Volleyball at the lake

Larry and Kristan, fearless leaders

Eric at work

Rakshya in the lab

Ashley explains it all

2008 REU Schedule Week 1:  May 27 - June 1, 2008

(All meetings are in CW 119 unless otherwise noted.)

  Date Time Activity
  Tues, 5/27 9:00 a.m. Introductions/Bureaucracy - Jane Peterson, Larry Weaver, Kristan Corwin
    9:30 a.m. Lecture: Context: From meV to TeV and Back - Larry Weaver
    10:30 a.m. ID Photos; Parking Permits
    12:45 p.m. Projects in theoretical AMO physics – LW for Brett Esry
    1:00 p.m. Projects in HEP – Glenn Horton-Smith and Tim Bolton
    1:30 p.m. Projects in Condensed matter – Chris Sorensen and Bruce Law, Gary Wysin, then break
    2:15 p.m.  Projects in Chemical physics – Pinar Dagtepe for Viktor Chikan, and Ken Klabunde w/ student
    3:00p.m.  Projects in AMO – Kristan Corwin, Brian Washburn, LW for Brett DePaola
    4:00 p.m. Set up computer accounts (if not done before)
  Wed,  5/28 9:00 a.m. Projects in astrophysics – LW
    9:30 - 10:15 a.m. Projects in AMO –   KC (with Maia M.) for Igor Litvinyuk., KC for Vinod Kumarappan, and Jarlath McKenna for Itzik Ben-Itzhak
    10:15 a.m. Dean Zollman welcome, discuss surveys
    10:30 a.m. AMO tour – Kristan Corwin and He Wang and ??
    1:30 p.m. Condensed matter tour – Bruce Law and Matt Berg
    3:00 p.m. Project discussion/make choices: list your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices and give the list to LW/KC
    TENTATIVE Ice cream social at Larry Weaver'’s home with Biology REU
  Thu, 5/29 9:00 a.m. Projects in Physics Education – Dean Zollman
    9:30 a.m. Students sign up for afternoon web/computer “class” and shop class
    9:35 a.m. Students in condensed matter, HEP and Physics Education can begin work. AMO students have lab safety tour with Carol Regehr.
    12:30 - 2:35 p.m. 5 AMO students for shop (meet CW 53A),8-9  students for web. (Meet in CW 34, plan 1 hr for web, 1 hr for JRM online laser safety course, if applicable)
    3:00 - 5:00 p.m. 5 more AMO students for shop, 8-9 for web
  Fri,  5/30 9:00 a.m. Those CM/HEP/PER for shop (those who want/need it) and work
For AMO students whose mentors are absent: Introduction to advanced lab, then go to lab
After lunch: back to lab or to work
    2:30 p.m. All together for general lecture: waves and lasers
    4:00 p.m. Ethics with Dr. Amy Lara http://www.k-state.edu/philos/faculty/lara.html
  Sat, 5/31   Free at last!
  Sun, 6/1 3:00 p.m. Picnic at Pfeil Creek: Food & Fun (Map)