Applied Physics and Materials Science Virtual Visit

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APhMS Virtual Visit Program

Sunday, March 28th, 2021

5:00-5:45pm Magic Show! Meeting ID: 816 9847 8873; Passcode: Caltech
Renowned magician Derek Ostovani performs just for APhMS. Bring a deck of cards.

Monday, March 29th, 2021

All times posted are in Los Angeles/Pacific Time

9:00-11:55am FACULTY RESEARCH PANELS

Faculty will briefly present research as it relates to the topic and answer questions from the moderator and audience. Please choose 1 panel/hour.

9:00-9:55am Computational Materials Science and Applied Physics
Faculty Panelists: Profs. Bernardi/Chan/Goddard/Minnich
Student Moderator: Peishi Cheng, Minnich Group

Computational Panel Recording
passcode: gzbr9zS#

9:00-9:55am Renewable Energy and Sustainability
Faculty Panelists: Profs. Atwater/Cushing/Greer/See
Student Moderator: Eowyn Lucas, Atwater Group

Renewable panel recording
passcode: zc@1N#i=

9:00-9:55am Photonic Phenomena and Devices
Faculty Panelists: Profs. Emami/Faraon/Marandi/Vahala
Student Moderator: Christian Leefmans, Marandi Group

Photonic panel recording
passcode: 8JTR.#5%

10:00-10:55am Biophysics and Biomedical Devices
Faculty Panelists: Profs. Daraio/Gao/Scherer
Student Moderator: Lingui Wang, Daraio Group

10:00-10:55am New Materials
Faculty Panelists: Profs. Bhattacharya/Faber/Falson
Student Moderator: Celia Chari, Faber Group

10:00-10:55am Energy Materials & Storage and Fusion Energy/Plasma Physics
Faculty Panelists: Profs. Atwater/Bellan/See
Student Moderator: Zachery Iton, See Group

Energy Panel Recording
passcode: ^vKlWi5i

11:00-11:55am Condensed Matter Science
Faculty Panelists: Profs. Falson/Fultz/Nadj-Perge/Rosenbaum/Yeh
Student Moderator: Robbie Polski, Nadj-Perge Group

Condensed Matter recording
passcode: QaROq5y=

11:00-11:55am Nanoscience
Faculty Panelists: Profs. Atwater/Greer/Marandi/Minnich/Scherer
Student Moderator: Rebecca Gallivan, Greer Group

Nanoscience panel recording
passcode: 5u0^$*jj

11:00-11:55am Quantum Phenomena and Devices
Faculty Panelists: Profs. Endres/Faraon/Hutzler/Mirhosseini
Student Moderator: Andrei Ruskuc, Faraon Group

Quantum panel recording
passcode: zwIAc@C6

12:15-12:50pm: Pre-recorded from Pasadena
Current graduate students will share pictures and stories from their favorite adventures in Pasadena/LA/California.

1:00-3:25pm FACULTY ZOOM ROOMS

Faculty will share slides and conversation with prospective students. Please choose 1 each 30-minutes.

1:00-1:25pm: Harry Atwater; Paul Bellan;
Andrei Faraon; Wei Gao; Bill Goddard; Julia Greer; Stevan Nadj-Perge;

1:30-1:55pm: Harry Atwater ; Julia Greer;
Nick Hutzler;Mohammad Mirhosseini; Stevan Nadj-Perge;

2:00-2:25pm: Kaushik Bhattacharya; Joseph Falson;
Brent Fultz; David Hsieh; Alireza Marandi; Austin Minnich

2:30-2:55pm: Scott Cushing; Austin Minnich; Thomas Rosenbaum/Daniel Silevitch; Axel Scherer

3:00-3:25pm: Marco Bernardi; Manuel Endres; Katherine Faber; Andrei Faraon;
Kerry Vahala; Nai-Chang Yeh

3:30-4:10pm: Women in Applied Physics and Materials Science
For women-identifying prospective students: A panel and discussion with women from our department

4:15-4:55pm: Underrepresented Students in Applied Physics and Materials Science
For students who are from an underrepresented minority group: A panel and discussion with students from underrepresented groups

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

9:00-9:55am: APhMS PhD Alumni Panel
PhD alumni discuss their time at Caltech and career trajectories.

David Chen (PhD Materials Science, Capital One)
Samantha Johnson (PhD Materials Science, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Evan Miyazono (PhD Applied Physics, Protocol Labs)
Prineha Narang (PhD Applied Physics, Harvard University)

10:00-10:50am: APhMS Graduate Student Panel
Current graduate students answer questions about the department/Caltech/campus culture.

11:00-11:25am: Applied Physics Department Information/Questions
Option Representative, Prof. Andrei Faraon

NOTE: Materials Science Session is Tuesday March 30, 2:30-2:55pm

11:30-11:55am: Intro to Caltech's Center for Diversity and Inclusion and the Caltech Y
CCID and the Caltech Y offer a wide variety of resources and programming

12:00-2:25pm RESEARCH GROUP ZOOM ROOMS

Graduate students/postdoctoral scholars/alumni are available to chat about their group with prospective students. Please choose 1 each 30 minutes.

12:00-12:25pm: Bellan Group; Faber Group; Faraon Group;
Vahala Group; Yeh Group

12:30-12:55pm: Bernardi Group; Daraio Group; Greer Group;
Mirhosseini Group; Nadj-Perge Group

1:00-1:25pm: Atwater Group; Bhattacharya Group; Fultz Group; Goddard Group; Marandi Group;

1:30-1:55pm: Minnich Group; Rosenbaum Group; Roukes Group;
Scherer Group; See Group

2:00-2:25pm: Atwater Group; Cushing Group; Endres Group; Falson Group

2:30-2:55pm: Materials Science Department Information/Questions
Option Representative, Prof. Katherine Faber