Our own Prof Hrant Hratchian will be the chemistry seminar speaker.
"Towards Practical and Accurate Simulations of Electron Detachment from Transition Metal Oxide Clusters"
3:00 – 4:20 pm, Classroom and Office Building 1 (COB1), Room 267
We held our fall retreat on Sept 5, involving presentations about each of the research themes, workshops by postdocs for students, flash talks by students, a poster session, and discussions with our advisory board members.
Prof. Strubbe is interviewed about his work on Science Studio of National Public Radio station KTEP at the University of Texas at El Paso. Listen here.
Dr. Frank Graziani, director of the High-Energy Density Science Center at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, visits for a chemistry seminar on simulations of matter under extreme temperature and pressure. flyer
Prof. Kristi Closser of the chemistry department at California State University - Fresno, visits for a chemistry seminar on "From helium clusters to the next-generation of photolithography: Modeling high energy electronic excitations." flyer
Prof. Daniel Crawford, professor of chemistry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and director of the Molecular Sciences Software Institute, visits for a chemistry seminar on "The Mysteries of Chirality, Solvation, and Optical Activity." flyer
Prof. Olaseni Sode of the chemistry department at California State University - Los Angeles, visits for a chemistry seminar on "Exploring the Electronic and Vibrational Structure of Carbon Dioxide." flyer
Prof. Yuan Ping of the chemistry department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, visits for a chemistry seminar on "First-principles Study of Complex Defects: From Polaronic Conduction to Single Photon Emission." flyer
ccCAT students, postdocs, and faculty gathered on campus before the semester started for a day of research presentations, skills workshops, and brainstorming.
Student prizes were awarded to Samantha Bidwell for service and leadership, and to Enrique Guerrero and Hanbo Hong for best oral...