Department of Physics :: Spring 2006 Seminar Schedule

Seminars begin at 4:00 pm in 201 Manning Hall (Auditorium). Refreshments are served at 3:30 pm in 222 Manning Hall
For more information, please contact Mohamed Laradji (mlaradji@memphis.edu / 901.678.1676) or Robynn Hopkins (rghopkns@memphis.edu / 901.678.2410).
All seminars are open to the public. Everyone, including those from outside the University of Memphis are welcome to attend.

Date	Speaker(s)	Title	Host
January 18	Hongtao Cui Oak Ridge Natl. Lab	Carbon Nanofibers and Nanotubes: Growth, Characterization, and Applications	M. Laradji
January 25	Alexander Angelouch Dept. of Physics and Astronomy John Hopkins Univ.	Active Probing of Inorganic and Biological Substances Using Ferromagnetic Nanowires	M. Laradji
February 1	Leonard Spinu Physics Dept. Univ. of New Orleans	Magnetization Dynamics in Nanostructured Materials for Nonvolatile Memory Applications	S.R. Mishra
February 8	C.V. Ramana Dept. of Geological Sciences Univ. of Michigan	Science and Technology of Thin Films and Nanostructured: Why Is It So Great to be So Small?	M. Laradji
February 15	Cancelled	--	--
February 22	Gerrit Verschuur Dept. of Physics The Univ. of Memphis	The Invisible Universe: The Story of Radio Astronomical Discovery	J. Schmelz
March 1	Jonathan Cirtain High Energy Astrophysics Div. Harvard-Smithsonian Inst.	The X-Ray Telescope on Solar-B and Coronal MHD Models and Their Observation	M.S. Jahan
March 8	NO SEMINAR	NO SEMINAR: SPRING BREAK	--
March 15	NO SEMINAR	NO SEMINAR: APS MARCH MEETING	--
March 22	Dimitrios Lianos US Army Space & Defense Command	Missile Defense and Technology Transition to Commercial Market	M. Laradji
March 29	Mohamed Laradji Dept. of Physics The Univ. of Memphis	Structure, Mechanics, and Complexity of Lipid Membranes	M. Laradji
April 5	Clare McCabe Dept. of Chem. Eng. Vanderbilt Univ.	Molecular Modeling of Complex Fluids and Materials	M. Laradji
April 12	J. Roames and T. Young Senior Undergrad. Students Dept. of Physics/Univ. of Memphis	TRACE: Isothermal "eyes" only? & Core-shell Ferromagnetic-Antiferromagnetic Nanocomposites	R. Marchini
April 19	Carl F. Lorenzo Glenn Research Center NASA, Ohio	A Stroll from the Garden of New Calculus to the New Trigonometry, Or: What is a Half-Derivative Anyway?	N. Achar