Physics 770
Faculty Research Seminars for Graduate Students
Fall 2008
Physics 770 is intended to give first-year graduate students
an introduction to the research opportunities in our department.
Each week, one or more faculty members will highlight their research
programs and opportunities for graduate student participation.
| Date |
Faculty Member |
Research Area: Topic |
| T Sept. 2 |
Dr. Ganpathy Murthy
|
Introduction to PHY770
|
T Sept. 9
|
Dr. Joe Straley
|
Condensed Matter Theory : Random talk on random walk
|
| T Sept. 16 |
Dr. Al Shapere
|
High Energy Theory : Will the LHC destroy the Earth?
|
T Sept. 23
|
Dr. Ganpathy Murthy |
Condensed Matter Theory : The mesoscopic Kondo problem
|
T Sept. 30
|
Dr. Bing-An Li
|
High Energy Theory
|
T Oct. 7
|
Dr. Joe Brill
|
Condensed Matter Experiment: Experiments in Low-Dimensional
Conductors
|
T Oct. 14
|
Dr. Brad Plaster
|
Nuclear Experiment
: Probing Fundamental Symmetries with Ultracold Neutrons
|
T Oct. 21
|
Dr. Renee Fatemi
|
Nuclear Experiment : Extracting the Cluon Piece of the Spin
Puzzle
|
| T Oct. 28 |
Dr. Mike Cavagnero
|
Atomic Theory : The Trouble with Dipoles
|
T Nov. 4
|
No class
|
Presidential Election Day
|
T Nov. 11
|
Dr. Kwok-Wai Ng
|
Condensed Matter Experiment
|
| T Nov. 18 |
Dr. Chris Crawford
|
Nuclear Experiment |
| T Nov. 25 |
Dr. Mike Kovash
|
Nuclear Experiment
|
T Dec. 2
|
Dr. Nick Martin
|
Atomic Experiment
|
T Dec. 9
|
Dr. Gary Ferland
|
Theoretical Asstronomy
|
| F Dec. 12 |
Research Statements DUE by
5PM in Rm. 387D. |
Course requirements:
[http://www.pa.uky.edu/~gardner/p770.html]
(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 in Rm 387D (Dr. Murthy's office) by 5pm of the Friday
of finals week (Dec. 12).
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.
