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The Newsletter for the EAS Community
Selected Upcoming Events
Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
A Conversation with Hock E. Tan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Broadcom
Location: Zoom (Register using the link above) and in-person in Ramo Auditorium (register for in-person here)
Friday, April 5, 2024, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Resnick Young Investigators Symposium
Location: Chen 100
Friday, April 5 - Saturday, April 6, 2024
Conference for Emerging Black Academics in STEM (CEBAS)
Location: Dabney Hall
Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Behind The Book: Dr. David Zierler and Professor Paul Wennberg discuss Zierler's "The Invention of Ecocide" (Reserve tickets here)
Location: Beckman Auditorium
Thursday, April 18, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Presidential Distinguished Speaker Series: Bob Iger (Register here)
Location: Athenaeum
EAS New Horizons Award - Call for Nominations
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. Nomination period closes May 10, 2024. Learn more and nominate!
Spotlight On Our People
Emily de Jong
Graduate Student, Mechanical and Civil Engineering
I moved to Caltech from Princeton University in 2019, excited and nervous to enter the world of mechanical engineering and fluid mechanics after my ChemE undergraduate degree. Ultimately, I found myself studying very small-scale phenomena in the atmosphere—the liquid water and ice particles that make up a cloud, which are inherently challenging to model, yet crucial to Earth's climate and weather. I have always been interested in the dynamics and mathematics of complex physical systems related to energy and the environment, and learning and applying new mathematical and modeling techniques. Cloud microphysics has been the perfect topic to satisfy this curiosity while also contributing to our understanding of changes and feedback in the atmosphere in future climate scenarios. When I'm not deriving, coding, or writing at my desk, I go outside for "observational fieldwork," observing real clouds from a distance on my bicycling, climbing, and hiking adventures in the mountains.
Xingxing Zuo
Postdoc, Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Before joining Caltech as a postdoc in January 2024, I had the pleasure of working as a full-time research scientist at Google. My academic journey led me to get my doctoral degree from Zhejiang University, China, in 2021, followed by a Postdoc position at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) from 2021 to 2023. My research interests are centered around robotic perception and 3D computer vision. I am passionate about advancing the perceptual and spatial intelligence of mobile robots by harnessing the potential of combining data-driven deep neural networks with the principles of state estimation. My long-term aspiration is to empower robots with human-level perception and intelligence. At Caltech, I am fortunate to be co-advised by two distinguished professors: Professor Soon-Jo Chung, an expert in the field of robotics, and Professor Georgia Gkioxari, a renowned figure in computer vision. I am eagerly looking forward to engaging with the fantastic research opportunities that lie ahead and contributing to the vibrant scientific community at Caltech.
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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.
KNI Catalyst Award - Call for Nominations
The Kavli Nanoscience Institute (KNI) established the KNI Catalyst Awards to recognize individual contributors or small teams who are change agents, community leaders, and/or allies for the advancement of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility efforts on campus or in STEM fields. Candidates for the KNI Catalyst Award are nominated by their peers or advisors. The award comes with a $1,000 prize to support the honorees continued efforts. Eligibility: Nominees have an active status at Caltech or JPL; are involved in the KNI community (e.g., active KNI lab users within the past year) or participate in KNI-related programs; demonstrate concrete plans or are actively involved in building a more equitable, inclusive or diverse environment on campus or in a STEM-related field (e.g., K-12, higher education, scientific organizations, etc.). Nomination deadline: Sunday, April 21, 2024. Learn more here and nominate yourself or your colleagues.
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