The Colloquium at the physics department looks extra special interesting this week. I am reasonably sure they are open to the public if anyone is interested. At any rate its not like they check you at the door! Here is the info:
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Physics Colloquium
Friday August 27, 2010
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Paul Sharrah Lecture Hall
PHYS 133
Einstein Revealed: Relatively Speaking
Roger Miller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics
Maryville College
Maryville, TN
Miller will explore the life of Albert Einstein and how Einstein's personal experiences influenced his revolutionary theory of relativity and his views on quantum mechanics. Additionally, Miller will take a broad look at some of the scientific discoveries that Einstein made throughout his lifetime.
Miller earned his bachelor's degree in 1983 from Central College in Iowa, where he double majored in mathematics and physics. He earned a doctorate in physics from the University of Arkansas in 1990 and since joining Maryville College's faculty in 1993, has taught a variety of physics classes at MC, including introductory physics sequence (both algebra-based as well as calculus-based), modern physics, analytical mechanics, astronomy and electricity and magnetism. The field of his dissertation research was in surface physics, where he studied the interaction of slow, multi-charged ions scattered from a gold surface.
Miller was also a Post-Doctorate with the atomic physics group at the University of Tennessee based at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 1990-1993.