The Department of Physics at Western Michigan University offers workshops, seminars and colloquia throughout the year. These events are open to all and there is no charge to attend.
For more information, please call the Department of Physics, (269) 387-4940. Metered visitor parking is available in the Miller Auditorium ramp.
Upcoming events
Colloquia
More information can be found on the flyers.
Monday, April 15, 2024
"Recent Progress in the Study of the Atomic Nuclei within Covariant Density Functional Theory: From Simple
Systems to the Extremes of Nuclear Landscape" (Flyer)
Dr. Anatoli Afanasjev, Professor of Theoretical Low-Energy Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics and
Astronomy, Mississippi State University, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Monday, April 22, 2024
"Decay of the False Vacuum: Applications in Condensed Matter, QCD and Cosmology" (Flyer)
Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Retired Professor, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan, and Adjunct Professor,
University of Brunswick, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Past events
Monday, April 1, 2024
"Quantum Biology, Magnetic Fields, and the Control of Tissue Growth" (Flyer)
Dr. Wendy Scott Beane, Presidential Innovation Professor and Associate Professor, Department of Biological
Sciences, Western Michigan University, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Monday, March 25, 2024
"Consequences of Electronic Correlations in Kagome Metals" (Flyer)
Dr. Ramakanta Chapai, Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Monday, March 18, 2024
"The continuing risk of nuclear war and how physicists, acting as citizen-scientists, can help reduce it" (Flyer)
Dr. Frank von Hippel, Senior Research Physicist, Professor of Public and International Affairs (Emeritus),
and Co-founder, Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Monday, March 11, 2024
"The Quantum Computing Promise" (Flyer)
Dr. Manqoba Hlatshwayo, Quantum Applications Engineer, National Quantum Computing Centre (UK), 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Monday, February 19, 2024
"Life is Too Short for Slow Computations" (Flyer)
Dr. Pablo Giuliani, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Monday, January 22, 2024
"What if we could shrink ourselves and have discussions with nucleons?" (Flyer)
Dr. Paul Gueye, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Monday, December 4, 2023
"Modeling Spatial Variations in Carbon Exchange Using Diurnal and Seasonal Cycles in Remotely Sensed CO2" (Flyer)
Dr. Morgan Loechli, Department of Physics, Kalamazoo College, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Monday, November 27, 2023
"Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington - With Stars in His Eyes" (Flyer)
Dr. Kirk Korista, Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Monday, October 23, 2023
"Quantifying the Effects of Structural Disorder on the Electronic Properties of Semiconductors" (Flier)
Dr. Robert A. Makin, Department of Computer Science, Western Michigan University, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall