UA VIGRE: Arizona Summer Program 2009

Week 1 Schedule

Monday, June 29


9:00 AM Orientation Meeting

Prof. M. Tabor, Director of the VIGRE program, Head of the Program in

Applied Mathematics

Prof. M. VĂ©lez, VIGRE Management Committee, Associate Head for

Undergraduate Affairs

Prof. J. Moloney, Arizona Center for Mathematical Sciences, Director

David Gonzalez and Angelica Elias, Business Office, Mathematics, UofA

Moysey Brio, VIGRE Summer 2009 Program Director
11:00 AM Introduction to Computer Facilities, Computer Accounts and Login Procedures
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)
1:00 PM THz Group Meeting, Math 101
2:00 PM Laplace Group Meeting, Math 101
3:00 PM Preconditioners Group Meeting, ACMS
4:00 PM Drude and Infrared Group Meeting, ACMS


Tuesday, June 30
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)
3:00 PM Introduction to Matlab - Paul Dostert


Wednesday, July 1
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)
1:00 PM THz Group Meeting, Math 101
2:00 PM Laplace Group Meeting, Math 101
3:00 PM Preconditioners Group Meeting, ACMS
4:00 PM Drude and Infrared Group Meeting, ACMS


Thursday, July 2
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)
1:00 PM Meetings with the Project Managers
3:00 PM Group Presentations I


Friday, July 3
8:00 AM The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum 


Saturday, July 4
1:30 PM Lunch at El Parador Mexican Restaurant

 

Week 2 Schedule

Monday, July 6
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)
1:00 PM THz Group Meeting, Math 101
2:00 PM Laplace Group Meeting, Math 101
3:00 PM Preconditioners Group Meeting, ACMS
4:00 PM Drude and Infrared Group Meeting, ACMS


Tuesday, July 7
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)
4:00 PM Introduction to Optics - John Pate


Wednesday, July 8
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)
1:00 PM THz Group Meeting, Math 101
2:00 PM Laplace Group Meeting, Math 101
3:00 PM Preconditioners Group Meeting, ACMS
4:00 PM Drude and Infrared Group Meeting, ACMS


Thursday, July 9
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)
3:30 PM Interesting Topics in Computational Mathematics - Paul Dostert


Friday, July 10
2:00 PM Group Presentations II


Saturday, July 11
3:45 PM Visit to Kitt Peak National Observatory

Week 3 Schedule

Monday, July 13
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)
1:00 PM THz Group Meeting, Math 101
2:00 PM Laplace Group Meeting, Math 101
3:00 PM Preconditioners Group Meeting, ACMS
4:00 PM Drude and Infrared Group Meeting, ACMS


Tuesday, July 14
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)


Wednesday, July 15
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)
1:00 PM THz Group Meeting, Math 101
2:00 PM Laplace Group Meeting, Math 101
3:00 PM Preconditioners Group Meeting, ACMS
4:00 PM Drude and Infrared Group Meeting, ACMS


Thursday, July 16
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)
3:30 PM Visit to ACMS High Power Laser Lab - Pavel Polynkin


Friday, July 17
 AM Visit to UofA Physics Department Photonics Lab - Delmar Barker (UofA & Raytheon), Patrick Kano (Raytheon). 
2:00 PM Group Presentations III


Saturday, July 18
12:30 PM Karchner Caverns Tour

Week 4 Schedule

Monday, July 20
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)
1:00 PM THz Group Meeting, Math 101
2:00 PM Laplace Group Meeting, Math 101
3:00 PM Preconditioners Group Meeting, ACMS
4:00 PM Drude and Infrared Group Meeting, ACMS


Tuesday, July 21
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)
1:00 PM Visit to the UofA Miror Lab
3:30 PM An Overview of Computational Fluids and Electromagnetics - Jinjie Liu


Wednesday, July 22
12:00 PM Visit to UofA Center for Creative Photography currently running Exibition of Robert Mapplethorpe Portraits
1:00 PM THz Group Meeting, Math 101
2:00 PM Laplace Group Meeting, Math 101
3:00 PM Preconditioners Group Meeting, ACMS
4:00 PM Drude and Infrared Group Meeting, ACMS


Thursday, July 23
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)
3:00 PM Postgraduate Plans - Prof. Bill Velez
4:00 PM Computational Social Science - Ariel Brio


Friday, July 24
12:00 PM Lunch at Student Union (optional)
2:00 PM Final Group Presentations