SUNY-Geneseo/Physics & Astronomy

PHYS 341: Seminar in Physics

Course Information:

  
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Recent Syllabus Required Course Materials

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  Enrolled students can access the full course site in Canvas  

Important: Using Google Forms

In order to submit Topic Requests and Critiques, you must log in to your Geneseo Google Apps account

What Makes a Good Presentation?

Several documents are available in a folder on the Course Materials tab.

Nobel Prize Presentation

Nobel Prize Topic Request Form  Submit requests by September 4. List of Nobel Prizes in Physics

Schedule

Sep 13 Shea (1992, proportional chamber) Zeng (2004, strong interaction) Losh (2006, cosmic microwave background)
Sep 20 Monahan (1987, superconductivity) Kinney (2009, optical fibers) Di-Grigoli (2007, giant magnetoresistance)
Sep 27

Ford (1983, star evolution)

 Jensen (1997, laser atom traps) Marshall (1985, Quantized Hall Effect)

Journal Article Presentations

Journal Article Topic Request Form  Submit requests by September 28.

Links to Journal sites: Physics Today, American Journal of Physics, The Physics Teacher, Scientific American

Link to Geneseo Library site, click on the Journals tab

Schedule

Oct 11 Di-Grigoli (Inconstant Constants) Monahan (Short-range spin waves may underlie high-temperature superconductivity) Kinney (Technologies to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the Next Decade)
Oct 18 Marshall (Intonation and compensation of fretted string instruments)

Ford (Quantum Entanglement: A Modern Perspective)

 Jensen (Measured long-range repulsive Casimir–Lifshitz forces)
Oct 25 Losh (Quasars and the Big Blue Bump) Shea (Diagnostic applications of Raman spectroscopy ) Zeng (Simple, simpler simplest: Spontaneous pattern formation in a commonplace system)

Research Presentations

Research Topic Request Form  Submit requests by October 24.

Schedule

Nov 1 Jensen (Effect of UV exposure on CR-39) Marshall (The Zeeman Effect)
Nov 8 Ford (Single Photon Interference)

Losh (BOSS Calibration and BigBOSS)
Nov 15 Shea (Homebuilt Speed of Light Measurement)  
Nov 29 Kinney (pending...) Di-Grigoli (Light Attenuation in Water)
Dec 6 Monahan (Measuring Big G) Zeng (Measuring Unloaded Quality Factor of Superconducting RF Cryomodule)