Institute Calendar
January 2008
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
3:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Global Modes and Aerodynamic Sound Generation in Self-Excited Hot Jets
Lutz Lesshafft,
postdoctoral scholar in mechanical engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
3:45pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
The Kuiper Belt Size Distribution: Constraints on Accretion
Wes Fraser,
graduate student in physics,
University of Victoria,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Tunneling . . . When You Least Expect It
Eric J. Heller,
professor of chemistry and of physics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Probing Unitary Synaptic Communication and Its Modulation
Richard Tsien,
professor of molecular and cellular physiology,
School of Medicine,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
ATLAS Experiment Design and Early Physics
Jason Nielsen,
assistant professor of physics,
UC Santa Cruz,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Iterative Signal Recovery from Incomplete and Inaccurate Measurements
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Seminar on Teaching and Learning
Understanding the International Classroom: How Culture Impacts Teaching and Learning
James Stigler,
professor of psychology,
UCLA,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Pure AC Spectrum for Reflectionless Jacobi, CMV, and Schrodinger Operators
Maxim Zinchenko,
postdoctoral scholar in mathematics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Thermoelectric Properties of Bismuth and Silicon Nanowires
Akram Boukai,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Elucidating Chemical Mechanisms of Aerosol Formation through Studies of the Oxidation of Simple Hydrocarbons
Paul J. Ziemann,
professor of atmospheric chemistry,
UC Riverside,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
AzTEC 1100 Micron Survey of (Sub-)millimeter Galaxies: Cosmic Variance, Large Scale Structure, and the LMT
Minq Yun,
radio astronomer and an associate professor of astronomy,
University of Massachusetts,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Beckman Lecture
Palladium- and Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions
Gregory C. Fu,
professor of chemistry,
MIT,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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6:15pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:30pm
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Will the "Big One" Collapse Our Big Buildings?
Swaminathan Krishnan,
assistant professor of civil engineering,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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Information Session: University of Redlands Bachelor of Science in Business Program
See event detail for location
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Constantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture
Ligand-responsive, RNA-based Gene Regulatory Systems in Cellular Therapeutics
Yvonne Chen,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Climate, Water Cycle, and CO2: A Geological Perspective
Jan Veizer,
professor of geology,
University of Ottawa,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Metrology with Precision Light and Ultracold Atoms
Jun Ye,
fellow, JILA, and associate professor adjoint in physics,
University of Colorado,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
New Paths in the String Theory Landscape
Magdalena Larfors,
graduate student in theoretical physics,
Uppsala University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Detonation: Its Theory, Numerical Simulation, and a Hydraulic Analogue
Aslan Kasimov,
instructor in applied mathematics,
MIT,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
C-H and C-C Activation of Ethers and Amines by Pincer-Supported Iridium
Matthew Whited,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Glue and Seak Quarks in the Nucleon
Keh-Fei Liu,
professor of physics,
University of Kentucky,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Will a New Milli-Volt Switch Replace the Transistor for Digital?
Eli Yablonovitch,
professor,
department of electrical engineering and computer sciences ,
UC Berkeley,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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10:00pm
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1/19
4:00am
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Saturday, January 19th, 2008
11:00am
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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4:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Special Kellogg Seminar—CANCELED
Ryoichi Seki,
visiting associate in physics, Caltech,
and professor of physics,
Cal State Northridge,
8:30pm
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9:30pm
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
8:30am
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4:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CS/IST Lunch Bunch Meeting
A Game Theoretic Formulation of the Sensor Allocation Problem
Jason Marden,
postdoctoral scholar in electrical engineering,
Caltech,
Adam Wierman,
assistant professot of computer science,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Active Control of Separated Flow
Louis Cattafesta,
associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ,
University of Florida,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Do the Milky Way's Outskirts Live Up to Cosmological Expectations?
Hans-Walter Rix,
Max-Planck-Institut fur Astronomie,
3:45pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Recent Results in Gas Giant Meteorology from Cassini and New Horizons
Kevin Baines,
principal scientist,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Binary Black Holes: Numerical Simulations and Approximation Methods
Lawrence Kidder,
senior research associate in astronomy,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Healthspan Genetics and Chance: How Some Worms Age Better Than Others
Professor Monica Driscoll,
department of molecular biology and biochemistry,
Rutgers University,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Iterative Signal Recovery from Incomplete and Inaccurate Measurements
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Strong Dispersive Coupling between a High Finesse Cavity and a Micromechanical Object
Jack Harris,
assistant professor of physics and applied physics,
Yale University,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
10:30am
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2:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Mean Field Analysis of Low-Dimensional Systems
Lincoln Chayes,
professor of mathematics,
UCLA,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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