Physical Mathematics Seminar

Tuesdays, 2:30-3:30pm, Room 4-370

Refreshments in Room 2-349 at 3:30pm


Spring 2008 Schedule

Feb. 12: Yoichiro Mori (University of British Columbia, CANADA)
A Three-Dimensional Model of Cellular Electrical Activity

Feb. 19: Sunny Chiu-Webster (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
NOTE: Same time -- different location: Room 2-190
Viscous Horizontal Convection

Feb. 26: Daniel See Wai Tam (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Motion at Low Reynolds Number

Mar. 4: Shreyas Mandre (Harvard University)
The Physics and Mathematics of Singing Bottles

Mar. 11: NO SEMINAR

Mar: 18: Arezki Boudaoud (Ecole Normale Superieure, France)
Turbulence in a Solid

Mar. 25: Spring Vacation

Apr. 1: Jose Bico (ESPCI, France)
Elasticity and Capillarity: Wet Hairs and Origami

Apr. 8: Christophe Clanet (Institut de Recherche sur les Phenomenes Hors Equilibre (IRPHE))
A Physical View on Physiological Problems

Apr. 15: Steven G. Johnson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Why does a Waveguide Guide? Confinement of Electromagnetic Waves, from Holey Fibers to Quasicrystals

Apr. 22: VACATION DAY - No classes

Thursday, Apr. 24: Edward Feng (University of California, Berkeley)
NOTE: Different day and location -- Room 2-190 at 2:30 PM
Pulling on RNA and Getting Equilibrium Properties

Apr. 29: Morris Flynn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Experimental Modeling of Internal Tide Generation

May 6: SIMONS LECTURE in Mathematics -- Peter Teichner (University of California,Berkeley)
Time: 4:30 PM, Room: 3-270
2-dimensional Field Theories and Integral Modular Forms

May 13: Aslan Kasimov (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Shocks and Sonic Points


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