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The Newsletter for the EAS Community
Selected Upcoming Events
Monday, March 25, 2024, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Caltech Flow Cytometry Cell Sorting Facility User Group Meeting: Learn About Flow Cytometry and How it Might Help with Research Questions
Location: Beckman Institute Auditorium (Refreshments will be served!)
Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
A Conversation with Hock E. Tan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Broadcom
Location: Zoom (Register using the link above)
Friday, April 5, 2024, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Resnick Young Investigators Symposium
Location: Chen 100
EAS New Horizons Award
With the New Horizons Award, the Division of Engineering and Applied Science annually recognizes and honors individuals within the EAS community who have actively contributed to our goal to be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive engineering community. The award is available to members of the EAS community, including current students, postdoctoral scholars, staff, and faculty, whose activities have impact and may include demonstrated leadership, advocacy and community organizing, development of equity and inclusion resources, and engagement in engineering outreach to local schools or communities. Application closes May 10, 2024. Learn more and apply.
Spotlight On Our People
Michael Stramenga
Graduate Student, GALCIT
I am a fourth-year Space Engineering PhD student in the Caltech Hypersonics Group under the guidance of Professor Joanna Austin. I received my BE in Mechanical Engineering and Management at McMaster University in 2020 before joining the Caltech community. My research involves running experiments in hypersonic flows that replicate the extreme environments spacecraft are exposed to as they reenter Earth's atmosphere. I conduct my experiments in Caltech’s T5 Reflected Shock Tunnel, which can produce freestream velocities up to 5 km/s! The data I collect from my experiments is used to improve predictive capabilities for hypersonic flight, leading to the design of safer spacecraft. Outside of lab, I enjoy playing guitar, skiing, scuba diving, and training towards my private pilot license. Having grown up in Canada, I also enjoy playing ice hockey if anyone wants to get a Caltech team started.
Jiaqing Jiang
Graduate Student, Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Hi there! I am a G3 in CMS. I am broadly interested in quantum information, especially in quantum algorithms and quantum complexity. Recently, I have become interested in finding potential quantum advantages for the local Hamiltonian problem, which is one of the most promising applications of quantum computers and is related to quantum chemistry and condensed matter physics. I also like solving math problems just for fun, purely enjoying the feeling of keeping focus. Before I came to Caltech, I obtained my master’s degree at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in computer science, and my bachelor's degree at Nankai University in Mathematics. Outside of research, I like playing games, reading books, hiking, and listening to music. I have also recently started learning guitar.
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Calls for Nomination & Funding Opportunities
Caltech’s Office of Foundation Relations maintains an online database and email subscription service of primarily non-federal funding opportunities as a resource for the Caltech community. Opportunities include calls for proposals released by private foundations, public charities, associations, corporations, internal Caltech opportunities and federal limited opportunities.
Chen Institute Diversity and Inclusion Award
The Chen Institute for Neuroscience is accepting nominations for the Chen Institute Diversity and Inclusion Award. The award is to support Caltech neuroscience graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who are actively working to achieve diversity and inclusion at Caltech, and/or the wider community and STEM education. To learn more about this award and make a nomination (including self-nominations) click here. Nominations are due by Friday, April 5, 2024.
Resnick Sustainability Institute Impact Grant Proposals
Caltech's professorial faculty are invited to submit proposals that leverage Caltech's unique strengths in fundamental science and engineering toward delivering real-world solutions to environmental challenges. Impact Grant concept papers are due at 5:00 pm on March 20. Learn more.
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