Sonoma State University

What Physicists Do - Archive

Date Speaker Speaker Affiliation Lecture Title
Joseph Wujek University of California, Berkeley How to Be a Good Engineer
Jim Eyer PG&E Research and Development Department Advanced Electricity Technology: From Physics to Commercialization
Dr. Kem Cook Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Dark Matter, Microlensing and Machos
Dr. John G. Learned University of Hawaii Dumand: A New Window on the Universe
Lauren J. Novatne Monterey County Department of Health Environmental Health: What It Is and Isn't
Dr. Frederick Wooten University of California, Davis/Livermore the Traveling Salesman, Random Networks, and the Structure of Amorphous Silicon
Mallory Roberts Sonoma State University X-Ray Outbursts From Neutron Stars in Binary Systems
Dr. Robin Cantor Conductus, Inc. will discuss applications of Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) in such magnetic field-sensing applications as biomagnetism, geophysics, and laboratory instrumentation. Squid Magnetometry
Dr. Henry P. Stapp Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Mind, Matter, and Quantum Mechanics
Dr. Paul Hodge University of Washington The Evolution of Galaxies
Dan Nottingham Boston University the Ionosphere and the Aurora
Dr. Isaac L. Bass Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory the Other Large Laser at Livermore
Dr. Keith Brister Cornell University Deep Focus Earthquakes and the Common Cold
Dr. Sallie Baliunas Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Active Stars in the Solar Neighborhood
Dr. Robert D. Johnson IBM Almaden Research Center Buckminsterfullerenes: Self-Assembling Geodesic Shells of Carbon
Dr. Larry Leifer Stanford University Robots for People With Severe Impairment
Mary Howland Signet Armorlite, Inc. the Optics of Eyeglass Lenses
Dr. Roger F. Malina University of California at Berkeley the Extreme Ultraviolet: A New Window on the Universe
Dr. Waguih Ishak Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Lightwave Technology
Dr. Claire E. Max Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Laser Guide Stars and Adaptive Optics for Astronomy