Events

Jan

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

January 25, 2024, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. J. Vanderlei Martins TITLE: Advancing Polarimetric Remote Sensing of Cloud Properties: Novel Algorithm Development, Validation, and Applications ABSTRACT: This proposal presents a...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Rachel Smith

Dec

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

December 18, 2023, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. J. Vanderlei Martins TITLE: Aerosol Retrievals Using GRASP from Multiangular Polarimeters in Twilight Zones ABSTRACT: This PhD project focuses on advancing our understanding of...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Nirandi Jayasinghe

Nov

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

November 29, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

TITLE: Pieces of the Gravitational-Wave Progenitor Puzzle ABSTRACT: As the gravitational-wave event catalog has grown from O(10) to O(100), the field of gravitational-wave astronomy has...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Lieke van Son | Harvard University

Nov

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

November 21, 2023, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Mark Henriksen TITLE: New Methods to Characterize the Substructure in the Abell 2146 Cluster of Galaxies ABSTRACT: Unraveling the complexities of galaxy clusters is a pivotal...

View Event Details for MS Thesis Defense: Prajwal Panda

Nov

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

November 15, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

TITLE: The Search for Nanohertz Gravitational Waves with the NANOGrav Pulsar Timing Array ABSTRACT: Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) are kiloparsec-scale gravitational wave (GW) detectors composed...

View Event Details for Seminar: Dr. Megan DeCesar | George Mason University

Nov

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

November 13, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

TITLE: Gravitational waves and multi-messenger astrophysics from LIGO to Cosmic Explorer ABSTRACT: LIGO’s detections of gravitational waves from mergers of binary black holes and neutron stars...

View Event Details for Special Colloquium: Dr. Benjamin Owen | Texas Tech Univ.

Nov

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

November 10, 2023, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Zhibo Zhang TITLE: Characteristics of dust aerosol properties using CALIOP and thermal infrared satellite observations ABSTRACT: Mineral dust aerosol transport in the atmosphere...

View Event Details for PhD Defense: Jianyu Zheng

Nov

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

November 9, 2023, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Pengwang Zhai TITLE: Remote Sensing of Aerosols and Ocean Color with Multi-Angle Polarimeters and Spectro-Radiometers ABSTRACT: The synoptic scale global coverage by satellite...

View Event Details for PhD Defense: Neranga Kaluappuwa Hannadige

Nov

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

November 8, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

TITLE: "Phytoplankton, Photons, and Climate: Using Machine Learning and Autonomous Platform to Understand Ocean Biology’s Role in the Earth System” ABSTRACT: Phytoplankton, the free floating,...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Susanne Craig | NASA

Nov

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

November 1, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

TITLE: The life cycle of tropical clouds ABSTRACT: Clouds are a major driver of Earth’s energy and moisture budgets, affecting both weather and climate. In the tropics, convection dominates the...

View Event Details for Seminar: Dr. Henrique Barbosa | UMBC Physics

Department of Physics

College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Department of Physics

Events

PhD Proposal: Rachel Smith

PhD Proposal: Nirandi Jayasinghe

Colloquium: Dr. Lieke van Son | Harvard University

In-Person PHYS 401

MS Thesis Defense: Prajwal Panda

Seminar: Dr. Megan DeCesar | George Mason University

In-Person PHYS 401

Special Colloquium: Dr. Benjamin Owen | Texas Tech Univ.

In-Person PHYS 401

PhD Defense: Jianyu Zheng

PhD Defense: Neranga Kaluappuwa Hannadige

Colloquium: Dr. Susanne Craig | NASA

In-Person PHYS 401

Seminar: Dr. Henrique Barbosa | UMBC Physics

In-Person PHYS 401

In-Person PHYS 401

In-Person PHYS 401

In-Person PHYS 401

In-Person PHYS 401

In-Person PHYS 401

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