Institute Calendar
Spring 2005-2006
Saturday, April 15th, 2006
8:00am
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8:00pm
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8:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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1:00pm
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3:30pm
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9:00pm
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11:55pm
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Sunday, April 16th, 2006
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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7:00pm
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Monday, April 17th, 2006
7:30am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Cellular Mechanisms of Asymmetric Stem-Cell Division in the Niche
Dr. Yukiko Yamashita,
Department of Developmental Biology,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Evidence from Ophiolites, Blueschists, and Ultra-High Pressure Metamorphic Terranes that the Modern Episode of Plate Tectonics began in Neoproterozoic Time (1000–544 Ma)
Robert Stern,
professor of geosciences,
University of Texas, Dallas,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Modifications of the Properties of a Light Higgs Boson
Mark Wise,
John A. McCone Professor of High Energy Physics,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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8:30pm
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10:00pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
7:30am
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12:00pm
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8:00am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Applications of the Jones Polynomial to Quantum Computation and Complexity Theory
Jon Yard,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Institute for Quantum Information,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Dynamics of Strings and Rods with Applications to Flagellar Motion
K. Ravi-Chandar,
professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics,
University of Texas, Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Squeezed States in Gravitational-Wave Interferometers
Nergis Mavalvala,
professor of physics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Indian Neutrino Observatory
Brajesh Choudhary,
senior scientist,
physics department,
Fermilab,
4:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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8:30pm
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Carnegie Observatories Lecture
Huntington Library
Unlocking the Secrets of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Edo Berger,
postdoctoral fellow,
Carnegie Observatories,
Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
7:30am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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3:30pm
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6:30pm
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Flow through Aquatic Vegetation
Heidi Nepf,
associate professor of civil and environmental engineering,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Gravitational-Wave Detection with Interferometers
Nergis Mavalvala,
professor of physics,
MIT,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, April 20th, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
How Growth Affects Locomotor Hydrodynamics in Zebrafish
Matthew McHenry,
assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Rheologic Controls on the Shape and Evolution of Subducted Lithosphere in the Upper Mantle
Magali Billen,
assistant professor of geophysics,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Electronics and Optoelectronics with Single Carbon Nanotubes
Phaedon Avouris,
IBM Fellow and manager of nanometer scale science and technology,
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Robert W. Vaughan Lecture in Chemical Engineering
Molecular Sieve Thin Film Technology: Current Status and Research Opportunities
Michael Tsapatsis,
professor of chemical engineering and materials science,
University of Minnesota,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, April 21st, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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8:00am
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9:00am
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10:30am
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10:00am
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1:30pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Kirill Krasnov,
advanced fellow,
School of Mathematical Sciences,
University of Nottingham,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Death by Gas Station: The Continuing Struggle to Reduce Air Pollution at 4,000 Stations
Laurin Tuleja,
South Coast Air Quality Management District,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Probing the Coordination Chemistry of Iron and Cobalt with New Amide-Phosphine Hybrid Ligands
Matthew Whited,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Searching for WIMPs with CDMS and MKIDs
Sunil Golwala,
assistant professor of physics,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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8:00am
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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2:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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