IPST Weekly Calendar/Spring 2005
Monday, January 24th
4:00 PM - IPST 1116
BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
No Seminar; see Thursday, January 27th.
http://www.biophysics.umd.edu
4:30 PM - CSS 2400
SPACE AND COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS SEMINAR
First Seminar on January 31st.
http://space.umd.edu/seminars
Tuesday, January 25th
1:15 PM - IPST 1116
INFORMAL STATISTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
First Seminar on February 1st.
2:00 PM - CSIC Bldg. #406 (CSCAMM Room 4122)
SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION and MATHEMATICAL MODELING (CSCAMM) SEMINAR
Speaker: Dany Leviatan
School of Mathematics,
Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Title: Multivariate
Polynomial Approximation in Convex Sets, and Applications
to Image
Compression
http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/
Thursday, January 27th
12:15 PM - ENERGY RES 1207
APPLIED DYNAMICS SEMINAR
First Seminar on February 4th.
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/talks/
2:00 PM - PHYS 1201
The Condensed Matter Physics Seminar Seroes presents a joint DEPARTMENT OF SICS/
INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Tobias Baumgart
Developemental Resource for Biophysical Imaging Opto-Electronics (DRBIO),
School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY
Topic: Of Polka Dots and Dumbbells:
Phase Behavior and Bending of Biomembranes
Monday, January 31st
4:00 PM - IPST 1116
Joint INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS/BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Pan Li
Postdoctoral Research, The Tinoco Group, Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley
Topic: Unraveling RNA Structures with Force
4:30 PM - CSS 2400
SPACE AND COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Donald G. Mitchell
Johns Hopkins University, Applied
Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD
Topic:
Global Energetic Ion Dynamics at Saturn
http://space.umd.edu/seminars
Tuesday, February 1st
1:15 PM - IPST 1116
INFORMAL STATISTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Claudio Cioffi-Revilla
Center for Social Complexity, George
Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Topic:
Power Laws in the Social Sciences: Origins
and Recent Advances
3:30 PM - MATH 3206
Joint DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION and MATHEMATICAL
MODELING (CSCAMM) SEMINAR
Speaker:
Donald Estep
Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University
Topic:
Fast and Reliable Methods for Determining the
Evolution of
Uncertain Parameters in Differential Equations
http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/
Wednesday, February 2nd
4:00 PM - CHEM 0112 (Marker Room)
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS in CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS
Speaker: Mark PedersonHead, Complex Systems Theory Branch
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington , DC
Topic: Quantum Mechanical Simulations of Molecular Nanomagnets
Thursday, February 3rd
12:15 PM - ENERGY RES 1207
APPLIED DYNAMICS SEMINAR
First Seminar on February 10th.
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/talks/
2:00 PM - PHYS 1201
THE CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS SEMINAR SERIES presents a Joint DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS/INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Arpita Upadhyaya
Pappalardo Fellow in Physics, Department of Physics, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Topic:
Actin' Pushy and Pulling Springs: Two Forms of Biological Motion
2:00 PM - PHYS 1204
ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Claude Fabre
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Topic:
Enhancing Information Extraction from Optical Images Using Non-Classical Light
Friday, February 4th
3:00 PM - MATH 3206
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM
Third in the Series "Mathematics and Biology"
Speaker: Teresa Przytycka
National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD
Topic:
Graph Theoretical Insights into Protein Evolution
Monday,
February7th
4:00 PM - IPST 1116
A Joint INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/ DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS/BIOPHYSICS
SEMINAR
Speaker: Omar Saleh
Laboratoire de Physique Statistique et Département de Biologie,
Ecole Normale Supérieure,
Paris, France
Topic:
Single-Molecule Measurements of the Motor Protein FtsK
http://www.biophysics.umd.edu
4:30 PM - CSS 2400
SPACE AND COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Lucy-Ann McFadden
Department of
Astronomy, UMCP
Topic:
Deep Impact Expectations for July 4, 2005
http://space.umd.edu/seminars
Tuesday, February 8th
1:15 PM - IPST 1116
INFORMAL STATISTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Ellen D. Williams
Director, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center,
Department of Physics, UMCP
Topic:
One-Dimensional Interfaces in Two-Dimensional Structures
3:30 PM - MATH 3206
Joint DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS NUMERICAL ANLAYSIS(NA)/PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS (PDE) AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS/SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION and MATHEMATICAL
MODELING (CSCAMM) SEMINAR
Speaker: Alex Mahalov
Department of
Mathematics and Statistics, Arizona State University, Tempe
Topic:
Global Regularity of the 3D Navier-Stokes Equa tions with Uniformly
Large Initial Vorticity
http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/
Wednesday, February 9th
4:00 PM - CHEM 0112 (Marker Room)
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS in CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS
Speaker:
Qian Wang
Chemical Physics Program, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, UMCP
Topic: Path Integral Monte Carlo Simulations of Alumi num Atoms Embedded
in Dolid Para-Hydrogen
and Helium Clusters
Thursday, February10th
12:15 PM - ENERGY RES 1207
APPLIED DYNAMICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Istvan Szunyogh
Institute for Physical Science
and Technology and Department of Meteorology, UMCP
Topic:
On the Origin of Locally Low-Dimensional Chaos in Atmospheric Dynamics
and
Speaker: John Harlim
Department of Mathematics, UMCP
Topic: An Efficient Local Ensemble Kalman Filter
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/talks/
3:00 PM - IPST 1116
A Joint INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/ DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Jennifer Ogilvie
Laboratory for Optics and Biosciences, CNRS UMR 7645, INSERM U451,
Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA,
Palaiseau Cedex, France
Topic:
Snaphots of Proteins in Actin: A Laser Spectroscopist's View of Protein Function
http://www.biophysics.umd.edu
3:30 PM - MATH 3206
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (PDE) AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Georg Dolzmann
Institute for Physical Science
And Technology and Department of Mathematics, UMCP
Topic:
A 2D compressible Membrane Theory as a Gamma-Limit of a
Nonlinear Elasticity
mModel for Incompressible
Membranes in 3D
Friday, February11th
3:00 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
ELECTROPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Christopher J.
