Fall 2006

Qualifying Exams

Nov 27, 2006, 1:00 pm, NPB 2205
Ranjani Narayanan
"A Study of Contact Formation in Polypeptides"
Prof. Hagen, Chair

Oct 12, 2:30pm, NPB 2165
Khristian A. Kotov
"Test and Commissioning of the CSC Track Finder for the CMS Level-1 Muon Trigger and Study of the Event Shape in Drell-Yan Production at the LHC"
Prof. Acosta, Chair

Sep 20, 9:40am, NPB 2165
Byoung Hee Moon
"Acoustic Study of Dirty Superfluid 3He in High Porosity Aerogel and Pure Normal Fermi Liquid 3He"
Prof. Lee, Chair

Final Exams

Dec 6, 3:00 pm, NPB 1202
Costel R. Rotundu
"Novel Heavy Fermion Behavior in Praseodymium-Based Materials: Experimental Study of PrOs4Sb12"
Prof. Andraka, Chair

Nov 29, 2006, 5:05 pm, NPB 2165
Vidya Ramanathan
"Development and Characterization of a High Average Power, Single-Stage Regenerative Chirped Pulse Amplifier"
Prof. Reitze, Chair

Nov 20, 10:40am, NPB 2165
Hyunchang Choi
"Study of Disordered Liquid 3He in High Porosity Silica Aerogel"
Prof. Lee, Chair

Nov 16, 1:00pm, NPB 2165
Robert Craig Group
"Measurement of the Inclusive Jet Cross Section Using the Midpoint Algorithm in Run II at the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF)"
Prof. Field, Chair
Prof. Matchev, Co-Chair

Nov 16, 2:00pm, NPB 2165
James Ira Thorpe
"Laboratory Studies of Arm-Locking Using the UF LISA Interferometry Simulator"
Prof. Mueller, Chair

Oct 12, 2006, 2:00pm, NPB 2260
Skuli Gudmundsson
"Studies of Lightcone World Sheet Dynamics in Perturbation Theory and with Monte Carlo Simulations"
Chair, Prof. Thorn

Sept 7, 1:30pm, NPB 2165
Todd Erik Sherline
"Antiferromagnetism in Cesium Tetrabromocuprate(II) and Body-Centered-Cubic Solid Helium Three"
Chair, Prof. Takano