PPPL Colloquia for 2005-2006

PPPL Colloquia for 2006-2007

Melvin B. Gottlieb Auditorium
Wednesday (unless otherwise noted*)
Refreshments at 4:00 p.m.
Colloquium at 4:15 p.m.

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Colloquium Committee

Dates are in reversed chronological order.
September 20, 2006		The Universe's Baby Picture Dr. David N. Spergel Professor and Acting Chair Astrophysical Sciences Department Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Abstract Abstract in PDF format (174 KB)
September 27, 2006		NCSX Research Challenges and Opportunities Dr. Michael Zarnstorff Principle Research Physicist Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Princeton, New Jersey Poster in PDF format
October 11, 2006		The Global Consciousness Project: Meaningful Patterns in Random Data Dr. Roger D. Nelson Director Global Consciousness Project Princeton, New Jersey Abstract Abstract in PDF format (175 KB)
November 8, 2006		Cooperative Control of Mobile Sensor Networks Dr. Naomi Ehrich Leonard Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Abstract Abstract in PDF format (183 KB)
November 15, 2006		Ice Sheets, Global Warming, and Sea Level Rise Dr. Michael Oppenheimer Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs Woodrow Wilson School Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Abstract Abstract in PDF format (141 KB)
November 29, 2006		Imaging and Quantifying Black Smoker and Diffuse Flow from Seafloor Hydrothermal Fields Dr. Peter A. Rona Professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey Abstract Abstract in PDF format (190 KB)
December 6, 2006		Animating Physics Dr. Ronald D. Henderson Software Development Manager Research and Development DreamWorks Animation Glendale, California Abstract Abstract in PDF format
December 13, 2006		Fusion Energy, Based on Lasers and Direct Drive Targets Dr. John Sethian Physicist Naval Research Laboratory Washington, D.C. Abstract Abstract in PDF format
January 10, 2007		Origins of Failure in Thermal Barrier Coatings from First Principles Dr. Emily A. Carter Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Program in Applied Compuational Mathematics Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Abstract Abstract in PDF format
*Tuesday January 16, 2007		Overview of the ASDEX Upgrade Tokamak Programme Prof. Hartmut Zohm Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) ERATOM Association Garching, Germany Abstract Abstract in PDF format
January 31, 2007		Simulation of Lean Premixed Turbulent Combustion Dr. John B. Bell Group Leader The Center for Computational Sciences and Engineering Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, California Abstract Abstract in PDF format
February 7, 2007		Space Science Program in Taiwan *Dr. C. Z. (Frank)* Chang** Plasma and Space Science Center, Director National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan and National Space Organization, Taiwan Abstract Abstract in PDF format
February 14, 2007 RESCHEDULED to 3/28/2007		How Collisionless Shocks Work (and How They Don't) Dr. Anatoly Spitkovsky Assistant Professor Department of Astrophysical Sciences Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Abstract Abstract in PDF format
February 28, 2007		Topic: Digital Television and Media Innovation Dr. Michael A. Isnardi Technical Staff Sarnoff Corporation Princeton, New Jersey Abstract Abstract in PDF format
March 7, 2007		Magnetohydrodynamical Turbulence in Star and Planet Formation Dr. Mordecai-Mark Mac Low Associate Curator and Chair Division of Physical Sciences American Museum of Natural History New York, New York Abstract Abstract in PDF Format
March 14, 2007		Equation-free Modeling for Complex/Multiscale Systems Dr. Yannis G. Kevrekidis Professor of Chemical Engineering Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Abstract Abstract in PDF format
March 21, 2007		The Path to Magnetic Fusion Energy: Crossing the Next Frontier Dr. Robert J. Goldston, Director, PPPL Dr. Jonathan E. Menard, Principal Research Physicist, PPPL Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Princeton, New Jersey Abstract Abstract in PDF format
March 28, 2007		How Collisionless Shocks Work (and How They Don't) Dr. Anatoly Spitkovsky Assistant Professor Department of Astrophysical Sciences Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Abstract Abstract in PDF format
April 4, 2007		A Different Kind of Plasma: Blood Flow in the Heart Dr. Charles S. Peskin Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science Center for Neural Science New York University New York, New York Abstract Abstract in PDF format
April 11, 2007		Title: To be determined Dr. Hantao Ji, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Prof. Jeremy Goodman, Princeton University, Astrophysical Sciences Princeton, New Jersey Abstract Abstract in PDF format
April 18, 2007		Topic: Earth Week Lisa P. Jackson NJDEP Commissioner Abstract Abstract in PDF format
May 2, 2007		Topic: Space Weather Modeling and Prediction Dr. Tamas Gombosi Professor and Chair Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences Department (AOSS) Professor, Aerospace Engineering University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Abstract Abstract in PDF format
May 9, 2007		Plasma Perspectives of Intense Laser Field Physics Dr. Thomas Brabec Professor Department of Physics and Centre for Photonics Research University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario CANADA Abstract Abstract in PDF format
May 30, 2007		Topic: Computational Mathematics, Biology, and Medicine Dr. Jeffrey Saltzman Senior Director Applied Comuter Science and Mathematics Merck Research Laboratories Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Abstract Abstract in PDF format

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 2006-2007 Colloquium Committee is comprised of: David Gates at dgates@pppl.gov; phone: 609-243-2837 John Lacenere at lacenere@pppl.gov; phone: 609-243-3308 Ravi Samtaney at samtaney@pppl.gov; phone: 609-243-2684 Please feel free to contact them either by e-mail or phone regarding any possible speakers or topics for future colloquia. Return to top of page.

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