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The Physics Department Colloquium is held in the Center for Natural Sciences 204 at 3 pm on Wednesday unless otherwise noted. Cookies and drinks are provided.

Fall 2005


AUG-31 (Wed) Introduction to the physics seminar series Matt Sullivan, Department of Physics, Ithaca College  
SEP-14 (Wed) "Physics?" in cartoons and movies Michael Rogers, Department of Physics, Ithaca College  
SEP-28 (Wed) IC summer student research reports TBA  
OCT-19 (Wed) IC summer student research reports Kevin Faehndrich, Kris Georgiev, Tay Yeelin, Nitin Rajan.  
NOV-02 (Wed) Quantum Computing Ken Segall, Department of Physics, Colgate  
NOV-16 (Wed) Cold Atoms and Atmoic Molecular Optics Nick Bigelow, Department of Physics, University of Rochester  
NOV-30 (Wed) Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Bettina Schimanski (IC physics alumnus), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute  





























Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Matt Sullivan, Department of Physics, Ithaca College

Introduction to the physics seminar series


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Wednesday, September 14th, 2005


Michael Rogers, Department of Physics, Ithaca College

"Physics?" in Cartoons and Movies
During spring term 2005 Bodhi taught an H&S honors seminar titled, "Physics?" of Cartoons and Movies. He describes the course as follows,
Have you ever watched a cartoon or movie and said "that would never happen?" By making this statement you have compared what you have seen to what you know about our universe, but cartoons and movies do not use the rules of our universe. This course will give you a chance to discover and derive the physical rules used in cartoons like the Road Runner or in The Matrix movies. In a fashion similar to Galileo’s experiments you will gather and analyze data to determine the rules of the cartoon and movie universes. Based on your studies you might derive your own theories of motion to explain why the coyote pauses before falling or develop a quantum theory to explain why the Road Runner has the distinct ability to tunnel through solid matter. This will be an inquiry-based, project-driven course supported by group analysis of cartoons and movies.
During this seminar Bodhi will report on the successes and failures of his course.

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Wednesday, September 28th, 2005


IC summer student research reports

TBA
TBA

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Wednesday, October 19th, 2005


Ken Segall, Department of Physics, Colgate

Quantum Computing




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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005


IC summer student research reports

TBA
TBA

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Wednesday, November 16th, 2005


Nick Bigelow, Department of Physics, University of Rochester

Cold Atoms and Atomic Molecular Optics

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Wednesday, November 30th, 2005


Bettina Schimanski (an IC physics alumnus), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

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Friday, March 25th, 2005


TBA

Joing IC Biology, Chemistry, and Physics

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