Institute Calendar
October 2025
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
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Aerospace Department - EAS Trailblazers Seminar
Understanding Thermo-Chemo-Mechanical Failure in Hypersonic Flight through Large-Scale Simulation
Daniel Pickard,
Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.,
4:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
Multidimensional Physics of Stars & other Astrophysical Bodies
Daniel Lecoanet,
Assistant Professor,
CIERA,
Northwestern University,
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4:00pm
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CMS Trailblazer Symposium - Qianying Cao
Research Seminar Characterization and Inverse Design of Stochastic Mechanical Metamaterials Using Neural Operators
4:00pm
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ESE Trailblazer Symposium
Sensitivity of the ocean circulation to the rate of atmospheric CO2 increase
Camille Hankel,
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington,
4:00pm
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MedE : EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar
Systems Immunoengineering of Living Therapeutics for Solid Tumors: From Biomanufacturing to Tumor Microenvironment Adaptation
Yapeng Su,
Ph.D.,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Roberts Lecture
Transient Strained Intermediates 70+ Years Later: Cyclic Allenes, Anti-Bredt Olefins, and More
Neil K. Garg,
Distinguished Kenneth N. Trueblood Professor & Vice Chair,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of California, Los Angeles,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Talking across the Aisle
Peter Schwardmann,
Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences and Director of Undergraduate Studies,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"The "Underestimated" Unseen in Digital Image Correlation: Digital Twin in Material Identification, Full-Field Model Validation and Fracture Mechanics"
Pascal Lava,
Managing Director,
MatchID,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Could modern CMOS ICs provide a platform for quantum sensors, computers and simulators?
12:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"Tuning extracellular metabolite transport: phenazine lipophilicity changes with functionalization and redox state"
Korbinian O. Thalhammer,
Graduate Student,
Newman group,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar
Revisiting the updip and downdip extents of the seismogenic zone of subduction megathrusts
Kelin Wang,
Adjunct Professor,
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria,
Senior Research Scientist, Geological Survey of Canada,
12:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Arithmetic aspects of Hecke traces
Liubomir Chiriac,
Associate Professor,
Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
Portland State University,
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Robert W. Vaughan Lecture in Chemical Engineering
Markita Landry,
Associate Professor,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Neuroscience, Molecular and Cellular Biology,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, October 10th, 2025
10:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Horizon Edge Modes in Λ > 0 Quantum Gravity
Albert Law,
Stanford University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Prethermal dynamical regimes and resonant melting in quenched quantum matter
Alexey Khudorozhkov,
Boston University,
1:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Energy Operators in Particle Physics, QFT, and Gravity
Ian Moult,
Yale University,
2:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
The fluid-structure interaction of nanoparticles
John Sader,
Research Professor,
Aerospace & Applied Physics,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Understanding Ir(III) Photosensitizer Structure-Activity Relationships with High-Throughput Experimentation."
Stephen DiLuzio,
Postdoctoral Scholar (Hadt Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Understanding subduction zone earthquake cycles in a viscoelastic Earth
Kelin Wang,
Adjunct Professor,
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria,
Research Scientist, Geological Survey of Canada,
5:30pm
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7:30pm
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Saturday, October 11th, 2025
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Sunday, October 12th, 2025
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Monday, October 13th, 2025
All Day
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Homogeneous Catalysis for the Use of Less-Utilized Resources
Kyoko Nozaki,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Energy,
The University of Tokyo,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
The Inhomogeneous Evolution of Uranus and Neptune
Roberto Tejada Arevalo,
Astrophysical Sciences Department,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Icy ocean worlds -- from the surface to the interior
Wanying Kang,
Homer A. Burnell Career Development Professor, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Department of Earth, Atmospheric + Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Mathematics and AI
Sergei G. Gukov,
Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics,
The Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Quantum Forces in Standard Model and Dark Sector
Bingrong Yu,
Cornell University,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
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Mathematics & Machine Learning Seminar
Action Gaps and Advantages in Continuous-Time Distributional Reinforcement Learning
Yash Jhaveri,
Postdoctoral Associate,
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Rutgers University–Newark,