WFU Physics Colloquium Schedule -- Spring 2015

Previous and future colloquia

Wed. Jan. 14, 2015 -- Dr. Corey Hewitt, WFU -- Carbon Nanotube-Based Polymer Composite Thermoelectric Generators -- (host: N. Holzwarth)

Wed. Jan. 21, 2015 -- Professor Amy Catanzano, WFU English -- Quantum Poetics: The Word and Its Earthwork --(host: F. Salsbury)

Wed. Jan. 28, 2015 -- Drs. Rick Matthews and Dan Johnson, WFU Physics and Biology -- A Newbie's Report: Pervasive Active Learning in a Flipped Class and What Do Students REALLY Think of Inquiry?

Wed. Feb. 4, 2015 -- Professor Boris C. Pasche, WFU Cancer Biology (host: D. Kim-Shapiro) -- Diagnosis and treatment of cancer with radiofrequency electromagnetic fields amplitude modulated at tumor-specific frequencies

Wed. Feb. 11, 2015 -- Professor Cornel Sultan, Virginia Tech -- Bio-inspired Tensegrity Structures -- (hosts: J. Macosko and K. Bonin)

Wed. Feb. 18, 2015 -- Professor Christine Helms, U. Richmond and WFU Alum --- Structural and Mechanical Properties of Fibrin Exposed to Nitric Oxide-- (host: D. Kim-Shapiro)

Wed. Feb. 25, 2015 -- Professor Michael Fiddy, UNC Charlotte -- Manipulating Electromagnetic Waves with Engineered Materials -- (hosts: P. Anderson, R. Dudley)

Wed. Mar. 4, 2015 -- Professor John Bracht, American Univ. -- A single cell, two genomes: how ciliates are re-shaping our understanding of genomics. --(hosts: J. Macosko, K. Bonin, M. Guthold)

Wed. Mar. 11, 2015 -- (Spring Break)

Wed. Mar. 18, 2015 -- Professor Praveen Sethupathy, UNC -- How next-generation sequencing is used to understand human disease. (host: J. Macosko)

Wed. Mar. 25, 2015 -- Professor Adam Engler, UCSD -- Mechanical Signaling and its Role in Differentiation and Aging -- (hosts: J. Macosko and G. Holzwarth)

Wed. Apr. 1, 2015 -- Professor Stephen H. Garofalini, Rutgers U. -- Molecular Simulations of Nanoscale Materials: Applications in Conversion Materials for Advanced Batteries and Nanoconfined Water and Proton Transport -- (host: N. Holzwarth)

Wed. Apr. 8, 2015 -- Professor Danzhou Yang, University of Arizona -- Structure and Function of DNA G-quadruplex and its Potential as Anticancer Drug Target. -- (host: S. Cho)

Wed. Apr. 15, 2015 -- Professor Jin Wang, SUNY Stony Brook --Specificity and Dynamics of Biomolecular Recognition. -- (host: S. Cho)

Wed. Apr. 22, 2015 -- Honors presentations Part I

Thur. Apr. 23, 2015 -- Ph. D. Thesis defense -- Xinyi Guo Characterizing the micro-scale mechanical properties of hydrogels and cancer cells 9 AM in ZSR Library 204 (mentor: Martin Guthold)

Tues. Apr. 28, 2015 -- Ph. D. Thesis defense -- Rongzhong Li Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Bio-Molecular Dynamics, Folding, and Assembly 1 PM in Olin 107 (mentor: Sam Cho)

Wed. Apr. 29, 2015 -- Honors presentations Part II

Thur. Apr. 30, 2015 -- Ph. D. Thesis defense -- Andrea Belanger Biophysical studies of potential therapies of hemoglobin-associated diseases 9 AM in Olin 101 (mentor: Daniel Kim-Shapiro)

Thur. Apr. 30, 2015 -- Ph. D. Thesis defense -- Inna V. McGowin Head Motion Evaluation and Correction in Magnetoencephalography 11 AM in Olin 107 (mentor: Daniel Bourland)

Thur. Apr. 30, 2015 -- Ph. D. Thesis defense -- Jeremy W. Ward Enhancing the Electrical Performance of Organic Field-Effect Transistors Through Interface Engineering 2 PM in Olin 101 (mentor: Oana Jurchescu )

Mon. June 8, 2015 -- Ph. D. Thesis defense -- Stephen Baker Single Fiber Nanomechanical Properties of Electrospun Fibers and Modified Fibrin Fibers using Atomic Force Microscopy 2 PM in Olin 101 (mentor: Martin Guthold )

Mon. July 24, 2015 -- Ph. D. Thesis defense -- Wei Li Single Fibrin Fiber Mechanical Property and Lysis 10 AM in Olin 107 (mentor: Martin Guthold )

Wed. July 29, 2015 -- Ph. D. Thesis defense -- Jie Liu X-Ray Scatter Computation and Simulation in Cone Beam Computed Tomography 10 AM in Olin 107 (mentor: J. Daniel Bourland )

Tue. Aug. 4, 2015 -- Ph. D. Thesis defense -- Greg Smith Field Induced Polymer Electroluminescence 9:30 AM in Olin 107 (mentor: David Carroll )

Previous and future colloquia