Events at Physics |
Events During August, 2026
- Tuesday, August 4th
- Thesis Defense; 11:00 am - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin or
- Applications of Statistical Data Assimilation to Neutrino Flavor Oscillations in Solar and CCSN Environments, Caroline Laber-Smith, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Wednesday, August 5th
- Social Gathering; 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm; Lawn in front of Birge Hall
- Summer Recess, Everyone is welcome
- Friday, August 7th
- Preliminary Exam; 10:30 am - 12:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Qubit control in Si/SiGe: Hopping based single qubit gates, Minyoung Kim, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Sunday, August 9th
- Academic Calendar
- 8-week Summer Session Ends
- Wednesday, August 12th
- Social Gathering; 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm; Lawn in front of Birge Hall
- Summer Recess, Everyone is welcome
- Friday, August 14th
- Social Gathering; 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm; Picnic Point Fire Circle #2
- Dept of Physics Bonfire Social - RESCHEDULED
- Monday, August 17th
- Academic Calendar
- Faculty Contract Year Begins
- Wednesday, August 19th
- Graduate Program Event; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; Lawn in front of Birge Hall
- All Grad Lunch/recess, Everyone is welcome
- Thursday, August 20th
- Preliminary Exam; 10:00 am - 12:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Astrophysical Probes of Particle Dark Matter, Fabrizio Vassallo, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Monday, August 24th
- UW Plasma & Fusion Hackathon; 8:30 am - 6:00 pm; Wendt Commons 305
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- Tuesday, August 25th
- UW Plasma & Fusion Hackathon; 8:30 am - 6:00 pm; Wendt Commons 305
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- Preliminary Exam; 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm; Chamberlin 5310 or
- Simulating Radio Strong Gravitational Lenses for the Dark Matter Substructure Inference Problem, Joyce Lin, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Thursday, August 27th
- Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 2241 Chamberlin
- Qualifying Exam - Classical Mechanics
- Preliminary Exam; 9:30 am - 11:30 am; 5280 Chamberlin
- Using physics methodologies to study machine learning and using machine learning to help advance physics, Raheem Hashmani, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Graduate Program Event; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Qualifying Exam - Statistical Mechanics
- Preliminary Exam; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm; B343 Sterling
- Energy level measurement and analysis in Si/SiGe quantum dot devices, Alysa Huffman, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Friday, August 28th
- Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 2241 Chamberlin
- Qualifying Exam - Electricity and Magnetism
- Graduate Program Event; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Qualifying Exam - Quantum Mechanics