Events

Nov

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

November 6, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Variability of low clouds and drizzle: a tale of two frameworks ABSTRACT: Modern microphysics schemes in climate models typically account for subgrid variability by assuming...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Mikael Witte, UCLA

Oct

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

October 30, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Planets in a bottle: Exploring planetary atmospheres in the lab ABSTRACT: From exoplanets, with their surprising lack of spectral features, to Titan and its characteristic haze...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Sarah Horst, Johns Hopkins University

Oct

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

October 23, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Nonequilibrium thermodynamic limits to fluctuations and response ABSTRACT: Thermodynamics is a remarkably successful theoretical framework, with wide ranging applications across...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Jordan Horowitz, Univ. of Michigan

Oct

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

October 16, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Computational Physics in the Exascale Era: Opportunities and Challenges ABSTRACT: The dawn of the exascale era and the machine learning boom provide tremendous opportunities for...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Murat Keceli, Argonne National Laboratory

Oct

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

October 9, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Synchrotron X-rays and lattice dynamics: Implications in chemistry, geology and physics ABSTRACT: It’s been almost 45 years since the idea of using a synchrotron source to excite...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Esen Alp, Argonne National Laboratory

Oct

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

October 2, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Quantum Monte Carlo from Benchmarking to Understanding Nanoscale Materials ABSTRACT: Density Functional Theory (DFT) is currently the most popular method for atomic scale modeling...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Kayahan Saritas, ORNL

Sep

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

September 25, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Electron Dynamics in Materials from First Principles ABSTRACT: Calculations of charge transport and ultrafast dynamics have relied on heuristic approaches for the past several...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Marco Bernardi, CALTECH

Sep

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

September 18, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE:Cosmological Inflation: A Personal Perspective ABSTRACT: Cosmological Inflation has been considered as a critical element of modern cosmology. After a brief introduction of...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Demos Kazanas, NASA

Sep

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

September 11, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: How to deduce a physical dynamical model from expectation values ABSTRACT: In this talk, we will provide an answer to the question: ``What kind of observations (i.e., expectation...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Denys Bondar, Tulane University

Sep

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

September 4, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Designing Sustainable Energy Materials Using First-principles Calculations ABSTRACT: I will focus on CO2 emissions of power plants which is a major factor contributing to global...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Ongun Ozcelik, Princeton University

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Department of Physics

Events

Colloquium: Dr. Mikael Witte, UCLA

Colloquium: Dr. Sarah Horst, Johns Hopkins University

Colloquium: Dr. Jordan Horowitz, Univ. of Michigan

Colloquium: Dr. Murat Keceli, Argonne National Laboratory

Colloquium: Dr. Esen Alp, Argonne National Laboratory

Colloquium: Dr. Kayahan Saritas, ORNL

Colloquium: Dr. Marco Bernardi, CALTECH

Colloquium: Dr. Demos Kazanas, NASA

Colloquium: Dr. Denys Bondar, Tulane University

Colloquium: Dr. Ongun Ozcelik, Princeton University

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