CaSTL NSC Symposium Agenda
Time |
Sunday, June 3 |
All Day |
Arrivals & Stay at Ayres |
Time |
Monday, June 4 |
8:30 – 9:00 |
Breakfast (1201 NS2) |
9:00 – 9:15 |
Welcome & Orientation Welcome: Ara; Logistics: Venkat |
9:15 – 12:15 |
Lab Tours Remote participants split into 4 groups; Tour Laser Spectroscopy, Wilson Ho, Ara/Eric labs; Electron Microscopy Lab; Each lab has a designated coordinator; each group has a chaperone; Each tour is about 40 min |
12:15 – 1:00 |
Boarding Bus Move luggage to Bus in the parking lot; |
1:00 – 3:30 |
Bus Ride/ Box Lunch Boxed lunch from Mendocino Farms and bottled water |
3:30 – 5:00 |
Set up Posters / Check-in Set up posters; check-in and refresh |
5:00 – 6:30 |
Intro to NSC Research: Graphene (Lead: Mika) A group presentation by NSC team: introduction to NSC research, with emphasis on Graphene. |
6:30 – 8:00 |
Dinner |
8:00 – 9:30 |
The Vision of CaSTL: Chemiscope (Lead: Kumar Wickramasinghe) A panel including Ara, Wilson, Eric, George, Matt will make brief prepared remarks followed by Q&A and discussion. |
9:30 – |
Poster Session & Social |
Time |
Tuesday, June 5 |
8:00 – 9:00 |
Breakfast |
9:00 – 9:15 |
Theme of the Meeting: What’s Next? (Ara Apkarian) |
9:15 – 10:15 |
NSF 10 Big Ideas (Kelsey Cook) NSF funding opportunities and priorities, specifically 10 Big Ideas, quantum leap. Research opportunities for GSRs and Postdocs; Funding international collaborations. |
10:15 – 10:30 |
Broader Impacts: So What? (Danielle Watt) Defining Broader Impacts and strategies to leverage your efforts for research funding. Outcome: Improve understanding of Broader Impacts. |
10:30 – 11:00 |
Break |
11:00 – 12:00 |
Explaining Your Science to: Grandma, Neighbor & Fox News Pundit: Hands-on professional development session by Jon Perry on explaining your science to a diverse set of people, clearly and concisely. |
12:00 – 1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 – 2:30
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Panel Discussion: Gold Nanoclusters, Polariton Chemistry, Cavity Optomechanics: A discussion on topics of joint interest to NSC and CaSTL. NSC and CaSTL personnel present prepared remarks (~5 min) followed by discussion and Q&A. |
2:30 – 3:00 |
Break |
3:00 – 5:30 |
Panel Discussion: What is Plasmon? (Moderator: George Schatz) Hrvoje Petek, Mikael Discussion on the physics of plasmon, specifically in light of new results. Detailed presentations from Hrvoje, Mickael and brief remarks by others). |
5:30 – 6:30 |
Break (Faculty judge the posters) |
6:30 - 8:00 |
Dinner |
8:00 – 9:30 |
Hot electrons, Plasmons, Photons, Fields & Forces (Lead: Wilson Ho) Discussion on the physics of the junction. Brief prepared remarks by multiple faculty followed by discussion and Q&A. |
9:30 – |
Poster Session & Social |
Time |
Wednesday, June 6 |
8:00 – 9:00 |
Breakfast |
9:00 – 10:30 |
Time Domain: Is CaSTL Ultrafast? (Eric Potma) Panel discussion on Time domain: what was attempted, solved and to be addressed. Brief remarks by multiple faculty followed by Q&A and discussion. |
10:30 – 11:00 |
Break |
11:00 – 12:00 |
Breakout Challenge Session (Chemiscope, Plasmon driven chemistry and other topics) All hands grouped along multiple themes; each group to identify the best challenge to pursue and chalk out a plan. Discuss and debate the challenges and plans. Each group may identify a lead to present the challenge/plan at the afternoon session. |
12:00 – 1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 – 4:00 |
Team building, Scavenger hunt (outdoor event) Preparation to present Breakout Results |
4:00 – 4:45 |
Breakout Session Outcomes: Presentations & Discussion Each group lead presents their challenge/plan (~5-7 minutes); Q&A and Discussion. Identify best challenge. |
4:45 – 6:30 |
Selected Student and PD presentation (Poster, Research Proposal, Breakout Challenge) (2 poster awards, 2 proposal awards, 1 or 2 Breakout Challenge awards) |
6:30 – 8:00 |
Dinner |
8:00 – 9:00 |
Topical Breakout Sessions (with designated leaders) TERS, SERS Fluctuations, Time Domain, Intro to Undergraduates, NSC-CaSTL Collaborations Form multiple groups with designated leader to discuss and debate current issues. |
9:00 – 10:00 |
Awards/SP Meeting (SP meeting agenda: brief review of the meeting; follow-up action items) |
Time |
Thursday, June 7 |
8:00 – 9:00 |
Breakfast |
9:00 – 10:30 |
Heterogeneous Catalysis (Karoliina Honkala, Ruqian Wu, Hrvoje Petek, Matt Law) Multiple PIs and postdocs share brief prepared remarks followed by Q&A and discussion. |
10:30 – 11:00 |
Break |
11:00 – 12:00 |
Closing (Remarks by Ara followed by all-hands conversation) |
12:00 – 1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 – 1:30 |
Boarding |