Department of Physics and Astronomy
Distinguished Lecture Seminar
Prof. Albert Fert
2007 Nobel Prize Laureate
October 10, 2012
8:00pm
1410 Biomedical Physical Sciences Bldg.
Light refreshments: 7:30pm in BPS Atrium
Prof. Fert shared the Nobel Prize for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR), which led to development of record capacities of computer hard disk memory and to the new sciences of Spintronics. He will explain what Spintronics is about, and describe plans for its use in computing and communications.
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Kim Crosslan
Dept. Physics and Astronomy
567 Wilson Road, room 1312
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-884-5531
Hours: Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri - 7:00am - 3:00pm
Wednesday - 7:00am - 5:00pm
