Past Events

Title: Fusion on Earth: A Quintessentially Scientific Pursuit with an Important Commercial Goal

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Swadesh Mahajan

Dr. Elena M. Zannoni is an assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering at UT Austin, core faculty in the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program, and holds a courtesy appointment at Dell Medical School.

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Elena Zannoni

Matteo Ippoliti is an assistant professor of physics at UT Austin, specializing in the theory of quantum matter and the interactions of quantum objects like electrons and qubits.

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Matteo Ippoliti

Vladimir Shiltsev, a Distinguished Scientist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, is renowned for his contributions to particle colliders, the invention of electron lenses, and his leadership during the Tevatron Collider Run II.

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Vladimir Shiltsev

Tong Chen is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University with a strong passion for advancing knowledge at the intersection of fundamental science, data science, and modeling.

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Tong Chen

Title: Direct Comparison of Gyrokinetic and Fluid Simulations of a Prospective Spherical Tokamak Pilot Plant Scrape-Off Layer

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Akash Shukla

Mark Raizen is a professor and research physicist in the Department of Physics, where he combines theory with experimentation.

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Mark Raizen

Cristina Marchetti: Active Matter: The Physics of Self-Organization

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Cristina Marchetti

Featuring Professor Sujit Datta, Department of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Biophysics, Caltech.

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Sujit Datta

Joshua Burby is an Assistant Professor in the UT Austin Physics Department, and a mathematical plasma physicist whose research centers on stellarator magnetic fusion.

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Josh Burby