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs: A Data-Intensive Approach

Thursday 2:30 - 3:30pm, Room 200 GCB

10/23/2012

Dr. John C. Mather

(Nobel Laureate)

NASA - James Webb Space Telescope

1:30 PM, GSU Student Center (Speaker's Auditorium)

11/06/2012

Abhisek Sen

Dept. Phy. & Astr.; GSU

PhD defense

11/08/2012

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Determining Inclinations of Active Galactic Nuclei via their Narrow-Line Region Kinematics
Friday 2pm, Room 218 NSC, Dissertation Defense (abstract)

MULTIBAND DETECTORS AND APPLICATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED ANTI-REFLECTION COATINGS FOR IMPROVED EFFICIENCY
3:30pm, Room 218 NSC, Dissertation Defense

Extrasolar Parents
(abstract)

Infrared Detectors and Thermal Imagery
Friday 10-11am, Room PSC124 (abstract)

Title tba
(abstract)

Black Holes and Their Evolution: Combining Multiwavelength Observations and Theory
Thursday 2:30 - 3:30pm, Room 200 GCB
(abstract)

Low Surface Brightness Galaxies as Probes of Dark Matter

(abstract)

Ly-alpha Emitting Galaxies and HETDEX: From Galaxy Formation to Dark Energy
Thursday 2:30 - 3:30pm, Room 200 GCB
(abstract)

Rapid functional imaging of emotional perception
(abstract)

Physics and Astronomy,
Vanderbilt Univ