Past Events

Fall Colloquia:

• 14 Nov 2013: Pierre Langlois (Canadian Space Agency), "The Solar-Terrestrial Science Program at the Canadian Space Agency"

Recent Colloquia:

• 7 Nov 2013: Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti (Rochester Institute of Technology), "A New Probe of the Distribution of Dark Matter in Spiral Galaxies"
• 31 Oct 2013: Dr. Luis Martin (Hydro One), "Real-time GMD management in Hydro One"
• 24 Oct 2013: Michael Earl (RMC), "The CASTOR Satellite Catalogue: The First (unofficial) Canadian Satellite Catalogue"
• 4 Apr 2013: Maj John de Boer (RMC Physics), "Plasma flow within the magnetosphere"
• 14 Mar 2013: Patrick Perron (RMC, Physics), "Possible direct generation mechanisms of small-scale irregularities in the auroral F region and their relation to radar observations"
• 7 Mar 2013: Diane Kelly (RMC, Mathematics and Computer Science), "Software Engineering for Scientists: What do scientists say?"
• 28 Feb 2013: Kirill Semeniuk (York UNiversity), "Solar cycle effects on middle atmosphere composition and dynamics"
• 14 Feb 2013: Alex Cushley (RMC, Physics), "Computerized Ionospheric Tomography; Reconstruction of Ionosphere Electron Density Profiles Using Modelled TEC Measurements From ADS-B Model"
• 31 Jan 2013: Peter Horan (RMC, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering), "Pulsed Eddy Current Inspection of F/A-18 Inner Wing Spar With Skin and Fasteners Present Using Principal Components Analysis"
• 10 Jan 2013: Catalin Mandache (National Research Council of Canada), "Applications of Electromagnetic Non-Destructive Testing in the Aerospace Industry"
• 22 Nov 2012: Luc Levesque (RMC, Phsyics), "Laser-matter interaction: in the near and far field regions"
• 15 Nov 2012: Risto Piejola (National Resources Canada / Finnish Meteorological Institute), "Ground Effects of Space Weather - Geomagnetically Induced Currents"
• 8 Nov 2012: Cecile Malardier-Jugroot (RMC, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering), "Application of Molecular Modelling to Tailor Nanostructures"
• 1 Nov 2012: David Hanna, McGill University, "Cosmic Rays - the first 100 years (a Canadian perspective)"
• 25 Oct 20112: Michael Earl, RMC, "Observations of the Spin Periods of Inactive GEO Satellites"
• 18 Oct 2012: Clinton Groth, University of Toronto, "Parallel Adaptive Mesh Refinement Schemes for Multi-Scale Physically Complex Flows with Application"
• 11 Oct 2012: Maj Paul Maskell (Information Management Group, National Defence), "Sapphire 2: Surveillance of Space Project"
• 4 Oct 2012: Laureline Sangalli, RMC, "The Aurora Borealis"
• 27 Sep 2012: Maj Kenn Rodzinyak, DG Space, "The Canadian Forces Space Programme"
• 20 Sep 2012: Georges Sabat, RMC, "Plasmonic Solar Cells, Biosensors, and Holograms"
• 12 Apr 2012: PHE 420 Presentations: OCDt Jonathan Ferlatte "The laser inscription of diffraction gratings under water using an Argon laser," NCdt Emma Lunde "Temperature control of water-based substances by CO2 laser and medical applications"
• 29 Mar 2012: FLTLT (RAAF) Kevin Corney, "Ground Based Optical Imaging of Low Earth Orbit Satellites", and Alex Cushley, "Ionospheric Tomography Using Faraday Rotation of Automatic Dependant Surveillance Broadcast UHF Signals"
• 5 Apr 2012: PHE 448 and PH 547/549: Space Mission Analysis and Design Project - Space ADS-B Receiver Experiment (SABRE)
• 15 Mar 2012: Dr. James Fraser, Queen's University, "High-Speed Inline Coherent Imaging of Laser Processing"
• 08 Mar 2012: Dr. Cristina Tollefsen, DRDC Atlantic, "Air Acoustics at DRDC Atlantic: Audibility of Naval Gunfire Exercises on Land"
• ( CAP Lecture: special date and time 12:00 - 12:50 )
  06 Mar 2012: Chris Jillings, SNOLAB, "How to Know the Universe From a Hole in the Ground"
• 01 Mar 2012: Phil Somers, RMC, "Tumbling Satellite Spin Axis Determination"
• 16 Feb 2012: Dr. Yves Gratton, National Research Institute (INRS), "The Circumpolar Flaw Lead Study: Preliminary Results from the Physical Geography Subprogram"
• 9 Feb 2012: Dr. Qing-Bin Lu, University of Waterloo, "The Science of Ozone Hole and Global Climate Change"
