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- SMP 12/21/02 | Peering into the Earth: From Earthquakes to Diamonds | Speaker: Wendy Panero
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- SMP 4/17/10 | Beyond Fossil Fuels: Options and Challenges | Speaker: Levi Thompson
- SMP 4/10/10 | Solar to Chemical Energy Storage: Prospects for Artificial Photosynthesis | Speaker: Stephen Maldonado
- SMP 3/27/10 | The Inside Story on Lyuba, a Baby Woolly Mammoth from Siberia | Speaker: Daniel Fisher
- SMP 3/20/10 | Plastics: Can They Be Used to Save the Planet? |Speaker: Stephen Forrest
- SMP 3/13/10 | Black Holes and Chaos in String Theory | Speaker: Leo Pando-Zayas
- SMP 2/20/10 | Light and Semiconductor Devices | Speaker: Vanessa Sih
- SMP 2/13/10 | Hurricanes and Tornados and Floods! Oh, My! What’s Climate Got to Do With This? | Speaker: Perry Samson
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- Seminars & Colloquia
Saturday, February 20, 2010
12:00 AM
170 & 182 Dennison Building
Speaker: Professor Vanessa Sih (Physics)
Today’s computers, solar cells, and digital cameras would not exist without semiconductor technology. Professor Sih will examine the important role that light plays in making and better understanding these devices and in developing future technologies, such as spintronics. She will also explore the increasing role of semiconductors as light sources and detectors, and in new optical devices that could enable faster communications and data transfer.