Events Archive | Department of Physics

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.

Date	Type	Event
2023-01-23	Colloquium	Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 Prof. David McIntyre, Oregon State University Colloquium
2023-01-18	Seminar	TBA Dr. Karen Fonseca Romero, the National University of Columbia. Seminar
2022-12-06	M.S. Defense	Designing Exciton Polariton Properties in Organic Semiconductor Microcavites Roshell Lamug M.S. Defense
2022-11-30	Seminar	Supermassive Black Hole Binaries and Where to Find Them Dr. Bence Bécsy, Oregon State University [Siemens Group] Seminar
2022-11-28	Colloquium	How Random Are Quantum Random Numbers? Prof. Maximilian Schlosshauer, University of Portland Colloquium
2022-11-21	Colloquium	From a Grain of Sand to a (Quantum) Bit of Information Jim Clarke, Director of Quantum Hardware Intel Labs Colloquium
2022-11-14	Colloquium	Developing and utilizing computational physics approaches to study biology problems Prof. Lin Li, University of Texas at El Paso Colloquium
2022-11-14	Colloquium	Presentation: Developing and Utilizing Computational Physics Approaches to Study Biology Problems Colloquium
2022-11-02	Colloquium	The Heavyweight W boson - an Upset to the Standard Model of Particle Physics Prof. Ashutosh Kotwal, Duke University Colloquium
2022-11-02	Seminar	TBA (W-mass) [Colloquium and SSO] Prof. Ashutosh Kotwal, Duke University Seminar
2022-11-02	Colloquium	TBA (event to be confirmed) Prof. Ashutosh Kotwal, Duke University Colloquium
2022-10-24	Colloquium	Pursuing quantum spin liquids in the van der Waals material a-RuCl3 Prof. Erik Henriksen, Washington University in St Louis Colloquium
2022-10-17	Colloquium	What Is a Single Molecule, and What Can You Do With It? Prof. W.E. Moerner, Stanford University Colloquium
2022-10-12	Seminar	Coupling time-reversed systems: PT symmetry in quantum and classical domains Prof. Yogesh Joglekar, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis Seminar
2022-09-30	General Event	SPS Fall Welcome Back! General Event
2022-09-26	Colloquium	State of the Department and Welcome New Students Davide Lazzati Colloquium
2022-06-24	M.S. Defense	Computational Analysis of Dimerization in Tetracene Derivatives Evan Lambertson M.S. Defense
2022-06-07	Senior Thesis	Senior Thesis Presentations II PH403 Seniors Senior Thesis
2022-06-07	M.S. Defense	Austin Naylor MS defense Austin Naylor M.S. Defense
2022-06-01	Seminar	The evolution of relativistic jets through the magnetized medium produced by the fusion of two neutron stars Leonardo Garcia Seminar
2022-06-01	Ph.D. Defense	Application and Validation of Geant4 Modeling for Optimization of Complex Structures for Fast Neutron Detection Jacob Capps Ph.D. Defense
2022-05-31	Senior Thesis	Senior Thesis Presentations I PH403 Seniors Senior Thesis
2022-05-27	Senior Thesis	Locating and Observing Pulsars for Use in Gravitational Wave Detection Ian Diaz Senior Thesis
2022-05-26	Senior Thesis	Estimating Basal Conditions of Hiawatha Glacier Using Reflector Slopes Georgia Carroll Senior Thesis
2022-05-26	Senior Thesis	Analysis of Radio Signals for New Pulsar Detection Jaden Downing Senior Thesis
2022-05-25	Seminar	Towards Carbon Neutrality: How Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems Can Help? Zhenxing Feng Seminar
2022-05-23	Colloquium	Chaotic advection and fractal generation in 2D active nematics Kevin Mitchell, University of California, Merced Colloquium
2022-05-23	General Event	Student lunch with Kevin Mitchell Students General Event
2022-05-19	Senior Thesis	Measuring Bubble Pressure in Glacier Ice Cameron Clonch Senior Thesis
2022-05-19	Senior Thesis	Regulation of Microtubule Dynamics by Engineered Kinesin-14 Motors Emily Eagen Senior Thesis
2022-05-11	Seminar	Spectroscopic observations and modeling of solar flares Vanessa Polito Seminar
2022-05-09	Colloquium	Vibronic Couplings in Singlet Fission and at Interfaces Professor Yi Rao, Utah State Colloquium
2022-05-02	Colloquium	On W-mass measurements and what they mean Heidi Schellman, Oregon State University Colloquium
2022-04-27	Seminar	Phosphorene and its Heterostructures: A First-Principles Study on Properties and Applications Sumandeep Kaur Seminar
2022-04-25	Colloquium	Dynamics of Quantum Systems in Resonant Optical Cavities Maxim Sukharev, Arizona State University Colloquium
2022-04-18	Colloquium	Physical models of vascular and cancer biology Dr. Alex Brummer, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope Colloquium
2022-04-11	Colloquium	Physics Town Hall Graduate Student Council (Jonathon Alfson, Jerry Sun & Pedram Esfahani) Colloquium
2022-04-06	Seminar	Why Are Scientist So Often Portrayed As Villiians Randall Milstein Seminar
2022-04-04	Colloquium	(Extremely!) High Velocity Outflows in Quasars Paola Rodriguez Hidalgo, Univ. Washington, Bothell Colloquium
2022-03-30	Seminar	Ion Charge Carriers: Unlock the Potential of Storage Battery Chemistry Xiulei "David" Ji Seminar
2022-03-18	Seminar	Ben Margalit Research Seminar Ben Margalit Seminar
2022-03-17	Colloquium	Lightning and Thunder: Probing the Extreme Universe using both Electromagnetic and Gravitational Waves Ben Margalit Colloquium
2022-03-16	Seminar	Christina Williams Research Seminar Christina Williams Seminar
2022-03-15	Colloquium	The Dark Side Of Distant Massive Galaxies, And New Light With JWST Christina Williams Colloquium
2022-03-15	Seminar	Maria Charisi Research Seminar Maria Charisi Seminar
2022-03-14	Colloquium	Frontiers of multi-messenger astrophysics with pulsar timing arrays Maria Charisi Colloquium
2022-03-11	Seminar	Jeff Hazboun: Research Seminar Jeff Hazboun Seminar
2022-03-10	Colloquium	Lumbering giants and nanohertz unicorns: Using pulsars to search for low-frequency gravitational waves Jeff Hazboun Colloquium
2022-03-09	Seminar	Masha Okounkova: Research Seminar Masha Okounkova Seminar
2022-03-08	Colloquium	Einstein on the Computer: Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and Computational Physics Masha Okounkova Colloquium