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
2024-11-18	Colloquium	Driving Electronics with Micro Defects and Femto Spin Flips Prof. Matt W. Graham, Oregon State Physics Colloquium
2024-11-04	Colloquium	Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs): Progress, Open Questions, and Prospects Yvette Cendes, University of Oregon Colloquium
2024-10-28	Colloquium	DNA-Assembled Dye Aggregates as Possible Materials for Quantum Information Science Ryan Pensack, Boise State University Colloquium
2024-10-21	Colloquium	New Direct Electron Imaging Techniques for Quantum Materials Prof. Kayla Nguyen, University of Oregon, Physics Colloquium
2024-10-14	Colloquium	Uncovering extreme matter when gravity waves Prof. Nico Yunes, UIUC Colloquium
2024-10-07	Colloquium	The self-force on static and dynamic charges in Schwarzschild spacetime using the method of images Prof. Alan Wiseman, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Colloquium
2024-09-30	Colloquium	Welcome back! A short Department prospectus for the upcoming year. Prof. Davide Lazzati, Department Head Colloquium
2024-05-20	Colloquium	Yunker Lecture: Facilitating thinking and learning in and beyond the physics classrooms using research-based approaches Prof. Chandralekha Singh, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh Colloquium
2024-05-13	Colloquium	Sharing Our Science: Challenges and Opportunities in Communicating STEM Prof. Brandon R. Brown, University of San Francisco, Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
2024-05-06	Colloquium	Binary evolution: a multi-messenger, multi-band puzzle Prof. Katelyn Breivik, Carnegie Mellon University, Physics Colloquium
2024-04-29	Colloquium	EVENT POSTPONED: New Direct Electron Imaging Techniques for Quantum Materials Prof. Kayla Nguyen, University of Oregon, Physics Colloquium
2024-04-22	Colloquium	STEP UP: Supporting Teachers to Encourage the Pursuit of Undergraduate Physics for Women Prof. Zahra Hazari, Florida International University Colloquium
2024-04-15	Colloquium	Chemical Bonding? Playing catch with electrons! Prof. John F. Wager, Oregon State University, School of EECS Colloquium
2024-04-08	Colloquium	Real-Space Superconductivity Dr. Pavel Kornilovich, HP Corvallis and OSU Physics Colloquium
2024-03-20	Colloquium	Probing Cosmic Structure Evolution with Galaxy Clusters Prof. Heidi Wu, Boise State University Colloquium
2024-03-18	Colloquium	Nucleosynthesis and Transients from Cataclysmic Astrophysical Events Dr. Sanjana Curtis, Dept of Astronomy, UC Berkeley Colloquium
2024-03-13	Colloquium	Investigating the gravitational-wave background from nHz to kHz Dr. Patrick Meyers, Caltech Colloquium
2024-03-11	Colloquium	Cosmic Song and Dance: Probing Supermassive Black Hole Binaries with Electromagnetic and Gravitational-wave Observations Dr. Tingting Liu, West Virginia University Colloquium
2024-03-08	Colloquium	Numerical Relativity in the Era of High-Sensitivity Gravitational-Wave Observation Dr. Deborah Ferguson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Colloquium
2024-03-06	Colloquium	Exploring the Origins of Supermassive Black Holes and their Cosmic Significance through Cosmological Simulations Dr. Aklant Bhomwick, University of Florida Colloquium
2024-03-04	Colloquium	Looking for Secrets in the Nonlinear Universe Prof. Tom Giblin, Kenyon College Colloquium
2024-02-05	Colloquium	Attosecond Science: Understanding the Physics behind the 2023 Nobel Prize Prof. Yun-Shik Lee, Oregon State Physics Colloquium
2024-01-29	Colloquium	Planning for learner variation in physics: leveraging education research and curriculum design Prof. Daryl McPadden, Michigan State University Colloquium
2024-01-22	Colloquium	What Kind of a Beast Is It? The exceptional Lie Algebra e8 and the Standard Model of Particle Physics Prof. Corinne Manogue, Oregon State University, Physics Colloquium
2023-11-27	Colloquium	Neutron stars: a window into dense nuclear matter Dr. Justin Ripley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Physics Colloquium
2023-11-13	Colloquium	Improving Student Learning: The Dual Roles of Conceptual Understanding and Reasoning Ability Prof. Paula Heron, Physics, University of Washington Colloquium
2023-11-06	Colloquium	Making sense of quantum mechanics with the languages of physics Prof. Liz Gire, Oregon State Physics Colloquium
2023-10-30	Colloquium	The 3D (Discovering, Decoding, and Directing) State Space of Cells Prof. Bo Sun, Oregon State Physics Colloquium
2023-10-23	Colloquium	How quantum mechanics can help cosmologists solve their problems Prof. Craig Hogan, University of Chicago Colloquium
2023-10-16	Colloquium	Using Photons to Understand and Change Defects in Semiconductors Prof. Matthew McCluskey, Washington State, Physics Colloquium
2023-10-02	Colloquium	Welcome to the Department of Physics Prof. Davide Lazzati, Department Head Colloquium
2023-05-22	Colloquium	Mesoscale scanning probes for studying interacting electrons in two-dimensional materials Prof. Arthur Barnard (U of Washington) Colloquium
2023-05-15	Colloquium	Combining modeling and experiment to understand cell migration Dr. Wouter-Jan Rappel from Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego Colloquium
2023-05-08	Colloquium	“Quantum alchemy” with two-dimensional materials Prof. Matthew Yankowitz (Department of Physics, University of Washington) Colloquium
2023-05-01	Colloquium	Simulating excited-state processes in mesoscale molecular aggregates Prof. Doran Raccah Colloquium
2023-04-10	Colloquium	Hans Geiger and the Birth of Modern Physics Prof. Kenneth Krane Colloquium
2023-04-03	Colloquium	"Disruptive" vs. state-of-the-art solar photovoltaic technologies? Dr. Dirk Weiss, Head of Technology Assessment, First Solar, Inc. Colloquium
2023-03-22	Colloquium	Nobel Prize in Physics 2022: Entangled States – From Theory to Technology Prof. David McIntyre, Oregon State University Colloquium
2023-03-06	Colloquium	Physics Colloquium Prof. Kenneth Krane Colloquium
2023-02-27	Colloquium	Metastable qubits and motional state interferometers in trapped-ion systems Prof. David Allcock (University of Oregon) Colloquium
2023-02-20	Colloquium	Imaginary Mechanics from Spring Networks to Polymers Prof. Jayson Paulose from University of Oregon Colloquium
2023-01-23	Colloquium	Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 Prof. David McIntyre, Oregon State University Colloquium
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	Presentation: Developing and Utilizing Computational Physics Approaches to Study Biology Problems 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
2022-11-02	Colloquium	TBA (event to be confirmed) Prof. Ashutosh Kotwal, Duke University Colloquium
2022-11-02	Colloquium	The Heavyweight W boson - an Upset to the Standard Model of Particle Physics Prof. Ashutosh Kotwal, Duke University Colloquium
2022-10-24	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