Spring Orals presentation topics

Posted on 2013/01/30 by kiwinerd

As in Fall semester, in Week 8 of this semester we will not be having a regular seminar class. Instead, on March 6th, the entire student class will give presentations on topics of their choice. Each student will be allocated 3-3.5mins to speak. Visual aids are discouraged and computer use is prohibited. You are welcome to bring handwritten (or typewritten) speech notes on paper.

Please note that you are obliged to not steal other speakers’ thunder. In other words, when talking about your own topic you are not permitted to cover someone else’s topic.

If you need any advice on what to say or where to find good information, please ask your friendly Professor. She will give copious hints and suggestions when asked.

When Who What
14:10-14:16 Everyone Setting up
14:16 Chi How are physicists planning to detect gravitons? (LIGO)
14:20 Pravina How did dark energy go from being Einstein’s “greatest blunder” to being awesomely important today?
14:24 Jill Why did COBE satellite experimenters get the Nobel Prize in 2006?
14:28 Lana Why did two teams working on Supernovae win the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011?
14:32 Alexandra How have the WMAP and Planck satellites taught us more about the evolution of the universe?
14:36 Jiwon What might dark matter be made of?
14:40 Kris What are some of the ways the Universe might have been born?
14:44 Rose What are the possibilities for the ultimate fate of the universe?
14:48 Eric What is the Multiverse?
14:52 Patricia What does the M in M theory mean?
14:56 Erin Why do some particle physicists like supersymmetry?
15:00 Yongjoon What are some of the exotic particles beyond the Standard Model that particle physicists hope to discover?
15:04-15:16 Everyone Toilet break 
15:16 Breen Different theories of extra dimensions
15:20 Maddy How do branes and warped extra dimensions help explain theoretically the observed weakness of gravity?
15:24 David K How do D-branes help create models of particle physics?
15:28 Celina How do strings that are not in their groundstate move?
15:32 Linda What is the role of tachyons in string theory?
15:36 Susanna What is the Cosmic Censorship hypothesis?
15:40 Jacob How does string theory help resolve spacetime curvature singularities?
15:44 Davide C Quantum geometry and the nature of spacetime in string theory
15:48 PJ What is quantum determinism and why did Stephen Hawking threaten it?
15:52 Mike Why exactly did Stephen Hawking concede a major scientific bet to John Preskill in 2004?
15:56 Alysha How does string theory help resolve the Black Hole Information Paradox?
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