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Faculty Research Seminars for Graduate Students
University of Kentucky
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Fall 2009
Chem-Phys 179
Tuedays 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
| Date | Faculty Member | Research Area: Topic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T Sept. 1 | Dr. Joe Straley | Condensed Matter Theory: Storing electrical energy in batteries and capacitors | ||
| T Sept. 8 | Dr. Gary Ferland | Theoretical Astrophysics: Those who can, do, those who can't, simulate: how computers allow astronomers to look inside galaxies | ||
| T Sept. 15 | Dr. Bing-An Li | Particle Theory: Will LHC find the Higgs? | ||
| T Sept. 22 | Dr. Joe Brill | Condensed Matter Experiment: Electro-Optic and Electromechanical Measurements of Novel Materials | ||
| T Sept. 29 | Dr. Chris Crawford | Nuclear Experiment: Fundamental Symmetries | ||
| T Oct. 6 | Dr. Mike Kovash | Nuclear Experiment: Experimental Nuclear Physics | ||
| T Oct. 13 | Dr. Gang Cao | Condensed Matter Experiment: Colossal magnetoresistance and bulk spin value in oxides: A new playground of spin and charge | ||
| T Oct. 20 | Dr. Steve Yates | Nuclear Experiment: Probing Nuclei with Fast Neutrons | ||
| T Oct. 27 | Dr. Brad Plaster | Nuclear Experiment: Probing Fundamental Symmetries with Ultracold Neutrons | ||
| T Nov. 3 | Dr. Ray LeBeau | Astrophysics: Meterological Modeling of the Gas Giant Planets | ||
| T Nov. 10 | Dr. Renee Fatemi | Nuclear Experiment: Extracting the Gluon Piece of the Spin Puzzle from Jet Asymmetries at STAR | ||
| T Nov. 17 | Dr. Nick Martin | Atomic Experiment: Out-of-plane (e,2e) experiments on helium autoionizing levels | ||
| T Nov. 24 | - | No Class | ||
| T Dec. 1 | Dr. Ron Wilhelm | Astrophysics: | ||
| T Dec. 8 | Dr. Doug Strachan | Condensed Matter Experiment: Graphene and molecular-scale electronics | ||
| F Dec. 18 | Research Statements DUE by 5PM by e-mail (PDF format only) to Gardner. | |||
(a) Enrolled students are required to attend all course meetings,
and punctuality is expected. Letter grades will be assigned in this course.
The students are allowed TWO unexcused absences during the course of
the semester.
Students missing three course meetings without an excusable absence will
receive a one letter grade reduction. Students arriving more than
ten minutes late and leaving more than ten minutes early for a
course meeting will be count as absent.
Students missing five or more course meetings without an
acceptable excuse will earn an "E'' in the course.
Please note, in addition, that weekly attendence at the Friday Departmental colloquia is
also expected; the lack thereof can impact your Phy 770 grade in a negative
manner!
Examples of excusable absences are (University Senate rule 5.2.4.2):
(i) Illness of the student or serious illness of a member of the student's
immediate family. Written verification required.
(ii) The death of a member of the student's immediate family.
Written verification required. (iii) Trips
for members of student organizations sponsored by an
academic unit, trips for University classes, and trips for
participation in intercollegiate
athletic events. (iv) Major religious holidays.
Students are responsible for notifying the instructor
in writing of anticipated absences due to their
observance of such holidays no later than the last day for
adding a class. For all excusable absences, when feasible, the
student must notify the course coordinator (gardner "@" pa.uky.edu)
prior to the occurrence of such absences,
but in no case shall such notification occur more than one
week after the absence.
(b) Each enrolled student is required to submit a brief essay
(2-3 written pages) describing his or her research interests or goals.
The essay is due by 5pm of the Friday of finals week (Dec. 18).
You are to submit your contribution by e-mail to Gardner in pdf format.
If your essay is not received by this time, you will receive
an "E" in the course. The content of your essay will not be graded.
The course coordinator will circulate descriptions of student
research interests to faculty members working in the same
fields, in order to facilitate connections between graduate
students and faculty members with similar research interests.
If you were enrolled previously in Phy 770, you should discuss
how your research interests have become further refined by
the end of your second semester in the program.
This page was created by Susan Gardner. Last update on September 15, 2009.