The Department of Physics at Western Michigan University offers workshops, seminars and colloquia throughout the year. These events are open to all and there is no charge to attend.
For more information, please call the Department of Physics, (269) 387-4940. Metered visitor parking is available in the Miller Auditorium ramp.
Upcoming EVENTS
Saturday Morning Science
Science lectures once a month; geared towards a general audience.
Colloquia
Most colloquia are approved WMU Signature events. More information can be found on the flyers.
Past Events
Colloquia
Monday, February 24, 2020 | Ultrafast Quantum Dynamics in Molecules on Femtosecond and Attosecond Time Scales
Niranjan Shivaram, Assistant Professor, Purdue University, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Monday, November 18, 2019 | Windows to the Mind: Multi-Modal Biometric Analysis as a Translation from the Internal Mind to the External World
Sarah Hulbert George, PhD, Michigan State University, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Monday, November 4, 2019 | Complex Phenomena in Atomic Systems: Yes Virginia, Electrons Really Do "Talk" to One Another
Steven T. Manson, Ph.D., Regents Professor, Georgia State University, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Friday, October 11, 2019 | A new frontier in single-molecule detection: polypeptides in nanopore sensors
David P. Hoogerheide, Physicist, Center for Neutron Research, NIST, 3 p.m., 1104 Rood Hall
Monday, October 7, 2019 | Antihydrogen: Trapped and Measured
Francis Robicheaux, Ph.D., Purdue University, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Monday, September 23, 2019 | Ferroic Materials -- Smart and Clean Too
Pnina Ari-Gur, Ph.D., Western Michigan University, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Monday, September 9, 2019 | Fundamental Capture Processes with Ion and Electron Beams
David La Mantia, Western Michigan University, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall
Visiting Scholars and Artists Program - Public Lecture
Thursday, September 5, 2019 | Metal trafficking in cells through a cellular structural biology approach
Lucia Banci, University of Florence, Italy, 4 p.m., 1110 Rood Hall