Past Events

Atwater @60
A symposium on the occasion of Professor Harry Atwater's 60th Birthday
Join us for an engaging weekend as we profile the achievements of Dr. Atwater's scientific career and explore what's next for the A-team.
Saturday, January 18, 2020
California Institute of Technology

Harry Atwater Speaks at KPCC's Public Radio Event
Date: March 10, 2015
Location: KPCC

On Tuesday, March 10th, Professor Atwater spoke at the Crawford Family Forum event, "NEXT: Solar Power – Energy of the Future?" with host, Mat Kaplan.

Dr. Atwater served on a panel of solar energy experts alongside Paul Basore, Director of the Materials Applications and Performance Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and J.R. DeShazo, Director of the Luskin Center for Innovation at the UCLA. At the event, the panelists addressed the issues of the widespread adoption of renewable energy and spoke candidly about the challenges facing their work, as well as their expectations of the future.

Applied Physics and Materials Science in the 21st Century
Date: November 6, 2014
Location: Beckman Institute Auditorium

The Applied Physics Materials Science Department is hosting a day of "connections and discovery" for its alumni, faculty, staff, and current students on November 6th, 2014. Please join us for an exciting event that includes faculty talks, poster sessions and a panel discussion, as well as a talk by keynote speaker, Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Director of DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and Caltech Applied Physics alumna (M.S. '80, Ph.D. '85).