College Lecture Programme
Lecture Programme 2009-2010
Chairperson: Professor Robert Bowman
2009
Can we observe a trapped atom interfering with itself?
Prof. Dieter Meschede
University of Bonn, Germany
NUIG Monday 28 September 4.00pm
UCC Tuesday 29 September 4.00pm
DCU Thursday 1 October 4.00pm
Committee contact: Síle Nic Chormaic s.nicchormaic@ucc.ie +353 21 490 4864
Ultracold Bosons and Fermions
Prof Tilman Esslinger
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
UCC Monday 30 November 4.00pm
UCD Tuesday 1 December 4.00pm
QUB Wednesday 2 December 4.00pm
Committee contact: Síle Nic Chormaic s.nicchormaic@ucc.ie +353 21 490 4864
2010
Shaping the defective nanoworld
Dr Chris Ewels
Institute of Materials, CNRS, Nantes, France
UCC Monday 8 February 4.00pm
UUJ Wednesday 10 February 4.00pm
TCD Friday 12 February 12.00pm
Committee contact: Brian Espey brian.espey@tcd.ie +353 1 896 2680
Valentia Observatory - From the heights of weather balloons to the depths of earthquakes
Keith Lambkin
Chief Scientist Valentia Observatory, Met Éireann
NUIG Monday 8 February 4.00pm
QUB Wednesday 10 February 4.00pm
NUIM Friday 12 February 3.30pm
Committee contact: Créidhe O’Sullivan creidhe.osullivan@nuim.ie +353 1 708 3953
Quantum Information Theory
Prof Vlatko Vedral
University of Oxford, UK
The seminar originally scheduled for Monday 22nd February in QUB has been cancelled
UCD Tuesday 23 February 5.00pm
WIT Wednesday 24 February 4.00pm
Committee contact: Prof. Ian Williams i.williams@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 3699
Antimatter: from imagination to application - and back
Prof Mike Charlton
Swansea University, UK
UCC Monday 8 March 4.00pm
NUIG Wednesday 10 March 4.00pm
DCU Thursday 11 March 4.00pm
Committee contact: Síle Nic Chormaic s.nicchormaic@ucc.ie +353 21 490 4864
Memorization or understanding: are we teaching the right thing?
Prof Eric Mazur
Harvard University, USA
TCD Thursday 11 March 7.30pm
Committee contact: Brian Espey brian.espey@tcd.ie +353 1 896 2680
Black Silicon
Prof Eric Mazur
Harvard University, USA
TCD Friday 12 March 12.00pm
Committee contact: Brian Espey brian.espey@tcd.ie +353 1 896 2680
The SEMATECH high resolution initiative for novel and emerging nanotechnology
Dr Patrick Lysaght
SEMATECH, Texas, USA
DCU Tuesday 23 March 4.00pm
Tyndall National Institute, UCC Thursday 25 March 4.00pm
UL Friday 26 March 2.00pm
Committee contact: Eilish McLoughlin eilish.mcloughlin@dcu.ie +353 1 700 5862
Control of large-scale ocean structure by small-scale physics
Dr Raymond W. Schmitt
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
NUIG Monday 26 April 4.00pm
RCSI Wednesday 28 April 3.00pm
NUIM Friday 30 April 3:30pm
Committee contact: Nicholas Devaney nicholas.devaney@nuigalway.ie +353 91 495188
Spring Weekend Meeting 2010
The Spring Weekend Meeting will be held in the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone with a Particle Physics theme: 26-28 March 2010. Details will be published in January.
Tyndall lecture 2010: Physics in Action
Dr Cathal Flynn
School of Physics, Dublin Institute of Technology
QUB Tuesday 19 January 2.00pm
Contact: Prof Robert Bowman +44 (0)28 9097 3572 or r.m.bowman@qub.ac.uk
IT Carlow Wednesday 20 January 2.00pm
Contact: Dr Loranne Vallely +353 (0)59 9175549 or loranne.vallely@itcarlow.ie
Waterford IT Thursday 21 January 2.00pm
Contact: Dr Gabriel Gallagher +353 (0)51 302645 or ggallagher@wit.ie
NUI Galway Tuesday 26 January 2.00pm
Contact: Dr Nicholas Devaney +353 (0)91 495188 or nicholas.devaney@nuigalway.ie
UL Wednesday 27 January 12.00pm
Contact: Dr George McClelland +353 (0)61202469 or george.mcclelland@ul.ie
UCC Thursday 28 January 12.00pm and 2.00pm
Contact: Prof Paul Callanan +353 (0)21 4902468 or paulc@miranda.ucc.ie
RDS Monday 1 February 12.00pm and 2.00pm
Contact: Dr Claire Mulhall, claire.mulhall@rds.ie
Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this programme. However, please contact a local organizer or nearest committee member for confirmation of times and details of venues.
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