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