The Advanced Photon Source
a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility

APS Colloquium 2005

The monthly APS Colloquium series is intended for the benefit of the Advanced Photon Source community as well as the Argonne community by bringing distinguished scientists in all disciplines to lecture on topics of general interest.Objectives include the cross-fertilization of research initiatives at various institutions and the identification of possible uses of the Advanced Photon Source.

An integrated video and slides presentation, created using SofTV, is available for these colloquium. SofTV requires Netscape 7.1+ or IE 6.0+. If you do not meet the SofTV viewer requirements, Real video and PDF slides of the presentation are also provided.

The Swiss Light Source - September 7, 2005

J. Friso van der Veen, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen and ETH-Zurich

Video (rm) (58:41), Poster (pdf)

The Silicon Route to a New Kilogram - August 3, 2005

Peter Becker, Physicalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

Video (rm) (52:39), Poster (pdf)

Metal Cycling by Bacteria: Moving Electrons Around- July 6, 2005

Ken Nealson, Wrigley Professor of Geobiology, USC

Integrated Slides and Video (SoftTV presentation) (52:39), Slides (pdf), Video (rm) (52:39), Poster (pdf)

The Structure of Liquid Surfaces - June 1, 2005

Peter S. Pershan, Harvard University

Poster (pdf)

Science and Engineering of an Operational Tsunami Forecasting System- April 6, 2005

Frank Gonzalez, NOAA

Integrated Slides and Video (SoftTV presentation) (53:37), Slides (pdf), Video (rm) (53:37)

Glass Formation by a Nucleation and Growth Process as in a First-order Transition - March 2, 2005

John W. Cahn, NIST

Integrated Slides and Video (SoftTV presentation) (32:03), Slides (pdf), Video (rm) (32:03)

Biomedical Applications of Microprobe Analysis - January 24, 2005

Peter Ingram, Duke University Medical Center

Abstract (pdf), Integrated Slides and Video (SoftTV presentation) (1:05:44), Slides (pdf), Video (rm) (1:05:44)