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Physics : 401

Date & Time

July 30, 2026, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Geoffrey Diederich TITLE: Exciton Coupling to the Spin Ordering of van der Waals Magnetic Semiconductors ABSTRACT: Van der Waals magnetic semiconductors provide a promising platform...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Mathew Varghese

Location

Physics : 221

Date & Time

July 23, 2026, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Benjamin Owen TITLE: Long and Short Searches for Gravitational Waves from Neutron Stars ABSTRACT: Continuous gravitational waves (CWs) are long-lived, nearly monochromatic...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Olivia Danner

Location

The Commons : 331

Date & Time

July 23, 2026, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Matthew Pelton TITLE: Plasmon-Mediated Collective Light-Matter Interactions in Deterministic 2D Semiconductor Quantum Emitters ABSTRACT: Strain-localized quantum emitters are...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Maliq Adetunji

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

May 13, 2026, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm – Canceled

Description

TITLE: Ultrafast and Cavity Control of Quantum Materials ABSTRACT: The coherent manipulation of quantum materials with light is a frontier for accessing, probing, and controlling new...

View Event Details for Cancelled: Colloquium: Dr. Martin Claassen | University of Pennsylvania

Location

Physics : 201

Date & Time

May 8, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Join us for the last AMA of the semester with Dr. Daniel Gonzales, a leading voice for science education and public outreach in the department. This is your chance to ask him anything—whether it’s...

$A promotional flyer for an event titled "AMA with UMBC Physics Faculty." The flyer features a central portrait of Dr. Daniel Gonzales from UMBC Physics, who is smiling and wearing glasses. Below his photo, the event details are listed: Physics Room 201 on Friday, May 8th from 12–1pm.The design includes various physics-themed icons and equations scattered around the portrait:Top Left: A diagram of a block with force arrows and the equation $\sum F = ma$.Top Right: A simplified model of an atom.Middle Left: Einstein’s energy-mass equivalence equation, $E = mc^2$.Middle Right: The kinetic energy formula, $E_k = \frac{1}{2}mv^2$.Bottom Left: A line drawing of a pizza slice.Bottom Right: A lightbulb icon.Text at the top indicates the "Ask Me Anything" session will cover CAREER | LIFE | PHYSICS, and a note at the bottom highlights, "Plus there’s free pizza!" The background is a solid light blue.$

View Event Details for AMA Series with Dr. Gonzales

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

May 6, 2026, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

TITLE: Piecing Together the Lifecycle of Biomass Burning Aerosols: ABSTRACT: Aerosols emitted from wildfires and agricultural burns, collectively referred to as biomass burning (BB), are...

A close-up photograph of a smiling man with short gray hair and a light beard. He is wearing aviation headsets with large, light-green ear cups and a boom microphone positioned near his mouth. A pair of glasses is resting on top of his head. He is also wearing a bright yellow inflatable life vest over a gray shirt, which features the text "ADULT/CHILD" and instructional diagrams on the front. The background is slightly out of focus, showing what appears to be the interior of an aircraft with a blue and white striped curtain.

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Arthur J. Sedlacek | Brookhaven National Laboratory

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 107

Date & Time

May 1, 2026, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Description

The UMBC SPIE Chapter is hosting a Light-Inspired Art Contest! We’re looking for your best original artwork based on themes of light, color, optics, photonics, and visual phenomena. Join us on...

SPIE Light-inspired Art Contest Flyer

A colorful, artistic flyer featuring a large, abstract splash of rainbow watercolors in the center.

Heading: "SPIE Light-inspired ART CONTEST" in bold white and green lettering.

The Prizes: At the top, pink text reads, "WINNER GETS UP TO $50 GIFT PRIZE" and "EVERYONE GETS FREE PIZZA!!!"

The Challenge: Central text invites participants to "Submit your own original work based on the theme of light, color, optics, and visual phenomena. You can use any creative formats."

Submission Details: A QR code is provided in the bottom left with instructions to "Submit your work here by April 30th."

Event Information: In the bottom right, blue text states: "Meeting to Vote May 1st, 2:30pm–4pm, PAHB 107."

View Event Details for UMBC SPIE Spring Art Contest

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

April 29, 2026, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

TITLE: Exploring Quantum Phases of Electrons and Excitons in Atomic Flatland ABSTRACT: Van der Waals heterostructures, assembled by stacking two-dimensional (2D) materials with atomic...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. You Zhou | UMD College Park

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

April 27, 2026, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Henrique Barbosa CO-ADVISOR: Dr. Belay Demoz TITLE: Controls of Planetary Boundary Layer Variability and Its Response Timescales to Transient Radiative Perturbations ABSTRACT: The...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Amanda Vieira dos Santos

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

April 27, 2026, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Zhibo Zhang TITLE: Investigate the radiative effects and hyperspectral fingerprints of dust aerosols ABSTRACT: Mineral dust is one of the most abundant aerosol species in the...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Ronghao Wang

Events

PhD Proposal: Mathew Varghese

PhD Proposal: Olivia Danner

PhD Proposal: Maliq Adetunji

Cancelled: Colloquium: Dr. Martin Claassen | University of Pennsylvania

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AMA Series with Dr. Gonzales

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Colloquium: Dr. Arthur J. Sedlacek | Brookhaven National Laboratory

In-Person PHYS 401

UMBC SPIE Spring Art Contest

In-Person PAHB 107

Colloquium: Dr. You Zhou | UMD College Park

In-Person PHYS 401

PhD Proposal: Amanda Vieira dos Santos

PhD Proposal: Ronghao Wang

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