Events

Mar

Location

University Center : 3rd Floor

Date & Time

March 29, 2017, 9:00 am – 2:30 pm

Description

From Liberal Arts to the Natural Sciences, past and present UMBC graduate students are renowned for their research contributions to their respective fields. The 2017 GRC is a campus wide event...

View Event Details for UMBC Graduate Research Conference (GRC)

Mar

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

March 22, 2017, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

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View Event Details for SPRING BREAK

Mar

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

March 15, 2017, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: On the Development of an Ecological Model of the Northern San Francisco Bay Estuary ABSTRACT: The San Francisco Estuary (SFE) is the largest wetland habitat on the Pacific Coast of the...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Steven G. Ackleson

Mar

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

March 9, 2017, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Description

The spin ½ chain is often used as an example problem that is particularly ill suited for the quantum annealing (QA) technique used by the D-Wave computer. Sometimes QA produces a correct...

View Event Details for Algorithms for the D-Wave – A Physics Perspective

Mar

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

March 8, 2017, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Atomic-level control over the growth and defects of functional materials ABSTRACT: Accurate control over the growth and defects of functional materials at the atomic level is a major...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Guangfu Luo

Mar

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

March 1, 2017, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Quantum mechanical simulations of dynamics of electronic excitations in nanoscale materials assemblies ABSTRACT: Dynamics of electronically excited states including exciton generation...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Zhigang Wu

Feb

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

February 22, 2017, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Materials for Energy and Sustainability: A Multidimensional Approach ABSTRACT: Are we ready for the next step in the energy revolution? Unresolved issues in the energy field range from...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Can Ataca

Feb

Location

Physics : 201

Date & Time

February 17, 2017, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

This Friday from 12:00-1:00 in PHYS 201 we will have a presentation from technical staff (scientists and engineers) working at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore. STScI...

View Event Details for Astro Careers Lunch Seminar

Feb

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

February 15, 2017, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Defect physics as key to understanding functional materials ABSTRACT: Functional materials such as those for optoelectronic and energy-related applications are often structurally and...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Khang Hoang

Feb

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

February 8, 2017, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Description

TITLE: Fundamental limits on optical transparency of transparent conducting oxides ABSTRACT: Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) are a technologically important class of materials with...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Hartwin Peelaers

Department of Physics

College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Department of Physics

Events

UMBC Graduate Research Conference (GRC)

SPRING BREAK

Colloquium: Dr. Steven G. Ackleson

Algorithms for the D-Wave – A Physics Perspective

A talk by Dr. Raina Olsen from the Army Research Lab

Colloquium: Guangfu Luo

Colloquium: Zhigang Wu

Colloquium: Can Ataca

Astro Careers Lunch Seminar

Colloquium: Khang Hoang

Colloquium: Hartwin Peelaers

A talk by Dr. Raina Olsen from the Army Research Lab

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