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UTK Physics & Astronomy Prospective Grad Student Visit

Mar 22 – 24, 2026
US/Eastern timezone

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  1. 25. Pick up at Graduate Knoxville
    3/22/26, 5:00 PM

    Make sure to be in the hotel lobby at 5pm and leave with the group in order to gain access to the Nielsen Physics Building.

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  2. 20. Planetarium Show
    3/22/26, 5:30 PM

    Experience UTK's in-house planetarium: Learn what is visible in the sky right now, and take a journey through the solar system as we explore some of the potentially-habitable worlds near us!

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  3. 24. Walk to Tomato Head from Nielsen Physics
    3/22/26, 6:30 PM

    Profs will meet the students in the hotel lobby for 6:30 PM and walk over to the restaurant downtown. Any students joining later can walk over to the restaurant on Market Square on their own.

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  4. 1. Welcome Dinner w/ Faculty
    3/22/26, 7:00 PM

    Pizza dinner at a Knoxville institution

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  5. 14. Transport to IAMM from Graduate Knoxville
    3/23/26, 8:30 AM

    Please meet in the lobby at 8:30am.

    If you miss the ground transportation for some reason, contact the front office at (865) 974-3342 to arrange a pickup

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  6. 15. Breakfast in IAMM 310
    3/23/26, 9:00 AM

    IAMM: 2641 Osprey Vista Way

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  7. 16. Lab tours
    3/23/26, 9:45 AM

    Visiting Experimental Labs at the Institute for Advanced Materials & Manufacturing (IAMM)

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  8. 18. Transport to Nielsen
    3/23/26, 10:30 AM
  9. 19. Meeting with Dept Head, Grad Program Director, Director of Labs
    Prof. Adrian Del Maestro (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Christine Cheney (University of Tennessee Department of Physics and Astronomy), Steve Johnston (University of Tennessee)
    3/23/26, 11:00 AM

    Learn about our department and graduate program

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  10. 11. Pizza Lunch with Faculty and Current Grad Students
    3/23/26, 12:00 PM
  11. 10. Pre-scheduled One-on-One Meetings with Faculty
    3/23/26, 1:00 PM

    Based on your responses on the survey, we've arranged faculty meetings when possible. Please find your personalized meeting schedule at the link below.

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wiGjxeyCzE_JAsymYtNF6l_GHTkiyyVr?usp=sharing

    If you would like to add to this schedule, please get in touch with Prof Richers: richers@utk.edu

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  12. 12. Grad Student Poster Session
    3/23/26, 2:00 PM

    Learn about some of the great research going on in the department from our current grad students

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  13. 2. Pre-Colloquium Tea and Refreshments
    3/23/26, 3:00 PM
  14. 3. Colloquium - Leah Broussard, ORNL
    3/23/26, 3:30 PM

    A Broader View of Neutron Beta Decay from the Nab Experiment at ORNL

    The weak force of nature uniquely allows quarks to change flavor, resulting in the transformation of nuclei known as nuclear beta decay. Currently, measurements of the weak mixing of quarks are in tension with the Standard Model’s description, a discrepancy referred to as the “Cabibbo Angle Anomaly.” As the simplest...

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  15. 4. Campus Tours w/ Grad Students or Downtime
    3/23/26, 4:45 PM

    For campus tours, gather outside of colloquium after it ends to meet your grad student guides.

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  16. 5. Dinner with Current Grad Students
    3/23/26, 6:00 PM
  17. 35. Check out of Hotel on Time
    3/24/26, 7:30 AM

    Checkout time is 11am. If going to ORNL, please make sure to checkout before coming to campus for the shuttle. The hotel can store your bags at the counter.

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  18. 26. Leave for ORNL
    3/24/26, 8:00 AM

    Meet in the front office of Nielsen 401. Lunch boxes and beverages will be provided.

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  19. 36. Computational Physics
    Zachary Nicolaou
    3/24/26, 8:10 AM

    Sit in on Zachary Nicolaou's class.

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  20. 7. Quantum Field Theory II
    Lucas Platter
    3/24/26, 8:10 AM

    Sit in on Lucas Platter's Class

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  21. 27. Register at ORNL
    3/24/26, 8:30 AM

    Registration and ORNL badges at ORNL's visitors office

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  22. 28. OLCF visit
    3/24/26, 9:30 AM

    Visit of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility

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  23. 8. Advanced Solid State Physics II
    Steve Johnston (University of Tennessee)
    3/24/26, 9:45 AM

    Sit in on Steve Johnston's class.

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  24. 29. Depart for SNS
    3/24/26, 10:00 AM

    Drive to the Spallation Neutron Source campus

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  25. 30. SNS tour
    3/24/26, 10:30 AM

    Tour of the Spallation Neutron Source

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  26. 31. Depart for ORNL main campus
    3/24/26, 11:00 AM

    Return to the main campus for the rest of the visit

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  27. 9. Nuclear Physics Lab Tour - Dien Nguyen and Nadia Fomin
    3/24/26, 11:10 AM

    I am an experimental nuclear physicist specializing in using high-energy electron probes to explore nucleon (proton or neutron) and nuclear structures. These structures are determined by how nucleons interact within the nucleus and the interplay between quarks and gluons within the nucleon. These studies contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental properties of strong...

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  28. 32. Tour of the Graphite Reactor at ORNL
    3/24/26, 11:30 AM

    Visit of the first continuously operating nuclear reactor, the Graphite Reactor

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  29. 23. Lunch and Free Time
    3/24/26, 12:00 PM

    Grab boxed lunches from front office (401 Nielsen)

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  30. 33. Lunch break
    3/24/26, 12:00 PM

    Packed lunches provided

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  31. 21. Pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with faculty
    3/24/26, 1:30 PM

    Based on your responses on the survey, we've arranged faculty meetings when possible. Please find your personalized meeting schedule at the link from Monday afternoon. Your PDF schedule contains the schedule for both days.

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  32. 34. Return to Nielsen Physics
    3/24/26, 1:30 PM

    Return to Nielsen Physics front office. Transportation to Knoxville's airport will be provided.

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