Prospective Graduate Students Open House
Prospective Graduate Students Open House
We welcome prospective graduate students to the Physics Department!
We offer tours of research labs and campus facilities, meetings with faculty and students, a poster session and social events.
Thursday, March 8th
Arrive in Corvallis; van or taxi to Holiday Inn Express
Friday, March 9th
8:45 Pick up at Holiday Inn Express (pickup volunteers)
9:00 Continental breakfast, Q&A with Kelly Carter & Judy Burks, office staff
9:15 Introductory meeting with Ethan Minot, Admissions Chair
10:00 Research overviews
Astrophysics & High Energy Physics: Davide Lazzati
Biophysics: Bo Sun
Materials: Ethan Minot
10:30 Lab tours (20 min each; start at 1030 and 1100; students choose)
Materials: Ethan Minot & students(Weniger 306 & 308)
Materials: James Haggerty – Tate lab(Weniger 481)
Biophysics: Amani Alobaidi– Sun lab (Weniger 110)
Materials: Matt Graham & students (Weniger 143 & 145)
Physics Education: Liz Gire & students (Weniger 369)
Lightboard Studio: KC Walsh (Weniger 332)
11:30 Research overviews
Physics Education: Liz Gire
Optical Physics: Yun-Shik Lee
Computational Physics: Guenter Schneider
12:00 Lunch with current graduate students
1:00 Q&A session and campus walking tour
Alden Bradley: Sport facilities, Library, Memorial Union, LPSC …
2:00 Lab tours (20 min each; start at 1400 and 1430; students choose)
Biophysics: Weihong Qiu & Kuo-Fu Tseng (Weniger 106)
Optical Physics: Yun-Shik Lee & students (Weniger 100)
Optical Physics: Greg Giesbers - Ostroverkhova lab (Weniger 101)
Optical Physics: David McIntyre & students; (Weniger 118)
Computational Physics: Jordan Pommerenck - Roundy lab (Weniger 477)
Computational Physics: Guenter Schneider & students (Weniger 401A)
Astrophysics: Davide Lazzati& students (Weniger 303)
Neutrino Lab: Maggie Greenwood; Amit Bashyal– Schellman; Weniger 332B)
3:00 Individual meetings with faculty (20 min each)
4:00 Research poster session with faculty & current graduate students
(Weniger 328, snacks and drinks)
6:00 Dinner with faculty and current grad students(Memorial Union Journey Room)
7-10pm Astronomy Open House (Start in Weniger 151)
Saturday, March 10th
9:00 Complimentary breakfast at Holiday Inn Express
Option 1: Activities (EM, JT) 10:00am Coast trip; Silver Falls (TBD) | Option 2: Depart HIE Shuttle to Hilton Garden Inn to meet Hut Shuttle to Portland Airport. Hut Shuttle departs HGI every 2 h; from 2 am - 10 pm. |
5:00 Dinner at Frankie's, 641 Hickory St N.W., Albany