Stanford University

APPLIED PHYSICS/PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM 

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

3:30 p.m. on campus in Hewlett Teaching Center, Rm. 200

Refreshments served in the courtyard between Varian and PAB at 4:30 p.m. 

Steven Chu, Physics, Stanford University

Steven Koonin, New York University and Hoover Institution

Robert Laughlin, Physics, Stanford University

“In this experimental format for a physical colloquium, our three distinguished speakers will each introduce and describe one unsolved physical science problem relevant to transitioning to a sustainable world.”

• Securing the fuel for practical fusion power plants
• Fundamental efficiency limits on the storage of energy
• Batteries for EVs and utility-scale storage