Events During September, 2017
- Tuesday, September 5th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Inflationary theory and pulsar timing investigations of primordial black holes and gravitational waves, Nicholas Orlofsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Wednesday, September 6th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, September 7th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Biophysics, Coppersmith, Gilbert
- Monday, September 11th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Nonthermal particle acceleration in magnetic reconnection and turbulence in collisionless relativistic plasmas, Prof. Dmitri Uzdensky, Center for Integrated Plasma Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Tuesday, September 12th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- The Fairsquare project: Countering programs that discriminate, Aws Albarghouthi, UW Department of Computer Science
- Friday, September 15th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Fall Welcome Reception, Sridhara Dasu
- Monday, September 18th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Kolkowitz, Lawler, Saffman, Walker, Yavuz
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Turbulent dynamo in a partially ionized medium, Dr. Siyao Xu, Hubble Fellow, UW Madison
- Council Meeting
- 4:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, September 19th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Nonlinear normal modes for analysis of geometrically nonlinear structures, Matthew Allen, UW Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Wednesday, September 20th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, September 21st
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- TBD, Jerry Hunter, UW: Director of Facilities, College of Engineering
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM , Talk begins at 3:45 PM
- Magnetic Fields and the Early Stages of Star Formation, Dick Crutcher, University of IL
- Friday, September 22nd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Laboratory cosmology, Andrei Derevianko, University of Nevada-reno
- Monday, September 25th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Spin-orbit interaction at the level of single electrons, Dr. Andrea Hofmann, ETH Zurich
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Reflection-driven Alfvén turbulence in the inner heliosphere in preparation for Parker Solar Probe observations, Prof. Jean Carlos Perez, Florida Institute of Technology
- Tuesday, September 26th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Intelligent extraterrestrial life: Does it exist? and, if so, what are the prospects for discovery and communication?, Ed Churchwell, UW Department of Astronomy
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Weak gravity conjecture, Multiple point principle and standard model landscape, Yuta Hamada, University of Wisconsin-Madison & KEK Theory Center
- Thursday, September 28th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Dynamical control techniques with superconducting qubits, Dr. Simon Gustavsson , MIT
- Friday, September 29th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Plasma Physics, Boldyrev, Egedal, Forest, Sarff, Terry, Zweibel