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