Past Events

Title: Maximising Beam-Plasma Fusion Rate in 1 MA MAST-U Discharges

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Sergei Sharapov

Title: Equilibrium of a rotating mirror plasma

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Richard Hazeltine

Darin R. Ernst, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Developing Viable Operating Scenarios for Fusion Pilot Plants: Experiments and Predictive Capabilities

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Speaker(s): Darin Ernst

Title: Sensing Electric Fields with Rydberg Atoms

11:00 am – 1:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): John Dickson

Title: From Molecular Actomyosin Interactions to Macroscale Functional Performance: Control, Dynamics, and Adaptation in Actuating Biological Systems

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Jake McGrath

Title: Understanding the Nature and Drivers of Grade Inflation in Introductory College Physical Science Course(s) at the University of Texas

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Patrick Obi

Join us for a Q&A with UT alum Dr. Andrew Yandow, Laser Physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Andrew Yandow

Title: Conserved Currents and Bilinear Forms for Quasinormal Modes on Hyperboloidal Foliations

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Marica Minucci

Students in Dr. Aida Torabi’s “Building Scientific Apparatus” course will showcase the apparatus that they’ve been constructing this past semester. These will be available as a demo for courses and events. Refreshments will be served.

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm • In Person

Title: A Novel Low-field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Force Microscope Using Liquid Samples at Room Temperature

10:00 am – 1:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Peter Kampschroeder