• 2 Feb 2012: Dr. Mario Leclerc, Université Laval, "Plastic Solar Cells"
• 26 Jan 2012: Dr. Kevin Robbie, Queen's, "The Fractal Geometry of Vapour-Deposited Thin Film Coatings"
• 19 Jan 2012: Dr. Ron Vincent, RMC, "The 2009 North Water Anomaly: Mechanisms of Arctic Amplification"
• 01 Dec 2011: Karen-Lee Waddell and Matt Shultz, RMC/Queen's, "The variable stellar winds and magnetic fields of blue supergiant stars" AND "Exploring the gas-rich dwarf galaxy population in the interacting galaxy group NGC 3166/9"
• 17 Nov 2011: Dr. Anthony Williams, Chalk River Laboratories, "Computational modelling of nuclear fuel: An overview and a little bit of something for everyone"
• 10 Nov 2011: Dr. Ryan Mulligan, Queen's, "Predicting hydrodynamic and sediment transport processes in coastal environments"
• 03 Nov 2011: Dr. Catharine Marsden, RMC, "Composite Primary Structure Design for Manufacturing - One-Piece, Fibre-Placed Composite Helicopter Tailboom"
• 28 Oct 2011: Dr. Heather McNairn. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, "Earth Observation Research to Support Mapping and Monitoring Requirements for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada"
• 20 Oct 2011: Dr. John (Jack) McConnell, York, "The Atmosphere of Mars: Insights from Measurements and Modeling in the Last Decade"
• 13 Oct 2011: Nitka Javanfar & Phil Landry, Queen's, "Detection of Magnetic Fields in Cool Supergiants" AND "Optical Observations of Derelict GPS & GEO Satellites for Rotational Rate Characterization"
• 06 Oct 2011: Dr. Lawrence Mysak, McGill, "The Little Ice Age and Beyond"
• 29 Sept 2011: Dr. Oleg Kamaev, Queen's, "Searches for Dark Matter with the CDMS Experiment"
• 22 Sept 2011: Dr. Michael Greenwood, RMC, "Stem Cells as Therapeutics for the Replacement of Cells Lost to Disease"
• 14 Apr 2011: Col Chris Hadfield, Canadian Space Agency
• 31 Mar 2011: Dr. Manish Jugroot, RMC
  "Electric micro-propulsion for spacecrafts"
• 24 Mar 2011: Dr. Jean-Michel Nunzi, Queen's University "The Bright Future of Plastic Organic Photovoltaic Solar Cells"
• 17 Mar 2011: Dr. Philip Weetman, RMC "A newly proposed multi-component stress sensor based on the magnetostrictive response of Iron-Gallium."
• 11 Mar 2011, Sawyer Theater, CAP Lecture: Dr. Kevin Graham, Carleton University "The Dark Secret of the Universe"
• 3 Mar 2011: Dr. Gordon James, Communications Research Center, Ottawa "Wave electric-field measurements in space plasmas"
• 17 Feb 2011: Dr. Lucy Li, Research Officer, Composites and Novel Airframe Materials Group, National Research Council Canada, Institute for Aerospace Research "Long-term Environmental Degradation of Composite Materials and Structures"
• 11 Feb 2011: Colonel André Dupuis, Director of Space Development "The Canadian Forces Space Program"
• 3 Feb 2011: Dr. Gregg Wade, Physics Department, RMC "Magnetospheres of hot, massive stars"
• 27 Jan 2011: Dr. Chuck Livingstone DRDC Ottawa, Lead scientist "RADARSAT-2 Ground Movement Target Indication (GMTI) Experiment"
• 20 Jan 2011: 2Lt Daniel Desjardins, Physics Department, RMC "Analytical Modelling For Transient Probe Response in Eddy Current Testing"
• 13 Jan 2011: Dr. Bryce Bennett, Physics Department, RMC "A Tale of Two Theories: A Brief History of Earth's Place in the Universe"
• 25 Nov 2010: Lt(N). Shawn Donahue, RMC " A Selected Compilation of Recent, Strange and Interesting Simulations of Northeast Pacific Dynamics"
• 18 Nov 2010: Dr. Rachel Kuzio de Naray, RMC, "Constraining the Properties of Dark Matter Using Observations of Spiral Galaxies"
• 28 Oct 2010: Dr. Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh, RMC "Quantifying Collective Opinion in Stressed Human Environments"
• 14 Oct 2010: Dr. Joe Buckley, RMC, "Investigating the Prairie Ecosystem with Spaceborne Polarimetric Radar Imagery"
• 30 Sep 2010: Dr. Ross Underhill, RMC, "Investigation of Parameters Affecting Crack Detection in Bolt Hole Eddy Current"
• 16 Sep 2010: "Laser micro-machining of silica-glass optical fibers by CO2 lasers with applications to sensing devices."
