Events During the Week of August 16th through August 23rd, 2020
Monday, August 17th, 2020
- Academic Calendar
- Faculty contract year begins
- Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.*
Tuesday, August 18th, 2020
- Graduate Program Event
- PGSC Professional Development Seminar
- Nanoscale Metrology with Nitrogen Vacancy Centers in Diamond
- Time: 2:30 pm
- Place:
- Speaker: Aedan Gardill, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Abstract: Seminar Series Website:
Abstract: Nanoscale metrology has applications in fields ranging from industrial fabrication to biophysics to the study of complex condensed matter systems. Our group is developing novel sensing techniques with the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center defect in diamond to enable local measurements of material properties and dynamics at the nanometer scale. Understanding the origins of decoherence in NVs is vital to unlocking their full potential for metrology. I will present recent work in which we have shed light on some of the NV decoherence sources intrinsic to diamond. These results bring us a step closer to using NVs to investigate the nature of decoherence in other quantum systems, such as solid-state qubit platforms. - Host: Rob Morgan, grad student, PGSC
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar
- The Sterile Neutrino is Dead; Long Live the Sterile Neutrino!
- Time: 3:30 pm
- Place:
- Speaker: Jeffrey Berryman, Kentucky
- Host: Baha Balantekin
- Thesis Defense
- Effective Field Theory Search Results from the LUX Run 4 Data Set, and Construction of the LZ System Test Platforms
- Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Place:
- Speaker: Shaun Alsum, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Host: Kim Palladino, Faculty Advisor
- Council Meeting
- Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Place: Virtual
- Speaker: Sridhara Dasu, UW-Madison
- Host: Sridhara Dasu, Department Chair
Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
- Department Meeting
- Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
- Place: Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Speaker: Sridhara Dasu, Department Chair, UW-Madison
- Meeting Coordinates: Meeting number: 120 392 9242 Password: Q5EjaTz3Pk3 (75352893 from phones) Join by video system Dial 1203929242@uwmadison.webex.com You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number. Join by phone +1-415-655-0001 US Toll +1-312-535-8110 United States Toll (Chicago) Access code: 120 392 9242
- Host: Sridhara Dasu, Department Chair
- Thesis Defense
- High-Fidelity Measurement of a Superconducting Qubit using an On-Chip Microwave Photon Counter
- Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
- Place: Virtual
- Speaker: Alex Opremcak, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Abstract: Meeting link: Meeting number: 120 712 1894 Password: 25zuVMBre2P (25988627 from phones)
- Host: Robert McDermott (Advisor)
- Thesis Defense
- Flavored Gauge Mediation with Discrete Non-Abelian Symmetries
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Place: virtual
- Speaker: Neil Leonard, Physics MS Graduate Student
- Abstract: MS Thesis Defense
- Host: Lisa Everett, Faculty Advisor
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
- Department Coffee Hour
- Time: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Place:
- Abstract: Join us weekly for an informal virtual coffee hour! Catch up with others in the department, tell us how things are going, and impress everyone with your Zoom background skills. Coffee Hour is open to any and all faculty, staff, and students in the department. Sometimes we have a topic, and we'll try to get that topic posted here in advance or sent out by email before each coffee hour.
- Host: Department
Friday, August 21st, 2020
- Academic Calendar
- Graduate School Summer 2020: Master’s Degree Deadline
- Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Abstract: CONTACT: 262-2433, gsacserv@grad.wisc.edu URL:
Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
- No events scheduled
Sunday, August 23rd, 2020
- Academic Calendar
- Official degree conferral date on diploma for students graduating at the end of Summer term 2020
- Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.* CONTACT: 262-3811, registrar@em.wisc.edu URL:
- Academic Calendar
- Graduate School Summer 2020: Doctoral Degree Deadline
- Time: 11:55 pm - 12:55 am
- Abstract: CONTACT: 262-2433, gsacserv@grad.wisc.edu URL: