4

"Georgia State's CHARA Array - The World's Highest Resolution Infrared Telescope"
Dr. Harold A. McAlister, Georgia State University

11

"Cryogenic Optical Testing of the Primary Mirror Segment Assemblies for the James Webb Space Telescope"
Dr. James Hadaway, University of Alabama in Huntsville

18

"Interferometric UV lithography: from optical fibers to biomembranes"
Dr. Anup Sharma, Alabama A&M University

25

"Optical Nose: A Novel Mid-Infrared Laser System for Analyzing Gaseous Samples"
Dr. Sergey Mirov, University of Alabama in Birmingham

2

SPECIAL TIME:  Talk at 3:30 PM, Refreshments at 3:15 PM
"Neutrino Oscillations in the Heavens and on Earth"
Dr. Ion Stancu, University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa

9

No colloquium. Fall Break week.

16

"Harnessing the Eclipse: Transiting Planets and KELT"
Dr. Joshua Pepper, Vanderbilt University

23

"Quantum Optics: From Basics to Daily Life Applications"
Dr. Seyed Sadeghi, University of Alabama in Huntsville

30

"Aurora on Ganymede"
Dr. Melissa McGrath, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

6

CANCELLED

Dr. Jim Spann, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

7

SPECIAL SEMINAR: Talk at 2:30 PM, Refreshments at 2:15 PM
"China and India: A New Sputnik? Federal Funding of Physical Sciences Research"
Dr. Steve Pierson, American Physical Society

13

"Observe Matter Falling into a Black Hole"
Dr. Shuang-Nan Zhang, Tsinghua University and The University of Alabama in Huntsville

20

No colloquium. Happy Thanksgiving!

27

"Tornadoes: knowns, unknowns and future directions"
Dr. Kevin Knupp, The University of Alabama in Huntsville