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Spring 2024 Physics Colloquium

Thursday, March 28th
Dr. Lars English, Dickinson College
“Exploring the Interplay of Geometry and Nonlinearity Through Electrical Lattices and Networks”

Electronic circuits can be an ideal playground for exploring cutting-edge topics in condensed matter physics, particularly ones that combine themes of nonlinearity and geometry/topology. This talk will showcase student-faculty research projects (past, present and future) that illustrate this connection. We will see what can happen when we introduce nonlinearity into simple electrical lattices, or when we carefully design the geometry of lattices to feature flat bands. What happens when we build networks out of individual Wien-bridge oscillators? Finally, can we use networks of oscillators for fast, unconventional computation?

Noon
Tome 115
Pizza provided


Thursday, April 4th
Sigma Pi Sigma
Induction Ceremony & Keynote Speaker Sam Wheeler '10 at 4:30pm in Tome 115
Dinner at 6:00pm in HUB Siderooms (for those who signed up in advance)

Join us as we induct our newest members into Sigma Pi Sigma followed by Sam's talk
"My Path Towards Designing the World of Tomorrow"
Communications have changed drastically in the last 20 years. The next generation of mobile telecommunications networks will need to handle more mobile devices, all connected to each other, with higher fidelity. Real-world testing for such a network is prohibitively expensive, so designers are increasingly relying on fast, high-fidelity models and simulations to make sure everything from their chip design to their base station placement is optimal for all users.

In this talk, he will describe how his Dickinson experience gave him the skills for every step of his post-grad journey: from graduate school(s), to defense engineering, to helping design the next generation of global telecommunications.

Thursday, April 25th
Honors Presentations

George Carson
Talk Title & Abstract TBD

Tyler Wasilewski
Talk Title & Abstract TBD

Noon
Tome 115
Pizza provided

Thursday, May 2nd
Physics Majors Induction Ceremony & End of Year Picnic
Join us as we induct our newest Physics majors

Noon
Tome 115 (Induction & Ceremony)
Tome Outdoor Classroom (Picnic Lunch) weather permitting