Seminars, News, and Events

 

Stay connected with the Physics and Engineering Physics community at Tulane. From visiting speakers and research talks to faculty honors and department milestones, our seminars, news, and events offer a window into the ideas, discoveries, and people shaping physics and engineering physics here in New Orleans and beyond. Whether you’re a current student, a prospective applicant, a fellow scientist, or an alum, there’s always something new to explore.

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Seminars


FALL 2026: Seminars are held throughout the Fall semester, normally on Mondays, 3-4pm in Boggs 239 unless specified otherwise.
 

 Date  

Speaker

Affiliation

Title

Aug 24

PEP faculty

TU / PEP

State of PEP / Overview of current research projects by PEP faculty

Aug 31

Prof. Rath Vannithamby

TU / PEP

Wireless Technology Evolution Towards Intelligent & Connected World of 6G

Sep 14

Prof. Yunfeng Shi

RPI

Atomistic Modeling of Ferroelectric Materials in Devices

Sep 21

Dr. Alexis Myers

NLR

From Electrons, to Molecules, to Communities

Sep 28

Dr. Prashant Padmanabhan 

LANL

Light-Driven Phenomena in Gapless Topological Matter

Oct 5

Prof. Tianze Liu

Tulane / EES

New Frontiers in Geological Hydrogen Exploration Using Seismology

Oct 12

Prof. Denis Seletskiy

U of New Mexico

Photons Are Overrated: Bright, few-cycle quantum light and what you can do with a field

Oct 19

Prof. Chunli Huang

U of Kentucky

From Pencil Lead to Quantum Matter: Magnetism and Superconductivity in Stacked Graphene

Oct 26

Prof. Elizabeth Scott

Centre College

Measuring Energy with Circuits and Superconductors- An Introduction to Thermal Kinetic Inductance Detectors

Nov 2

Dr. Kyle Steffen

Tulane

TBA

Nov 9

Prof. Georgi Rozenman

MIT

TBA

Nov 16

Prof. Mark Pedersen

UTEP

TBA

PEP News

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Alumni Spotlight: Bridging the Gap from Campus to Career with John Harkins (SSE ’21)

 

The transition from student to professional is a journey of growth, but for Tulane University engineering alumnus John Harkins, it has also been a full-circle experience. Returning to the uptown campus as a recruiter for Intralox, Harkins found himself on the other side of the table at the School of Science and Engineering (SSE) career fair.

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Tulane-led team develops parameter-free route to accurately predict electron–phonon inter- actions in complex materials

 

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Tulane study finds that magnetism dramatically strengthens electron-phonon interactions in nickelate superconductors

 

Cleanroom

Above the Cleanroom: The Infrastructure Behind Tulane’s Latest Micro/Nanofabrication Facility

Tulane School of Science and Engineering’s new cleanroom and micronano-fabrication facility in Paul Hall is taking shape on the ground level, a deliberate decision for a space where stability matters. But what many people won’t see is that a cleanroom doesn’t begin and end at its walls. It depends on an entire network of infrastructure (air, water, temperature control, humidity control, vacuum, and compressed air) engineered into the building to create a tightly controlled environment for precision work. 

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Michael Naguib Named A 2025 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate for Fifth Straight Year

Michael Naguib, a respected professor at Tulane University, has been recognized as a 2025 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate, one of the most prestigious global honors in academic research.