Dublin is currently in charge of scheduling group meetings.

11 am Thursdays in WNGR 201

Week:

• 04/13 [Piper]
• 04/20 [Dublin]
• 04/27 [Ethan]
• 05/04 [Fermi estimates]
• 05/11 [Madalyn]
• 05/18 [Miller]
• 05/25 [Gus]
• 06/01 [Ryuu]
• 06/08 [Ahmed]
• 06/15 [Group lunch?]

We take turns giving the weekly talk at group meeting. The talk can focus on your own research results, or any other subject that you think the group will find interesting. Aim for a 15 minute presentation. It will naturally get longer when interrupted with questions.

By giving regular presentations we practice valuable skills:

• Efficiently conveying a significant amount of information to an audience
• Conveying the reasons you are excited about a topic
• Staying relaxed during public speaking (practice helps nerves!)
• Speaking clearly and concisely
• Fielding questions from the audience

Some rules of thumb about giving a good presentation:

• With only 15 minutes, try to teach the audience one new nugget of knowledge (if you are presenting a journal article, the nugget of knowledge will often be summarized in the title of the article).
• Give your talk a story line. The story includes why the research was done, what was observed, and what it means.
• Prepare some slides with the essential images, cartoon diagrams, data and equations that you want to explain (usually no more than 10 slides for a 15 min talk). When you watch department seminars and colloquium think about what makes a good slide.
• Anticipate questions and do background reading to find the answers.

An interesting article about scientific presentations from Physics Today: pdf.

Once a term we share short Fermi estimates at group meeting. The philosophy is “approximation fosters understanding”.

Week:

1. 01/09 [No meeting]
2. 01/16 [No meeting]
3. 01/23 [Ethan]
4. 01/30 [Dublin]
5. 02/06 [Vivek]
6. 02/13 [Bryce]
7. 02/20 [Augustin]
8. 02/27 [Noah]
9. 03/06 [No meeting — APS March meeting]
10. 03/13 [Piper]
11. 03/20 [Fermi estimates]

• Week 1 (01/07) - No meeting
• Week 2 (01/14) - Research updates
• Week 3 (01/21) - Ethan
• Week 4 (01/28) - No meeting
• Week 5 (02/04) - Research updates
• Week 6 (02/11) - Majorana fermions/Research updates
• Week 7 (02/18) - Vivek
• Week 8 (02/25) - Dublin
• Week 9 (03/04) - Carly
• Week 10 (03/11) - Mitch
• Week 11 (03/18) - Research updates

• Week 1 (09/29) - Lee Aspitarte - Resistance measurements of high velocity oxy-fuel powered MHD channel
• Week 2 (10/06) - Fermi estimates
• Week 3 (10/13) - Research updates
• Week 4 (10/20) - Ethan - Cooper pair LED with 2D materials
• Week 5 (10/27) - Dublin - Analog of a quantum heat engine using a single-spin qubit (lit review)
• Week 6 (11/03) - No meeting
• Week 7 (11/10) - Carly
• Week 8 (11/17) - Research updates
• Week 9 (11/24) - Mitch
• Week 10 (12/01) - Duy
• Week 11 (12/08) - Vivek

• Week 1 (06/17) - Scientific Communication
• Week 2 (06/24) - From Passion to Action APS Webinar
• Week 3 (07/01) - Dublin (Thouless pump talk)
• Week 4 (07/08) - Research updates
• Week 5 (07/15) - Carly (research slides)
• Week 6 (07/22) - Research updates
• Week 7 (07/29) - Mitch (research slides), Duy (research slides)
• Week 8 (08/05) - Research updates
• Week 9 (08/12) - "Tying Knots in Quantum Computing"discussion
• Week 10 (08/19) - No group meeting this week
• Week 11 (08/26) - Vivek (Thesis presentation) [30 min + discussion]
• Week 12 (09/02) - Research slides/updates
• Week 13 (09/09) - "Unity in Physics" Aspen talk
• Week 14 (09/15) - Research slides/updates

