Board of Visitors - October 2023

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

B343 (Sterling)

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

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

 

Thursday, October 12

9:00 AM → 10:50 AM Overflow faculty engagement sessions

10:50 AM → 11:00 AM Assemble for drive to PSL (At Charter St Chamberlin Hall entrance)

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Drive to PSL

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM WHAM Tour

Speaker: Cary Forest (U. Wisconsin)

12:30 PM → 2:00 PM 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)

2:00 PM → 2:30 PM Tour of other PSL Facilities

2:30 PM → 3:00 PM Drive back to Chamberlin

6:30 PM → 9:30 PM Dinner at Cento 122 W Mifflin St

Friday, October 13

8:30 AM → 10:30 AM State of the Enterprise

8:30 AM Department Update Including Research Highlights

Speaker: Prof. Mark Eriksson (UW-Madison)

9:00 AM L&S Dean Update

Speakers: Prof. Eric Wilcots (UW-Madison, L&S), Prof. Ruth Litovsky (UW-Madison, L&S)

9:30 AM Development Update

Speaker: Ms Mae Saul (UW-Foundation)

10:00 AM 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 → 10:45 AM Break

10:45 AM → 11:45 AM Student Research Presentations

10:45 AM 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

11:15 AM TBD

Undergraduate Advisor Prof. Mark Saffman

Speaker: Nathan Wagner (U. Wisconsin)

Benchmarking a Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer.pdf

11:45 AM → 12:15 PM 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 → 1:00 PM Lunch with participants including students

1:00 PM → 4:30 PM BoV Initiatives

1:00 PM Faculty Engagement Idea Session No. 1

Francis et al
Department rankings

2:00 PM Faculty Engagement Idea Session No. 2

Mark Saffman et al
Quantum Science Research and the BoV

2023.10.13 quantum for BoV.pdf

3:00 PM 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.

4:00 PM BoV processing of faculty input

4:30 PM → 5:30 PM Looking Forward

4:30 PM Logistics of future meetings

4:45 PM Membership Review

5:00 PM Emphasis for Next Six Months

5:15 PM Any Other Business

6:30 PM → 10:00 PM Dinner at Cary Forest's Home