PHYS 125 Introductory Physics Colloquium (Fall 2006) Fridays at 1:40-2:30pm in MP-201*

Grading is based on attendance as evidenced by submitting detailed notes of the talks to the instructor immediately following each presentation. Include at least three questions that you could ask the speaker about the talk.  You are expected to ask occasional questions of the speaker throughout the semester.   You must attend all presentations in order to pass the course. Under extraordinary circumstances, a research paper on an approved physics topic may be substituted for missed presentations, with the permission of the instructor.

2006 Date	Speaker	Topic
Aug. 25	(none)	Introductory meeting
Sep. 1	Prof. Byung Kim	Single-Molecule Recognition and Manipulation Studied by Scanning Probe Microscopy
Sep. 8	Prof. Partha Routh	Geophysics: Scientific Scope and Career Opportunities
Sep. 15	Prof. Dmitri Tenne	Ferroelectric materials: physics and applications
Sep. 22	Prof. Paul Michaels	Scientific Computing with Open Source and Linux
Sept 29	Neil Pyke	High-Powered Rocketry
Oct 6	Aaron Sup	BEC Vortex Matter
Oct 13	Dr. Richard Reimann	Accelerated Cooling-a Forensic Physics Issue
Oct 20	Dr. Dewey Dykstra	Understanding Understanding:  Examples from the physics of everyday life
Oct 27	Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez	Neutrino Astronomy and Astroparticle Physics at the South Pole
Nov 3	PHYS 125 students only*	*NOV 3 TALK MEETS IN MG135
Nov 10	Dylan Haas	A Physics Major at Micron
Nov 17	Dr. Jeff Fairbanks	Medical Physics as a Career
Dec 1	Bob Niemeyer	Astronomy at the Bruneau Dunes Observatory