Seminars
October 2009
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
4:00pm
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Civil Engineering Seminar
Hwayeon Song,
postdoctoral research associate,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
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,
6:30pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
6:30pm
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11:00pm
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Sunday, October 4th, 2009
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
4:00pm
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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,
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
4:00pm
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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,
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
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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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,
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
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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Monday, October 12th, 2009
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
12:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Finding Structure with Randomness: Stochastic Algorithms for Computing Approximate Matrix Decompositions
Joel Tropp,
assistant professor of applied and computational mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Large-Scale Ocean Dynamics in the Eddying Regime
Christopher Wolfe,
postgraduate researcher,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Structure and Dynamics of Biomolecules and Pigments Probed via Resonance Raman Spectroscopy
Judy Kim,
Professor,
University of California, San Diego,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
10:15am
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10:30am
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Von Karman Lecture: "How to Drive a Robot"
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Autonomous Mobile Robotics
Andrew Howard,
senior member of technical staff,
Computer Vision Group,
JPL,
Friday, October 16th, 2009
8:00am
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3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Bio-Inspired Aerial and Underwater Vehicles for Distributed Mobile Sensor Networking
Kamran Mohseni,
associate professor of aerospace engineering sciences,
University of Colorado,
4:15pm
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6:00pm
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Von Karman Lecture: "How to Drive a Robot"
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
"How to Drive a Robot"
Andrew Howard,
senior member of technical staff,
Computer Vision Group,
JPL,
Monday, October 19th, 2009
5:30am
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11:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Phases of a Supersymmetric Model of Lattice Fermions
Liza Huijse,
graduate student,
University of Amsterdam,
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
9:00am
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3:30pm
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12:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
A Combinatorial Double Auction Exchange to Solve a Complex Environmental Problem: The Native Vegetation Exchange
Charles Plott,
professor of economics and political science,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Xampling: Analog-to-Digital at Sub-Nyquist Rates
Yonina Eldar,
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information
Measurement-Based Quantum Computation in Realistic Spin-1 Chains
Joe Renes,
postdoctoral scholar,
Technical University of Darmstadt,
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Particles and Gases that Disrupt Lung Development
Anthony Wexler,
professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Controlling Biomolecular Motor Nanomechanical Movements for Micro Powering, Molecular Sorting, and Biosensing
Katsuo Kurabayashi,
assistant professor of mechanical engineering,
University of Michigan,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The future of solar energy
Harry Atwater,
Howard Hughes Professor and Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science,
Caltech,
12:15pm
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1:15pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
10:00am
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11:00am
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3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Using the Shuttle, MIR, and ISS for Operating Micro-Gravity Engineering Research Laboratories
David Miller,
professor,
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
MIT,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
10:00am
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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7:00pm
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Klein Lecture in Aerospace Engineering
Living and Working on the International Space Station
Gregory Chamitoff,
astronaut,
NASA,