Name: Texas A&M Physics & Astronomy Graduate Program Open House
Start: 2020-03-15T09:30:00-05:00
End: 2020-03-17T16:00:00-05:00
Location: MIST

Sunday 15 March
- Sun 15 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Sunday Tours and Dinner: Sunday Afternoon and Evening Tours
  
  Convener: Jeremy Holt
Monday 16 March
- Sun 15 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Travel from Hampton Inn to Mitchell Physics & Astronomy: Travel from Hampton inn to Mitchell Physics & Astronomy
- Monday Morning Common Session: Morning Introductions, Talks and Panels
  - 1
    
    Welcome to Physics & Astronomy at Texas A&M University
    
    Speaker: Grigory Rogachev (Texas A&M University)
  - 2
    
    Introduction
    
    Speaker: Alexei Safonov (Texas A & M University (US))
    
    Intro-Safonov.pdf
    
    Intro-Safonov.pptx
  - 3
    
    Research Opportunities at Texas A&M Physics & Astronomy
    
    Speaker: Prof. George Welch
  - 4
    
    Graduate Program: Tracks, requirements, coursework
    
    Speakers: Raechel Superville, Sherree Kessler
    
    Open House presentation - editsdk.pdf
    
    Open House presentation - editsdk.pptx
  - 5
    
    Travel Logistics, Paperwork, Reimbursements
    
    Speakers: Frances Ellison (Texas A & M University), Frances Ellison (Texas A&M University), Sharon Wilson
  - 6
    
    Panel Discussion: Graduate Students Life in College Station
    
    Speakers: Derek Anderson (Texas A&M University), James Gerity (Texas A&M University), Mariia Shutova, Sarah Cantu, Sean O'Connor, Stefania Dede, Tarini Konchady, Taylor Hutchison
    
    Link to the slides
- Lunch: Lunch in the Garden
- Monday Tours & Individual Faculty Meetings: Tours & Meetings with Faculty
  - 7
    
    Meetings with Faculty
  - 8
    
    AMO Labs Tour
    
    Attendants (3):
    Joseph Harrington
    Ruoyu Fang
    William Shannon
    
    Speaker: Prof. Alexey Akimov (Texas A & M University)
  - 9
    
    High Energy Physics Labs
    
    Attendants (6):
    Nick Kyriacou
    Adam Lux
    Keilah Davis
    Cristhian González-Ortiz
    Molly Wakeling
    Emily Harris
    
    Speaker: David Toback (Texas A & M University (US))
  - 10
    
    Accelerator Physics Lab
    
    Attendants (3):
    Joseph Harrington
    Nick Kyriacou
    Cristhian González-Ortiz
    
    Speaker: Peter McIntyre (Texas A&M University)
  - 11
    
    Cyclotron Tour
    
    A superconducting cyclotron, advanced ECR ion sources and experimental detectors complex enabling research in the areas of nuclear structure, weak interactions, exotic nuclei, nuclear astrophysics, intermediate-energy reaction dynamics, nuclear thermodynamics, the nuclear equation of state, atomic physics and applied nuclear science.
    
    Attendants (6):
    Adam Lux
    Keilah Davis
    Molly Wakeling
    Ruoyu Fang
    William Shannon
    Emily Harris
    
    Speakers: Dan Melconian, Dan Melconian (Cyclotron Institute and Texas A&M University), Dan Melconian (Cyclotron Institute/Texas A&M University)
  - 12
    
    Meetings with Faculty
  - 13
    
    Astronomy Instrumentation Lab Tour
    
    The Munnerlyn Astronomical Instrumentation Laboratory designs and builds state-of-the-art instruments for optical and near-infrared observations of the Universe. We build cameras and spectrographs that are used on the world's largest telescopes that enable the execution of programs to measure fundamental characteristics of the dark matter, dark energy, the creation and evolution of all elements and stars, and other astronomical objects.
    
    Attendants (6):
    Nick Kyriacou
    Adam Lux
    Keilah Davis
    Molly Wakeling
    William Shannon
    Emily Harris
    
    Speaker: Darren Depoy
  - 14
    
    Meetings with Faculty
- Monday Night Party: Assemble at 6.30pm, shuttle departs at 6.45pm, party starts at 7.00pm
  
  Convener: Wenhao Wu (Texas A & M University)

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