Colloquium

Engineering Nanostructured Materials for Novel Quantum Functionality: Research Stories Bridging Experiment, Theory, and AI

*** Registration is required to attend event. Register Here TIME: 1:00 PM LOCATION: SDSU Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center, Main Ballroom SPEAKER: Archana Raja, Staff Scientist, Imaging & Manipulation of Nanostructures at the Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & Faculty, Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute ABSTRACT: The most transformative discoveries in quantum materials rarely emerge […]

Dispersive Tsunamis – Models, Software, and Applications

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Randall LeVeque, University of Washington ABSTRACT: The open source GeoClaw software (distributed as part of Clawpack) implements the two-dimensional shallow water equations (SWE) over topography in a well-balanced manner, and is widely used for modeling tsunamis, storm surge, river flooding, and other natural hazards over large spatial extents. […]

Oscillating at Saturable Nonlinear Exceptional Points and Applications

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Filippo Capolino, UC, Irvine, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ABSTRACT: There are two classes of exceptional point degeneracies (EPDs): one related to coupled resonators and the other to coupled-mode waveguides. EPDs are observed among the eigenstates of such systems, i.e., in the eigenfrequencies for the first class and […]

Machine Learning for Science

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Wahid Bhimji, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Data and Analytics Group ABSTRACT: AI and Machine Learning are changing society. This is also true in science where these techniques have promise to change how things are done: making science is more productive and yields new discoveries. In this talk we […]

Structure-Preserving Discretizations and Their Applications

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Andy Wan, University of CA, Merced ABSTRACT: Many models from science and engineering possess fundamental structures which are important to preserve in order for accurate and stable long-term predictions. For instance, preserving conserved quantities, such as energy, mass and momentum, are fundamental in many physical systems. Moreover, preserving […]

Global Environmental Change and Vector-Borne Diseases in Nepal

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Meghnath Dhimal, Harvard University, T.H. Chan School of Public Health ABSTRACT: Global environmental change driven by global warming, land use change, rapid urbanization, and intensified human mobility is reshaping ecosystems and creating emerging and re-emerging health risks to population health. Vector Borne diseases (VBDs) are among the most […]

Computational Techniques in Complex Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: Adventures in Applied Mathematics

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Efstathios Charalampidis, San Diego State University, Mathematics and Statistics ABSTRACT: Complex systems are ubiquitous in nature and human-designed environments. The overarching goal of our research is to leverage advanced computational methods with fundamental theoretical analysis to model the nonlinear behavior of systems that are not otherwise amenable to […]

Discovery, Deployment, and Prediction: Satellite Tsunami Forensics, Estuary Measurements, and TRIDENT Modeling

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Ignacio Sepulveda, San Diego State University, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering ABSTRACT: This presentation highlights three distinct contributions to tsunami science and hazard assessment. First, I present results from recent research linking dispersive tsunami wave trains visible in satellite imagery to evidence of earthquake rupture occurring near the […]