http://www.wfu.edu/physics/rss/wfuphysics.xml en-us ℗ & © 2008 Wake Forest University Department of Physics Wake Forest University Department of Physics News Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:15:00 EDT 60 http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/jameson.html This week's visitor is Dr. John R. Jameson from Stanford and Santa Clara Universities -- "The Story of Dielectric Relaxation: How Intel Came to Care about Curie's Curious Discovery". Dr. Jameson is arriving on campus Wed. afternoon and leaving Friday afternoon. There are still spots available on his schedule -- http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/tmp/jameson_schedule.html for students and faculty to meet with him and/or to join the lunch or dinner groups (please email natalie@wfu.edu). There will be refreshments in the lounge at 3:30 PM. All interested persons are cordially invited to attend. http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/jameson.html Tuesday, 2 Dec 2008 9:30:00 EST http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/brady.html Professor Patrick Brady, Department of Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will give a talk titled "Exploring the transient Universe with gravitational waves" in Olin Physical Laboratory Room 101 on Thursday Nov. 13 at 4:00pm. Refreshments will be served at 3:30pm in the Olin lounge. http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/brady.html Tuesday, 11 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.wfu.edu/news/release/2008.10.06.n.php Professors Macosko, Guthold and Bonin are featured in an article titled "Nanoscopic screening process to speed drug discovery" in WFU News. http://www.wfu.edu/news/release/2008.10.06.n.php Wed, 5 Nov 2008 10:45:00 EST http://www.wfu.edu/academics/physics/newse-car.html The WFU Department of Physics invites all interested to a Career Advising Event hosted by the Society of Physics Students. Thomas Clarkson will be the featured speaker. The meeting will be held in the department lounge in Olin. Pizza will be served. http://www.wfu.edu/academics/physics/newse-car.html Tues, 4 Nov 2008 12:35:00 EST http://www.wfu.edu/physics/ Welcome back alumni! The Department of Physics will host a Homecoming Reception in honor of our alumni from 12:30pm until 2:00pm in the Olin lounge. Please join us. http://www.wfu.edu/physics/ Monday, 3 Nov 2008 10:30:00 EST http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/hutson1.html Professor Shane Hutson, Department of Physics at Vanderbilt University, will give a talk titled "How does a fly make itself? (I)Dissecting morphogenesis with laser microsurgery and (II) Modeling cell-level mechanics" in Olin Physical Laboratory Room 101 on Thursday Nov. 7 at 4:00pm. This is a continuation of the Thursday colloquium with a focus on computational modeling. Refreshments will be served at 3:30pm in the Olin lounge. http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/hutson1.html Monday, 3 Nov 2008 10:30:00 EST http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/hutson.html Professor Shane Hutson, Department of Physics at Vanderbilt University, will give a talk titled "How does a fly make itself? (I)Dissecting morphogenesis with laser microsurgery and (II) Modeling cell-level mechanics" in Olin Physical Laboratory Room 101 on Thursday Nov. 6 at 4:00pm. This is the first of two talks with a focus on experiments in this session. Refreshments will be served at 3:30pm in the Olin lounge. http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/hutson.html Monday, 3 Nov 2008 10:30:00 EST http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/kim.html Professor Jeongyong Kim, Department of Physics at Wake Forest University, will give a talk titled "Nanoscale Confocal Microscopy and Spectroscopy: Development and Applications " in Olin Physical Laboratory Room 101 on Thursday Oct. 30 at 4:00pm. Refreshments will be served at 3:30pm in the Olin lounge. http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/kim.html Monday, 20 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EDT http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/library.html Sarah Jeong of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library will present an "Overview of Library Resources" on Thursday Oct. 30, 2008 at 11:00 am in Olin 107. This presentation will provide an overview of Library resources available to WFU students (both undergraduate and graduate) as well as faculty and staff. Pizza will be served following the presentation at 11:30am in the Olin lounge. http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/library.html Monday, 20 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EDT http://www.wfu.edu/academics/physics/news/20/08f-09s/stickney/welcome.html The Physics Department welcomes its new Business Manager, Gloria Stickney, who started on October 1st. Gloria has been at Wake Forest University since 1999, and she worked in Human Resources and then in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs before joining our Department. http://www.wfu.edu/academics/physics/news/20/08f-09s/stickney/welcome.html Monday, 20 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EDT http://www.wfu.edu/academics/physics/news/20/08f-09s/undergrad_symposium/undergradsym.html On Friday, September 26, 2008, the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, organized by the URECA (Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities) Center, was held at Wake Forest University. http://www.wfu.edu/academics/physics/news/20/08f-09s/undergrad_symposium/undergradsym.html Friday, 10 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EDT http://www.wfu.edu/wowf/2008/20080923.nano.html Research