Institute Calendar
October 2013
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10/14
5:00pm
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Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
9:00am
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5:00pm
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Fomalhaut b's Eccentric Orbit and Main Belt Structure: Evidence for other Fomalhaut Planets?
Prof. Paul Kalas,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
High-dimensional Surprises Near the Glass and the Jamming Transitions
Patrick Charbonneau,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Physics and CBB Program ,
Chemistry and Physics,
Duke University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
A Test for Weakly Separable Preferences
John Quah,
Oxford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Gut microbes and their role in obesity and malnutrition
Rob Knight,
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Computer Science,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Meandering Through Bedrock River Valleys (Ajay Limaye); Beer's Law with a Pathlength of 10^16 m (Brett McGuire)
Ajay Lamaye,
Graduate Student,
Planetary Science, GPS,
Caltech,
Brett McGuire,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:00pm
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Caltech Y Social Activism Speaker Series (SASS) Lecture
The Empowering Role of NGOs in Changing the Lives of Marginalized Communities in India
Jaimala and Hitesh Gupta,
Vatsalya,
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
8:00am
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
From building blocks to large galaxies: towards understanding the formation of the Milky Way
Anna Frebel,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Stable Matching with Incomplete Information
Andrew Postlewaite,
Harry P. Kamen Professor of Economics and Professor of Finance,
Department of Economics,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Heterogeneous Photochemistry and Interfacial Redox Processes of Environmental Significance
Wonyong Choi,
Visiting Associate,
Engineering and Applied Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Nanostructured 3-D Architectures: Mechanics and Physics of Deformation and Fracture in Nanomaterials for Biomimetics, Batteries, and Lightweight Structural Materials
Julia Greer,
Professor of Materials Science and Mechanics,
Applied Physics and Materials Science,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Nanostructured 3-D Architectures: Mechanics and Physics of Deformation and Fracture in Nanomaterials for Biomimetics, Batteries, and Lightweight Structural Materials
Julia Greer,
Professor of Materials Science and Mechanics,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Synthetic Discoveries from Polycyclic Natural Products
Jeremy A. May,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Houston,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
8:00am
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10/13
5:00pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
The Community Seismic Network and Quake-Catcher Network: monitoring building response to earthquakes through community instrumentation
Monica Kohler,
Senior Research Fellow ,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
The Novel Function of the Protein-Conducting Channel SecYEG in Co-Translational Protein Targeting
David Akopian,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Synthesis and evolution of macrocyclic organo-peptides for selective biomolecular recognition
Rudi Fasan,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
University of Rochester,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Research Conference
A Molecular View of Membrane Protein Biogenesis
William Clemons,
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
5:30pm
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8:30pm
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Friday, October 4th, 2013
11:00am
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2:00pm
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1:00pm
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Special Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Life-Cycle Performance Monitoring and Evaluation of Civil Infrastructure
Hui Li,
Harbin Institute of Technology, China,
11:20am
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2:20pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Equilibria Via Samples and Testing Equilibrium Behavior
Yakov Babichenko,
Wally Baer and Jeri Weiss Postdoctoral Scholar in Computing & Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Nuclear Processes in Accretion Disks from Compact Object Mergers: an Engine for Electromagnetic Transients
Rodrigo Fernandez,
Department of Astronomy,
University of California, Berkeley,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Julian Cole Lecture in Aerospace
Progress and challenges in numerical simulation of multi-physics turbulent flows in complex geometry
Parviz Moin,
Franklin P. and Caroline M. Johnson Professor in the School of Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering - Flow Physics and Computation,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
A Tale of Two Vigne: Galileo, the Telescope and Roman Elites, 1611
Thomas F. Mayer,
Augustana College,
4:40pm
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7:40pm
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7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Saturday, October 5th, 2013
12:00am
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12:00am
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9:00am
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Topchyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Kenderjian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Oganesyan Engagement Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:20pm
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5:20pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Gabriel Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, October 6th, 2013
7:00am
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12:00pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, October 7th, 2013
7:50am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Identification & Modeling of Complex Nonlinear Systems from Uncertain/limited Information
Eleni Chatzi,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ),
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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