==Spring 2020: Wednesdays 1 pm on Zoom

• Week 1 (04/01) -
• Week 2 (04/08) - Dublin
• Week 3 (04/15) - Mitch
• Week 4 (04/22) - Brian Skinner's March Meeting Talk
• Week 5 (04/29) - Ethan
• Week 6 (05/06) - Carly
• Week 7 (05/13) - Dan
• Week 8 (05/20) - Hanna, Duy, Clark Thesis Talks
• Week 9 (05/27) -
• Week 10 (06/03) -
• Finals (06/10) -

==Winter 2020

• Week 1 (01/08) - Research Slides
• Week 2 (01/15) - Carly / Ethan
• Week 3 (01/22) - Clark
• Week 4 (01/29) - Andrew
• Week 5 (02/05) - Dublin
• Week 6 (02/12) - Hanna
• Week 7 (02/19) - Mitch (APS Practice)
• Week 8 (02/26) - Dan (Practice Defense)
• Week 9 (03/04) - No Meeting (APS Week)
• Week 10 (03/11) - Duy
• Finals (03/18) - Fermi Estimates?

==Fall 2019:

• Week 1 (10/02) - Research Slides
• Week 2 (10/09) - Clark
• Week 3 (10/16) - Carly (Oral Exam Practice Talk)
• Week 4 (10/23) - Mitch
• Week 5 (10/30) - Dublin
• Week 6 (11/06) - Duy / Hanna
• Week 7 (11/13) - Olivia
• Week 8 (11/20) - Ethan
• Week 9 (11/27) - *Thanksgiving*
• Week 10 (12/04) - Dan
• Finals (12/11) - Ian / Andrew

==Spring 2019:

• Week 1 (04/05) - Ethan
• Week 2 (04/12) - Dan
• Week 3 (04/19) - Clark
• Week 4 (04/26) - Olivia
• Week 5 (05/03) - Carly
• Week 6 (05/10) - Mitch
• Week 7 (05/17) - Cole (thesis practice)
• Week 8 (05/24) - Dublin (thesis practice)
• Week 9 (05/31) - Fermi Estimates?
• Week 10 (06/07) - ?
• Finals (06/14) - ?

==Winter 2019:

• Week 1 (01/11) - No Meeting
• Week 2 (01/18) - Cole
• Week 3 (01/25) - Dan
• Week 4 (02/01) - Carly
• Week 5 (02/08) - Olivia
• Week 6 (02/15) - No Meeting
• Week 7 (02/22) - APS Practice Talks (Dan/Mitch)
• Week 8 (03/01) - Ethan
• Week 9 (03/08) - Andrew
• Week 10 (03/15) - Dublin
• Finals (03/22) - ???

==Fall 2018: Thursday at 12 pm in the Yunker Library

• Week 1 (09/27) - No Meeting
• Week 2 (10/04) - No Meeting
• Week 3 (10/11) - Dan
• Week 4 (10/18) - Carly
• Week 5 (10/25) - Mitch
• Week 6 (11/01) - No Meeting (Ethan Traveling)
• Week 7 (11/08) - Ethan
• Week 8 (11/15) - ???
• Week 9 (11/22) - No Meeting (Thanksgiving)
• Week 10 (11/29) - Andrew
• Finals (12/06) - Fermi Estimates?

