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.)