Science and Math Seminars

Spring 2006

 

Unless indicated otherwise, all seminars are at 16:45 in the Science Building Room Z 42.

Refreshments served at 16:30.

 

16 Feb 2006

Dr. Selcuk Akturk, School of Physics, Georgia Institue of Technology

" The Measurement of the Shortest Events Ever Created "

23 Feb 2006

Prof. Colin Graham, Visiting Professor, Department of Mathematics, Koc University

" The mystery of the Fourier transform "

2 Mar 2006

Dr. M. Cem Guclu, Department of Physics, Istanbul Techical University

" Physics of Ultra-Peripheral Nuclear Collisions "

9 Mar 2006

Prof. M. Ali Alpar, Sabanci University

" Kilohertz Quasi-Periodic Oscillations and the Modes of an Accretion Disk "

16 Mar 2006

Prof. Vasif Hasirci, Dept. Biological Sciences, Biotechnology Research Unit and BIOMAT, METU

" Scaffolds and Carriers for Tissue Engineering "

24 Mar

Dr. Sinan Unver, Univesity of Chicago

" Drinfel'd-Ihara relations for p-adic multi-zeta values "

30 Mar 2006

Prof. Ergin Sezgin, Texas A&M University

" Branes, Supersymmetry and Higher Dimensions "

6 Apr 2006

*** SPRING BREAK ***

13 Apr 2006

Prof. Dr. Lutfi Ovecoglu, Metalurji ve Malzeme Mühendisligi Bölümü, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi

" Investigations using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Techniques in Materials Science "

18 Apr 2006

Prof. Piotr Garstecki, Polish Academy of Sciences

" Bubbles and Droplets in Microfluidics "

20 Apr 2006

Dr. Thorsten Rheinlander, London School of Economics

" An entropy approach to hedging of derivatives "

27 Apr 2006

Prof. Dr. Huseyin Isci, Department of Chemistry, METU

" Electronic Absorption And MCD Spectra For Octacyanometallate Complexes [M(CN)8]n-, M = Mo(IV), Mo(V), W(IV), W(V) "

28 Apr 2006

Dr. Oguzhan Gurlu, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Nano-scale Science Department, Stuttgart, Germany

" Through the seeing needle: "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy on Metal/Semiconductor Surfaces" "

4 May 2006

Dr. Baris Coskunuzer, Gibbs Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Yale University

" On the Number of Solutions to the Asymptotic Plateau Problem "

8 May 2006

Prof. Dr. Bulent Atalay, University of Mary Washington

" Matematik ve Mona Lisa: Leonardo da Vinci'nin Sanati ve Bilimi "

11 May 2006

Prof. Kristin Bennett, Mathematical Science Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

" Optimization Challenges in Machine Learning "

18 May 2006

Prof. Vural Altin, Bogazici Universitesi, Nukleer Muh. Bolumu

" Kiyaslamali Enerji Uretim Surecleri (az biraz aritmatik, biraz da grafikle) "

22 May 2006

Prof. Baha Balantekin, Eugene P. Wigner Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

" Supernovae and the origin of elements "

24 May 2006

Michel Haddad, National Instruments

" National Instruments Profile "

25 May 2006

Prof. Dirk Zahn, Max-Planck Institute, Dresden

" Exploring Reaction Mechanisms from Atomistic Simulations: New Insights in Crystal Nucleation, Phase Transitions and Segregation Processes "

1 Jun 2006

Prof. Dr. Leonard M. Sander, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

" Patterns and Growth in Highly Malignant Brain Tumors "

8 Jun 2006

Sibel Ozkan, Auburn University, AL

" Partial Hamilton decompositions of complete graphs with no 2-factor in the leave "

15 Jun 2006

Prof. James G. Fujimoto, MIT

" Biomedical imaging using optical coherence tomography "

22 Jun 2006

Prof. Diane Donovan, Univ of Queensland

" Studying Cognitive Complexity by Analyzing the Intrinsic Structure of A Latin Square "

10 Jul 2006

Prof. Rod Ruoff, Northwestern University

" (i) Synthesis & Characterization of Boron and Metal Boride Nanostructures (ii) Novel High-aspect Ratio Platelets and Their Use in Composites (iii) Mechanics of Nanotubes and Nanowires"

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