K. Richardson
Laboratory for Physical Sciences,
College Park, MD
Topic:
Monolithic Mode-Locked Lasers and SiGe Detectors: Next-Generation Optical
Communication Devic
Monday, February 14th
4:00 PM - IPST 1116
A Joint INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/ DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS/BIOPHYSICS
SEMINAR
Refreshments @t 3:45 PM
Speaker: Ivan Rasnic
Department of Physics, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Topic:
Understanding the Mechanisms of Molecular Motors: Singular Molecular Fluoresce
Resonant
Energy Transfer Experiments
http://www.biophysics.umd.edu
4:30 PM - CSS 2400
SPACE AND COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Frank C. Jones
Gravitational Astrophysics Laboratory, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Topic:
Simulated 2D vs. 3D Shock Waves: Implications for Particle Acceleration
http://space.umd.edu/seminar
Tuesday, February 15th
1:15 PM - IPST 1116
INFORMAL STATISTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Stephen M. Hsu
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Topic:
The Science and Technology of Nanofriction Structures
3:30 PM - MATH 3206
NUMERICAL ANLAYSIS SEMINAR
Speaker: Kyoung-Sook Moon
Department of Mathematics,
UMCP
Topic:
Convergence Rate of an Adaptive Algorithm for Differential Equations
http://www.math.umd.edu/research/seminars/nas/
Wednesday, February 16th
2:00 PM - 4122 CSIC Bldg (#406)
CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING (CSCAMM) SEMINAR
Speaker: William Hase
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Topic:
Scientific Computing in Chemistry and Materials Science: Algorithms for
Direct
Dynamics Simulations
and the Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Sliding Surfaces
http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/seminars/spring05/index.htm
4:00 PM - ENERGY RES 1207
SPECIAL PLASMA PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Peter Yoon
Institute for Physical Science and Technology, UMCP
Topic:
Exact Energy Principle in Current Sheet Dynamics
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~sitnov/PPS/py.htm
4:00 PM - CHEM 0112 (Marker Room)
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS in CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS
Speaker: Alan Esker
Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Blacksburg
Topic:
2-D Analogs to 3-D Phenomena: Confinement Effects on Physical Properties
in Polymer Systems
Thursday, February17th
12:15 PM - ENERGY RES 1207
APPLIED DYNAMICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Bruce Miller
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Christian University, Forth Worth
Title:
Dynamics of Gravitational Systems
and
Speaker: Aleksandr Y.
Ukhorskiy
Department of Physics, UMCP
Title:
Complexity in Magnetospheric Dynamics: From Modeling to Forecasting
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/talks/
Friday, February18th
3:00 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
ELECTROPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Ilya Alexeev
Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
Topic:
Extended Nonlinear Propagation of Ultrashort Laser Pulses in Air and Its Applications
Monday, February 21st
4:00 PM - IPST 1116
A Joint INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS/BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Raghuveer Parthasarathy
Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley
Topic: Pattern Formation in Biologically-Inspired Membrane Systems
4:30 PM - CSS 2400
SPACE AND COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS SEMINAR
President's Day - No Seminar
Tuesday, February 22nd
1:15 PM - IPST 1116
INFORMAL STATISTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
No Seminar – Originally scheduled speaker (below) has been postponed to March 1st
Speaker: Fariel Shafee
Princeton University, NJ
Topic: Spin-Glass-Like Dynamics of Social Clusters
3:30 PM - MATH 3206
NUMERICAL ANLAYSIS SEMINAR
Speaker: Sören Bartels
Department of Mathematics, UMCP and Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Topic: Approximation of Harmonic Maps - Gradient Flow Approaches vs. Iterative Minimization
http://www.math.umd.edu/research/seminars/nas/
Wednesday, February 23rd
1:30 PM - IPST 1116
SPECIAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (IPST) COLLOQUIUM
Speaker: Thomas M. Baer
Chairman and Founder, Arcturus Bioscience, Inc., Mountain View, CA
Topic: Resolving the Molecular Puzzle of Cancer through Microgenomics:
New Challenges for Measurement Science
2:00 PM - 4122 CSIC Bldg (#406)
CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING (CSCAMM) SEMINAR
Speaker: Eric Vanden-Eijnden
Graduate Department of Mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
New York University, NY
Topic: Metastability in Complex Systems
http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/seminars/spring05/index.html
3:30 PM - 1115 CSIC Bldg (#406)
INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS RESEARCH'S CENTER FOR DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF SMART STRUCTURES CONTROL AND DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS DISTINGUISHED LECTURE
Speaker: Hideo Mabuchi
Department of Physics and Control & Dynamical Systems, California Institute of Technology
Topic: Measurement and Control in Quantum Information Science
www.isr.umd.edu/Labs/ISL/events.html
4:00 PM - CHEM 0112 (Marker Room)
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS in CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS (This series combines the former Statistical Physics and Chemical Physics/Physical Chemistry Seminars)
Speaker: Artem Masunov
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department, South Dakota
School of Mines and Technology ( South Dakota Tech ), Rapid City
Topic: Density Functional Theory Studies of the Ground and Excited States of Advanced Materials
Thursday, February 24th
12:15 PM - ENERGY RES 1207
APPLIED DYNAMICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Ben Shapiro
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Institute for Systems Research, UMCP
Topic: Steering Particles by Micro Flow Control
and
Speaker: Masahiro Toiya
Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, UMCP
Topic: Rock Penetration through a Granular Pile
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/talks/
Friday, February 25th
3:00 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
ELECTROPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Steve Rolston
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Department of Physics, UMCP
Topic: Ultracold Neutral Plasmas
3:00 PM - MATH 3206
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM
FOURTH IN THE SERIES: MATHEMATICS AND BIOLOGY
Speaker: G. Bard Ermentrout
University Professor of Computational Biology, Department of Mathematics,
University of Pittsburgh, PA
Topic: Learning Synchrony Oscillations and Spike-Time Dependent Plasticity
http://www.math.umd.edu/research/seminars/colloquium/
Monday, February 28th
1:00 PM - PHYS 1201
ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Jennifer Sebby-Strabley
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, and
Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Topic: Demonstration of Dense Mesoscopic Atomic Ensembles in a Holographic Atom Trap
4:00 PM - IPST 1116
A Joint INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/ DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS/BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Arthur La Porta
Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University , CA
Topic: Using Optical Tweezers and the Optical Torque Wrench to Probe Force and
Torque Geneation by Single Bio-Molecules
4:30 PM - CSS 2400
SPACE AND COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS SEMINAR
No Seminar
Tuesday, March 1st
1:15 PM - IPST 1116
INFORMAL STATISTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR**
Speaker: Fariel Shafee
Department of Physics, Princeton University, NJ
Topic: Spin-Glass-Like Dynamics of Social Clusters
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM**
Art show by computer projection to follow. For additional info, see also:
http://www.papaink.org/gallery/home/artist/display/333.html
3:30 PM - MATH 3206
NUMERICAL ANLAYSIS SEMINAR
Speaker: John A. Pelesko
Department of Mathematics, University of Delaware, Newark
Topic: Electrostatic-Elastic Interactions
http://www.math.umd.edu/research/seminars/nas/
Wednesday, March 2nd
2:00 PM - 4122 CSIC Bldg (#406)
CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING (CSCAMM) SEMINAR
Speaker: Irina Popovici
Department of Mathematics, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
Topic: A New Transform for Improved Lossy Compression of Color Images
( Joint work w/William D. Withers)
http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/seminars/spring05/index.html
CSCAMM is located in the 4th floor of the new CSIC Bldg., between A V Williams Bldg & G2 parking lot.
4:00 PM - CHEM 0112 (Marker Room)
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS in CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS
Speaker: Taekjip Ha
Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Topic: Single Molecule Views of Nature's Nanomachines
Thursday, March 3rd
12:15 PM - ENERGY RES 1207
APPLIED DYNAMICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Peter Lenz
Fachbereich Physik, Universität, Marburg, Germany
Topic:
Membranes with Rotating Motors
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/talks/
Friday, March 4th
1:00 PM - CHE 2110
Spring 2005 Distinguished Lecture Series/Materials Science & Engineeting
Speaker: Mikhail A. Anisimov
Dept. of Chedmical Engineeriung & Institute for Physical Science & Technology, UMCP
Topic: Mesoscopic and Nanoscale Thermodynamics: Fundamenals for Emerging Technologies
3:00 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
ELECTROPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Wendell T. Hill, III
Institute for Physical Science and Technology, UMCP
Topic: Atoms, Molecules and Light: Revealing the Secrets of Nature and Engineering the Future
Monday, March 7th
4:00 PM - IPST 1116
A Joint INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS/BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
No Seminar - Faculty Meeting
4:30 PM - CSS 2400
SPACE AND COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Moo Hyun Lee
Institute for Physical Science and Technology, UMCP
Topic: Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass Project: First Flight of 42 Days
Tuesday, March 8th
1:00 PM - PHYS 1201
ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Refreshments @ 12:45 PM in the Toll Room
Speaker: Michael Romalis
Department of Physics, Princeton University, NJ
Topic: Atomic Magnetometers for Precision Measurements and Applications
(For further information, contact Luis Orozco, Physics.)
