Events at Physics |
Events During the Week of February 3rd through February 10th, 2008
Monday, February 4th, 2008
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar
- "Physics Results from the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)
- Time: 12:05 pm
- Place: 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Stan Kaye, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University
- Medical Physics Seminar
- MRI - Molecular Imaging, from Vision to Reality
- Time: 4:00 pm
- Place: 1345 Health Science Learning Center (refreshments will be served)
- Speaker: Hanns-Joachim Weinmann Ph.D., Bayer Healthcare, Berlin, Germany
- Host: Dr. James Zagzebski
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar
- Seeing with the mind as well as the eye
- Time: 12:05 pm
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Bob Greenler, UW-Milwaukee, Department of Physics
- Abstract: This presentation is an anecdotal treatment about ways of seeing the world, ways of looking beyond the visual scene to see what is behind it. It is not based on any scientific paradigm and I make no claim for either great insight or originality. It seems to me, however, to touch on a part of the creative process for a scientist. One of the ways of seeing that I will discuss is that of looking for interesting questions suggested by the visual scene. Since the questions come out of the background peculiar to the viewer, my examples will necessarily be personal. But I hope to illustrate some ways of seeing the world around us that others can adapt to their own particular backgrounds, and, perhaps cultivate.
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
- No events scheduled
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar
- Physics at the University of Colorado
- Time: 10:00 am
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Kyle McElroy, Physics, University of Colorado
- Host: Chubukov
Friday, February 8th, 2008
- Physics Department Colloquium
- Bringing Hearing to the Deaf
- Time: 4:00 pm
- Place: 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- Speaker: Ian Shipsey, Purdue University
- Abstract: Cochlear implants are the first device to successfully restore neural function. They have instigated a popular but controversial revolution in the treatment of deafness, and they serve as a model for research in neuroscience and biomedical engineering. In this talk the physiology of natural hearing will be reviewed from the perspective of a physicist, and the function of cochlear implants will be described in the context of historical treatments, electrical engineering, psychophysics, clinical evaluation of efficacy and personal experience. The social implications of cochlear implantation and the future outlook for auditory prostheses will also be discussed.
- Host: Loveless