Events
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Public Lecture: Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science
Wed 10 Aug 11 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Copland Theatre, Arts West (Building 148)
Presented by Prof Lawrence Krauss
July Lectures in Physics: 100 years of Superconductivity
Fri 29 Jul 11 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A
Superconductivity in Space: neutron stars and gravity waves' presented by A/Prof Andrew Melatos
July Lectures in Physics: 100 years of Superconductivity
Fri 22 Jul 11 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A
'The Superconducting Universe: Breaking symmetry' presented by Professor Ray Volkas
July Lectures in Physics: 100 years of Superconductivity
Fri 15 Jul 11 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A
'Superconductivity: How it touches your life' presented by Dr Cathy Foley (CSIRO)
July Lectures in Physics: 100 years of Superconductivity
Fri 8 Jul 11 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A
'Absolutely No Resistance' presented by Professor David Jamieson
July Lectures: The Solid State Laser: spanning continents and computer chips
Fri 23 Jul 10 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A
Presented by Dr Jeff McCallum, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne.
July Lectures: New Light on Bio Molecules: the free electron laser
Fri 16 Jul 10 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A
Presented by Professor Keith Nugent, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne.
July Lectures: Lasers in Astronomy: from guidestars to ripples in spacetime
Fri 9 Jul 10 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Elisabeth Murdoch, Theatre A
Presented by Professor Stuart Wyithe, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne.
July Lectures: The Invention of the Laser: from Einstein to holograms
Fri 2 Jul 10 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A
Presented by Professor David Jamieson, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne.
School of Physics Inaugural Professorial Lectures: The first galaxies
Tue 18 May 10 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre (Melway Map 871, F13)
Presented by Professor Stuart Wyithe, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne.
Free Public Lecture: The Energy Challenge: What is the problem and what is the role of basic science?
Tue 18 May 10 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Laby Theatre, David Caro Building
Presented by Professor David Cahen, Scientific Director, Alternative Sustainable Energy Research Initiative, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
School of Physics Inaugural Professorial Lectures: Finding and identifying the atoms in materials
Tue 11 May 10 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre (Melway Map 871, F13)
Presented by Professor Les Allen, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne.
AIP Free Public Lecture: Quantum matter at absolute zero: Cool and fascinating
Tue 8 Dec 09 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building- No booking required
Presented by Professor Rudolf Grimm, Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Enquiries: Dr Scott Wade on 9214 5839, swade@win.edu.au.
Refreshments and finger food from 17:30pm
CosPA 2009 Free Public Lecture: The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time
Fri 20 Nov 09 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Location: Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building- No booking required
Presented by Professor Sean Carroll, Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology
Free Public Lecture: Exploding Stars and the Accelerating Cosmos: Einstein's Blunder Undone
Wed 18 Nov 09 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Theatre A Elisabeth Murdoch Building - No booking required.
Presented by Prof. Robert P. Kirshner, Clowes Professor of Science, Harvard University, 2009 Selby Fellow
Free Public Lecture: Rutherford and the Atomic Nucleus: The 100th Anniversary of a Remarkable Discovery
Wed 19 Aug 09 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Theatre A, Elizabeth Murdoch Building
Presented by Dr Jeffrey McCallum, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne
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July Lecture: The Square Kilometre Array
Fri 31 Jul 09 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Elizabeth Murdoch Theatre A, University of Melbourne (adjacent to the School of Physics)
Presented by Professor Brian Boyle, Director, CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility, Australia
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July Lecture: The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Galaxy
Fri 24 Jul 09 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Elizabeth Murdoch Theatre A, University of Melbourne (adjacent to the School of Physics)
Presented by Professor Reinhard Genzel, Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany & Dept of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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Miegunyah Lecture: The Materials Revolution
Wed 22 Jul 09 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A, The University of Melbourne
Presented by Leonard C. Feldman, Miegunyah Fellow, University of Melbourne and Professor, Department Physics and Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers the State University and Vanderbilt University
Admission is FREE but please arrive early to secure a seat for this popular event.
Car parking is available at the University after 4.30pm at a cost of $5
July Lecture: The Giant Magellan Telescope - 400+10 years after Galileo
Fri 17 Jul 09 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Elizabeth Murdoch Theatre A, University of Melbourne (adjacent to the School of Physics)
Presented by Dr Michael Brown, Lecturer, Monash University
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July Lecture: The Hubble Space Telescope and the Hubble Constant
Fri 10 Jul 09 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A, University of Melbourne (adjacent to the School of Physics)
Presented by Professor Jeremy Mould, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
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Harley Wood Lecture: Australian Indigenous Astronomy
Mon 6 Jul 09 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A, University of Melbourne
Presented by Professor Ray Norris
CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility
Lecture is free and bookings are required.
July Lecture: Galileo's invention of the astronomical telescope and his remarkable discoveries: moons, stars and a new planet
Fri 3 Jul 09 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Elizabeth Murdoch Theatre A, University of Melbourne (adjacent to the School of Physics)
Presented by Professor David Jamieson, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
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Free Public Lecture: Plasmonic diffractive optics
Wed 24 Jun 09 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Hercus Theatre, David Caro Building, University of Melbourne
Presented by Prof Byoungho Lee, OSA Fellow, SPIE FellowSchool of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University as part of the June Victorian AIP Branch Meeting.
Refreshments will be served from 6:00pm.
Free Public Lecture: The Dark Side of the Universe: Beyond stars and the starstuff we are made of
Sat 9 May 09 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Elizabeth Murdoch Theatre A, University of Melbourne
Presented by Michael S. Turner, Bruce V. and Diana M. Rauner Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago
For further information contact Stuart Wyithe (swyithe@unimelb.edu.au)