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.
Events Archive
| Date | Type | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Seminar | Grad Research Opportunities in Biophysics Chong Fang Seminar | |
| Seminar | Designing the Physics Classroom: A Complex Systems Approach Dr. David Brookes, Florida International University Seminar | |
| Colloquium | The Grammar of Physics Equations Dr. David Brookes, Florida International University Colloquium | |
| General Event | Graduate and Undergraduate Luncheon with Faculty Candidate, Dr. David Brookes Dr. David Brookes, Florida International University General Event | |
| General Event | Graduate and Undergraduate Luncheon with Faculty Candidate, Dr. Colin Wallace Dr. Colin Wallace, Center for Astronomy Education (CAE), Steward Observatory, University of Arizona General Event | |
| Seminar | Future Avenues for Physics and Astronomy Education Research Dr. Colin Wallace, Center for Astronomy Education (CAE), Steward Observatory, University of Arizona Seminar | |
| Colloquium | New Results from Physics and Astronomy Education Research Dr. Colin Wallace, Center for Astronomy Education (CAE), Steward Observatory, University of Arizona Colloquium | |
| Seminar | Grad Research Opportunities in Optics Oksana Ostroverkhova (Bo) & Bill Hetherington (Lee) Seminar | |
| Seminar | Grad research opportunities in nanoelectronics and PER Ethan Minot & Corinne Manogue Seminar | |
| General Event | Lunch with students Dr. Bo Sun, Princeton University General Event | |
| Seminar | From individuals to populations - the emergent behavior in cellular systems Dr. Bo Sun, Princeton University Seminar | |
| Colloquium | From individuals to populations - the emergent behavior in cellular systems Dr. Bo Sun, Princeton University Colloquium | |
| Seminar | Graduate research opportunities in Optics David McIntyre & Yun-Shik Lee Seminar | |
| General Event | Lunch with students Dr. Robert Walder, University of Colorado, Boulder General Event | |
| Seminar | Characterizing Biomolecular Dynamics at Interfaces using Single Molecule Tracking Dr. Robert Walder, University of Colorado, Boulder Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Characterizing Biomolecular Dynamics at Interfaces using Single Molecule Tracking Dr. Robert Walder, University of Colorado, Boulder Colloquium | |
| General Event | Lunch with students Dr. Ahmet Ali Yanik General Event | |
| Seminar | Nanoplasmonics & Metamaterials Dr. Ahmet Ali Yanik Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Nobel Prize winners in Physics: Perlmutter, Schmidt, Riess. TBA Colloquium | |
| Colloquium | Nanoplasmonics & Metamaterials: From Physical Fundamentals to Life Sciences & Point of Care Diagnostics Dr. Ahmet Ali Yanik, Harvard Medical School Colloquium | |
| Seminar | Big opportunities to research small things Michael Zwolak Seminar | |
| General Event | Lunch with students Dr. Matthew Comstock, UIUC General Event | |
| Seminar | Expanding the frontiers of single molecule biophysics: looking deeper and more broadly to further understanding and application. Dr. Matthew Comstock, UIUC Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Seeing structure and function of biological molecular machines in real-time: angstrom-resolution optical trapping and single molecule fluorescence. Dr. Matthew Comstock, UIUC Colloquium | |
| Colloquium | The power of small quantum information processors Dr. Robin Blume-Kohout, Los Alamos National Laboratory Colloquium | |
| Seminar | Library Resources for Research Uta Hussong-Christian Seminar | |
| Seminar | Magnetoresistance and spin-transfer torque in magnetic tunnel junctions Prof. Shinji Yuasa, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan Seminar | |
| Colloquium | No big deal: Various adventures to the nanoscale and back Prof. Michael Zwolak, OSU Colloquium | |
| Seminar | Computational Physics Research Guenter Schneider Seminar | |
| Ph.D. Defense | Terahertz Spectroscopy of Semiconductor and Metal Nanostructures Andrew Jameson Ph.D. Defense | |
| Seminar | Part I: Materials Physics Research, Part II Physics Education Research Janet Tate & Dedra Demaree Seminar | |
| Ph.D. Defense | Denny Jackson Defense Denny Jackson Ph.D. Defense | |
| Seminar | Studies of the regulated activity of the motor protein myosin David Altman, Willamette University Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Nanophotonics: The Art of Managing Photons at the Nanoscale Prof. Mark Brongersma, Stanford University Colloquium | |
| Seminar | Cold Atom Electron Source Sebastian Saliba, Univ. of Melbourne, Portland State Univ. Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Learning and Forgetting in Large Introductory Courses Prof. Eleanor Sayre, Kansas State University Colloquium | |
| Yunker Lecture | Relativity, Quantum Physics, and Graphene Philip Kim, Professor of Physics, Columbia University Yunker Lecture | |
| Seminar | Electric Field Effect Control of Low-dimensional Transport Phenomena in Nanoscaled Materials Prof. Philip Kim, Columbia University Seminar | |
| Seminar | Exploiting Heat at the Nanoscale P. Alex Greaney, MIME, Oregon State University Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Building electronics at the nanoscale to watch nature at the nanoscale Prof. Ethan Minot Colloquium | |
| Seminar | Dynamics of an inhomogeneous quantum phase transition Marek Rams, Los Alamos National Laboratory Seminar | |
| Colloquium | New Frontiers in Optical Science: Terahertz Spectroscopy of Two Dimensional Systems Prof. YunShik Lee Colloquium | |
| Seminar | Measurement of twisting and torquing by a single biological molecular motor reveals details of motor mechanism Craig Hetherington, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley Seminar | |
| General Event | NW-APS meeting day 2 Many General Event | |
| General Event | NW-APS meeting day 1 Many General Event | |
| Special Lecture | The Greatest Scientific Achievements of the Hubble Space Telescope Dr. Mario Livio, Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Special Lecture | |
| General Event | NW-APS meeting day 0 Many General Event | |
| Seminar | Shell rupture threshold of single UCA microbubbles Ali Almaqwashi, OSU Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Clickers in context: How is peer instruction used in the classroom (and what works?) Stephanie Chasteen, U of Colorado Colloquium | |
| Ph.D. Defense | Carbon nanotube devices engineered by atomic force microscopy Landon Prisbrey Ph.D. Defense |