Physics Seminars

Our weekly seminar series brings speakers to campus to dive deeper into a field of physics research. 

In-person seminar events:

  • Will be held in the Vernier Science Center room 105 from 3:30 pm to 4:30pm
  • In-person events are open to the public
  • Building access is limited to seminar attendees
  • Some refreshments will be provided

 

DateSpeaker/EventVisiting from

Topic

Page
October 12Raj Markondeya PulgurthaFlorida International Univ.

TBA

 
October 19Deep JariwalaUniversity of Pennsylvania

TBA

 
October 26Erik HenriksenWashington University

“Thermal transport in atomically thin materials”

 
November 9Gary GoncherPortland State University

"Physics of High Speed Optical Satellite Communications"

 
November 16Paul PlachindaParagon Energy Solutions

“Why Nuclear, Why Now? The Engineering and Economics of the modern nuclear revival"

 
November 23Michael McElfreshSanta Clara University

"Can the Power Grid Cope with the Plans for Data Centers?"

 
   

 

 
   

 

 
   

 

 

More information about our seminar events will be shared closer to the event dates through our seminar mailing list. 

Please contact us at physics@pdx.edu if you are not part of the seminar mailing list and would like to start receiving these e-mail notifications from us. 

Eclipse

Mark Gurevitch Memorial Lecture Series

In 2006, the Department of Physics began the Mark Gurevitch Memorial Lecture series as a tribute to Dr. Mark Gurevitch, former chair of the Physics Department.

The lecture series brings internationally recognized speakers to Portland State's campus.

Group of students and faculty outside Hoffmann Hall for Día de Física

Día de la Física/Day of Physics

In October 2023, the Physics Department hosted Día de la Física/Day of Physics with the National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP), a nonprofit that represents Hispanic and Latino physicists in higher education, national laboratories, and industry in the U.S. and across the world.