Author: Melissa Mitchell
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Colloquium: “Adaptive Modeling of Vegetation Green-up and Die-Off Responses to Extreme Weather” – Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at 4:00 PM
Professor Lauren Lowman, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, Wake Forest University George P. Williams, Jr. Lecture Hall, (Olin 101) Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at 4:00 PM There will be a reception with refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge. All interested persons are cordially invited to attend. ABSTRACT Predicting how plant canopy density and greenness…
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Colloquium: “Optical corral using a standing-wave Bessel beam” – September 19, 2018, at 4:00 PM
Professor Keith Bonin – WFU Department of Physics Professor and Associate Provost for Research and Scholarly Inquiry George P. Williams, Jr. Lecture Hall, (Olin 101) Wednesday, September 19, 2018, at 4:00 PM There will be a reception with refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge. All interested persons are cordially invited to attend. ABSTRACT Here…
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Career Advising Event – Professor Dava Newman, September 24, 2018, 12:15-1:15pm
WFU Physics Career Advising Event SPEAKER: Professor Dava Newman, Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Harvard-MIT Health, Sciences, and Technology, as well as Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar TIME: Monday, September 24, 2018, from 12:15 – 1:15 PM PLACE: Olin Physical Laboratory, Room 105 Lunch will be provided. All interested…
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Career Advising Event: Wednesday, September 19, 2018, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
WFU Physics Career Advising Event SPEAKERS: Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and Wake Forest Physics Alum Billy Nicholson and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and Wake Forest Physics Professor Dany Kim-Shapiro TIME: Wednesday, September 19, 2018, from 12:00 – 1:00 PM PLACE: Olin Physical Laboratory, Room 105 Lunch will be provided. All interested persons are cordially invited to…
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Colloquium: “Reflections on 5 decades in Wake Forest Physics: A history of brief time and what does all this have to do with gamma rays and the price of crystals?” September 5, 2018, at 4:00 PM
Dr. Richard Williams – Reynolds Professor, Department of Physics, Wake Forest University and recipient of the 2017 Physics Department Distinguished Alumni Award George P. Williams, Jr. Lecture Hall, (Olin 101) Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at 4:00 PM There will be a reception with refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge. All interested persons are cordially…
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Colloquium: “Pixels to Diagnosis: How to design, develop and evaluate a medical image analysis system?” September 12, 2018, at 4PM
Dr. Metin Gurcan – Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine George P. Williams, Jr. Lecture Hall, (Olin 101) Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at 4:00 PM There will be a reception with refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge. All interested persons…
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Masters Defense: Effects of Gate Thickness, Gate Morphology and Emissive Layer Material On Organic Light Emitting Varactor Capacitor Performance, July 26, 2018, 3pm
Eric Henderson, Masters Candidate Public Presentation in Olin Physical Laboratory, Room 101 Thursday, July 26, 2018, at 3:00 PM Dave Carroll, PhD, Advisor The defense will follow. ABSTRACT Light is essential to our modern world. To keep up with the demands of power efficiency and broadened applicability, new lighting technologies must be invented. Organic light…
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PhD Defense: Applying Novel Material Characterization Techniques Using Ultrafast Laser Excitation and Neutron Diffraction in Radiation Detector Crystal
Drew Onken, PhD Candidate Public Presentation in ZSR Library Auditorium, Room 404 Monday, July 23, 2018, at 2:00 PM Richard Williams, PhD, Advisor The defense will follow. ABSTRACT To address outstanding issues in the growth and performance of crystals for radiation detection, I develop and employ several material characterization techniques not previously implemented in the…
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Honors, Awards, and Graduate Recognition Day
Honors, Awards, and Graduate Recognition Day April 26, 2017 On Wednesday, April 26, 2017, the Department of Physics took the day to recognize those who have achieved great things and have worked hard in their fields. We are very proud of their accomplishments! We heard Honors Theses Presentations, initiated new Sigma Pi Sigma members, recognized…
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PhD Defense: “Understanding Generalized Allostery in Thrombin” June 15, 2018, at 1:00 PM
Jiajie Xiao, PhD Candidate Public Presentation in Olin Physics Building, Room 101 Friday, June 15, 2018, at 1:oo PM Fred Salsbury, PhD, Advisor The defense will follow. ABSTRACT Thrombin is an attractive drug target for antithrombotic therapy and chemotherapeutic development due to its critical role in blood coagulation, as well as in cancer cell growth…