Institute Calendar
February 2021
Thursday, February 18th, 2021
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Postponed: Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
Seminar will be rescheduled for Spring Term
Dr. Darcy McRose (Newman Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online Event
Stacking van der Waals atomic layers: quest for new quantum materials
Philip Kim,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Friday, February 19th, 2021
9:00am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Recent Developments on the Swampland Distance Conjecture
Irene Valenzuela,
Harvard University,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
Biopolitical Battle Lines: Between Eugenics and Black Lives Matter
Edgar Arcenaux,
USC, Artist, Writer/Director,
Ugo Edu,
UCLA,
Kurt Forman,
Independent Artist/Filmmaker,
Ahmad Greene-Hayes,
Princeton University,
Terence Keel,
UCLA,
Hentyle Yapp,
NYU Tisch School of the Arts,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bacterial fluid dynamics
Online Event
Eric Lauga
Eric Lauga,
Professor,
Department of Applied Mathematics,
University of Cambridge,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Linking Physics and Knot Theory
Angus Gruen,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
Saturday, February 20th, 2021
8:30am
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4:30pm
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10:00am
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Sunday, February 21st, 2021
8:30am
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4:30pm
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Monday, February 22nd, 2021
10:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Dynamic Bipedal Locomotion: From Hybrid Zero Dynamics to Control Lyapunov Functions via Experimentally Realizable Methods
Jenna Reher,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Anticipation and Consumption
Neil Thakral,
Nancy Donohue and Diane Elam Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs and Economics,
Brown University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Online Event
On Learning Kernels for Numerical Approximation and Learning
Houman Owhadi,
Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Control and Dynamical Systems,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
New Roles of the (QCD) Axion in Dark Matter and Baryogenesis
Raymond Co,
University of Minnesota,
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
10:00am
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11:15am
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Online Event
High-Resolution Optical Frequency Comb Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
Aleksandra Foltynowicz,
Associate Professor and Head f the Optical Frequency Comb Spectroscopy Group,
Department of Physics,
Umea University,
10:00am
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11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Towards Learning Robotic Dynamics: Application to Multirotor Takeoff and Landing
Daniel Pastor Moreno,
Graduate Student,
Aerospace (GALCIT),
Caltech,
10:30am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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11:45am
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
Dark Matter Photography with DAMIC
Daniel Baxter,
University of Chicago/KICP,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Online Event
Understanding the formation of jet streams and storms on Saturn and Jupiter using 3D convection simulations
Rakesh K. Yadav,
Research Associate,
Deptartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Harvard University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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IDEAS Lecture
Online Event
How Do You Like Your Materials – with Multi-functionality and Reconfigurability or Just Lightweight? Additive Manufacturing of 3D-Architected Materials
J.R. Greer,
Ruben F. and Donna Mettler Professor of Materials Science, Medical Engineering, and Mechanics Fletcher Jones Foundation Director, Kavli Nanoscience Institute,
6:45pm
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8:15pm
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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10:30am
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9:00am
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Future warming exacerbated by aged-soot effect on cloud formation
Ulrike Lohmann,
ETH Zurich University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar
Online Event
From viscous to crustal fingering: phase-field modeling of complex interfacial flow
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Background Risk and Small-Stakes Risk Aversion
Luciano Pomatto,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Caltech,
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
Neutrinos in High Definition: MicroBooNE and the Road Ahead
David Caratelli,
Fermilab,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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KNI Special Seminar: Dr. Jaimie Marie Stewart
Online Event
Synthesis and Characterization of RNA Condensates
Jaimie Marie Stewart,
KNI Prize Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
NIR microlensing exoplanet search by PRIME and Roman
Takahiro Sumi,
Professor,
Department of Earth and Space Science,
Osaka University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering & Material Science Joint Seminar
Online Event
New Bio-inspired Materials: When Chemistry Meets Optics, Mechanics and Surface Science
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
New Bio-inspired Materials: When Chemistry Meets Optics, Mechanics and Surface Science
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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