Open House Prospective Grads 2008

PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENT OPEN HOUSE

Friday, March 6

8:45     Pick up at Super 8
9:00     Introductory meeting Wngr 305; continental breakfast provided
              (Department Chair Henri Jansen)
9:45     Bureaucratic Formalities Wngr 301 (Office Staff)
10:00   Research Presentation - Physics Education research Wngr 305
              (Prof. Corinne Manogue, Dr. Liz Gire)
10:30   Research Presentation ­ Computational Physics research Wngr 305
              (Profs. Viktor Podolskiy, Guenter Schneider, David Roundy)
11:00   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)
1:00     Q&A session and campus walking tour~visit Dixon, MU, Valley Library~
              (Prof. Oksana Ostroverkhova)
2:15     Lab tour ­ Carbon nanotube research Wngr 305 (Prof. Ethan Minot)
2:45     Lab tours (Optical Physics) Wngr 103, 118
              (Profs. David McIntyre, Yun-Shik Lee and Oksana Ostroverkhova)
3:30     Cafe (the beanery) with grad students
4:15     Science mixer Wngr 377/Yunker library (posters by current graduate students; snacks and drinks are provided)
6:00     Dinner at McMenamins with Profs. Viktor Podolskiy, Oksana Ostroverkhova and current grad. Students

Saturday, March 7

10:00   Walk from Super 8 to downtown (river front)
10:20   Breakfast at the New Morning Bakery with Janet Tate and David Roundy
11:30   Drive to Oregon Coast (Prof. Henri Jansen, Ethan Minot, David Roundy)
1:00     Beach walk
2:00     Lunch at Rogue Brewery
3:00     Aquarium
6:00     Dinner at Block15 with Prof. Dedra Demaree and Guenter Schneider

Sunday, March 8

Departure (Hut Shuttle leaves Hilton Garden Inn for Portland Airport at 06:00, 08:00, 10:00, 12:00 A.M., etc.)