1:15 PM - IPST 1116
INFORMAL STATISTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
As in the past, each seminar will be preceded by an informal cafeteria lunch to which all are
welcome, departing from Room 2100B about five minutes after 12:00 noon.)
Speaker: James A. Warren
Director, Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Topic: Modeling the Dynamics of Crystal Growth: The Influence of Liquid Structure
(For further information, contact M. E. Fisher, Coordinator, or Wolfgang Losert, Host.)
3:30 PM - MATH 3206
NUMERICAL ANLAYSIS SEMINAR
No Seminar - See Listing under Friday, March 11th.
http://www.math.umd.edu/research/seminars/nas/
4:00 PM - PHYS 1410
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND'S CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD YEAR OF PHYSICS—THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF EINSTEIN'S MAGICAL YEAR
Refreshments @ 3:30 PM
Speaker: Benoit Mandelbrot
Sterling Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Emeritus, Mathematics Department,
Yale University, New Haven, CT, and IBM Fellow Emeritus, T.J. Watson Research Center,
International Business Machines Corporation, Yorktown Heights, NY
Topic: Physics from Smoothness to Roughness
http://www.physics.umd.edu/events/colloquia/
Wednesday, March 9th
2:00 PM - 4122 CSIC Bldg (#406)
CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING (CSCAMM) SEMINAR
Speaker: Giovanni Russo
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania, Italy
Topic: Computation of Strained Epitaxial Growth in Three Dimensions by
Kinetic Monte Carlo
http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/seminars/spring05/index.html
If you would like to meet with Dr. Russo, please contact us at pa@cscamm.umd.edu
CSCAMM is located in the 4th floor of the new CSIC Bldg., between A V Williams Bldg & G2 parking lot.
4:00 PM - CHEM 0112 (Marker Room)
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS in CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS
(This series combines the former Statistical Physics and Chemical Physics/Physical Chemistry Seminars)
No Seminar
Thursday, March 10th
12:15 PM - ENERGY RES 1207
APPLIED DYNAMICS SEMINAR
(The format for this seminar includes lunch and two talks that emphasize applied dynamics.)
Speaker: Aleksandr Y. Ukhorskiy
Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD
Topic: Complexity in Magnetospheric Dynamics: From Modeling to Forecasting
and
Speaker: Masahiro Toiya
Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP), UMCP
Topic: Rod Penetration through a Granular Pile
(For further information, contact Wolfgang Losert, Coordinator.)
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/talks/
2:00 PM - MATH 1311
DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS SEMINAR
Speaker: Serguei Novikov
Institute for Physical Science and Technology, and Department of Mathematics,
UMCP
Topic: Topology of Hamiltonian Systems on the Surfaces Generated by the Real Part of
Holomorphic 1-Forms
Friday, March 11th
8:00 AM - MATH 3206
NUMERICAL ANLAYSIS/DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS WORKSHOP ON
MESHLESS METHODS, GENERALIZED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS, AND
RELATED APPROACHES
(Sponsored by the National Science Foundation)
This Workshop goes through the March 13th . Complete information is listed below.