==Winter 2018: Friday at 9am in Yunker

• Week 1 (01/12) - No meeting
• Week 2 (01/19) - Research Slides
• Week 3 (01/26) - Dan M.
• Week 4 (02/02) - Mitch
• Week 5 (02/09) - Carly
• Week 6 (02/16) - Ethan
• Week 7 (02/23) - Dan S.
• Week 8 (03/02) - ?
• Week 9 (03/09) - Carly - MRS Practice
• Week 10 (03/16)- Mitch - MRS Practice
• Finals (03/23)- Fermi Estimates

==Fall 2017: Friday at 9am in Yunker

• Week 0 - ?
• Week 1 (09/29) - ?
• Week 2 (10/06)- Ryan Thesis Presentation
• Week 3 (10/13)- Ethan Practice Talk? (Dan if not)
• Week 4 (10/20)- Ethan out of town
• Week 5 (10/27)- Mitch A Exam Practice
• Week 6 (11/03)- Ethan out of town
• Week 7 (11/10)- Veteran's Day
• Week 8 (11/17)- Carly
• Week 9 (11/24)- Dublin
• Week 10 (12/01)- Dan (Fermi Estimates if not)

Archive: ==Spring 2017

• Apr 21 - Dan
• Apr 28 - Zach/Ryan
• May 5 - Tanner/Mitch
• May 12 - Dan Oral Exam Practice
• May 19 - Morgan/Carly
• May 26 - Cancelled
• Jun 2 - Lee practice defense
• Jun 9 - Zach Thesis Practice/Morgan
• Jun 16 - FINALS WEEK (Fermi Estimates?)

==Winter 2016

• Jan 13 - Research Updates
• Jan 20 - Mitch, Morgan
• Jan 27 - Lee, Ethan
• Feb 3 - Dan, Ryan
• Feb 10 - Lee practice talk
• Feb 17 - Carly
• Feb 24 - Tanner
• Mar 3 - Mitch
• Mar 10 - Lee, Ethan
• Mar 17 - Zach, Fermi
• Mar 24 - FINALS WEEK, Morgan practice
• Mar 31 - Spring Break

• Sep 30 - Lee
• Oct 7 - No group meeting
• Oct 14 - Ethan
• Oct 21 -
• Oct 28 - Dan/Ryan
• Nov 4 - Mitch
• Nov 11 -
• Nov 18 - Fermi
• Nov 25 - Thanksgiving
• Dec 2 - Carly/Morgan
• Dec 9 - FINALS WEEK

• Apr 8 -
• Apr 15 - Morgan
• Apr 22 - Ethan
• Apr 29 - Ryan
• May 6 - Lee
• May 13 -
• May 20 - Dan
• May 27 - Jay
• June 3 - Fermi
• June 10- FINALS WEEK

• Jan 15 - Morgan (BRAIN conf.)
• Jan 22 - Lee (CNT PV data)
• Jan 29 -
• Feb 5 - Ethan
• Feb 12 - Fermi
• Feb 19 - Jay
• Feb 26 - Dan/Lee (March Meeting)
• Mar 4 - Dan/Lee (March Meeting)
• Mar 11 -
• Mar 18 - FINALS WEEK

• Oct 1 - Jay H.
• Oct 8 - Fermi Estimates
• Oct 15 - Dan
• Oct 22 -
• Oct 29 - Lee (Delft trip review)
• Nov 5 - Greg
• Nov 12 - Tanner (neurons)
• Nov 19 - Morgan (Cornell trip review)
• Nov 26 - Thanksgiving
• Dec 3 - Ryan (microfluidics)
• Dec 10 - Finals week

• April 9- Ethan
• April 16 - Morgan - Jeff's defense at 1
• April 23 - Ryan B. and Novela
• April 30 - Lee
• May 7 - Fermi Estimates
• May 14 - Jay
• May 21 - Ryan S.
• May 28 -
• June 1 - Morgan
• June 8 - Finals week

• January 21 - Ethan
• Jan 25-Feb 11 - No meeting (AMN7)
• Feb 18 - Lee
• Feb 25 - Group slides
• March 4 - Morgan
• March 11 - Fermi Estimates
• March 18 - Finals week

• October 9 - Ethan
• October 16 - Micheal
• October 23 - Morgan
• October 30 - Lee
• November 6 - Fermi Estimates
• November 13 - Fermi Estimates contd
• November 20 - Jay
• November 27 - No Meeting
• December 4 - Robert, Ryan S.
• December 11 - Finals Week

