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Thursday, May 9th, 2024
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Mobile sand dunes - silent travelers of the desert
Michel Louge, Emeritus Professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University,
Friday, May 10th, 2024
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Quantum eigenvalue transformation from and beyond Hamiltonian simulation
Dong An, University of Maryland, College Park,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Partial Post-Selection: Unveiling Measurement-Induced Transitions trajectory by trajectory
Alessandro Romito, Lancaster University,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Burn-resistant materials for high-performance reusable rocket engines
Zack Cordero, Edgerton Career Development Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Monday, May 13th, 2024
4:00pm 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Rethinking the Connections of Machine Learning and Control in the Era of Generative AI
Bin Hu, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
Tuesday, May 14th, 2024
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics

A theoretical framework for fault-slip styles from aseismic creep to regular earthquakes
Davide Zaccagnino, PhD student in Geophysics, Department of Geophysics, Sapienza University,
Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
12:00pm 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

On False Positive Error
Venkat Chandrasekaran, Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Changing Atmospheric Teleconnection Patterns over the North Pacific
Clara Deser, National Center for Atmospheric Research,
4:00pm 5:30pm
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Information, Geometry, and Physics Seminar

Almost-idempotent quantum channels and approximate C*-algebras
Alexei Kitaev, Department Theoretical Physics & Mathematics, Caltech,
Thursday, May 16th, 2024
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

How "to see a world in a grain of sand"?
Rouslan Krechetnikov, Professor, Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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â–º CANCELED: Visual Culture Seminar

This seminar has been canceled.
John Brewer, Faculty Associate, History Department, Harvard University and Eli and Edythe Broad Emeritus Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
  • Public Event
4:00pm 6:00pm
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Chen-Huang Sustainability Series Lecture

Clean Electricity and the Path to Net Zero: Methods and Insights
Jesse D. Jenkins, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Andlinger Center for Energy & Environment, Princeton University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Friday, May 17th, 2024
1:00pm 2:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense

Lean Premixed Hydrogen Flames: Turbulence, Chemistry, and Modelling
Matthew Yao, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Caltech,
1:00pm 2:00pm
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Medical Engineering Thesis Defense, Kuang Ming (Allen) Shang

Oxygen-Regulating MEMS Devices for Cell Transplantation to Cure Type 1 Diabetes
Kuang Ming (Allen) Shang, Ph.D. Candidate (Med-EE Joint Track), Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, Caltech MEMS Lab, California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Overview of the Aerospace Engineering Department at Texas A&M and Finding the Origin of Heat Streaks on Hypersonic Canonical Geometries
Ivett A. Leyva, Ph.D., P.E., Department Head, College of Engineering Excellence Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University,
Monday, May 20th, 2024
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Electron Beam Driven Plasmas and the Quest for Precise Control in Materials Processing
Scott G. Walton, PhD, Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division,
Tuesday, May 21st, 2024
11:00am 12:30pm
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
12:00pm 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

Studying nonlinear dynamics using polynomial optimization
David Goluskin, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Multiphase chemistry of atmospheric brown carbon
Christopher Hennigan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County,
4:00pm 5:30pm
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Information, Geometry, and Physics Seminar

An Enriched Category Theory of Language
Tai-Danae Bradley, Sandbox AQ,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

From functional oxides to qubits, how electron ptychography is opening new avenues to characterize materials
James LeBeau, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
Friday, May 24th, 2024
Monday, May 27th, 2024
12:00am 5/28 12:00am
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Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
12:00pm 2:00pm
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Gearing Up for Pride

San Pasqual Walk
  • Public Event
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Emilia Morosan, Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Rice University,
Thursday, May 30th, 2024
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Two old machines and the attempts to analyze them: Roberval's weighing balance and Archimedes' screw pump
John Hall, Professor of Civil Engineering, Emeritus, Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Seminar. Assistant Professor Constantine Sideris

Harnessing Electromagnetic Fields for Biomedical Devices: From Point-of-Care Biosensing and Ingestible "Smart" Pills to Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometry and Neural Stimulators
Constantine Sideris, Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair and Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California,
Friday, May 31st, 2024
Saturday, June 1st, 2024
Monday, June 3rd, 2024
4:00pm 5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

The Virtues of the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm
Edward Farhi, Principal Scientist, Google, & MIT,
Wednesday, June 5th, 2024