2016 Seminars
- Monday, December 19, 2016 at 10:00 am in IIC2014
PhD Defense: Scaling issues in glaciology: addressing subgrid topography
Kevin Le Morzadec
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography
Memorial University - Friday, December 9, 2016 at 10:00 am in C3033
Spin nematics and other multipolar states of frustrated magnets
Dr. Mike Zhitomirsky
SPSMS/INAC/CEA-Grenoble (Service de Physique Statistique, Magnétisme et Supraconductivité, Institute for Nanosciences and Cryogenics, Commission for Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies) - Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 1:00 pm in IIC2014
PhD Defense: Magnetic Order in the FCC Kagome Antiferromagnet
Martin Leblanc
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography
Memorial University - Friday, November 25, 2016 at 3:30 pm in C2045
Frustration through anisotropy: Novel phases in Kitaev materials
Jeffrey Rau
University of Waterloo - Friday, November 25, 2016 at 1:00 pm in C3024
Is SmB6 a Topological Insulator?
Khawla Elfied
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography
Memorial University - Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 4:00 pm in C3024
Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis in Modeling and Simulation
Terry Andres
University of Manitoba - Monday, October 17, 2016 at 7:00pm in IIC-2001
The Fascinating World of Proteins: Molecular Machines of Biology
Ben Schuler, Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Zurich - Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 10:30 am in C2004
Biophysics at the Nanoscale: Single-Molecule Spectroscopy of Protein Folding an
Ben Schuler, Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Zurich - Friday, October 14, 2016 at 3:00 pm in C2045
New friction mechanisms revealed by ice crushing-friction tests on high-roughne
Bob Gagnon
NRC-CNRC
National Research Council Canada - Friday, October 14, 2016 at 1:30 pm in C3024
Improving the Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells Through the addition of Silver
Matthew Hunt
Depatement of Physics and Physical Oceanography
Memorial University - Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 1:30 pm in C3024
A Study of Asphalt Binders by X-ray Diffraction Using Pearson-VII, Pseudo- Voig
Haifa Alqahtani
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography
Memorial University - Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 3:00 pm in C2045
The First 13.8 Billion Years
Kevin Cahill
Professor of Physics & Astronomy
University of New Mexico - Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 3:00pm in C3024
A Computational Analysis of the Application of Skewness and Kurtosis to Corruga
Tyler Downey
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography
Memorial University - Monday, August 8, 2016 at 3:00 pm in C3024
Phonon Dynamics in PbSc1/2Ta1/2O3 Ceramics
Stephen Spencer
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography
Memorial University
- Friday, July 8, 2016 at 10:00 am in C2001 (Grenfell Campus)
Potential Solution to Strong CP violation: X? model
Shihao Wu
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography
Memorial University - Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 1:00 pm in C3024
Spin Correlations on the Pyrochlores
Chen Wei
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography
Memorial University - Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 3:00 pm in C2045
Understanding the role of anthropogenic and climate forcing that influence the
Nonna Belalov
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography
Memorial University - Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 3:00 pm in C2045
Variability of currents and water masses in the southern subpolar North Atlanti
Dr. Dagmar Kieke
Institute of Environmental Physics
University of Bremen - Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 1:00 pm in C3024
Brillouin Light Scattering Studies of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides MoS2, Mo
Ameera Alrashdi
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography
Memorial University - Friday, April 8, 2016 at 3:00 pm in C2045
A Spectroscopy Toolbox for Cancer Detection and Therapy Guidance
William Whelan
Department of Physics
University of Prince Edward Island - Friday, April 1, 2016 at 3:00 pm in C2045
Formation of Protostars
Terrence Tricco
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
University of Toronto - Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 2:30 pm in C3024
Dielectric spectroscopy of organic solvents of varying polarity (MSc Thesis Sem
Zena Mohammad Aljabal
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography
Memorial University - Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 1:00pm in C3024
Physics Pizza Lunch with Dr. Keith Vanderline - Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 3:30 pm in C2045
Cosmology, Cell Phones & Video Games: The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping E
Keith Vanderlinde
Dunlap Institute and Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
University of Toronto - Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 1:00 pm in C3024
Investigating the Binding Capabilities of Triazole-Calix[4]arene Functionalized
Mona Braim
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography
Memorial University - Monday, March 21, 2016 at 1:15 pm in C3024
Honours Thesis Presentations (3 Talks)
Anna O'Grady, Cole Walsh and Haruki Hirasawa
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography
Memorial University - Friday, March 18, 2016 at 3:00 pm in C2045
The Role of Cracks in the Nonlinear Elasticity of Rocks
Alison Malcolm
Associate Professor of Geophysics
Earth Sciences Department
Memorial University - Monday, March 7, 2016 at 7 pm in Angus Bruneau Lecture Theatre
Hyperloop: Witness the Revolution of Travel
Andrew Way and Adam Keating
Memorial University - Monday, February 1, 2016 at 3:30 pm in C2045
Quantum information in many-body systems
Olivier Landon-Cardinal
Department of Physics
McGill University - Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 11:00 am in C3024
Exploring the Frontiers of Stellar Astrophysics with classical Cepheids: Rotati
Hilding Neilson
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
University of Toronto - Monday, January 18, 2016 at 3:30 pm in C2045
Numerical Approaches to Correlated Lattice Models
James P.F. LeBlanc
Department of Physics
University of Michigan - Monday, January 11, 2016 at 3:30 pm in C2045
Pulsars: precision tools for understanding the Universe
Robert Ferdman
Research Associate in Astrophysics
Department of Physics
McGill University