The University of Sydney
The Senate
Physics

Talks are 15 min with 5 min questions, starting 11 am sharp Thursdays in the Physics Tea Room.
Got a neat new result? Volunteer to give a Research Bite - contact Stuart Jackson or Michael Ireland.

List of Talks 2009 (see here for historical talks).

THURSDAY DATE SPEAKER TALK TITLE
April 30, 2009 Michael Ireland Light from Other Worlds, and
What's a Planet Anyway?
May 7, 2009 Simon Flemming OFTC is a Naughty Word, and
Who are these Optics People?
May 14, 2009 Jong-Won Kim Measuring Sleep with Mr Markov
May 21, 2009 Special Colloquium -
May 28, 2009 David McKenzie Ellipsometry for Biosensing
June 4, 2009 Sacha Van Albada Parkinson's Disease: When Moves get Busted
June 11, 2009 Don Melrose Quantum Plasma
June 18, 2009 Carl Cui Semiconductor Spintronics : from materials to devices?
June 25, 2009 Bo Li Solar radio emission: a probe to electron acceleration by solar flares.
July 2, 2009 Adam Selinger An Entertaining Look at the Science Foundation
July 9, 2009 Peter Drysdale fMRI: so much blood
July 16, 2009 Roger Fulton Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of moving subjects
July 23, 2009 Fibers for Sensing and Weaving the Emperor's New Clothes Boris Kuhlmey
July 30, 2009 Miroslav Micic Rogue Massive Black Holes wandering at the Edge of the Galaxy
August 6, 2009 Alexander Argyros Microstructured polymer optical fibres
August 13, 2009 Greg Madsen Another One Bites the (Zodiacal) Dust
August 20, 2009 Stuart Jackson The anatomy of a high power fibre laser
August 27, 2009 Dennis Stello How the sound of the stars can help find Earth-like planets
September 3, 2009 Mike Wheatland Has the Sun lost its spots?
September 10, 2009 - (Cancellation)
September 17, 2009 Marton Hidas Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network: Keeping you in the dark?
September 24, 2009 Florian Girelli Quantum Gravity: When space-time gets bumpy
October 1, 2009 - (Cancellation/Mid-Semester Break)
October 8, 2009 Iver Cairns Probing the Solar Corona
October 15, 2009 Christine Lindstrom Approaching Physics Education like a Scientist - Mission Impossible?
October 22, 2009 Mark Pelusi Photonic Chip Signal Processing
October 29, 2009 - (Computer problems/Cancellation)
November 5, 2009 Clive Baldock and Ross McPhederan Has your h-index turned 40 and you're in a midlife crisis of impact? Is your h-index languishing? We'll show you how to get it up!
November 12 Cliff Kerr Glum Equations: What Physics Tells Us About Depression
November 19, 2009 Chunle Xiong Raman response in chalcogenide As2S3 fibre
November 26, 2009 Bruce Yabsley Beauty, and hidden charm, in the age of the LHC
December 3, 2009 No-one Cancellation
December 10, 2009 Joe Khachan Truly Excellent Space Propulsion


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