Seminars
October 2007
Monday, October 1st, 2007
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Controlling the Microscopic World with Forces Exerted by Holograms
David Grier,
professor of physics and chair of Center for Soft Matter Research,
New York University,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
9:00am
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
10:00am
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11:00am
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3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Hubbert's Peak, the Coal Question, and Climate Change
David Rutledge,
Tomiyasu Professor of Electrical Engineering and chair,
division of engineering and applied science,
Caltech,
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
6:30pm
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8:30pm
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Friday, October 5th, 2007
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Greg Berns,
associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences,
Emory University,
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Mechanical Integration and Optimal Control of Constrained Multibody Dynamics
Sigrid Leyendecker,
postdoctoral ,
Aeronautics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
New Insights into the Biogeochemical Dynamics of the Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane: Lessons from Three Extreme Environments
Samantha B. Joye,
professor of marine sciences,
University of Georgia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Direct Product Theorems for Communication Complexity via Sub-Distribution Bounds with Application to Communication-Entanglement Trade-Offs in Quantum Communication Protocols
Rahul Jain,
postdoctoral research fellow in computer science,
University of Waterloo,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
9:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Fast Food and Farm Policy
Dan Feldman,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Friday, October 12th, 2007
10:00am
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11:00am
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Transition
Steven P. Schneider,
professor in aeronautics and atronautics,
Purdue University,
Saturday, October 13th, 2007
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Sunday, October 14th, 2007
3:30pm
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Monday, October 15th, 2007
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Mapping the Microcircuitry of Attention: Attentional Modulation Varies across Cell Classes in Visual Area V4
John Reynolds,
Systems Neurobiology Laboratory,
Salk Institute for Biological Sciences,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Simple Universal Hamiltonians
Peter Love,
assistant professor of physics,
Harvard University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Flow Control on the Micro-Scale: For Electrowetting, Particle Steering, and Magnetically Targeted Chemotherapy
Benjamin Shapiro,
asistant professor of aerospace engineering,
University of Maryland,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Understanding Recent Atmospheric Circulation Trends: The Relative Impacts of Oceanic vs. Atmospheric Radiative Forcing
Clara Deser,
senior scientist,
climate and global dynamics division,
National Center for Atmospheric Research,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, October 18th, 2007
9:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Omnivore's Dilemma Part 2: Big Organic vs. Beyond Organic
Ashley Jones,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Predicting Climate Change: Removing the Mystery
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
8:00am
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3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Free-Surface Microfluidics for Detection of Airborne Explosives
Carl D. Meinhart,
assistant professor,
department of mechanical and environmental engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
CMOS PA as a Path to the Single Chip Phone
Rahul Magoon,
director of engineering,
Axiom Microdevices,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Predicting Climate Change: Removing the Mystery
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007
3:30pm
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
7:00am
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4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Memory and How it Fails: Unraveling Mechanisms and Finding Cures for Cognitive Disorders
Alcino Silva,
professor of neurobiology,
UCLA,
4:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Multiscale Models of Solid Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis: Effect of the Microenvironment
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Reduction of Skin-friction in a Microbubble-laden Spatially Developing Turbulent Boundry Layer Over a Flat Plate
Antonino Ferrante,
postdoctoral scholar in aeronautics,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: California and Beyond
David B. Lobell,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Omnivor's Dilemma 3: Hunting and Gathering
Gretchen Keppel Aleks,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Simple and Two-Phase Supersonic Jets Impinging on Plates
Martin Rein,
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Special Seminar
Rotating Photons
Steven van Enk,
associate professor of physics,
University of Oregon,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Making Better Use of Time in Mixed-Signal Circuits
Michael H. Perrott,
associate professor of electrical and computer science,
MIT,
Sunday, October 28th, 2007
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
4:15pm
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