• 26 Mar 2009: "Laser-tissue interaction and its applications in the field of Health Sciences", Dr Luc Lévesque, RMC
• 19 Mar 2009: "Barkhausen noise excitation field response and strain Correlations in CANDU feeder pipes", Steve White.
• 12 Mar 2009: The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox and the Nature of Reality(CAP lecture), Shohini Ghose (U. Laval)
• 5 Mar 2009: "Space Sciences", Albert Russell (RMC)
• 26 Feb 2009: "Material Science", Pier Schurer (RMC)
• 12 Feb 2009: "Gravitational Waves", Vuk Mandic (University of Minnesota)
• 5 Feb 2009: "RMC Cubesat Program", Pascal Tremblay (RMC)
• 29 Jan 2009: "Thermosphere-ionosphere Investigation", John de Boer (RMC)
• 22 Jan 2009: "The Effects of Electricity and Temperature on the Speed of Light in Ferroelectric PLZT Materials", Capt Georges Sabat, RMC
• 14 Jan 2009: " Extra-solar Planets and the Search for Habitable Worlds", Dr. Sara Seager, MIT
• 10 Dec 2008: "Applications of Computational Physics", Yunfeng Shao, RMC.
• 9 Dec 2008: "Investigating Mechanical Defects in Ferromagnetic Structures by Magnetic Flux Leakage", Dr Vijay Babbar
• 5 Dec 2008: "Materials under pressure: the "alchemy" of the new millenium", Dr Carine Vanpeteghem.
• 2 Dec 2008: "Numerical Modeling in Magnetospheric Physics", Dr Konstantine Kabin
• 27 Nov 2008: "Challenges in Applied Science: Examples of Complementarity Between Experiment and Theory" Patrick Mercier, NRC/CNRC.
• 26 Nov 2008: "Rocket Observations of Ionospheric Structure and Acceleration", Dr. Jonathon Burchill.
• 20 Nov 2008: "Arctic Modelling: Challenges and Future Development", Dr. Frederic Dupont.
• 19 Nov 2008: "Magnetars: The Most Magnetic Objects in the Universe", Dr. Fotis Gavriil.
• 30 Oct 2008: "Mysterious Transient Objects", Dr. Poonam Chandra, RMC.
• 9 Oct 2008: "Magnetism and Rotation in Young Stars of Intermediate Mass", Dr. Evelyne Alecian, RMC.
• 2 Oct 2008: "ESA: European Space Agency", 2Lt Raymond Francis, RMC.
• 22 Sept 2008: "The Role of HF Radar in an Integrated Ocean Observing System: the Australian Experience", M. L. Heron, ACORN, James Cook University, Australia.
• 18 Sept 2008: "Solidification in the Presence of Inhibitors", Alexandr Tetervak.
