The department sponsors a lively and highly interactive series of lunch-time talks on various topics of current interest in astronomy, physics, and other areas of science. Students have a wonderful opportunity to see why the current "hot topics" are of such great interest to physicists. We also organize special events where internationally recognized speakers are invited to visit us.
2012 Schedule
Date |
Speaker |
Title and Abstract |
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| January 13th |
Edward Wilson-Ewing
Centre de Physique Théorique
Université d'Aix-Marseille |
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| February 3rd |
Charles Protheroe
Bishop’s University
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| February 10th |
Martin Aubé
1) CÉGEP de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
2) Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada |
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| February 17th |
Dr. Chris Jillings
SNOLAB Research Scientist
Laurentian University |
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| February 24th |
Hugues Beauchesne
Bishop's University
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| March 16th |
Dr. Dinesh Singh
Department of Physics
University of Regina |
Assessing the Conceptual Challenges and Future of Quantum Gravity Research |
| March 23rd |
Professor Manu Paranjape
Groupe de physique des particules
Université de Montréal |
A Simple Proposal for Measuring the Speed of Propagation of Gravitational Phenomena |
| April 30th |
Charles Protheroe
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| May 17th |
Hugues Beauchesne
Physics Department,
Bishop's University |
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| June 8th |
Jeff Lapierre
New Mexico Tech
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| July 12th |
Dr. Jorge Bouza
Adjunct Professor
Bishop's University |
Biomedical Optical Imaging: Diffuse Optical Imaging and Molecular Optical Imaging |
| September 6th |
Keshav Dasgupta
McGill University
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| September 13th |
Alexandre Champagne
Concordia University
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| September 21st |
Jeremy Godin, M.Sc. Ph. D. Candidate
Sensors and Integrated MicroSystems Laboratory Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering University of Waterloo
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An Introduction to the World of MEMS Tackling the reliability issues of a micro-world |
| October 19th |
Wen-fai Fong, Ph.D. candidate
Department of Astronomy
Harvard University |
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| November 9th |
Andres Zambrano
Physics Department,
Bishop’s University |
Cosmological black holes: a story of three solutions of the Einstein equations |
| November 16th |
Patrick Labelle
Bishop's University
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The discovery of the Higgs boson and the end of an era in particle physics |
| November 23rd |
Dr. Lorne Nelson
Bishop’s University
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The Physics of Breaking Beer Bottles: A Tribute to Dr. Walter Stephan |
| November 27th |
Dr. Vincenzo Vitagliano
Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal |
