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Applied Physics Seminar | Harnessing Structural Periodicity for Wave Control: From Fundamental Physics to Sensing, Harvesting, and Space Systems
Dr. Serife Tol, Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Abstract: Structural periodicity offers a powerful physical framework for controlling elastic and...
HET Brown Bag Seminar | Cardy limit of the 3d superconformal index
Arash Ardehali
Cardy limit of SUSY indices in diverse dimensions are of interest for studying black hole microstates and supersymmetric gauge dynamics,...
Department Colloquium | Programmable Topology in Hybrid Light-Matter Systems
Hui Deng (U-M Physics)
Quantum geometry has emerged as a new framework that unites different disciplines and underpins novel transport and nonlinear phenomena in...
Quantum Research Institute | Quantum computers and their potential to enable scientific discovery
Bert de Jong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
In-person: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project, 2301 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, PML2000...
The Foundations of Modern Physics (FOMP) | Can a scientific field survive on pursuit-worthiness alone?
Richard Dawid (Stockholm University)
Most recent theories in fundamental physics have remained without empirical confirmation of their core characteristic predictions for very...
LAGS | AI from a Real-Life Data Scientist
Dr. Timothy Olson, Manager for Advanced Concepts (Slingshot Aerospace)
Abstract:...
HET Seminar | Energy Correlators in Particle Physics, QFT and Gravity
Ian Moult (Yale)
Detector operators, of which the average null energy operator provides the most famous example, arise as direct theoretical models of...
HEP-Astro Seminar | Small-scale Lyman alpha forest cosmology: Constraints from high-resolution quasar surveys
Ming-Feng Ho (U-M Physics)
We present a new cosmological analysis of the small-scale (k ≈ 1-8 h/Mpc) Lyman-α forest 1D flux power spectrum (P1D), using...
Saturday Morning Physics | An Introduction to Quantum Computing
Finn Larsen, Professor of Physics (U-M Physics)
Lecture and Q&A will also be live-streamed. Check back for more information in the near future.
Quantum Research Institute | Towards Quantum Control and Sensing with 227ThO Molecules and Other Radioactive Molecules for Fundamental Symmetry Test
Xing Wu (Michigan State University)
In-Person: West Hall 411...
Department Colloquium | X-ray vision in the age of free-electron lasers: Making the invisible visible
David A. Reis Stanford (PULSE Institute Departments of Applied Physics and Photon Science Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
For well over a century x rays have been a powerful tool for probing atomic-scale structure due to their short wavelength and relatively...
Quantum Research Institute | Distributed quantum science with neutral atom arrays
Jacob Covey (University of Illinois)
In-Person: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project, 2301 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, PML2000...
Saturday Morning Physics | Surviving the Death of a Star: Life on Planets Orbiting White Dwarfs
Juliette Becker, Wisconsin Center for Origins Research (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
We celebrate the Pulikeshi Dayalu Family Astrophysics Fund on this particular Saturday!...
2026 Ford Motor Company Distinguished Lecture in Physics | Organic Semiconductors – From OLED displays to new applications
Richard Friend, Professor of Physics (Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge)
Lecture Abstract: Organic molecules with semiconducting properties are now used as the light-emitting diodes, LEDs, in organic LEDdisplays....
Quantum Research Institute | TBD
Hailin Wang (University of Oregon)
In-Person: West Hall 411 Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98748463202?jst=2
Saturday Morning Physics | Magnets and Amplitudes: A Glimpse into the Quantum Realm
Aaron Chan and Justin Berman (U-M Physics Graduate Students) Present the Van Loo Student Talks
Details forthcoming.
Quantum Research Institute | TBD
Bill Fefferman (University of Chicago)
In-Person: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project, 2301 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, PML2000...
Saturday Morning Physics | The Physics of Active Matter
Suraj Shankar, Assistant Professor (U-M Physics)
Birds flock. Bees swarm. Fish school. These natural collective behaviors emerge in a new kind of matter - active matter - made not of atoms...
Quantum Research Institute | TBD
John Burke (Beacon Photonics)
In-Person: West Hall 411 Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91761768567?jst=2
