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Sign up to receive email notification of event highlights for the coming week each Monday morning.   Physics Seminar: Probing Ultrafast Charge and Spin Dynamics in an InGaAs Quantum Dot Molecule Friday, January 27 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | 267 Classroom Building, 5200 North Lake Rd, Merced Ultrafast photocurrent spectroscopy provides exquisite sensitivity, facilitating coherent charge and spin control in individual quantum dot (QD) nanostructures [1]. Here, we apply pump-probe photocurrent spectroscopy to directly probe few-Fermion charge and spin dynamics in an individual QD-molecule formed from a pair of vertically stacked self-assembled InGaAs dots (TEM image above). By tuning the relative energy of the orbital states in the two dots and monitoring the temporal evolution of the pump-probe spectra the electron and hole tunneling times are separately measured and resonant tunneling between the two dots is shown to be mediated both by elastic and inelastic processes. Ultrafast (<5ps) inter-dot tunneling is shown to occur over a surprisingly wide bandwidth, up to ~8meV, reflecting the spectrum of exciton-acoustic phonon coupling in the system [2].
In polarization resolved measurements we utilize the ultrafast electron tunneling to initialize a single hole spin in <5ps with a purity of >96% (only limited by noise). The time-dependent spin configuration is probed by the spin selective optical absorption of the resulting few fermion complex. Measurements in a lateral magnetic field monitor the coherent Larmor precession of a single hole spin with no observable loss of spin coherence within the ~300 ps hole lifetime.  Library Reception: Community-Based Research in South Dos Palos Sunday, January 29 | 5:30-7 p.m. | KL 355 Kolligian Library, 5200 North Lake Rd, Merced Come hear Professor Robin DeLugan, student researchers, and board members of the South Dos Palos community discuss Community-Based research. Background: In an attempt to counteract the stagnant state of matters in South Dos Palos, several organizations including CURAJ (Community University Research and Action for Justice: an initiative of UC faculty and leaders from Central Valley community based organizations), CRLA (California Rural Legal Assistance: public interest legal advocates), and PolicyLink (policy organization from Oakland, California) began working with the board members of the George Washington Carver Center, South Dos Palos' community leadership, to gather data about the community in order to expedite the process of gaining positive change and resources for South Dos Palos residents. By collecting census-type data from residents, community leaders have a better chance of securing government grants and other support by having more data about the town's residents and local conditions. Through household surveys administered by a group of UC Merced students under the leadership of Dr. Robin DeLugan, UC Merced reached out to assist South Dos Palos and the leaders of the Carver Center to conduct research about the community. The ultimate goal was to gather information to bring more attention to the community, including information necessary to apply for an d potentially secure more government grants to assist community development.  Dan Gordon - Co-Founder Gordon Biersch Brewery Tuesday, January 31 | 7:30-8:30 p.m. | Room 105 Classroom Building, 5200 North Lake Rd, Merced Dan Gordon, co-founder of Gordon Biersch Brewery, has earned a reputation as one of America's leading brewing engineers. As the director of brewing operations for Gordon Biersch, he supervises the state-of-the-art brewing and bottling facility in San Jose, CA. Dan will share his experiences from the world of entrepreneurship and the obstacles he has overcome on the road to becoming a successful entrepreneur.
The "Conversations with Entrepreneurs" speaker series is a forum for renowned guest speakers to share their experiences from the world of entrepreneurship with both students and the UC Merced community.  Men's Basketball vs. Cal Maritime Thursday, February 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Hostetler Court Gallo Recreation and Wellness Center, 5200 North Lake Rd, Merced UC Merced Men's basketball team hosting Cal Maritime Human Rights Film Series: Granito: How to Nail a Dictator Friday, February 3 | 7-9:30 p.m. | 105 Classroom Building, 5200 North Lake Rd, Merced UC Merced presents its sixth annual Human Rights Film Series featuring four films from Human Rights Watch's Traveling Film Festival (one film each Friday in February).
The first film "Granito: How to Nail a Dictator" is part political thriller, part memoir. It is a haunting tale of genocide and justice that spans four decades and of how a documentary film from 1982 made by the filmmaker of Granito becomes forensic evidence in a genocide case against a military dictator.  Men's Basketball vs. Holy Names University Saturday, February 4 | 7:30 p.m. | Hostetler Court Gallo Recreation and Wellness Center, 5200 North Lake Rd, Merced UC Merced Men's basketball team hosting Holy Names University Human Rights Film Series: Better This World Friday, February 10 | 7-9:30 p.m. | 105 Classroom Building, 5200 North Lake Rd, Merced UC Merced presents its sixth annual Human Rights Film Series featuring four films from Human Rights Watch's Traveling Film Festival (one film each Friday in February).
The second film "Better This World" is a dramatic story of idealism, loyalty, crime, and betrayal, the film goes to the heart of the “war on terror” and its impact on civil liberties and political dissent in the United States after 9/11. The film illustrates how the facts needed to justify investigations of terrorism suspects have been greatly reduced over the past several years. Men's Basketball vs. Pacific Union College Saturday, February 11 | 7:30 p.m. | Hostetler Court Gallo Recreation and Wellness Center, 5200 North Lake Rd, Merced UC Merced Men's basketball team hosting Pacific Union College Saturday Outreach Series Writing Workshop Saturday, February 11 | 8 a.m.-12 p.m. | TC-1 Merced Tri-College Center, Community College Drive/G Street, Merced
Saturday Outreach Series Writing Workshop: Teaching Writing for Academic success XI A Standards-Based Professional Development with ELL Instruction for K-14 teachers. $50.Registration by phone, email or on site. Registration opens September 2. Register by April 21 by calling Lisa Neely at 209-381-6559, or by emailing Lisa Neely at lneely@ucmerced.edu.  Teaching Matters Series: Preparing a Curriculum Vita Monday, February 13 | 12-1 p.m. | KL 159 Kolligian Library, 5200 North Lake Rd, Merced All job applications require a CV. This workshop will present the basic elements of an academic cv and point to further resources for improving your CV.
Participants are asked to bring a vita for peer review following the initial presentation. This event is cosponsored with Career Services.The Teaching Matters Series offers professional development in teaching and learning to all UCM graduate students, especially teaching assistants. To increase awareness of UCM’s community of experienced teachers, many workshops will be led by select faculty members and moderated by TAs.
Workshops in this series count towards the Center for Research on Teaching Excellence Instructional Internship credit as well as the professional development requirement of participating schools. If you have any questions about this series or if you're an experienced TA interested in helping plan and present future workshops, please contact Karen Dunn-Haley at kdunn-haley@ucmerced.edu or 209-228-4761. Notify the calendar manager of a correction to the campus calendar. |
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