• June 24 - Group Research Slides
• July 1 - Lee
• July 8 - No meeting
• July 15 - Morgan
• July 22 - Group Research Slides
• July 29 - Fermi estimates
• Aug 5 - Michael
• Aug 12 - Ethan
• Aug 21 - Tal
• Aug 26 - Morgan
• Sept 2 - Lee
• Sept 9 - Fermi Estimates
• Sept 16 - Michael
• Sept 23 - Ethan

• Oct 3 - Lee
• Oct 10 - Group Slides
• Oct 17 - Hiral
• Oct 24 - Tristan
• Oct 31 - Ethan
• Nov 7 - Tal
• Nov 14 - Morgan
• Nov 21 - Fermi Estimates
• Dec 5 - Chad

• Apr 12 - Fermi Estimates
• Apr 19 - Jenna/Finish Fermi estimates
• Apr 26 - Ethan
• May 3 - Lee
• May 10 - Tristan
• May 17 - Tal
• May 24 - Undergrad practice talks for senior thesis

• Jan 15 - Tristan
• Jan 23 - Group Slides
• Jan 30 - Skipped
• Feb 6 - Skipped
• Feb 13 - Morgan
• Feb 20 - Lee
• Feb 27 - Skipped
• Mar 6 - Tal
• Mar 13 - Hiral
• Mar 20 - Finals Week

• Sept 4 - Street Fighting Estimates
• Sept 11 -
• Sept 18 - Landon
• Sept 27 - Heather
• Oct 2 - Tristan
• Oct 9 - Tal
• Oct 16 - Ethan
• Oct 23 - Lab Cleaning
• Oct 30 - Tristan
• Nov 6 - Tal
• Nov 13 - Dan
• Nov 20 - Morgan
• Nov 27 - Lee
• Dec 4 - Hiral
• Dec 11 - Jenna
• Dec 18 - Caleb

• July 10 - Jenna
• July 3 - Heather
• June 26 - Tristan
• June 19 - Tal
• June 12 - Landon "A nanomechanical mass sensor with yoctogram resolution"
• June 5 - Ethan
• May 22 - Grant
• May 15 - Sophie
• May 8 - Boxiao
• May 1 - Michael Paul
• April 24 - Will
• April 17 - Jason Cleveland "Smaller and Quieter: Ultra-high Resolution AFM Imaging"
• April 10 - Pete

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Fermi estimates, also called “back of the envelop estimates” or “street fighting estimates”.

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Microfabricated ion traps are becoming incredibly sophisticated. It is now routine to suspend single atoms above the surface of an integrated circuit and use the atoms for quantum computations.

Special issue: Synaptic electronics, Expected online publication: April 2013 (print: April 2013). Nanotechnology (the IOP Journal).

Article from Jack Szostak's lab about how primitive lipid vesicles can grown and divide - a necessary property for life to emerge on earth. This JACS article includes some cool surface tension physics. pdf.

“Measuring the size and charge of single nanoscale objects in solution using an electrostatic fluidic trap” Nature Nanotech, vol 7, page 448 (2012)

Direct observation of quantized phonon number in a real system, PRL 2012

Imaging biological magnetic fields (for example, the B-field around a firing neuron) with diamond films that change their optical response, Nature 2008, New Journal of Physics 2011

Heat transport away from nanoscale devices

http://news.discovery.com/tech/nanotube-propels-atoms-into-black-hole-like-spiral.html

Low cost and flexible nanopillar-array photovoltaics

Attractive and repulsive forces using light (this is not radiation pressure)

Angela Belcher's group at MIT: Use virus to grow a metal shell, attach to a CNT, then make an electrode for a battery. Published in Science recently.

“Autonomous nanomotors…” W. F. Paxton et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 13424 (2004)

Lupton group at Utah: http://www.physics.utah.edu/~lupton/index.php