at the Wake Forest Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials has the potential to impact virtually every field of science. (Article featured in Windows on Wake Forest) http://www.wfu.edu/wowf/2008/20080923.nano.html Friday, 10 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EDT http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/tiesinga.html Professor Paul Tiesinga, Department of Physics and Astronomy at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, will give a talk titled "Neurophysics of cortical computation" in Olin Physical Laboratory Room 101 on Thursday Oct. 23 at 4:00pm. Refreshments will be served at 3:30pm in the Olin lounge. http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/tiesinga.html Wednesday, 8 Oct 2008 10:10:00 EDT http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/clarke.html Professor Laura I. Clarke, Department of Physics at North Carolina State University, will give a talk titled "Molecular dynamics within self-assembled monolayers" in Olin Physical Laboratory Room 101 on Thursday Oct. 9 at 4:00pm. Refreshments will be served at 3:30pm in the Olin lounge. http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/clarke.html Wednesday, 8 Oct 2008 10:10:00 EDT http://www.wxii12.com/video/17444188/index.html Follow the link to a WXII 12 News video of Prof. Eric Carlson's interview explaining the start-up of the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. http://www.wxii12.com/video/17444188/index.html Thursday, 11 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EDT http://www.wfu.edu/physics/news/20/08f-09s/kim-shapiro_chair/kim-shapiro_chair.html President Hatch is pleased to announce a generous gift from Raymond J. and Kathryn Harbert (P’06) to establish the Harbert Family Distinguished Chair for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship. The chair will be awarded to an outstanding teacher whose work is of international renown. Professor of Physics Daniel Kim-Shapiro is the first scholar to receive the chair. Professor Kim-Shapiro researches the biophysics of hemoglobin and other proteins, and is renowned for his research on sickle cell anemia. As co-leader of a team that includes Wake Forest graduate and undergraduate students, recently he discovered chemistry in hemoglobin that can help scientists pursue better treatments for such conditions as myocardial infarction, pulmonary hypertension, stroke and atherosclerosis, as well as sickle-cell anemia. This research is supported by major grants from the National Institutes of Health. http://www.wfu.edu/physics/news/20/08f-09s/kim-shapiro_chair/kim-shapiro_chair.html Thursday, 11 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EDT http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/WISOpenhouses.htm Potluck Dinner with Faculty, First Meeting Tuesday, September 23, 6:00 pm http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/WISOpenhouses.htm Thursday, 11 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EDT http://www.wfu.edu/academics/physics/news/20/08f-09s/coldren_phd/coldren_phd.html On Monday, August 25, 2008, the Department of Physics held a reception in honor of Faith Coldren, who successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled: Theoretical and Experimental Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Staphylococcus Aureus. Dr Coldren's thesis advisor was Prof. David Carroll. http://www.wfu.edu/academics/physics/news/20/08f-09s/coldren_phd/coldren_phd.html Sunday, 7 Sep 2008 13:00:00 EDT http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/research02.html This colloquium is the second of two which will highlight physics research at Wake Forest University. During the colloquium, Physics Department faculty members will present short overviews of their research programs in the Physics Department. This forum for sharing ideas will hopefully inspire collaborations between students and faculty and between research groups. Professors Thonhauser, Carlson, Carroll, Guthold, Macosko, and Salsbury will speak. http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/research02.html Sunday, 7 Sep 2008 13:00:00 EDT http://www.wfu.edu/physics/SPS/organize.html The WFU Department of Physics invites all interested to an organizational meeting of the Society of Physics Students. The meeting will be held in the department lounge in Olin. Pizza will be served at 11:15. http://www.wfu.edu/physics/SPS/organize.html Tues, 26 Aug 2008 12:55:00 EDT http://www.wfu.edu/physics The WFU Department of Physics invites all perspective students in physics to an open house. http://www.wfu.edu/physics Thurs, 21 Aug 2008 17:26:00 EDT http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/welcome.html WFU Physics Colloquium http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/welcome.html Wed, 21 Aug 2008 12:52:00 EDT http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/coldren.html Theoretical and Experimental Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Staphylococcus aureus http://www.wfu.edu/physics/seminars/2008_Fall/coldren.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:26:00 EDT http://www.wfu.edu/physics/recruiting/index.html The WFU Physics Department invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant or early Associate Professor level to begin in August 2009. Candidates from all areas of condensed matter physics (both experimentalists and theorists) are encouraged to apply. http://www.wfu.edu/physics/recruiting/index.html Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:50:00 EDT http://hekto.med.unc.edu:8080/tbs/index.htm 11-20-2008 "Biophysics Across Length and Time Scales" http://hekto.med.unc.edu:8080/tbs/index.htm Tue, 22 April 2008 11:09:00 EDT