2012 SPEAKERS

Leonard Huxley Theatre

Following Thursdays at 4pm

Speakers from RSPE Departments

22 March - Dr Dinesh Venkatachalam, EME (Chair, Drew Parsons)

Memories taking resistive turn: Resistive switching as a non-volatile memory

19 April - Prof Anatoli Kheifets, AMPL (Chair, Hoe Tan)

From Femto-Chemistry to Atto-Physics: Time Resolved Atomic Reactions

24 May - Dr Anton Wallner, NP (Chair, Anna Wilson)

Stars, supernovae and meteorites: laboratory studies of nucleosynthesis using accelerator mass spectrometry

21 June - Dr Andrey Miroshnichenko, NLPC (Chair, Hoe Tan)

Towards low-loss optical metamaterials

19 July - Dr Khu Vu, LP (Chair, Andrew Truscott)

Toward Integrated Mid-infrared Photonic Devices: Material Sciences and Technical Challenges

23 August - Dr Ross Stephens, AM (Chair, Dr Hoe Tan)

Surface coating nanoparticles for medical use

20 Sept - Prof Rod Boswell, PRL (Chair, Wieslaw Krolikowski)

To infinity and beyond: Progress of the Australian Plasma Thruster

25 October -speaker to be advised, QS (Chair, Andrew Truscott)

22 November - speaker to be advised, TP (Chair Drew Parsons)

Followed by drinks and refreshments in the tea room. All Welcome.

Contact

Professor Hoe Tan
E: Hoe.Tan@anu.edu.au
T: (02)61250356

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2012 dates - School Seminars