Past Events

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Upcoming Past

Nov

20

2024

Keenan Riordan Qualifying Exam

Title: Blastwaves Subject to High Magnetic Fields on the GHOST Laser

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Keenan Riordan

Nov

20

2024

Physics Colloquia

Physics Colloquia: Erez Berg (Quantum Critical Metals and the Fermion Sign Problem)

Prof. Erez Berg researches the behavior of quantum materials, especially their exotic phases and transitions. His work involves cutting-edge experiments and theoretical models to understand these materials' unique properties and applications.

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Erez Berg

Nov

20

2024

Shaopeng Feng Qualifying Exam

Title: Visualizing Twisted Bilayer WSe2 Moiré Superlattices by Scanning Probe Microscopy

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Shaopeng Feng

Nov

20

2024

Parth Dave Qualifying Exam

Title: Visualizing Anisotropic Photocarrier Diffusion in ReS2 using Microwave Impedance Microscopy

10:00 am – 12:00 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Parth Dave

Nov

19

2024

Daoheng Niu Final Defense

Title: Strategies for Near-Term Quantum Computing and Quantum Communication

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Daoheng Niu

Nov

18

2024

James Clarke Defense

Title: Investigations into Biomechanical Control of Reconstituted Actomyosin Systems

1:00 pm – 3:02 pm In Person

Speaker(s): James Clarke

Nov

13

2024

Physics Colloquia

Physics Colloquia: Showcase of the 2024 Mentors Mindset Initiative (MMI) Physics teaching program

Hosts: Christina Markert and Jonathan Perry

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Nicholas Galitzki, Andrew Loveridge, John Markert, Viranga Perera, John Yeazell, and Eric Smith

Nov

13

2024

Snehal Tibrewal Qualifying Exam

Title: Deciphering the influence of eccentricity and spin-precession in gravitational wave signals

11:00 am – 1:00 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Snehal Tibrewal

Nov

12

2024

IFS Seminar

IFS Seminar: Aaro Järvinen

Title: Developing machine learning facilitated pedestal models for tokamaks

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Aaro Järvinen

Nov

11

2024

Matt Dwyer Final Defense

Title: Measurement of Phonon Angular Momentum via the Einstein-de Haas Effect, Fiber-Optic Interferometry, and a High-Q Oscillator

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Matt Dwyer