Dear UW Physics Graduate Students:

I’d love to get a couple more graduate students to present at the Physics Student Research Colloquium in April. Please take one last opportunity (if you haven’t already) to express interest in participating.. If interested, please complete the survey by Friday, February 23 @ NOON.

It’s the time of year where I reach out to gauge interest in participating in the Physics Student Research Colloquium. The Department of Physics is hosting the 2^nd annual Student Research Colloquium on Friday, April 5, 2024! This special colloquium features talks from UW-Physics graduate students that showcase the phenomenal and exciting research of students happening throughout the department. The talks will be of introductory physics level and open to all.

The goal of this event is threefold:

Provide a space for graduate students to share with and hear from their peers about their diverse research and interests in the UW Dept. of Physics
Introduce undergraduate students in Physics to the possibilities of graduate research in Physics
Contribute to a culture of sharing and community building across the Dept. of Physics—this includes graduate students, undergraduate students, faculty, and staff

Each talk will be ~15 minutes with an additional 5 minutes for questions. Talks from all areas of research in physics are encouraged. The idea is to share your research work and experience with your graduate peers and undergraduate physics majors with the goal of sharing information and raising awareness and interest in physics research.

Guidance on structure of the talk:

Title and Introduction
What is your research/experiment?
Significance of the research work
Methodology used and potential impacts of your project/work
You could also include a slide on work culture/environment in your group
Since this is for undergrad audience in addition to a grad-student audience, please consider how to explain specific technical terms to a diverse population
Include visuals/graphics that help to illustrate your work processes, experiment set-up, findings, etc.

We also plan to have a Q&A panel discussion to talk about graduate school with topics ranging from coursework to starting research in a group. This can be a good opportunity to share your grad school experience with undergraduate students and help them as they consider next steps in their educational or career path. However, it is still unclear whether the graduate student panel will take place on the same day as colloquium or another day during the spring semester.

Please complete the following survey so we can gauge interest in participation to better plan for this event. If you respond that you are interested in participating or attending, we will make sure to include you on future communication as we continue the planning process.

Please complete the survey by February 23, 2024 @ 12:00 PM (NOON):

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCslIRaRr-PdZn4eMGWtLxmCfSeh3gGAIB0byhdn964_c4pQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

We would love to hear about your research! Please reach out to elizabeth.baldridge@wisc.edu with questions about this event.

Kind Regards,

Elizabeth Hart-Baldridge, M.S. Ed.

Graduate Program Manager

Master of Science in Physics-Quantum Computing Program

Department of Physics

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Elizabeth.baldridge@wisc.edu

(608)263-2235

Need to meet with me? Schedule a meeting here: https://calendly.com/elizabeth-baldridge/30min-1