Fall 2025 Physics Colloquium
Wednesday, September 10th
Welcome Back Gathering
Meet our newest Physics majors, socialize, have some tea & cake, and hear some important department announcements from Professor Jackson.
3:30pm
Physics 2nd Floor Lounge (outside faculty offices)
Refreshments provided
Wednesday, October 29th
Tome Hall Lab Tours
Join Physics & Astronomy faculty as they showcase what goes on in each of the Tome Hall labs.
3:30pm
Physics 2nd Floor Lounge (outside faculty offices)
Refreshments provided
Thursday, November 13th
Professor David Jackson, Dickinson College
Is It Possible to See Sound?
A schlieren imaging system allows one to see things that are normally invisible. An example is shown in this image, which shows a carbon dioxide vortex ring (and its mirror image). In this presentation, Professor Jackson will describe the details of an off-axis single-mirror schlieren imaging system and discuss several experiments that reveal spectacular fluid motion that’s normally hidden from view. By incorporating a strobed light source, such a schlieren system can even be used to visualize a standing wave oscillating in super slow motion.
Noon
Tome 115
Pizza provided