Physics Research Seminar

Instructor

Shailesh Chandrasekharan

Content

Weekly evening seminars lasting approximately two hours; faculty members of the Physics Department present topics of their research or currently interesting subject matter, at the level of entering graduate students.  Students will turn in brief written comments about each research seminar.  Students are also expected to attend the Departmental Colloquia (colloquia schedule).

Time and Location

The seminars will be held from 7:30 - 9:30 PM on Wednesday evenings in Room 298 of the Physics Bulding.  Optional:  Students in the class are invited to have dinner together in Room 298 at 7:00 PM.

Audience and Prerequisites

All entering physics graduate students must attend; other graduate students, undergraduates, as well as faculty and staff are welcome to attend.

Textbooks and Other Readings

None

Examinations

None

Grading

This is a Pass/Fail Course. Students should attend all classes. If you have an emergency and you cannot attend the class you should contact the intructor well in advance. You will get a severe warning if you miss a class without an excuse. A student will fail the course if he/she has more than one unexcused absence from the class.

Schedule

August 26
 7:30pm Introduction
8:30pm Roxanne Springer
September 2
 7:30pm Kate Scholberg
8:30pm Chris Walter
September 9
7:30pm Nicolas Buchler
8:30pm Ronen Plesser
September 16
7:30pm Al Goshaw
8:30pm Steven Teitsworth
September 23
7:30pm John Thomas
8:30pm Ashutosh Kotwal
September 30
7:30pm Haiyan Gao
8:30pm Haiyan Gao's Lab Tour
October 7
7:30pm Mohammad Ahmed
8:30pm Tour of TUNL
October 14
7:30pm Ryohei Yasuda
8:30pm Stefano Curtarolo
October 21
7:30pm Berndt Muller
8:30pm Shailesh Chandrasekharan
October 28
7:30pm Robert Behringer
8:30pm Jian-Guo Liu
November 4
7:30pm Ehsan Samei
8:30pm Thomas Phillips
November 11
7:30pm Steffen Bass
8:30pm Gleb Finkelstein
9:15pm Josh Socolar
November 18
7:30pm Mark Kruse
8:30pm Calvin Howell

Links

Names, office numbers, phone number, e-mail of first year students (PDF)