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
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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
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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
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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
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Weds 29 Nov in Clark 701
- Andrew Noble on Particle Dark Matter at 12.15 pm
- Jennifer Vaughan on Monte Carlo Simulation for Physics Studies at CMS at 12.40 pm
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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
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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
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Fri 3 Nov in Clark 701
- Jason Slinker on organic light emitting devices at 12.15 pm
- Grigory Eremeev on Superconducting Radio-Frequency physics at 12.40 pm
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Fri 10 Nov in Clark 701
- Prof. Rich Galik on the International Linear Collider at 12.15 pm
- Josh Parks on experimental nanoscale physics at 12.40 pm
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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
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Weds 18 Oct in Clark 701
- Ryan Gutenkunst on condensed matter theory at 12.15 pm
- Dan Hertz Using what you can't see: Neutrino Reconstruction at CLEO-c at 12.40 pm
- Cornell Electron Devices Society (EDS) Research Talk
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Friday 13 Oct in Phillips Lounge
- Luat Vuong on Nonlinear dynamics of optical vortices at noon.
- Check out her abstract and PRL reference.
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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.
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Fri 29 Sept in Clark 609
- Gordon Berman on Optimal Kinematics in Hovering Insect Flight at 12.15 pm. Check out his abstract.
- Sourish Basu on condensed matter theory at 12.40 pm
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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
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Wednesay 6 September in Clark 701:
- Prof. Keith Schwab on quantum coherence and nano-electro-mechanics at 12.30 pm
- Prof. Rachel Bean on theoretical astrophysics: dark matter and CMB at 1 pm
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
Show/Hide- Newman labs (Superconducting Radio-Frequency physics): Grigory Eremeev, Tues 21 Nov at 5.45 pm
- Ralph lab (nanoscale physics): Kiran Thadani and Sufei Shi, Weds 15 Nov at 5.45 pm
- Pollack lab (biophysics): Jessica Lamb, Tues 7 Nov at 5.45 pm
- Craighead Lab (nanoscale devices): John Mannion and Leon Bellan, Wed 1 Nov at 5.45 pm
- Muller Lab (applied solid state physics): Lena Fitting, Peter Ericus, and Jeeyoung Cha, Tues 24 Oct at 5.45 pm
- Wang Lab (single molecule biophysics): Chris Duefel, Tues 17 Oct at 5.45 pm
- Wilson Lab (particle and accelerator physics): Laura Fields and Jeff Smith, Tues 10 October at 10 am (note special time)...This tour will include current work at Cleo/CESR and the Energy Recovery Linac and future plans for the Interational Linear Collider of interest to new grad students.
- Gruner Lab (biophysics): Nozomi Ando, Lucas Koerner, and Gil Toombes, Tues 3 Oct at 5.45 pm
- Lipson Lab (nanophotonics): Sasha Gondarenko, Weds 27 Sept at 5.45 pm
- Buhrman Lab (nanoscale condensed matter): Vlad Pribiag, Tues 19 Sept at 5.45 pm
- McEuen Lab (carbon nanotubes): Nathan Gabor, Tues 12 Sept at 5.45 pm
- Xu Lab (fiber optics): Kristen Lantz, Weds 6 Sept at 5.45 pm
- Thorne Lab (cryopreservation, correlated electrons, materials physics): Matt Warkentin, 8/29/06 at 5.45 pm
- Wise Lab (optics): Adam Bartnik, 5/2/06 at 4.30 pm
- Cohen Lab (complex matter): Sharon Gerbode, 4/25/06 at 4.30 pm
- Gaeta Lab (quantum and nonlinear optics): Luat Vuong, 4/18/06 at 4.30 pm
- Gruner Lab (biophysics): Nozomi Ando, 4/18/06 at 4.30 pm
- Davis Lab (low temp STM): James Slezak, 4/11/06 at 4.30 pm
Thanks to Luat Vuong for help organizing these tours!