Institute Calendar
November 2009
Monday, November 16th, 2009
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Thesis Seminar
Mechanistic Studies of Alkane C-H Activation by Platinum(II)
George Chen,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Exploring DNA-Mediated Charge Transport With Fast Radical Traps
Joseph Genereux,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Characterizing the Chemistry of the Milky Way Stellar Halo
Ian Roederer,
graduate student in astronomy,
University of Texas,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Cellular Integration in the Heart: Interaction between Myocytes, Fibroblasts, Endothelial Cells and the ECM
Thomas K. Borg,
professor of regenerative medicine and cell biology,
University of South Carolina,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Quantifying Fault System Complexity and Rheology at Continental Plate Boundaries
Brendan Meade,
associate professor Earth and planetary sciences,
Harvard University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Domain Decomposition Methods for High-Contrast Multiscale Flow Problems
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Tunneling Spectral Dip: A Universal Feature of High TC Superconductors
John Zasadzinski,
professor of physical sciences,
Illinois Institute of Technology,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
CP Violation for the Heaven and Earth—A KM Saga
George W.S. Hou,
National Taiwan University,
8:30pm
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
9:30am
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11:30am
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11:30am
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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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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Faster Quantum Algorithm for Evaluating Game Trees
Ben Reichardt,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
School of Computer Science,
University of Waterloo,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
GW Detector Calibration
Peter Kalmus,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
LIGO,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Gas-phase Ion/Ion Reactions: Proton Transfer, Electron Transfer, and Bio-conjugation
Scott A. McLuckey,
professor of chemistry,
Purdue University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Molecular Origami: Protein Folding and Misfolding in Health and Disease
Judith Frydman,
Clark Center,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Sustainability Lecture
Social Entrepreneurship
Adlai Wertman,
professor of clinical management and organization,
Marshall School of Business,
USC,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
7:30am
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4:30pm
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8:00am
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11/25
5:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Ground States of Supersymmetric Matrix Models
Douglas Lundholm,
graduate student in mathematics,
KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Laboratory Studies of the Self and Cross Reactions of Atmospheric Peroxy Radicals
Aaron Noell,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Mapping the Milky Way: From SDSS and 2MASS to LSST and Gaia
eljko Iveziæ,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Civil Engineering Seminar
Abbie Liel,
assistant professor of structural engineering and structural mechanics,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Subtropical Cloud Transitions: Observations, Theories and Impact on Climate
Joao Teixeira,
research scientist,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
The Two Conflicting Narratives of Metal-Optics
Eli Yablonovitch,
professor of electrical engineering and computer science,
UC Berkeley,
6:30pm
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9:00pm
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Veritas Forum at Caltech
A Thinking Person's Quest for Meaning
Os Guiness,
Senior Fellow,
EastWest Institute,
8:30pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
8:00am
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Ongoing
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Goals and Plans for Caltech's Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Paul Jennings,
professor of civil engineering and applied mechanics, emeritus,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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10:30am
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12:30pm
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1:30pm
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