Ever wonder what your fellow grad students are up to? Ever feel like no one’s aware of the awesome things you do? Remedy both situations by attending and giving our weekly research talks and lab tours!

Weekly Talks and Lab Tours

Weekly Research Talks

PGS is trying to organize weekly research talks by grad students, for grad students, to keep us abreast of the work our peers are doing. All talks will begin in the grad lounge (125 Clark), but the day and time will change each week to accommodate the speaker. Please email Lauren at lma67 to volunteer to give a 20-min talk about your work in Physics, A&EP, Astronomy, or other related field. Advanced undergraduates are welcome to attend as well!

Fall 2009 Talks

  • Kendra Weaver: Arias Group – Thursday, 19 October 2009, 16:00
  • Johannes Heinonen: Csaki Group – Thursday, 29 October 2009, 13:30
  • YJ Chen: Sethna Group – Thursday, 15 October 2009, 13:30
  • Curran Muhlberger (Teukolsky Group) on “Numerical relativity and the Fermi satellite: computational astrophysics at NASA and Cornell” – Tuesday, 6 October 2009, 12:30

Previous Talks

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  • Spring 2007
    • Prof. Jiwoong Park (chemistry) on Molecular Electronics
  • Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 701 Clark
    • Patrycja Paruch on carbon nanotubes at 12:15 PM
    • Gil Toombes on Incoherent X-ray Science at 12:40 PM
  • Friday, 8 December 2006, 609 Clark
    • Prof. Julia Thom on experimental particle physics at 12:15 PM
    • Steve Hicks on theoretical studies of viral capsid assembly at 12:40 PM
  • Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 701 Clark
    • Ruxandra Bondarescu on nonlinear effects of spin evolution on neutron stars at 12:15 PM
    • Faisal Ahmad on Generating Ultra-short light pulses from semiconductor lasers at 12:40 PM
  • Weds 29 Nov in Clark 701
  • Tues 21 Nov in Clark 701
    • Lena Fitting on Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy at the Atomic Scale at 12.15 pm
    • Jim Hunt on particle physics in the CMS group at 12.40 pm
  • Fri 17 Nov in Clark 701
    • Pierre Thibault on condensed matter theory at 12.15 pm
    • Dan Goldbaum on condensed matter theory: Pairing and Vortices in Quantum Gases at 12.40 pm
  • Fri 3 Nov in Clark 701
  • Fri 10 Nov in Clark 701
  • Fri 27 Oct in Clark 609
    • Sharon Gerbode on Complex Matter Physics: from Colloidal Suspensions to Biolocomotion at 12.15 pm
    • Chris Fecko on biophysical imaging at 12.40 pm
  • Weds 18 Oct in Clark 701
  • Friday 13 Oct in Phillips Lounge
  • Fri 6 Oct in Clark 609
    • Matt Reece on particle physics theory at 12.15 pm
    • Jeff Smith on accelerator physics at 12.40 pm
    • Jeff's research talk is available in PDF format.
  • Fri 29 Sept in Clark 609
  • Fri 22 Sept in Clark 701
    • Kristen Lantz on Xu Group: Fiber optics and nonlinear imaging techniques at 12.15 pm
    • Ali Vanderveld on cosmology: the dark energy problem at 12.40 pm
  • Wednesay 6 September in Clark 701:

Thank you to Profs Ritchie Patterson, Jim Alexander, and Dan Ralph for funding efforts; Arend van der Zande for scheduling help; and Mo Hamidian, Bryan Daniels, Darren Puigh, Xin Shi, and Peter Hitchcock for help setting up talks.

Weekly Lab Tours

The PGS is also sponsoring grad-directed tours of Cornell research labs for interested undergrads and new grads. This is a great way to share what you do with some younger students, who have been really excited about all the tours they have seen so far! All tours will depart from the grad lounge (125 Clark Hall), though the day and time will change each week to accommodate the tour guide.

Fall 2009 Tours

  • Mo Hamidian: Davis Group – Thursday, 5 November 2009, 15:30
  • Colwyn Gulliford: Bazarov Group – Thursday, 29 October 2009, 15:30
  • A&EP Society: Cohen Lab – Friday, 23 October 2009, 15:30
  • Nikolas Hoepker: Marohn Lab (Chemistry and Chemical Biology) – Thursday, 22 October 2009, 13:00
  • Melina Blees: McEuen Lab – Thursday, 8 October 2009, 14:00

Previous Tours

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Thanks to Luat Vuong for help organizing these tours!