Events

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Nick Wu of the West Virginia University on “Plasmon-Enhanced Solar Energy Harvesting” on Friday, April 18, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Solar energy can be converted either to electric energy via photovoltaics or to chemical energy via photocatalysts. Emerging of surface plasmon […]

The Condensed Matter and Surface Sciences program and the Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute present a Joint Poster Session on Thursday, April 17, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Clippinger Laboratories, second and third floor lobbies. Prizes (scientific content, presentation, and overall presenter poise) will be offered. Refreshments are provided […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium series presents Dr. Nikolas Podraza on “Utilizing Optical Characterization for Materials and Device Development” on Thursday, April 10, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter Lecture Hall 245. Podraza is Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Toledo. “Current research interests include the physical […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Jennifer Dionne of Stanford University on “Visualizing chemical reactions and light-matter interactions with nanometer-scale resolution” on Friday, April 4, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: In 1833, Faraday combined silver and sulfur and discovered the first material with a negative temperature coefficient of […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium series presents Dr. Fanyao Qu, of the University of Texas at Austina and the University of Brasilia, on “Strain Induced Topological Phase Transition in Graphen Nonoribbons and Excitonic Effects on Optical Spectra of Monolayer MoS2” on Thursday, April 3, at 4:10 p.m. in […]

The Charles J. Ping Institute For the Teaching of the Humanities presents As You Like It in performance. The one-day Workshop for Secondary Teachers is Saturday, April 5, at Ohio University. The  workshop leader is Dr. Samuel Crowl, Trustee Professor of English at Ohio University. Registration begins at 2 p.m. […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Maxim Pospelov of the University of Waterlooon “Constraining the Dark Sector with BBN and CMB physics” on Friday, March 28, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Historic examples show that explorations of the “missing mass” and the “origin of mass” problems have led […]