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
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| 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 |