• Bridges Between Quantum and Classical Mechanics: Directed Polymers, Flocking and Transitionless Quanum Driving 

  Loewe Yanez, Benjamin Andres (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-07)

  Often considered separated worlds, classical and quantum mechanics share numerous connections with one another. Indeed, as classical mechanics corresponds to a limiting case of quantum mechanics, certain concepts and ...

• Geometry of inertial manifolds in nonlinear dissipative dynamical systems 

  Ding, Xiong (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-05)

  High- and infinite-dimensional nonlinear dynamical systems often exhibit complicated flow (spatiotemporal chaos or turbulence) in their state space (phase space). Sets invariant under time evolution, such as equilibria, ...

• Magnetizing the Universe during the Epoch of Reionization 

  Koh, Daegene (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-04)

  Magnetic fields are speculated to affect the collapse dynamics in early star forma- tion to influence the IMF, which may be imprinted in the local metal-poor population. These fields arise by the amplification of primordial ...

• Journey of Binary Black Holes: From Supercomputers to LIGO to Universe 

  Jani, Karan (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-07)

  The detection of gravitational waves from the coalescence of binary black holes has inaugurated the era of gravitational wave astronomy. The mergers of binary black holes in stellar and intermediate mass range will continue ...

• STUDIES OF EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE AND SILICON GROWTH ON SILICON CARBIDE UNDER SILANE GAS 

  Hoang, Tien Manh (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-07)

  Two-dimensional (2D) materials have drawn much attention because of their superior and unique properties. Undoubtedly, the most well-known 2D material is graphene, an atomic-thick sheet of carbon in a honeycomb lattice. ...

• Single-Frame Complete Spatiotemporal Measurement Of Complex Ultrashort Laser Pulses 

  Guang, Zhe (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-04-01)

  Today one of the frontiers in light measurement is to measure ultrashort pulses from ultrafast laser systems, which demonstrate extremely fast temporal variations, and are necessarily associated with large spectral bandwidths ...

• Troubleshooting Ultrashort Pulse Measurement: the Coherent Artifact and Other Issues 

  Rhodes, Michelle Ann (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-03-14)

  Theoretical limitations of several ultrashort pulse measurement techniques are investigated. Particular attention is paid to the consequences of averaging over many pulses of different shapes. Averaging over many pulses ...

• Exploring Quantum Electronic Transport in Flatland 

  Jarillo-Herrero, Pablo (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-10)

  Over the past decade, the physics of low dimensional electronic systems has been revolutionized by the discovery of materials with very unusual electronic properties where the behavior of the electrons is governed by the ...

• 10 Years of Southern Stargazing: How Star Trek Changed Everything 

  Burns, Glenn (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-06)

  This public lecture by Glenn Burns, chief meteorologist of WSB-TV, is one of three events to celebrate 10 Years of Southern Stargazing at the Georgia Tech Observatory. The destination for the 1960s Apollo missions was ...

• Course Reform MIT Style: Student Evaluations vs. Scientific Evidence 

  Pritchard, David E. (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-03)

  The evaluation of most course reforms typically rests heavily on teacher and student evaluations; I’ll argue that this is unwise. In contrast, I’ll discuss course reform MIT style: select objectives, adopt metrics, experiment, ...

• Quantum FM Radio for Quantum Computing 

  Schuster, David (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-03-27)

  Individual superconducting qubits have seen impressive improvements in nearly all aspects over the past decade and now sit at the threshold of being able to perform quantum error correction. Scaling to larger numbers of ...

• Gelation, Sous-Vide, and Caramelization - 6th Annual Squishy Physics Lecture 

  Ma, Tim; Sörensen, Pia (2017-03-04)

  The 6th Squishy Physics Saturday will discuss Gelation, Sous-Vide, and Caramelization. Lectures and demonstrations will be carried out by Helluva Engineer and Chef Tim Ma, and by Pia Sörensen, Preceptor of Food Science ...

• Reviving Creativity in Our Introductory Physics Labs 

  Selen, Mats (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-01-30)

  Approaching a question without fear, coming up with an idea, designing a test to see if the idea might be right, revising the idea (or the question), and trying again when your results take you someplace unexpected. These ...

• The Square Kilometre Array: Big Telescope, Big Science, Big Data 

  Taylor, Russ (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-01-23)

  The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a next generation global radio telescope currently undergoing final design by a collaboration of institutions in 11 countries. The SKA will be one of the largest scientific projects ever ...

• Understanding sustained spiral chaos using non-chaotic solutions of a simple model of atrial excitation 

  Marcotte, Christopher D. (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-11-07)

  Coherent relaxation and contraction of the heart muscle is essential for efficiently pumping blood through the circulatory system. This coordinated behavior can be disrupted by the dynamics of the electrical waves controlling ...

• Properties and Applications In Chemical Sensing: Modification of Porous Silicon Interfaces 

  Baker, Caitlin (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-08-14)

  This thesis will discuss the design of PSi chemical sensors, the enhancement of the sensitivity and selectivity through metal oxide nanostructure depositions, and probe the applications of this technology as a tool to ...

• Effects of the spin-orbit interaction on electron tunneling in single ferromagnetic nanoparticles 

  Gartland, Patrick (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-11-09)

  Recent technological innovations such as giant magnetoresistance and spin-transfer torque, along with a desire for researching the emergence of magnetism from a fundamental level, has led to much interest in understanding ...

• Purls of Wisdom: The Geometry and Topology of Weavables, Wearables and Wallpaper 

  Matsumoto, Elisabetta (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-11-28)

  Curved space and bizarre mathematical worlds beyond Euclid’s axioms entered physics with Einstein’s general theory of relativity. But these geometries are all around us, hiding in plain sight, in the guise of familiar ...

• The Physics of Genes and the Promise of Personalized Medicine 

  Aksimentiev, Alek (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-11-17)

  The twenty-first century is poised to see dramatic advances in medicine. The rapid after water and oxygen, is the most famous molecule of life known. This is not surprising, as the eye-catching double helix of DNA carries ...

• Strange and subtle states of matter – the topological ideas behind the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics 

  Goldbart, Paul M. (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-11-14)

  The gases, liquids, and solids that humans have known and harnessed since prehistory are human-scale reflections of how atoms and molecules are organized at the atomic scale. This organization is driven by the forces exerted ...

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