Open House Prospective Grads 2007

2007 OPEN HOUSE FOR PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

Thursday, March 15

Arrival at Super 8, Corvallis

Friday, March 16

8:45 Pick up at Super 8

9:00 Introductory meeting Wngr 305
Prof. Henri Jansen , Department Chair

9:45 Bureaucratic Formalities Wngr 301
Office Staff

10:00 Research Presentation - Physics Education research Wngr 305
Prof. Corinne Manogue

10:30 Lab tours (Optical Physics) Wngr 103, 118
Profs. David McIntyre and Oksana Ostroverkhova

11:20 Break

11:30 Lab tour (Solid-State Physics) Wngr 487/489
Prof. Janet Tate

12:00 “Orals lunch” with current graduate students Wngr 305
Prof. David Roundy, current grad students

12:50 Lab tour (Optical Physics) Wngr 1xx
Prof. Yun-Shik Lee

1:20 Break

1:30 Research Presentation - Nanoscience research Wngr 305
Prof. Ethan Minot

2:00 Attend graduate class (Advanced Quantum Mechanics) Wngr 377
Prof. Al Stetz

3:00 Q&A session and campus walking tour
Prof. Oksana Ostroverkhova

3:45 Research Presentation – Computational Physics research Wngr 305
Profs. Viktor Podolskiy, David Roundy, Guenter Schneider

4:30 Science mixer Wngr 377/Yunker library
(posters by current graduate students – see program attached; snacks and drinks are provided)

6:30 P.M. Dinner at Mongolian Grill
Profs. and current grad. students

Saturday, March 17

10:00 A.M. Pick-up at Super 8 for excursion to Oregon Coast
(Newport, Yaquina Head, Oregon Coast Aquarium)
Profs. and current grad. students

~ 5:00 P.M. Return to Super 8

Evening Independent Study of "Corvallis by Night"

Sunday, March 18

Departure

(Hut Shuttle leaves Hilton Garden Inn for Portland Airport at 07:00, 08:30, 10:00, 11:30 A.M., etc.)