3:00 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
ELECTROPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Charles Tarrio
Electron and Optical Physics Division, National Institute for Standards and
Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD
Topic: Metrology for the Next-Generation Extreme-Ultra-violet Lithography
(For further information, contact Howard Milchberg , Coordinator: milch@ipst.umd.edu )
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WORKSHOP ON MESHLESS METHODS, GENERALIZED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS,
AND RELATED APPROACHES
Friday, March 11th
8:45-9:00: Opening Remarks
9:00-9:50: W.K. Liu
Implicit Immersed Finite Element Method and Its Application to
Biological Systems
10:15-11:05: R. Schaback
Convergence Analysis of Kernel-based Mesh- Less Methods for
Solving General Operator Equations
11:30-12:20: G.R. Liu
Adaptive Meshfree Methods
12:45-1:45: Lunch
1:45-2:35: V. Leitao
Application of Meshless Collocation Tech niques to Structural Analysis
3:00-4:00: I. Babuska
What I Know and Would Like to Know about the Meshless and
Generalized FEM
Saturday, March 12th
8:30-9:20: J. Osborn
Quadrature for Meshless Methods
9:45-10:35: J. S. Chen
Stabilization of Nodal Integration in Galer kin Meshfree Methods
11:00-11:50: W. Han
Analysis of Meshfree Methods
12:15-1:30: Lunch
1:30-2:20: L. Libersky
To be Announced
2:45-3:35: T. Strouboulis
Computational Experiences with the p-Version of the Generalized
FEM
4:00-4:50: C. A. Duarte
Clustered Generalized Finite Element Approx imations: Theory,
Applications, and Open Issues
Sunday, March 13th
8:30-9:20: U. Banerjee
Superconvergence in Generalized Finite Ele ment Method
9:45-10:35: M. A. Schweitzer
Fast Solvers for Partition of Unity Methods
11:00-11:50: V. Nistor
Interior Numerical Approximation of Boundary Value Problems with a
Distributional Data
12:15-1:30: Lunch
1:30-2:20: Future Directions
Monday, March 14th
4:00 PM - IPST 1116
A Joint INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/ DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS/BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
No Seminar Today
4:30 PM - CSS 2400
SPACE AND COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Stephen A. Fuselier
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Palo Alto, California
Topic: Progress in Understanding Magnetic Reconnection at the Earth's Magnetopause
Tuesday, March 15th
1:00 PM - PHYS 1201
Joint ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL (AMO) PHYSICS and QUANTUM COHERENCE AND INFORMATION THEORY (QCI) SEMINAR
Speaker: Ting Yu
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, NY
Topic: Finite-Time Disentanglement via Sontaneous Emission
1:15 PM - IPST 1116
INFORMAL STATISTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Olivier Pierre-Louis
CNRS/LSP, Université J. Fourier, Grenoble
Topic: Morphological Transitions of One-Dimensional Fronts on Growing Crystal Surfaces
3:30 PM - MATH 3206
NUMERICAL ANLAYSIS SEMINAR
Speaker: Khamron Mekchay,
Department of Mathematics, UMCP
Topic: AFEM for the Laplace-Beltrami Operator on Graphs: A Posteriori Error Estimation
and Convergence
http://www.math.umd.edu/research/seminars/nas/
4:00 PM - PHYS 1410
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND'S CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD YEAR OF
PHYSICS—THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF EINSTEIN'S MAGICAL YEAR
Speaker: Leon Lederman
Nobel Laureate in Physics, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy,
Illoinis Institute of Technology, Chicago
Topic: Physics , Education, and Physics Education
http://www.physics.umd.edu/events/colloquia/
Wednesday, March 16th
2:00 PM - 4122 CSIC Bldg (#406)
CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING (CSCAMM) SEMINAR
Speaker: Vladimir Krasnopolsky
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), UMCP
and National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)/NOAA
Topic: Application of Neural Network Techniques for Approximating Complex
Multidimensional Mappings: NN Emulations of Time Consuming Components
in Numerical Models ( in collaboration with Michael Fox-Rabinovitz and Dmitry Chalikov,
ESSIC, University of Maryland)
http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/seminars/spring05/index.html
If you would like to meet with Dr. Krasnopolsky , please contact us at pa@cscamm.umd.edu
CSCAMM is located in the 4th floor of the new CSIC Bldg., between A V Williams Bldg & G2 parking lot.
4:00 PM - CHEM 0112 (Marker Room)
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS in CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS
(This series combines the former Statistical Physics and Chemical Physics/Physical Chemistry Seminars.)
No Seminar Today
Thursday, March 17th
12:15 PM - ENERGY RES 1207
APPLIED DYNAMICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Leah Chock
Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Section, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
Topic: Bifurcations and Chaotic Desynchronization in a Multistrain Disease Model with
Seasonal Forcing
and
Speaker: To be Announced
Topic: To be Announced
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/talks/
4:45 PM - IPST 1116
COMMITTEE FOR PHILOSOPHY AND THE SCIENCES (CPaS) SPRING 2005 COLLOQUIUM SERIES
Speaker: Stephen G. Brush
Institute for Physical Science and Technology, and Department of History, UMCP
Topic: How Theories Became Knowledge: Natural Selection 1930-1970
Friday, March 18th
3:00
PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
ELECTROPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Thomas Murphy
Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, UMCP
Topic:
Nonlinear Photodetectors for Ultrafast Optical Signal Processing
Saturday, March 19th – Tuesday,
March 22nd
Spring 2005
Meeting of the Maryland-Penn State Workshop on Dynamical
Systems and Related Topics
March 19-22 (Saturday-Tuesday)
Department of Mathematics
University of Maryland, College Park
http://www.math.umd.edu/research/maryland/dynamics/conferences/md05/
Monday March 21st - Friday, March
25th
SPRING
BREAK
Monday, March 28th
4:00 PM - IPST 1116
BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Prof. Barry Honing
Columbia University
Topic:
Computational Studies of Protein Structure and Function
http://www.biophysics.umd.edu
4:30 PM - CSS 2400
SPACE AND COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Harald Kucharek
University of New Hampshire, Durham
Topic:
Energetic Pickup Ions at Interplanetary Discontinuities
http://space.umd.edu/seminars
Tuesday, March 29th
1:15 PM - IPST 1116
INFORMAL STATISTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Dr. Ana Maria Rey
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Topic:
Fermionization of Bosons in an Optical Lattice:
A simple picture
3:30 PM - MTH 3206
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Simon P. Schurr
Department of Mathematics, UMCP
Topic:
Universal Duality in Conic Convex Optimization
http://www.math.umd.edu/research/seminars/nas/
SPECIAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM
4:00 PM - 1410 PHYS
Speaker:
Anythong Leggett (2003 Nobel Laureate)
Universityof Illinois - Urbana, Champagne
Topic:
Doe sthe Everyday World Really Obey Quantum Mechanics
http://www.physics.umd.edu/events/colloquia
Wednesday, March 30th
2:00 PM - 4122 CSIC Bldg. (#406)
CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING (CSCAMM) SEMINAR
Speaker:
Dr. Vladislav Panferov
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
McMaster University
Topic:
Regular small data solutions of the Boltzmann equation in one space dimension
http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/seminars/spring05/index.html
3:30 PM - Seminar Room, Lower Level, LPS, 8050 Greenmead Dr., College Park
LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR
Speaker: Joel Roark
|
Nomadics, Inc.
