Fall 2026 Physics Seminars

Supported by the Eddy and April Lucas Fund. Talks are open to all for free.

All talks are Wednesdays 2:00 to 3:00 PM in JB 128 unless a different day or time is given below. Zoom Link available upon request.
Join us for cookies, coffee, and conversation before each seminar at 1:30 PM in JB 030.

Date Speaker Title Recording
Aug. 19      
Aug. 26 --- Department Welcome Back ---
Sep. 2 --- --- ---
Sep. 9 --- --- ---
Sep. 15-17 NASA NIAC symposium Vimeo livestream
Sep. 16 Dr. Adnan Mansour, Planetary Surfaces and Spacecraft Lab, UMD Simulation & Characterization of Ion Acoustic Solitons for Debris Detection in Low-Earth Orbit  
Sep. 19 10:00-1:00 at WSU Metroplex local electrification experts and WSU Physics National Drive Electric Month event Wichita ---
Sep. 23 Valeriy Tenishev, NASA MSFC Energetic Particle Dynamics in Geospace: From Geomagnetic Shielding to Storm-Time Particle Access  
Sep. 30      
Oct. 7      
Oct. 14 Wanpeng Tan, University of Notre Dame New physics of a mirror world unveiled by the neutron lifetime anomaly  
Oct. 21      
Oct. 28      
Nov. 4      
Nov. 11      
Nov. 18 Momin Khan, Baylor University Evolutionary Models and Planetary Accretion of Binary White Dwarfs  
Nov. 25 --- Week of Thanksgiving ---
Dec. 2      

Physics seminars in past semesters