Talks Given
- Mastering Chaos with Physics Savvy Neural Networks
North Carolina State University, Physics Colloquium
2020 February 24
- Strange Nonchaotic Stars
University of Washington, Astronomy Colloquium
2017 May 11 - Invitation to Wooster Summer Research: The Surprising Dynamics of Hannay’s Hoop
(with Hwan Bae)
Lorraine County Community College
2017 January 27
- Theology & Science
Medina Presbyterian Church
2016 March 14
- Quantum Reality
Wooster Rotary Club
2015 December 14 - Strange Nonchaotic Stars
Faculty at Large
2015 November 17 - Strange Nonchaotic Stars
Science Round Table
2015 October 23 - Unveiling Pluto: New Horizons Flyby of the Pluto-Charon Double Planet
Wooster Science Café
2015 September 17 - Do All Golden Stars Have Norwegian Scaling?
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Institute for Astronomy, AstroCofee Talk
2015 May 1 - Strange Nonchaotic Stars
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Physics Colloquium
2015 February 12
- Quantum Reality
Philosophy Roundtable
2014 April 17 - Chaos, Cosmos, Mythos, Theos
Mythology of the Ancient World
2014 March 28
- Artificial and Quantum Gravity
John Carroll University, Physics Seminar
2013 April 11 - Artificial and Quantum Gravity
Science Round Table
2013 March 11
- /. Body Problem
Ohio Wesleyan University, Physics Seminar
2012 March 5
- /. Body Problem
Kenyon College, Physics Seminar
2011 April 29 - /. Body Problem
Denison University, Physics Seminar
2011 March 1 - 20 Years of Computational Physics at Wooster
AAPT Winter Meeting, Invited Talk
Jacksonville, Florida
2011 January 11
- Newtonian Dances, Celestial Trackers, and One-way Coupling
Science Round Table
2010 September 10 - Science, Theism, and the Nature of Reality
University of Portland, Physics Seminar
2010 April 21 - Time Machines
University of Portland, Physics Seminar
2010 January 21
- Quantum Reality
University of Portland, Physics Seminar
2009 September 30
- Novel Nonlinear Dynamics of One-way Coupling
Ohio Wesleyan University, Physics Seminar
2008 October 7 - Can Noise Improve Hearing? Stochastic Resonance in Hair Cells
Oberlin College, Physics Seminar
2008 March 6
- Can Noise Improve Hearing? Stochastic Resonance in Hair Cells
Marietta College, Physics Seminar
2007 November 9 - Can Noise Improve Hearing? Stochastic Resonance in Hair Cells
Ohio Wesleyan University, Physics Seminar
2007 March 1
- 1, 2, 3, …, ∞ : Variations on the Classical 3-Body Problem
Science Round Table
2006 December 8 - Can Noise Improve Hearing? Stochastic Resonance in Hair Cells
Kenyon College, Physics Seminar
2006 March 24
- Can Noise Improve Hearing? Stochastic Resonance in Hair Cells
Science Round Table
2005 November 11 - Can Noise Improve Hearing? Stochastic Resonance in Hair Cells
Faculty Lunch Seminar
2005 October 26
- Exploiting Noise & Disorder
Oberlin College, Physics Seminar
2004 April 8 - U. S. Space Initiative to Extend Human Presence Across the Solar System
Pursuing Scientific Interests
2004 February 23
- Providence, Coincidence, or Multiverse: Are the Laws of Physics Fine-Tuned for Our Existence?
Philosophy Roundtable
2003 October 30 - Exploiting Noise & Disorder
Cleveland State University, Physics Seminar
2003 September 11 - CoW CPP: The College of Wooster Computational Physics Project
Innovative Science Teaching: Enhancing Learning with Technology
DePauw University, Keynote Address
2003 May 31 - Time Machines
Faculty at Large
2003 February 25
- CoW CPP: The College of Wooster Computational Physics Project
Workshop on Teaching, Technology, and Collaboration
2002 September 21 - Time Machines
Science & Humanities Program, Andrews Hall
2002 April 24 - Exploiting Noise & Disorder
Denison University, Physics Seminar
2002 April 18 - Climbing Kilimanjaro
Society of Physics Students
2002 April 11
- Chaos and the 3-Body Problem
Pursuing Scientific Interests
2001 December 3 - Proposed Astronomy Laboratory for The College of Wooster
(with Jennifer Goetz)
Science Round Table
2001 October 5 - Physicists Redefine Reality
Science & Humanities Program, Douglass Hall
2001 April 10
- Exploiting Noise & Disorder
Science Roundtable
2000 November 17 - A Physicist Tours the Galápagos Islands
Pursuing Scientific Interests
2000 October 23
- Humans on Mars
Science & Humanities Program, Douglass Hall
1998 November 2 - Chaos in the Clockwork
Faculty Lunch Seminar
1998 March 25 - The Conscious Universe
Women In Science
1998 February 23
- The Cassini Mission to Saturn
Science & Humanities Program, Douglass Hall
1997 October 15 - Physics and Biology Until the End of the World
Science Round Table
1997 April 18 - Physics and Biology Until the End of the World
Science & Humanities Program, Douglass Hall
1997 April 7
- Noise and Disorder Can Organize Spatiotemporal Nonlinear Dynamics
Women In Science
1996 September 30 - Noise and Disorder Can Organize Spatiotemporal Nonlinear Dynamics
Ohio University, Nonlinear Dynamics Seminar
1996 May 8 - Noise and Disorder Can Organize Spatiotemporal Nonlinear Dynamics
Physics Seminar
1996 April 25 - Quantum Reality
Science & Humanities Program, Douglass Hall
1996 April 8 - Quantum Reality
Philosophy Seminar
1996 April 4
- Dynamics of Nonlinear Arrays
Georgia Tech, Physics Seminar
1994 September 21
- We Are Alone
Parent’s Day Seminar
1991 October 19
- Chaotic Billiards
Science Round Table
1990 October 26 - We Are Alone
Science Round Table
1990 April 6
- We Are Alone
Science & Humanities Program, Douglass Hall
1989 November 13
- Spectral Gaps from Ordered to Disordered Systems
Caltech, Mathematical Physics Seminar
1988 April 19 - Random Schrödinger Operators
Physics Seminar
1988 February 25
