Astrophysics and Cosmology Seminar
Jenny Greene (Princeton University)
Condensed Matter seminar: "Effects of substrate geometry on neuronal growth"
Cristian Staii, Tufts University
Physical stimuli (stiffness of the growth substrate, gradients of various molecular species, geometry of the surrounding environment, traction forces etc.) play a key role in the wiring up of the nervous system. I…
"Physical Principles Underlying the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect"
Professor Juerg Froelich, Institute for Advanced Study
Department Colloquium:
Andrew Hamilton, University of Colorado Boulder
Basic Vacuum and Leak Detection Principles
Rob Wilson (Sales/Systems Engineer from Pascal Technologies)
Short Course which will cover topics
* Pressure, measurement, viscous flow, molecular flow
* The common ways to create a vacuum - different pumps and
where they
are used
*…
Condensed Matter seminar: "Grain Growth: materials, curvature flow, topology"
David Srolovitz, Penn Materials Science & Engineering
Grain growth is the process through which a polycrystalline material coarsens. Large grains grow, small grains shrink and disappear; the average grain size increases. This process is driven by the surface tension of…
Astrophysics and Cosmology Seminar
Stefano Anselmi (Case Western)
Condensed Matter seminar: "High-dimensional surprises near the glass and the jamming transitions"
Patrick Charbonneau, Duke University
The glass problem is notoriously hard and controversial. Even at the mean-field level, there is little agreement about how a fluid turns sluggish while exhibiting but unremarkable structural changes. It…