Institute Calendar
October 2009
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
10:00am
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4:00pm
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Civil Engineering Seminar
Hwayeon Song,
postdoctoral research associate,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Studying the Dark Universe with Galaxy Clustering
John Peacock,
professor of cosmology and head of the Institute for Astronomy,
University of Edinburgh, Scotland,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:30pm
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10:30pm
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
1:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Dzhinanyan/Khachatrain Wedding Photography
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Multiscale Simulations Using Particles
Petros Koumoutsakos,
Millikan Visiting Professor,
GALCIT,
Caltech,
3:30pm
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7:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Glowe Party (ATHENAEUM)
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:30pm
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10:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
8:00am
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2:00pm
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1:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Kasumyan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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6:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Petrosian/Alekyan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:30pm
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11:00pm
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8:00pm
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10/4
1:00am
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Sunday, October 4th, 2009
12:00pm
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4:30pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Lee/Feng Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
12:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Detecting Low-Mass Substructure via Gravitational Imaging
Simna Vegetti,
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Integrated Stratigraphic and Geochronologic Approach to Understanding the Geologic History of the Himalaya: Limitations of the Lithotectonic Concept
Paul Myrow,
professor of geology,
Colorado College,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Single-Molecule Dynamics of Nanocatalysis and Bioinorganic Chemistry
Peng Chen,
assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Self-Assembly of DNA into Nanoscale Three-Dimensional Shapes
William Shih,
assistant professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology,
Harvard Medical School,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Development of Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers in the U.S.
Mitchell Soderberg,
postdoctoral scholar in high energy neutrino physics,
Yale University,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
8:00am
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12:00pm
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9:30am
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11:30am
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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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
Towards a New Understanding of Star Formation in Galaxies
Pavel Kroupa,
professor of astronomy,
Universitaet Bonn,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Schroedinger's Mirrors—Extending Quantum Experiments Using Massive Mechanical Resonators
Markus Aspelmeyer,
professor of physics ,
University of Vienna,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
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Effective Field Theory Methods for Gravitational Binaries
Chad Galley,
postdoctoral research in physics,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Exploring Electron Transfer: From Photochemistry to Energy Conversion
Troy Van Voorhis,
associate professor of chemistry,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Tipping the Redox Calance in Schizophrenia
Margarita Behrens,
staff scientist,
the Salk Institute,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Normal Matrix Ensemble by Riemann-Hilbert Method
Seung-Yeop Lee,
Sherman Fairchild Research Fellow in Mathematics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
First Principles Investigations of DNA Nano-Structures
Tod Pascal,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Influence of the Sun on the Dynamically Coupled Ocean-Atmospher Climate System
Jerry Meehl,
research scientist,
climate and global dynamics division,
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Magnetic Stabilization of Metallic Crystals: How Quantum Mechanics Can Be Used to Engineer Magnetic Materials
Kevin Moore,
staff scientist,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:30pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
9:00am
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10:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Geochemical Mechanisms of Biomineralization from Analysis of Deep-Sea and Laboratory Cultured Corals
Alexander Gagnon,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Proteasome Activation: Opening the Gate to Natures Molecule of Mass Destruction
Christopher Hill,
professor of biochemistry,
the University of Utah,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Divisive Normalization and Value Representation in Parietal Decision Circuits
Kenway Louie,
postdoctoral fellow,
New York University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
OSL Dating as a Tool for Understanding Landscape Evolution and Dynamics: New Applications and Future Potential
Edward Rhodes,
professor of geology,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time
Sean Carroll,
senior research associate in physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Robert W. Vaughan Lecture in Chemical Engineering
Identifying the True Catalyst in High Temperature Pd Catalyzed Heck and Suzuki Reactions
Christopher W. Jones,
professor,
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and School of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
11:00am
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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8:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Micron-scale Mechanical Characterization of Solid Interfaces
Shuman Xia,
postdoctoral scholar in aeronautics,
GALCIT,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Development of Ultra Low Power Single Chip mmW CMOS Sensor and Communication Nodes
Joy Laskar,
chair in microelectronics and director, Georgia Electronic Design Center,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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7:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:00pm
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