Events

Aug

Location

Physics : Physics Bldg. Lawn

Date & Time

August 17, 2018, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Description

The Physics Graduate Student Association (PGSA) will be hosting a BBQ to welcome our new cohort of Graduate Students. Burgers, hot-dogs, games, and more! All new graduate students, current...

View Event Details for Annual PGSA Welcome BBQ

Jul

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

July 25, 2018, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Terrance Worchesky TITLE: Residual Amplitude Modulation and Chromatic Dispersion Induced Distortion in Microwave Photonic Links ABSTRACT: Microwave Photonic Systems encode a...

View Event Details for PhD Defense: John Diehl

Jul

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

July 12, 2018, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Todd Pittman TITLE: Ultralow-power nonlinear optics using optical nanoﬁbers in metastable xenon ABSTRACT:Nonlinear optics (NLO) is a very broad field with applications ranging...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Hari Lamsal

Jul

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

July 12, 2018, 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. James Franson TITLE: The use of heralding and post-selection in quantum communications ABSTRACT:Quantum optics is a powerful tool for quantum communications. It has the unique...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Ian Nodurft

Jun

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

June 12, 2018, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Eileen Meyer TITLE: Unification Schemes in Radio Loud AGN ABSTRACT:Radio-loud Active Galactic Nuclei are actively accreting super-massive black holes with large-scale jets of...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Mary Keenan

Jun

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

June 7, 2018, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Description

Come tour the UMBC Observatory and see what's up in the UMBC sky! The UMBC Observatory offers monthly Open Houses that feature the facility and an informal talk about astronomy. All events...

View Event Details for UMBC Observatory Open House

May

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

May 25, 2018, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Markos Georganopoulos TITLE: Measuring the Total Light in the Universe and Understanding Blazar Emission ABSTRACT:We propose here two projects; one regarding the total light in...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Adam Harvey

May

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

May 17, 2018, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Belay Demoz TITLE: Improving Air Quality Forecasts of Ozone and Particulate Matter: Modeling-Observation Integrated Study ABSTRACT: In the context of improving the air quality...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Zhifeng Yang

May

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

May 9, 2018, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: On the growth and organization of cumulus clouds ABSTRACT: Low-level cumulus clouds are one of the largest uncertainties in weather and climate prediction. This is in part because...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Thijs Heus, Cleveland State University

May

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

May 4, 2018, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Zhibo Zhang TITLE: Are Dust Aerosols Cooling or Warming Our Planet?A Study of the Net Direct Radiative Effects of Dust Aerosols ABSTRACT: Mineral dust aerosols play an important...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Qianqian Song

Department of Physics

College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Department of Physics

Events

Annual PGSA Welcome BBQ

PhD Defense: John Diehl

PhD Proposal: Hari Lamsal

PhD Proposal: Ian Nodurft

PhD Proposal: Mary Keenan

UMBC Observatory Open House

PhD Proposal: Adam Harvey

PhD Proposal: Zhifeng Yang

Colloquium: Dr. Thijs Heus, Cleveland State University

PhD Proposal: Qianqian Song

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