Texas A&M Physics & Astronomy Graduate Program Open House

15 Mar 2020, 09:30 → 17 Mar 2020, 16:00 America/Chicago

M108 (MIST)

Alexei Safonov (Texas A & M University (US)), Alexey Akimov (Texas A & M University)

Intro-Welcome-Safonov.pdf

Intro-Welcome-Safonov.pptx

OpenHouseSchedules.pdf

Sunday 15 March

Sunday Tours and Dinner: Sunday Afternoon and Evening Tours

Convener: Jeremy Holt

Monday 16 March

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)