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MONDAY, May 12
Last Day for Seniors to Remove Conditions and Incompletes, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, no location
Due Date for Midterm Deficiency Notices, 9:00 AM - 9:01 AM, no location
Astronomy Tea Talk, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 106 Robinson
"TBA," Annika Peter, Caltech. More info: AstroTea
High Energy Physics Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 469 Lauritsen
"The Gravity B Experiment," Francis Everitt, Professor of Physics, Stanford University.
More info: HEP
Applied Mathematics Colloquium, 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM, 306 Firestone
"The Key Role of Systems Engineering in Reaching the Energy and Environment Dream," Marija Ilic, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University.
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TUESDAY, May 13
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, 74 Jorgensen
"Anyonic Interferometry and Protected Memories in Atomic Spin Lattices," Liang Jiang, graduate student in physics, Harvard University.
Chemical Physics Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 153 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall
"Responsive Nanoporous Organic-Inorganic Colloidal Materials," Ilya Zharov, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Utah.
Informal High Energy Physics Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 248 Lauritsen
"Spin Physics from the STAR Experiment at RHIC," Stephen Trentalange, Researcher, Astronomy & Physics, UCLA. More info: IHEP.
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WEDNESDAY, May 14
Mathematical Physics Seminar, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, 351 Sloan
"Spectral Properties of a q-Sturm–Liouville Operator," Jacob Christiansen, Harry Bateman Research Instructor in Mathematics, Caltech.
Astronomy Colloquium: 10th Annual Greenstein Lecture, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 155 Arms, Robert Sharp Lecture Hall
"Luminosity Functions: From Quasars to Gamma-Ray Bursts," Maarten Schmidt, Moseley Professor of Astronomy, Emeritus, Caltech. More info: Astro
William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Treasure Room, Dabney Hall
"Grace Nicholson: Pasadena's Merchant Princess," Kathleen Peck, Independent Scholar, Reader at the Huntington Library. Kathleen Peck, independent scholar and reader, the Huntington Library.
Earnest C. Watson Lecture: "Fighting Cancer with Nanoparticle Medicines", 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Beckman Auditorium
Mark Davis, Caltech's Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering and a member of the experimental therapeutics program at the City of Hope's Comprehensive Cancer Center, will present the current understanding of why nanoparticle medicines have the potential to change the way cancer is treated. Information: http://events.caltech.edu/events/event-4781.html.
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THURSDAY, May 15
Physics Research Conference, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 201 E. Bridge
"Theories of the Explosive Death of Massive Stars," Adam Burrows, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University. More info: PRC
Von Karman Lecture Series, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, JPL, von Karman Auditorium
"Landing a Backhoe on Mars," Rob Manning, Chief Engineer for the Mars Exploration Directorate, and Deborah Bass, Deputy Project Scientist, JPL.
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FRIDAY, May 16
Last Day for Scheduling Examinations for the Degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Engineer, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, no location
High Energy Theory Seminar, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 469 Lauritsen
Topic to be announced. John Mason, graduate student in physics, UC Santa Cruz. More info: HET
Condensed Matter Physics, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, 107 Downs
"Kondo polarons in a one-dimensional Fermi gas," Austen Lamacraft, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Virginia. More info: CMP
High Energy Theory Seminar, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, 469 Lauritsen
"The G2-MSSM, from Moduli Stabilization and a De Sitter Minimum to LHC and Dark Matter Phenomenology," Gordon Kane, Professor of Physics, University of Michigan. More info: HET
Theoretical Astrophysics and Relativity Seminar, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 114 E. Bridge
"Astrophysical Probe of New Physics: Cosmological Dark Matter and Anisotropy," Shin'ichiro Ando, Sherman Fairchild Fellow, Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, Caltech.
Von Karman Lecture Series, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
"Landing a Backhoe on Mars," Rob Manning, Chief Engineer for the Mars Exploration Directorate, and Deborah Bass, Deputy Project Scientist, JPL
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