Events

Aug

Location

Physics : Outside

Date & Time

August 30, 2021, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description

The Physics Department will hold an informal lunch celebration to kick-off the new academic year, and welcome our new graduate students, faculty, and staff. All Physics faculty, staff, and grad...

View Event Details for Physics Welcome Back Luncheon

Jul

Location

Off Campus : via Webex

Date & Time

July 28, 2021, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: J. Vanderlei Martins TITLE: Evaluation of Distributed System Mission (DSM) Architectures For Cloud Bow Retrievals Using The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP) ABSTRACT: Clouds and...

View Event Details for MS Thesis Defense: Sabrina Thompson

Jul

Location

Off Campus : via WebEx

Date & Time

July 20, 2021, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Belay Demoz TITLE: Improving Air Quality Forecasts of Ozone and Particulate Matter: Modeling-Observation Integrated Study ABSTRACT: This research investigates both local and long-range...

View Event Details for PhD Defense: Zhifeng Yang

Jul

Location

Off Campus : via WebEx

Date & Time

July 1, 2021, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Theodosia Gougousi TITLE: Investigation of the Optical Properties of Transition Metal Oxide Thin Films Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition ABSTRACT: Light can carry information...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Nina Chowdhary

Jun

Location

Off Campus : via WebEx

Date & Time

June 21, 2021, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Description

ADVISORS: Dr. Eileen T. Meyer and Dr. Markos Georganopoulos TITLE: Dynamics and Energy Dissipation in Extragalactic Jets ABSTRACT: We now know that in the center of almost all galaxies lies a...

View Event Details for PhD Defense: Adam Leah Harvey

May

Location

Online

Date & Time

May 12, 2021, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Energy-Efficient Hardware and Intelligent Materials for Brain-inspired Computing: Artificial Synapses Based on Proton and Oxygen Motion ABSTRACT: Deep learning is a hugely...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Bilge Yildiz Nuclear Sci. & Engineering MIT

May

Location

Online

Date & Time

May 5, 2021, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Hydrogen in metals: So much trouble from so little ABSTRACT: Hydrogen can easily diffuse in metals, significantly altering elastic and plastic properties. These effects have long...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Cem Tasan, MIT Materials Sci. and Engineer

Apr

Location

Online

Date & Time

April 28, 2021, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Potential links between ice nucleation and the spread in Arctic amplification ABSTRACT: At temperatures between 0°C and ~-38°C in Earth’s atmosphere, ice crystals may form with...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Ivy Tan, McGill University

Apr

Location

Off Campus : via WebEx

Date & Time

April 23, 2021, 10:30 am – 1:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Yanhua Shih TITLE: Advances in the Study of Two-photon Interferometry: From Turbulence-free Interferometers to X-ray Ghost Microscopes ABSTRACT: Two-photon interference present in...

View Event Details for PhD Defense: Thomas Smith

Apr

Location

Online

Date & Time

April 21, 2021, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions in mixed-phase clouds over the Southern Ocean: Results from recent field campaigns ABSTRACT: Climate models are challenged by uncertainties...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Greg McFarquhar, University of Oklahoma

Department of Physics

College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Department of Physics

Events

Physics Welcome Back Luncheon

MS Thesis Defense: Sabrina Thompson

PhD Defense: Zhifeng Yang

PhD Proposal: Nina Chowdhary

PhD Defense: Adam Leah Harvey

Colloquium: Dr. Bilge Yildiz Nuclear Sci. & Engineering MIT

Off Campus: via WEBEX

Colloquium: Dr. Cem Tasan, MIT Materials Sci. and Engineer

Off Campus: via WEBEX

Colloquium: Dr. Ivy Tan, McGill University

Off Campus: via WEBEX

PhD Defense: Thomas Smith

Colloquium: Dr. Greg McFarquhar, University of Oklahoma

Off Campus: via WEBEX

Off Campus: via WEBEX

Off Campus: via WEBEX

Off Campus: via WEBEX

Off Campus: via WEBEX

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