Physics & Astrophysics Colloquia

Bringing faculty, researchers and students together to learn about and discuss important and innovative topics in physics and astrophysics.

Presentations are held in Witmer Hall room 211 at 4:00 pm unless otherwise noted.

Recent Presentations

Electronic Structure of Semiconductor Nanoparticles from Stochastic Evaluation of Imaginary-Time Path Integral

May 5, 2023
Dr. Andrei Kryjevski, Department of Physics, North Dakota State University

Multi-Messenger Black Hole-Powered Transients

April 14, 2023
Dr. Ore Gottlieb, Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics

Is Doping Always Good?

March 31, 2023
Theoretical Prediction of stable quaternary phases by Transition Metal Doping in orthorhombic-MoAlB Phase by the First- Principles Calculation: Is Doping always good?
Dr. Bipasa Samanta, Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of North Dakota

Oscillator Response to Applied Fields

March 24, 20223
Dr. William Schwalm, Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of North Dakota

Integral Equation Theory for Classical Fluids with Pressure and Free Energy Consistency

March 10, 2023
Dr. Tsogbayar Tsednee, Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota

Triangular Numbers Modulo m

March 3 2023
Dr. Darin Ulness, Department of Chemistry, Concordia College

Light-to-Matter Interaction, Physicist vs Chemist Point of View

Dr. Dmitri Kilin, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, North Dakota State University

Advances in Measuring Ultrafast Atomic Dynamics with Scanning Tunneling Microscopes

January 27, 2023
Dr. Jacob Burgess, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba

Fundamental Adhesion Studies on PDMS-based Coatings for Anti-icing Applications

December 2, 2022
Dr. Daniel Bellido-Aguilar, Department of Physics, North Dakota State University

Searching for Dark Sectors at the Intensity Frontier with the Belle II Experiment

November 18, 2022
Dr. Savino Longo, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba

Mechanics of Blood Flows from Multi-Scale Simulations

November 4, 2022
Dr. Trung Bao Le, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University

Ultralight Dark Matter and Cosmological Condensed Matter Physics

October 28, 2022
Dr. Evan McDonough, Department of Physics, University of Winnipeg

Expectation Thresholds and the Lottery Ticket Hypothesis

October 21, 2022
Dr. Bryce Christoperson, Department of Mathematics, University of North Dakota

Nuclear Femtography: Probing the Inside of the Nucleon

October 14, 2022
Dr. Kyle Shiells, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba

Probing Electrical Properties of A Silicon Nanocrystal Thin Film Using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

October 7, 2022
Dr. Nuri Oncel, Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of North Dakota

Multiscale Material Modeling Insight from Bulk to the Surface

September 16, 2022
Dr. Salawu Omotayo Akande, Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of North Dakota