Unless otherwise indicated, colloquia are presented in Jorgensen Hall room 136 on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. during Fall and Spring semesters. Refreshments will precede colloquia on the first floor of Jorgensen Hall near the vending area at 3:30 p.m. For further information, please call the Physics & Astronomy Department at 402-472-2770.
Past Colloquia Schedules: ♦2016-2017 ♦2015-2016 ♦2014-2015 ♦2013-2014 ♦2012-2013
![Annual Safety Training, August 24 at 4:00 p.m. in Jorgensen Hall 136](images/Safety-Training-Announcement-2017.png)
Physics & Astronomy Faculty
Departmental Safety Colloquium
Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017
Host: Gregory Snow![Mother Nature and the Big Bang of Chemistry](images/Molecular-Big-Bang.png)
R. J. Dwayne Miller
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of MatterMapping Atomic Motions with Ultrabright Electrons: Realization of the Chemists’ Gedanken Experiment
Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017
Host: Herman Batelaan![Christian Binek stretches an elastic band](images/Binek-elastic-band.jpg)
Christian Binek
Department of Physics and AstronomyNebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
It’s not much of a stretch to tune elastic properties by means of magnetism
Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017
Host: Evgeny TsymbalWenjuan Zhu
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignNanoscale Devices based on Two-dimensional Materials
Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017
Host: Xia HongCo-Sponsored by NCMN
![Depiction of particle collision from CMS](images/CMS-Experiment-Diagram.png)
Sevil Salur
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers UniversityResolving Power of Jets
Nebraska Champions Club
Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017
Given as part of the WoPhyS Conference
![Researchers launch a high altitude balloon](images/Eclipse-2017-Launch.jpg)
Michael Sibbernsen and Kendra Sibbernsen
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Metropolitan Community CollegeViewing the Eclipse from 109 Thousand Feet and Road to Get There
Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018
Host: Dan Claes![Paul Crowell](images/Paul-Crowell.jpg)
Paul Crowell
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of MinnesotaSpin Transport in Semiconductors
Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018
Host: Kirill Belashchenko![Gang Cao](images/Gang-Cao.jpg)