Topic:
FIDO Vapor-Phase Explosives Detection
4:00 PM - CHEM 0112 (Marker Room)
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS in CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS
Speaker:
Abe Nitzan
Tel Aviv
University
Topic:
Inelastic effects in molecular conduction
Thursday, March 31st
10:30 AM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
SPECIAL PHYSIS SEMINAR
Speaker: Ionannis Sideris
Department of Physics, Northern Illinois University
Topic:
Characterization of Chaos: A New Fastr and Effective Measure
12:15 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
APPLIED DYNAMICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Irene Moroz
Oxford University, UK
Topic:
The extended Malkus-Robbins dynamo as a perturbed Lorenz system
and
Speaker: Jennifer Curtis
University of Heidelberg
Topic:
Mechanics of hyaluronan-mediated cell adhesion
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/talks
Friday, April 1st
12:00 PM - GSFC, Bldg. 21, Rm. 183
LABORATORY FOR SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Dr. Angelos
Vourlidas
NRL
Topic:
Very High Angular Resolution Ultraviolet Telescope (VAULT)
12:15 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
Joint APPLIED DYNAMICS and AMO SEMINAR
Speaker: Jesper Glueckstaed
Riso
Topic:
Optical multi-particle manipulation based on GPC (Generalized Phase Contrast)
3:00 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
ELECTROPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Dr. George Petrov
Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory
Topic:
The Physics of Gas Discharge Lamps and the Lighting Program at NRL
Monday, March 28th
4:00 PM - IPST 1116
BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Prof. Barry Honing
Columbia University
Topic:
Computational Studies of Protein Structure and Function
http://www.biophysics.umd.edu
4:30 PM - CSS 2400
SPACE AND COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Harald Kucharek
University of New Hampshire, Durham
Topic:
Energetic Pickup Ions at Interplanetary Discontinuities
http://space.umd.edu/seminars
Tuesday, March 29th
1:15 PM - IPST 1116
INFORMAL STATISTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Dr. Ana Maria Rey
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Topic:
Fermionization of Bosons in an Optical Lattice:
A simple picture
3:30 PM - MTH 3206
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Simon P. Schurr
Department of Mathematics, UMCP
Topic:
Universal Duality in Conic Convex Optimization
http://www.math.umd.edu/research/seminars/nas/
SPECIAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM
4:00 PM - 1410 PHYS
Speaker:
Anthony Leggett
University of Illinois – Urbana, Champagne (2003 Nobel Laureate)
Title:
Does the Everyday World Really Obey
Quantum Mechanics
http://www.physics.umd.edu/events/colloquia
Wednesday, March 30th
2:00 PM - 4122 CSIC Bldg. (#406)
CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING (CSCAMM) SEMINAR
Speaker:
Dr. Vladislav Panferov
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
McMaster University
Topic:
Regular small data solutions of the Boltzmann equation in one space dimension
http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/seminars/spring05/index.html
3:30 PM - Seminar Room, Lower Level, LPS, 8050 Greenmead Dr., College Park
LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR
Speaker: Joel Roark
|
Nomadics, Inc.