• 27 Mar 2008: "CANADIAN SURVEILLANCE OF SPACE CONCEPT DEMONSTRATOR - SATELLITE RANGE DETERMINATION USING OPTICAL SENSORS", Richard Harrison, RMC
• 27 Mar 2008: "Increased Field Depth Penetration with Pulsed Eddy Current", Trevor Cadeau, RMC
• 20 Mar 2008 : "RADARSAT-2", Catherine Casgrain, RADARSAT-2
• 13 Mar 2008: "Electric fields in steady-state superconductivity according to the London theory", Dr. N. Gauthier, RMC
• 6 Mar 2008: "QUANTUM COMPUTING, CRYPTOGRAPHY AND TELEPORTATION" Dr. Daniel James, University of Toronto, 2008 CAP Lecture Tour
• 28 Feb 2008: "Space Weather Field-Aligned Currents & Satellite Drag", Dr. Jean-Marc Noël, RMC
• 14 Feb 2008: "Rapid Environmental Assessment of Oceanographic and Geophysical Parameters for Sonar Performance Prediction", John Osler, DRDC Atlantic
• 7 Feb 2008: "Understanding Smart Materials" Capt Georges Sabat, RMC
• 31 Jan 2008: "Semiconductor quantum well lasers", Philip Weetman
• 24 Jan 2008: "Reliability Analysis and Non-destructive Evaluation", Dag Horn, AECL
• 17 Jan 2008 , "Surveillance of Residence Space Objects: An Overview", LCdr Doug Burrell, RMC
• 29 Nov 2007:, "A relativistic London equation for superconductivity via a functional variation", Ben Nasmith
• 22 Nov 2007:, "FINDING DARK MATTER", Wolfgang Rau, Queen's University
• 15 Nov 2007:, "SNOLAB: An International Facility for Astroparticle Physics", Dr. A. Noble, Queen's University
• 8 Nov 2007:, "Globular Star Clusters as Probes of Elliptical Galaxies", Dr. Terry Bridges
• 1 Nov 2007:, "Classification of Prairie Landscapes Using Fully Polarimetric Radar", Dr. Joseph Buckley, RMC Physics
• 25 Oct 2007:, "Neutrons, The Gentle Probe That Carries A Wallop", Ron B. Rogge, National Research Council, Canada
• 18 Oct 2007:, "Space Technology & Microwave R&D", Dr. N. Sultan
• 12 Oct 2007:, "The Electromagnetics of Eddy Current Crack Detection", John R. Bowler
• 4 Oct 2007:, "Ap stars in open clusters and future high precision studies of field Ap stars", James Silvester, RMC Physics
• 27 Sept 2007:, "The Spaceborne Ocean Intelligence Network (SOIN)", Wayne Renaud
• 20 Sept 2007:, "The Remote Sensing of Arctic Waters: An Absorption Conundrum", Dr. Ron Vincent, RMC Physics
• 24 May 2007 "Precision Cosmology and the Structure of Spiral Galaxies",Dr. Kristine Spekkens, Rutgers University
• 23 May 2007:"Atmospheric Composition and Climate Variability",Dr. Stella Melo, Canadian Space Agency
• 16 May 2007 "Internal Gravity Waves: Spinning Down the Solar Core",Dr. Suzanne Talon, Université de Montréal
• 15 May 2007 :"Shock-Associated Particle Acceleration in Space: Observations and Models",Dr. Karim Meziane, University of New-Brunswick
• 5 April 2007: "Classical Physics as the Result of Curvature in Five-Dimensions",OCdt Ben Nasmith (RMC),
• 29 March 2007:"Optical periodic gratings and fiber optic sensing", Dr. Luc Levesque (RMC Physics)
• 22 March 2007: "On the influence of the random wind stress errors on four dimensional mid-latitude ocean inverse problems",Tsuyoshi Wakamatsu (Institute of Ocean Sciences, DFO, Sidney, BC )
• 15 March 2007: "Satellite Altimetry, Bathymetry and the Boundaries of Nations", Dr. Dave Monahan (University of New Hampshire.
• 15 March 2007: Research Excellence Award Public Lecture: "Playing with Light", Dr. Paul Rochon (RMC Physics)
• 7 Mar 2007: "NEUROPHYSICS: Unraveling your brain's dynamics", Dr. André Longtin (University of Ottawa), Canadian Association of Physicists Lecture
• 15 Feb 2007: "The excavation of rock with explosives: prediction of hazardous fly-rock" , Dr. R. F. Favreau, RMC
• 8 Feb2007: "Stable and unstable magnetic fields in stars" , Dr. Jonathan Braithwaite, CITA
• 1 Feb 2007: "The mysterious magnetism of higher-mass stars" , Dr Gregg A. Wade(RMC)
• 25 Jan 2007: "Non-destructive Testing of Fuel Channels in CANDU Nuclear Reactors", Dr. Thomas Krause (RMC)