Virginia Trimble Fest

The UC Irvine Department of Physics & Astronomy proudly hosts:
 
Trimble Fest 
In honor of Virginia Trimble’s 75th birthday, and the 50th anniversary of her PhD from Caltech.
 
 
 
Date: June 25, 2018
Time: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm, with dinner from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Attendees who wish to join us for our 11:30 am - 1:00 pm lunch are most welcome.  Both lunch and dinner will be hosted at the Beckman Center.
Location: The Beckman Center, 100 Academy Way, Irvine CA 92617
Directions to the Beckman Center can be found here. Parking is free in the Beckman Center lot.
 
* CLICK HERE to register *
 
 
Tentative Program  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Confirmed Speakers and Panelists:
Lynn Cominsky
David Helfand
Stella Kafka
Diana Kormos-Buchwald
Jay Pasachoff
Martin Rees
Wayne Rosing
Jonas Schultz
Joseph Tenn
Kip Thorne
Gaurang Yodh
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Local Organizing Committee:
Jennifer Rittenhouse West: west@uci.edu
James Bullock, Professor and Department Chair: bullock@uci.edu
Aaron Barth: barth@uci.edu
Gary Chanan: gachanan@uci.edu
 
Global organizing committee:
Jennifer Rittenhouse West: west@uci.edu
David J. Helfand: djh@astro.columbia.edu
Martin Rees: mjr36@cam.ac.uk
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Participant List:
Arianna Brown, UC Irvine
Diana Buchwald, Caltech
David Buote, UC Irvine
Bradley Carroll, Weber State University
Gary Chanan, UC Irvine
Catherine Chen, TBN
Mu-Chun Chen, UC Irvine
Siyu Chen, UC Irvine
Don Cline, PARI
Lynn Cominsky, Sonoma State University
Mike Cooper, UC Irvine
Asantha Cooray, UC Irvine
Laura Danly, Griffith Observatory
Deshefy Family
Alan Dressler, Carnegie Observatories
Joyce Farmer, University of Cousin
Michael Feldman, SwRI
Michael Feldman, SwRI
Sandra Faber, UC Santa Cruz
Jonathan Feng, UC Irvine
Alvin Garcia, UC Irvine
Donald Goldsmith, Interstellar Media
John Goodman, John M Goodman  Ph.D.
Sandy Graham, UC Irvine EE
Scott Graham, UC Irvine EE
Palma Goulet, University of Cousin
Brian Hagerty, Copernica Institute
Herbert Hamber, UC Irvine
Adam Hanninen, UC Irvine
Alan Harris, JPL retired
Elizabeth Heckmaier, UC Irvine
David Helfand, Columbia University + AAS
Martin Henze, San Diego State University
Lynne Hillenbrand, Caltech
Katelyn Horstman, UCLA
Fred Johnson, CSUF
Kyle Kabasares, UC Irvine
Stella Kafka, AAVSO
Charlene Kaufman, Sigma XI
Ryan Keeley, University of California Irvine
Demet Kirmizibayrak, UC Irvine
Chryssa Kouveliotou, George Washington University
Shri Kulkarni, Caltech
Peter Kurzhals, Stellar Arabians
Andy Lankford, UC Irvine
Alison Lara, UC Irvine
Dr. Roberta Lessor, Chapman University
Dr. Roberta Lessor, Chapman University
Connie Lint, Unaffiliated
Marjorie Luesebrink, Electronic Literature Organization
Jingzhe Ma, UC Irvine
Mark Maier, MSJC
Mark Mandelkern, UC Irvine
Rita Mayer, UC Irvine
Daniel McKeown, UC Irvine
Roger McWilliams, UC Irvine
Francisco Mercado, UC Irvine
Michael Milgie, UC Irvine
Sophia Nasr, UC Irvine
Hooshang Nayyeri, University of California Irvine
Betsy Parker, UC Irvine
Naomi Pasachoff, Williams College
Jay Pasachoff, Williams College
Frank Potter, Frmly: UC Irvine
Michael Ratz, UC Irvine
Jacqueline Reedy, UC Irvine
Martin Rees, University of Cambridge
R. Michael Rich, UCLA
Freida Rivera, UC Irvine Physics
George Robinson, Palmia Observatory (retired)
Katy Rodriguez Wimberly, UC Irvine
Edward Rosenblatt, Unaffiliated
Wayne Rosing, Las Cumbres Observatory
Viviane Schultz, UC IRVINE
Jonas Schultz, UC Irvine
Michael Seggebruch, University of California  Irvine
Allen Shafter, San Diego State University
Lorna Shaw, UC Irvine
Savannah Shively, UC Irvine
Dennis Silverman, UC Irvine
David Snead, Saguarosoft
David Snow, UC Irvine
Maria Spiropulu, Caltech
Lloyd Stave, Sigma Xi
Paul M. Stein, Sigma Xi  Southwest Regional Director
Jan Strudwick, University of California  Irvine
Peter Taborek, UC Irvine
Joe Tenn, Sonoma State University
Kip Thorne, Caltech
Nicholas Timmons, UC Irvine
Virginia Trimble, UC Irvine
Laura Tucker, UC Irvine
David Tytler, UC San Diego
Vivian U., UC Irvine
Mark Vagins, UC Irvine
Paul Van Der Linden, Family
Larry Vikander, UC San Diego
Jennifer Rittenhouse West, UC Irvine
Jay Wilbur, Community
Derek Wilson, UC Irvine
Jiang Yao, UC Irvine
Gaurang Yodh, UC Irvine
Clare Yu, UC Irvine
Michael Zorn, Unaffiliated
Ben Zuckerman, UCLA
 
 
Information for presenters: the Beckman Center projector is optimized for 16:9 (widescreen) format slides.
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Lodging: For hotels close to the UC Irvine campus, see
http://www.accounting.uci.edu/travel/resources/hotels.html

 
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updated 6.22.18 a. lara