Physics 528, Autumn 2024

INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH

Marcel den Nijs
Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle
PAA A114, Friday 13:30 pm - 15:20 pm

This course provides first-year Physics Graduate Students with an overview of research performed in our department to assist them selecting a research group. Each week three different Faculty speak about their research for 30 minutes each with two 10 minute long breaks for discussion.

For CREDIT in this course, a student must: attend ALL lectures , visit one specific research group at the end of the quarter, and return the Visit a Research Group Form before the end of class.







The detailed Schedule below includes links to research pages provided by the speakers.
The Physics Department WEB site contains detailed links to specific research groups WEB sites.

Schedule

Friday September 27:
Friday October 4:
Friday October 11:
Friday October 18:
  • 13:30-14:00 pm: Mo Li, Steering light with sound
  • 14:10-14:40 pm: Mo Chen, Superconducting qubits and quantum computing
  • 14:50-15:20 pm: Mark Rudner, Quantum dynamics and condensed matter physics
Friday October 25:
Friday November 1:
Friday November 8:
  • 13:30-14:00 pm: Samu Taulu, Magnetoencephalography: Theory and applications in brain imaging
  • 14:10-14:40 pm: Gray Rybka, The Search for Axion Dark Matter
  • 14:50-15:20 pm: Alejandro Garcia, Searching for new phenomena using new techniques
Friday November 15:
  • 13:30-14:00 pm: Marilena Loverde, The Universe as a laboratory for fundamental physics
  • 14:10-14:40 pm: Sanjay Reddy, Nuclear and particle astrophysics in the multi-messenger era
  • 14:50-15:20 pm: Sarah Keller, Phase separation in living and artificial membranes (plus, SHARKS!)
Friday November 22:
Friday November 29:
  • Thanksgiving break
Friday December 06:
Einstein pen in Boerhave Museum (Leiden) with note by Ehrenfest

Resources:

Physics Graduate Study Guide
Graduate School WEB site
Physics Graduate WEB pages
NSF Graduate Fellowships


ACCOMODATION POLICIES:

UW Disability Resources for Students
Religious Accommodations policy of the UW

Students who require special accommodations or encounter special circumstances
should contact me as early as possible,