Board of Visitors - October 2023

Name: Board of Visitors - October 2023
Start: 2023-10-12T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2023-10-13T22:00:00-05:00
Location: Sterling

Oct 12, 2023, 9:00 AM → Oct 13, 2023, 10:00 PM America/Chicago

B343 (Sterling)

B343

Sterling

Mark Eriksson (UW-Madison), Sridhara Dasu (University of Wisconsin), Tom Holley (Physics Board of Visitors)

Description

Zoom Connection: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92829035724?pwd=Sm5jS1BRNE16cVdxWHE0bEZhR21Mdz09

Thu, October 12
- Thu, Oct 12
- Fri, Oct 13
- 1
  
  Overflow faculty engagement sessions
- 2
  
  Assemble for drive to PSL (At Charter St Chamberlin Hall entrance)
- 3
  
  Drive to PSL
- 4
  
  WHAM Tour
  
  Speaker: Cary Forest (U. Wisconsin)
- 5
  
  Lunch + PSL Presentations
  
  Panera sandwich lunch boxes provided
  Welcome from PSL Director, Terry Benson
  Presentation on PSL vis-a-vis Physics: History and Future
  
  Speakers: Prof. Albrecht Karle (U. Wisconsin), Terry Benson (U. Wisconsin)
- 6
  
  Tour of other PSL Facilities
- 7
  
  Drive back to Chamberlin
- 8
  
  Dinner at Cento 122 W Mifflin St
Fri, October 13
- Thu, Oct 12
- Fri, Oct 13
- State of the Enterprise
  - 9
    
    Department Update Including Research Highlights
    
    Speaker: Prof. Mark Eriksson (UW-Madison)
  - 10
    
    L&S Dean Update
    
    Speakers: Prof. Eric Wilcots (UW-Madison, L&S), Prof. Ruth Litovsky (UW-Madison, L&S)
  - 11
    
    Development Update
    
    Speaker: Ms Mae Saul (UW-Foundation)
  - 12
    
    AMEP Update
    
    Speakers: Craig Heberer (Physics BoV), Dan Koellen, Prof. Deniz Yavuz (UW-Madison), Jean-Luc Thiffeault, Prof. Saverio Spagnolie (U. Wisconsin)
    
    AMEP_update_October_2023.pptx
- 10:30 AM
  
  Break
- Student Research Presentations
  - 13
    
    Anomalous Josephson effect in planar noncentrosymmetric superconducting devices
    
    Graduate Student Advisor Prof. Alex Levchenko
    
    Speaker: Jaglul Hasan (U.Wisconsin)
    
    BoV_Anomalous_Josephson_Effect_Slides.pdf
    
    Link to the published article
  - 14
    
    TBD
    
    Undergraduate Advisor Prof. Mark Saffman
    
    Speaker: Nathan Wagner (U. Wisconsin)
    
    Benchmarking a Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer.pdf
- Student Organization Presentations
  
  Conveners: Arifa Khatee Zathul (U.Wisconsin), Elise Chavez (UW Madison), Lucas Rogers, Marcus Hletko (U.Wisconsin), Rachel Sassella (UW-Madison), Zach Curtis-Ginsberg (U.Wisconsin)
  
  UPS presentation.pptx
- 12:15 PM
  
  Lunch with participants including students
- BoV Initiatives
  - 15
    
    Faculty Engagement Idea Session No. 1
    
    Francis et al
    Department rankings
  - 16
    
    Faculty Engagement Idea Session No. 2
    
    Mark Saffman et al
    Quantum Science Research and the BoV
    
    2023.10.13 quantum for BoV.pdf
  - 17
    
    Faculty Engagement Idea Session No. 3
    
    Kevin Black, Sridhara Dasu, et al
    Mentoring, networking, and career assistance to Physics undergraduates, graduate students, and post-doctoral associates.
  - 18
    
    BoV processing of faculty input
- Looking Forward
  - 19
    
    Logistics of future meetings
  - 20
    
    Membership Review
  - 21
    
    Emphasis for Next Six Months
  - 22
    
    Any Other Business
- 23
  
  Dinner at Cary Forest's Home