Seminars
April 2008
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The Physical Underpinnings of Privacy
Jean Christian Boileau,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
University of Toronto,
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
10:00am
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11:00am
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Programming Soft-materials in Engineered Systems: Merging Chemistry and Computation with Microfluidics
Manu Prakash,
research fellow,
Center for Bits and Atoms,
MIT,
1:30pm
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4:30pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Christopher Higgins,
postdoctoral fellow,
Johns Hopkins University,
3:45pm
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5:00pm
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Everhart Lecture
Symmetry and Simulation: How Geometry Affects Scientific Computing, from the Solar System to Your Microwave Oven
Ari Stern,
graduate student in applied and computational mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
8:00pm
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Water Entry of Spinning Spheres with Hydrophobic/philic Surfaces
Alexandra Techet,
associate professor of mechanical and ocean engineering,
MIT,
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
3:30pm
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Chip-scale Atomic Magnetometers and Applications
John Kitching,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
4:15pm
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
6:00am
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Out-of-Equilibrium Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices
Ulrich Schollwock,
professor of physics,
Technical University of Aachen,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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James R. and Shirley A. Kliegel Lecture in Engineering and Applied Science
Mechanical Engineering Education at MIT: Some Ongoing Experiments
Rohan Abeyaratne,
professor of mechanical engineering,
MIT,
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Sensitivity of Low Clouds to Aspects of Climate Change
Robert Wood,
assistant professor of atmospheric sciences,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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Computer Science Seminar
A Two-Sided Market Analysis of Provider Investment Incentives with an Application to the Net-Neutrality Issue
8:00pm
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
9:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Environmental Impacts of Coffee Agriculture
Gretchen Keppel Aleks,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, April 11th, 2008
10:00am
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GALCIT Colloquium: Thesis Defense
A Bio-inspired Computational Model of Cardiac Mechanics: Pathology and Development
Anna Grosberg,
graduate student in bioengineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Unconventional Integrated Sources for Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Signals
Farhan Rana,
assistant professor,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Cornell University,
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
3:30pm
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
7:00am
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Topic to be announced.
David Fitzpatrick,
professor of neurobiology,
Duke University,
4:15pm
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Algebraic Quantum Circuits
Wim van Dam,
assistant professor of computer science and physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Energy Transport and Conversion in Nanostructures
Gang Chen,
professor of mechanical engineering,
MIT,
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Roles of Redox-Active "Antibiotics" in Iron Acquisition and Microbial Physiology
Yun Wang,
postdoctoral scholar in biology,
MIT,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
9:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
One Fish Two Red Fish No Fish: A Discussion on Fishing Around the World
Zachary Lebo,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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10:30pm
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
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GALCIT Colloquium: Thesis Defense
On the Nonlocal Geometry of Turbulence
Ivan Bermejo Moreno,
graduate student in aeronautics,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
11:00am
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Special Chemical Engineering Seminar
Viscoelastic Properties of Ultrathin Polymer Films and Polymer Surfaces: Novel Nanometer Scale
Gregory B. McKenna,
professor of chemical engineering,
Texas Tech University,
4:15pm
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
12:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Designing the Next Generation of Seismographic Network
Tom Heaton,
professor of engineering seismology,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Heat Transfer Enhancement in Nanofluids
Jacopo Buongiorno,
assistant professor of nuclear science and engineering,
MIT,
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Adventures in Snow Photochemistry: From PAH Photodegradation to Light Absorption by Unknown Chromophores
Cort Anastasio,
associate professor of tropospheric chemistry and assistant tropospheric chemist,
UC Davis,
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Implied Volatility, Fundamental Solutions, Asymptotic Analysis, and Symmetry Methods
4:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Twist and Shout: Enstrophy Production in the 3-D Navier-Stokes Equations
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
The Importance of Sample Return
Donald S. Burnett,
professor of nuclear geochemistry, emeritus, and principal investigator,
Genesis,
Caltech,
Friday, April 25th, 2008
11:00am
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GALCIT Colloquium
Anelastic Behavior of Thermally Sprayed Ceramics: Inverse Analysis and Process Reliability
Toshio Nakamura,
professor of mechanical engineering,
State University of New York at Stony Brook,