Topic:
FIDO Vapor-Phase Explosives Detection
4:00 PM - CHEM 0112 (Marker Room)
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS in CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS
Speaker:
Abe Nitzan
Tel Aviv
University
Topic:
Inelastic effects in molecular conduction
Thursday, March 31st
10:30 AM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
SPECIAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Ionannis Sideris
Department of Physics, Northern Illinois University
Topic:
Characterization of Chaos: A New Fastr and Effective Measure
12:15 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
APPLIED DYNAMICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Irene Moroz
Oxford University, UK
Topic:
The extended Malkus-Robbins dynamo as a perturbed Lorenz system
and
Speaker: Jennifer Curtis
University of Heidelberg
Topic:
Mechanics of hyaluronan-mediated cell adhesion
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/talks
Friday, April 1st
12:00 PM - GSFC, Bldg. 21, Rm. 183
LABORATORY FOR SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Dr. Angelos
Vourlidas
NRL
Topic:
Very High Angular Resolution Ultraviolet Telescope (VAULT)
12:15 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
Joint APPLIED DYNAMICS and AMO SEMINAR
Speaker: Jesper Glueckstaed
Riso
Topic:
Optical multi-particle manipulation based on GPC (Generalized Phase Contrast)
3:00 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
ELECTROPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Dr. George Petrov
Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory
Topic:
The Physics of Gas Discharge Lamps and the Lighting Program at NRL
Monday, April 4th
1:00 PM - PHYS 1201
AMO SEMINAR
Speaker:
David Hall
Amherst College
Topic:
Spontaneous Macroscopic Spin Polarization in Independent Bose-Einstein Condensates
4:00 PM - IPST 1116
BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Prof. Bob Austin
Department of Physics,
Princeton University
Topic:
Biopolymers in Tight Places
http://www.biophysics.umd.edu
4:30 PM - CSS 2400
SPACE AND COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker:
William H. Matthaeus
University of Delaware, Bartol Research Institute
Topic:
Geometrical Properties of Turbulence and Its Effect
on Field Line and Charged Particle
Tuesday, April 5th
1:15 PM - IPST 1116
INFORMAL STATISTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Jeng-Da Chai
Institute for Physical Science and Technology,
UMCP
Topic:
Orbital-free Kinetic Energy and Pseudopotentials
for Quantal Ground States
3:30 PM - MTH 3206
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Prof. Nick Trefethen
Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford University,
England
Topic:
Who Invented the Great Numerical Algorithms?
http://www.math.umd.edu/research/seminars/nas/
SPECIAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM
4:00 PM - 1410 PHYS
Speaker:
Robert Tycko
National
Institutes of Health
Title:
Molecular Structure of Alzheimer's Amyloid
Fibrils: Insights from Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
http://www.physics.umd.edu/events/colloquia
Wednesday, April 6th
2:00 PM - 4122 CSIC Bldg. (#406)
CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING (CSCAMM) SEMINAR
No Seminar Scheduled
http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/seminars/spring05/index.html
4:00 PM - CHEM 0112 (Marker Room)
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS in CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS
Speaker: Min Quyant
Department of Physics, UMCP
Topic: Molecular Wiring
of Spin Coherence between Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Thursday, April 7th
10:30 AM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
No Information
12:15 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
APPLIED DYNAMICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Ramakrishna Ramaswamy
Centre for Systems Biology, Institute for Advanced Study,
Princeton
Topic:
Aperiodic and Nonchaotic Attractors
and
Speaker: To be Announced
Topic:
To be Announced
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/talks
2:00 PM - MTH 1311
DYNAMICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Stephane Sabourau
St. Joseph's University and Universite de Tours
Topic:
Systolic Volume and Minimal Entropy on Aspherical Manifolds
Friday, April 8th
3:00 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
ELECTROPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Michael R. Zachariah
Center for NanoEnergetics Research (CNER)
UMCP/NIST Co-Laboratory on NanoParticle Based Manufacturing and Meteorology
Topic:
Tools for Manipulating, Characterizing, and Studying the Relativity of Aerosol
NanoParticles
3:00 PM - MTH 3206
MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM
(Fifth in the series Mathematics and Biology)
Speaker: Avis Cohen
Department of Biology and ISR, UMCP
Topic:
Mathematics in Biology: Blowing smoke or clearing the air?
Monday, April 11th
1:00 PM - PHYS 1201
AMO SEMINAR
Speaker:
Alex Kuzmich
Georgia Tech
Topic:
Quantum Networking with Atomic Ensembles
4:00 PM - IPST 1116
BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
No Information Available
http://www.biophysics.umd.edu
4:30 PM - CSS 2400
SPACE AND COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Rosemary
Killen
Department of Astronomy, UMCP
Topic:
Mercury's Magnetosphere and its Influence on the Neutral Exosphere
http://space.umd.edu/seminars
Tuesday, April 12th
1:15 PM - IPST 1116
INFORMAL STATISTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Dr. Justin J. Stambaugh
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Topic:
The Self-Assembly of Complex Particles
3:30 PM - MTH 3206
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR
Speaker: Prof.
Mark Embree
Computational and Applied Mathemtics, RIce University
Topic:
A Dozen Cautionary Tales from "Specra and Pseudospecra"
http://www.math.umd.edu/research/seminars/nas/
PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM
4:00 PM - 1410 PHYS
Speaker:
Dr. Bruno Eckhardt
University
of Maryland
Title:
Transition to Turbulence in Shear Flows
http://www.physics.umd.edu/events/colloquia
Wednesday, April 13th
2:00 PM - 4122 CSIC Bldg. (#406)
CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING (CSCAMM) SEMINAR
No Seminar Scheduled
http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/seminars/spring05/index.html
3:30 PM - Seminar Room, Lower Level, LPS, 8050 Greenmead Dr., College Park
LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR
Speaker: Dr. Min
Ouyang
Topic:
Molecular "Wiring" of Spin Coherence between Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum
Dots
4:00 PM - CHEM 0112 (Marker Room)
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS in CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS
Speaker: Linda Magid
University of Tennessee/NSF
Topic: To be Announced
Thursday, April 14th
12:15 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
APPLIED DYNAMICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Joe Skufka
University of Maryland
Topic:
Boundary to Turbulence in Plane Couette Flow
NS
Speaker: Ben Shapiro
Institute for Systems Research, UMCP
Topic:
Steering Particles by Micro Flow Control
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/talks
Friday, April 15th
3:00 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
ELECTROPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Dmitri Kaganovich
Naval Research Laboratory
Topic:
Table Top Particle Accelerators
Monday, April 18th
4:00 PM - IPST 1116
BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
No Information Available
(For further information, contact D. Thirumalai, Coordinator.)
http://www.biophysics.umd.edu
4:30 PM - CSS 2400
SPACE AND COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Douglas
P. Hamilton
Department of Astronomy, UMCP
Topic:
Charged Dust Dynamics at Jupiter
http://space.umd.edu/seminars
Tuesday, April 19th
1:15 PM - IPST 1116
INFORMAL STATISTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker:
Prof. Richard A. Ferrell
Department of Physics, UMCP
Topic:
A Nonconventional Computation of the Anomalous Dimension,
Eta,
Using
the Lorentz Metric
3:30 PM - MTH 3206
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR
Speaker: Prof.
Alfred Schmidt
Zentrum fuer Technomathematik, Universitaet Bremen, Germany
Topic:
Adaptive Finite Element Simulations for Macroscopic and Mesoscopic Models of
Steel
http://www.math.umd.edu/research/seminars/nas/
PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM
4:00 PM - 1410 PHYS
Speaker:
Chris Monroe
University
of Michigan
Title:
To be Announced
http://www.physics.umd.edu/events/colloquia
Wednesday, April 20th
2:00 PM - 4122 CSIC Bldg. (#406)
CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING (CSCAMM) SEMINAR
No Information Available
http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/seminars/spring05/index.html
4:00 PM - CHEM 0112 (Marker Room)
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS in CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS
Speaker: Rob Walker
Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMCP
Topic:
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Materials: Properties and Consequences
Thursday, April 21st
12:15 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
APPLIED DYNAMICS SEMINAR
(One long talk today.)
Speaker: Konstantin Mischaikow
Georgia Tech
Topic:
A Topological Analysis of Time Dependent Patterns
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/talks
Friday, April 22nd
3:00 PM - ERF 1207 (IREAP Conference Room)
ELECTROPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: George Petrov
Plasma Physics Division, Naval
Research Laboratory
Topic:
Modeling of Clusters in A Super-intense Laser Field by a 3-D Relativistic
Molecular Dynamic Model
Monday, April 25th
1:00 PM - PHYS 1201
AMO SEMINAR
Speaker: Vito Scarola
University of Maryland
Topic:
Quantum Phases of the Extended Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian:
The Possibility of a Supersolid State of Cold Atmons in Optical Lattices
4:00 PM - IPST 1116
BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Prof. Ivet Bahar
Department of Computational Biology,
University of Pittsburgh
Topic:
Understanding the Machinery of Biomolecular Assemblies Using
Elastic Network Models
http://www.biophysics.umd.edu
4:30 PM - CSS 2400
SPACE AND COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Michael R. Collier
Goddard Space Flight Center
Topic:
Asymmetries Toward Higher Ecliptic Longitudes than the Nominal Upstream
Directon in Twelve
Heliospheric Data Sets
http://space.umd.edu/seminars
Tuesday, April 26th
1:15 PM - IPST 1116
INFORMAL STATISTICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Speaker: Dr. Valeri Barsegov
Institute for Physical Science and Technology, UMCP
Topic:
Unbinding of Cell-adhesion Molecules: Transition from catch to slip bonds
3:30 PM - MTH 3206
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR
Speaker: Dr. Jian
Zhong Zhu
ESI US R&D Inc., Columbia, MD
Topic:
Computational Modeling of Hot Tearing and Cold Crack in Metal Casting
http://www.math.umd.edu/research/seminars/nas/
PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM
4:00 PM - 1410 PHYS
Speaker: John Carlstrom
University of Chicago
Title:
Constraining Cosmology with New Cosmic Microwave Background Observations
http://www.physics.umd.edu/events/colloquia
Wednesday, April 27th
2:00 PM - 4122 CSIC Bldg. (#406)
CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING (CSCAMM) SEMINAR
Speaker: Richard Baraniuk
Rice University
Topic: &nb