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Vibrations
The Newsletter for the EAS Community
"Photonic Elementary Cellular Automata for Simulation of Complex Phenomena." Photo credit: Nicolle R. Fuller, Sayo Studio
Selected Upcoming Events
Thursday, June 22, 2023, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Caltech Travel Fair
Location: San Pasqual Walk
Thursday, June 22, 2023, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
KISS Lecture: The RIME & Reason of JUICE - The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Spotlight On Our People
Aramis Mendoza
Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering
I’m a second-year undergraduate majoring in mechanical engineering and minoring in aerospace engineering. I am very interested in the development of novel aerospace technology. This past summer, I completed a SURF with the NASA Big Idea Challenge Team 2022, advised by Dr. Soon-Jo Chung, developing LATTICE, a lunar railroad built to explore craters, and I have been working on the project since. This summer, I will be working on a project at Boeing utilizing a combination of mechanical engineering and computer science. In addition to my aerospace interests, I am deeply committed to writing as a form of expression and outlet for creativity. I enjoy analyzing Black films alongside their historical contexts and connecting them to current trends today. When I’m not working, I’m spending time with friends and family, watching my favorite movies, and playing tennis.
Ming-Liang Wei
Graduate Student, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering
Hi there! I'm a first-year PhD student from Taiwan. I received my master's degree from the National Taiwan University in Taiwan before joining Caltech. Now I am currently working in the Caltech Optical Imaging Laboratory (COIL), headed by Professor Lihong Wang. Our research focuses on Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM), an imaging method that detects optical contrast via the photoacoustic effect. With PAM, I try to acquire some ex vivo images from sliced or unsliced biological tissue, which could help the collaborating doctors to diagnose fatal diseases in the future. Our lab also studies Photoacoustic Computed Tomography (PACT), a computed tomography via the photoacoustic effect for various clinical applications. Outside of academic research, I enjoy spending my time cooking, singing, and reading - especially some Chinese classic literature and thought.
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FSRI: Seeking Summer Research Mentors
The First-Year Success Research Institute (FSRI) seeks mentors for Summer 2023. FSRI is designed to introduce incoming historically excluded and/or marginalized first-year students to Caltech's research, curriculum, academic rigor, and student support services. Mentors should have a project available for students and dedicate 2+ hours/week to in-person lab work and meetings with students. Dates of research: July 31 - September 8. View the Interest Application to learn more about the program details and timeline. Deadline: Open until filled with a priority deadline of end of June.
EAS News Highlights
- Unlocking Photonic Computing Power with Artificial ‘Life'
- Caltech Students and Postdoc Receive 2023 ICRA Best Paper Awards
- 2022-2023 Mechanical and Civil Engineering Award Winners Announced
- Nathaniel Wei Receives 2023 Richard B. Chapman Memorial Award
- Lily Dove's Science Journey: Answering Climate Change Questions with Oceanography
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.
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