Institute Calendar
April 2019
Saturday, April 20th, 2019
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Saturday, April 20th, 2019
12:00am
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12:00am
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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5:30pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Sunday, April 21st, 2019
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Monday, April 22nd, 2019
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Aerospace Engineering Seminar
Approaching Moons in Chaotic Environments with Applications to Europa Lander
Rodney L. Anderson,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Maps, Monsters, and Natural History in the Age of Exploration
Surekha Davies,
Cultural Historian and InterAmericas Fellow at the John Carter Brown Library,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Planets in a Bottle: Exploring Planetary Atmospheres in a Lab
Sarah M. Hörst,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Biomass Conversion and Desalination
Kyoung-Shin Choi,
Evan P. and Marion Helfaer Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Chen-Huang Sustainability Series Lecture: The California Experience Goes Global with Terry Tamminen, CEO of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
The California Experience Goes Global
Terry Tamminen,
CEO,
Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Caltech/USC/UCLA Joint Topology Seminar
Counting square-tiled surfaces with prescribed real and imaginary foliations
Francisco Arana Herrera,
Department of Mathematics,
Stanford University,
6:00pm
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8:30pm
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
10:30am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:15pm
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12:45pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar
"Retrieval of Haze Properties in Pluto's Atmosphere from New Horizons" and "Sodium Chloride on the Surface of Europa"
Siteng Fan,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Science,
Caltech,
Samantha Trumbo,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Coupling Reactions
Kelsey Poremba,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Making policies matter: Voter responses to campaign promises
Francesco Trebbi,
Professor of Economics,
Vancouver School of Economics,
University of British Columbia,
5:30pm
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7:30pm
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6:00pm
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9:00pm
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Caltech Associates Event: The New Disruptors of Wall Street
with Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, the Rea A. and Lela G. Axline Professor of Business Economics and holder of the Ronald and Maxine Linde Leadership Chair
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, April 24th, 2019
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Conformally soft photons and gravitons
Andrea Puhm,
CPHT - Centre de Physique Theorique,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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CPET Seminar on Flipped Classrooms
Flipping the Solar System: A Discussion of Teaching in a Flipped Classroom
Mike Brown,
Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Three-Dimensional Supernova Explosion Simulations
Adam Burrows,
Department of Astrophysical Sciences,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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EE Distinguished Lecture
Lessons from the Early Days of Semiconductors
Carver Mead,
Gordon & Betty Moore Professor of Engineering & Applied Science, Emeritus,
- Public Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Title To understand how ice sheets respond to climate change, look at the bed!
Mathieu Morlighem,
University of California Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Magnetic Skyrmions in Thin Film Heterostructures
Suzanne G.E. te Velthuis,
Argonne National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
New Strategies for the Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Amines and Other Challenging Scaffolds
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Optimal Incentives under Moral Hazard: From Theory to Practice
George Georgiadis,
Associate Professor of Strategy,
Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, April 25th, 2019
12:00am
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12:00am
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9:00am
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10:00am
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10:30am
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12:30pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Measurement of Power Law Creep Parameters by Nanoindentation
George Pharr IV,
Professor,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Texas A&M University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Biophysical and biomolecular mechanisms of ultrasonic neuromodulation
Sangjin Yu,
PostDoc, Shapiro Group,
CCE,
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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12:15pm
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12:45pm
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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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Geology Club Seminar
Redox state of the marine nitrogen cycle and evolution of eukaryotes during late Neoproterozoic
Masha Prokopenko,
Professor,
Pomona College,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Beyond Representation: Data to Improve the Situation of Women and Minorities in Physics and Astronomy
Rachel Ivie,
Director, Statistical Research Center (SRC),
American Institute of Physics,
5:50pm
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7:00pm
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Friday, April 26th, 2019
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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9:00am
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4/27
5:00pm
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Looking Back as We Move Forward: The Past, Present, and Future of the History of Science
A Conference in Honor of Jed Z. Buchwald
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Identifying Phonon Coupling Effects in Strongly Anharmonic Functional Materials with Raman Crystallography
Thomas M. Brenner,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Dept. of Materials and Interfaces,
Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel),