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UTK Physics & Astronomy Prospective Grad Student Visit

Mar 9 – 11, 2025
US/Eastern timezone

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  1. 25. Pick up at Cumberland House Hotel Lobby
    3/9/25, 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
    3/9/25, 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 Cumberland House
    3/9/25, 6:30 PM

    Profs. Johnston, Richers, and Mannik 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
    3/9/25, 7:00 PM

    Pizza dinner at a Knoxville institution

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  5. 14. Transport to IAMM from Cumberland House lobby
    3/10/25, 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 145
    3/10/25, 9:00 AM

    IAMM: 2641 Osprey Vista Way

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  7. 16. Lab tours
    3/10/25, 9:45 AM

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

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  8. 18. Transport to Nielsen
    3/10/25, 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)
    3/10/25, 11:00 AM

    Learn about our department and graduate program

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  10. 11. Pizza Lunch with Faculty and Current Grad Students
    3/10/25, 12:00 PM
  11. 10. Pre-scheduled One-on-One Meetings with Faculty
    3/10/25, 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.

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

    Schedules last updated March 10, 2025.

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  12. 12. Grad Student Poster Session
    3/10/25, 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
    3/10/25, 3:00 PM
  14. 3. Colloquium - Radioactive Molecules are Dying to Reveal New Physics
    Prof. Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz (MIT)
    3/10/25, 3:30 PM

    Abstract: Rapid progress in the experimental control and interrogation of molecules is enabling new opportunities for investigating the fundamental laws of our universe. In particular, molecules containing heavy, octupole-deformed nuclei, such as radium, offer enhanced sensitivity for measuring yet-to-be-discovered parity and time-reversal violating nuclear properties. In this colloquium, I...

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  15. 4. Campus Tours w/ Grad Students or Downtime
    3/10/25, 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
    3/10/25, 6:00 PM
  17. 35. Check out of Hotel on Time
    3/11/25, 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
    3/11/25, 8:00 AM

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

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  19. 7. Quantum Field Theory II
    George Siopsis
    3/11/25, 8:10 AM

    Sit in on George Siopsis' Class

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  20. 27. Register at ORNL
    3/11/25, 8:30 AM

    Registration and ORNL badges at ORNL's visitors office

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  21. 28. OLCF visit
    3/11/25, 9:30 AM

    Visit of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility

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  22. 8. Advanced Solid State Physics II
    Steve Johnston (University of Tennessee)
    3/11/25, 9:45 AM

    Sit in on Steve Johnston's class.

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  23. 29. Depart for SNS
    3/11/25, 10:00 AM

    Drive to the Spallation Neutron Source campus

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  24. 30. SNS tour
    3/11/25, 10:30 AM

    Tour of the Spallation Neutron Source

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  25. 31. Depart for ORNL main campus
    3/11/25, 11:00 AM

    Return to the main campus for the rest of the visit

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  26. 9. Mannik Lab Tour
    Jaan Mannik
    3/11/25, 11:10 AM

    Tour the department's biophysics laboratory.

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  27. 32. Tour of the Graphite Reactor at ORNL
    3/11/25, 11:30 AM

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

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  28. 23. Lunch and Free Time
    3/11/25, 12:00 PM

    Grab boxed lunches from front office (401 Nielsen)

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  29. 33. Lunch break
    3/11/25, 12:00 PM

    Packed lunches provided

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  30. 21. Pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with faculty
    3/11/25, 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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  31. 34. Return to Nielsen Physics
    3/11/25, 1:30 PM

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

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