Week of February 17, 2013 to February 23, 2013

1. Monday, February 18, 2013

   1. 12:00 pm

      Shiwei Zhang  (William & Mary)

      
      ICMT Seminar: Computing electron correlation effects: an auxiliary-field perspective
      190 ESB
   2. 3:00 pm

      Kang-Kuen Ni

      
      Special QI/AMO Seminar: New Prospects for Cold Molecular Physics
      280 MRL

2. Tuesday, February 19, 2013

   1. 2:00 pmCharles A. Perrone, Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies, University of Florida
      Lemann Lecture Series: Bossa Nova On Balance: Vetting Versions and Values
      101 International Studies Building
   2. 2:15 pm - 3:15 pmAndrew VanLoocke, USDA Agriculture Research Service
      Regional Scale Hydrologic Implications of Land Use and Global Change for the Midwestern U.S.
      

      Room 201, Water Survey Research Center (map)
      2204 Griffith Drive, Champaign, IL
   3. 4:00 pmJamol Pender
      ISE Seminar-New Approximations and Algorithms for Stabilizing Time Varying Queues''
      303 Transportation Building

3. Wednesday, February 20, 2013

   1. 10:00 amMaarten Bergvelt
      Mathematics/Physics Seminar "Toda Lattice and Q-system Cluster Algebras"
      464 Loomis
   2. 12:00 pmMani Morampudi (University of Illinois)
      Theoretical Astrophysics and General Relativity Seminar: "Magnetic field reversals in dynamos"
      464 Loomis
   3. 1:00 pm

      Professor Masahiro Hotta (Tohuku University)

      
      Special QI/AMO Seminar: Quantum Energy Teleportation
      

      280 MRL
   4. 4:00 pmMarkus Aspelmeyer, University of Vienna
      Physics Colloquium, "Quantum Optomechanics"
      141 Loomis Lab

4. Thursday, February 21, 2013

   1. 11:00 am

      Chris Varney (University of Massachusetts)

      
      Special ICMT Seminar: Topological Phase Transitions
      

      190 ESB
   2. 12:00 pmAnita Chan, Assistant Professor. Media and Cinema Studies, UIUC
      Lecture Series: Technological Vanguards at the Periphery: Inter-tecnologidad in the Andes
      101 International Studies Building
   3. 1:30 pm - 2:30 pmBenjamin Ruddell, Assistant Professor of Engineering, Arizona State University
      Mapping and Managing Water Scarcity in the Great Lakes Region
      

      Room 201, Water Survey Research Center (map)
      2204 Griffith Drive, Champaign, IL
   4. 3:30 pm - 5:00 pmAlexandre Tombini, President, Central Bank of Brazil
      Lemann Distinguished Lecturer presentation "Brazil: The Current Economic Situation"
      Alice Campbell Alumni Center, Half Ballroom East
   5. 4:00 pmL.H. Shu
      ISE Seminar-Biological Analogies and Environmental Lead-user Insights as Sources of Ideas for Conceptual Design
      303 Transportation Building
   6. 4:00 pmTheodore Gerber
      New Directions in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia - Divided Historical Memory among Youth in Estonia: Sources of Ideational Cleavage
      101 International Studies Building, 910 S Fifth Street, Champaign

5. Friday, February 22, 2013

   1. 11:00 amGeir Dullerud, University of Illinois
      ISE Head Candidate Seminar-From Theoretical Foundations to Complex Engineering Systems
      303 Transportation Building
   2. 12:00 pmKim Bobo
      Kim Bobo, Founder and Executive Director of Interfaith Worker Justice
      Lazter Hall, University YMCA
   3. 1:00 pm

      Prof Ryan T Gordon -
      Dept of Physics - Western Illinois University

      
      Condensed Matter Seminar: Superconducting gap studies of iron-based superconductors from London penetration depth measurements
      

      190 Engineering Sciences Bldg - corner Goodwin & Springfield

       
   4. 2:00 pm

      Aubrey Weigel, School of Biomedical Engineering (Krapf Lab), Colorado State University, Fort Collins

      
      CPLC Seminar: "Characterizing the diffusional behavior and trafficking pathways of KV2.1 using single particle tracking in live cells"
      464 Loomis