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Events Archive

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The Oregon State University Physics Department has been host to many amazing events over the years. Learn more about our past events by exploring below.

DateTypeEvent
General EventSenior Graduation Dinner 2014
Several
General Event
Ph.D. DefenseFirst principles studies of optical, electronic and mechanical properties of organic molecules and solids
Faye Lyn Barras
Ph.D. Defense
M.S. DefenseApplying Renormalization Group Theory to the Square Well Liquid
Dan Roth
M.S. Defense
Senior ThesisSenior Thesis Presenations Part II
Class of 2014
Senior Thesis
ConferenceWorkshop on the Status of the Upper-Division Physics Curriculum: Whole Curriculum
Conference
ConferenceWorkshop on the Status of the Upper-Division Physics Curriculum: Thermal Physics
Conference
ConferenceWorkshop on the Status of the Upper-Division Physics Curriculum: Quantum Mechanics
Conference
ConferenceWorkshop on the Status of the Upper-Division Physics Curriculum: Electromagnetism
Conference
Senior ThesisSenior Thesis Presenations Part I
Class of 2014
Senior Thesis
ColloquiumA New "No-Go" Result for Quantum Mechanics
Prof. Maximilian Schlosshauer, Department of Physics, University of Portland
Colloquium
M.S. DefenseMS Thesis Presentation: Redundant Information in a Spin System Beyond Pure Decoherence
Andy Svesko
M.S. Defense
SeminarManipulating light-matter interaction in graphene and other 2D materials
Dr. Sufei Shi, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
Seminar
Senior ThesisExamining Upper-Division Thermodynamics Using the Actor Oriented Transfer Framework
Grant Sherer
Senior Thesis
ColloquiumNo Colloquium, Memorial Day
None
Colloquium
General EventPH575 Poster Session
PH575 class
General Event
Senior ThesisElectrical and Thermal Properties of Silicon and Tetrahedrite
Rodney Snyder
Senior Thesis
General EventWomen in Physics meeting
General Event
General EventSociety of Physics Students Bi-monthly Meeting
General Event
ColloquiumUltrafast Dynamics of Polaron Formation
Prof. Sue Dexheimer, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Washington State University
Colloquium
SeminarHybrid Plasmonic/Photonic-Crystal Devices for Optical Communication and Sensing
Professor Alan Wang, EECS, OSU
Seminar
ColloquiumCarbon at the Cutting-Edge: Nanotubes, graphene, and spins in diamond
Prof. Benjamín Alemán, Department of Physics, University of Oregon
Colloquium
General EventSociety of Physics Students Bi-monthly Meeting
General Event
ColloquiumSingle molecule superresolution imaging reveals a dimeric Ras signaling module
Prof. Xiaolin Nan, OHSU
Colloquium
SeminarMethane Hydrates: Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation
Prof. Malgorzata Peszynska
Seminar
General EventThe Nuts and Bolts of Vision
Prof. Heidi Schellman
General Event
ColloquiumNo Colloquium, Physics Open House
None
Colloquium
General EventFifth Annual Physics Open House
Several Faculty Members
General Event
Special LectureTwinkle, Twinkle little loop
Prof. Heidi Schellman
Special Lecture
General EventWhere I come from and where we are going: a vision for Oregon State Physics
Prof. Ilias Perakis
General Event
Special LectureQuantum Tricks In The Shadows Of Relativity and The Coulomb Force: Teaching Magnetic Systems To Think Ultra-Fast
Prof. Ilias Perakis
Special Lecture
General EventSociety of Physics Students Bi-monthly Meeting
General Event
SeminarSeeing is Believing: Direct Observation of a General Quantum State
Jeff Lundeen, Physics Dept., University of Ottawa
Seminar
ColloquiumRice, Locusts, and Excitonic Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Hydrodynamic Theory of Polar Active Smectics
Prof. John Toner, Department of Physics, University of Oregon
Colloquium
General EventVision for OSU Physics
Prof. David McIlroy
General Event
Special LectureThe physics of electronic transport in 1D-nanostructures: From one to a disordered array of many.
Porf. David McIlroy
Special Lecture
General EventPhysics 2025
Prof. Janet Tate
General Event
Special LectureThin-film semiconductors: Materials Discovery at OSU
Prof. Janet Tate
Special Lecture
ColloquiumExploring ultrafast dynamics on the nanoscale
Prof. Frank Hegmann, University of Alberta
Colloquium
General EventSociety of Physics Students Bi-monthly Meeting
General Event
ColloquiumRecombination Losses in Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells
Prof. David Ginger, University of Washington
Colloquium
General EventSPS Journal Club: Graphene Radio Receiver
Nick Singh
General Event
General EventProspective Graduate Student Open House
Faculty & students
General Event
SeminarRegulation of the motor protein myosin in the cell
David Altman, Willamette University
Seminar
ColloquiumDynamics and mechanism of ultraviolet-damaged DNA repair by photolyase
Prof. Dongping Zhong, The Ohio State University
Colloquium
ColloquiumNo Colloquium, APS March Meeting
None
Colloquium
SeminarAPS March meeting practice talks
Tal Sharf, Lee Aspitarte, Daniel Gruss
Seminar
ColloquiumColloquium Canceled
Colloquium
SeminarSi/ZnS interfaces and film celebrities: Stability, band alignment, 2D electron liquids, and why the formal polarization of Si is the set of odd integers
David Foster
Seminar
ColloquiumThe physical biology of thrombosis and cancer metastasis
Prof. Owen McCarty, OHSU
Colloquium
SeminarRelating Material Properties to the Atomic Solid State Energy Scale
Ram Ravichandran, OSU EECS
Seminar