Washington State Graduate Group

Graduate
Group
Elite

Greetings from the Graduate Elite!!!
One can most assuredly describe us as a very merry group as evident from the picture above. (At least that is, when we aren't put in charge of an undergraduate physics lab!!!) As residents of Webster, we have all formed a very special bond over the many hours of interaction within those tight confines. With the completion of our first year of course work, we have been dispersed to the ends of the mighty Webster to our various research groups.

Adventures of the Graduate Group
(But Another Pictural Revisionist History) - SUMMER SEMESTER 2001

The Tables Have Arrived
(Graduate elite, Dudley, supervises the arrive of the Newport optical tables; the end to an epic tragedy!)

Doors and door frames; elevators and cables; responsibilities and cost.
Administration and purchasing; vendors and bids; all is lost.
Physical Plant, multiple persons; tables just sit there, phone calls are made.
We can't do it, who is liable; the laser sits idle, but grad students get paid.
Take out a window, order a crane; thread the needle, only a little pain.
Time to leave, everything is done; what's the outcome, no one's left sane!

Dansker & Physicist Hosts Quite An Extravaganza

Jonas, expert in both quantum theory and downhill skiing, brings quite a diverse group (from across Europe) together at his abode. As the evening unfolded, various Danes and other, partook in numerous keg-stands. This afforded but another opportunity for a Outdoor Recreations Club reunion, as members of the Whitewater Escapade assemble at Jonas's home.

A Send Off For Dr. Wolfson
(Visiting Scientist And Expert In Long Range Semiclassical Dynamics In Ocean Acoustic Waveguides)

Before Mike could leave for the University of Washington, he had to organized a splendid celebration at the Franzs' Home. The festivities were complete with a plethora of alcoholic beverages... SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS!!!!

This photo documentary details one particular ultrafast vibrational spectroscopist's debauchery as he consumes numerous SHOTS. Mike Wolfson was well aware that he would not be allowed to leave the village of Pullman, WA, if he didn't finish the litter bottle of Absolut Volka. Various other personalities (including but not limited to graduate students, faculty, visiting scientists, and technical staff) from the Physics department were present at this omnifarious affair.

The Conclusion of the Solid State Class

The members of the esteemed Solid State Class bring closure to the semester by enlightening our minds on various advanced topics in Solid State Theory. Topics covered included: Dislocation Motion, Archeological Metallurgy, Consequences of Left-Handed Media, Bioceramics, Structure and Properties of Fullerenes, Quantum Dots, Surfaces do Matter, Molecular Semiconductors, Superconductivity and the Instability of the Fermi Sea, Planarization of para-Quaterphenyl under Pressure, Laser Action through Various Solids, and finally, the Wave Packet Theory of Pump Probe Experiments During Impulsive Excitation!

Moscow Pullman Pub Crawl 2001
(Your official resource from the 6th Annual Pub Crawl)

Prepare yourself for excessive displays of debaucher where all capable persons (excluding those said persons married and any of the attached variety that wished not to be tempted) partook in nothing but the best in crawling! Your almighty, co-Pub-Crawl-coordinator, here... welcoming you to relive, pictorially, the greatest Pub Crawl in the Pullman-Moscow metropolitan area!!! (I'm fibbing just a little... I'm not almighty!) :P This event isn't exactly sanctioned by Wazzu or any other authority figure type organization but I don't believe there exists any such persons who wouldn't have been super down with it. Anyway, as it turns out, it's actually a forum for which numerous literati would have the opportunity to interact with various intelligentsia from across the Palouse!

Schedules for the 2001 affair were distributed to various happenin localities on campus!

Escapades to Spokane, WA

Ohhh... but another, excursion to Eastern WA largest city. After taking in a few movies downtown, we proceed to the Spokane Airport to foregather with our compatriot, Wei Wei. Once again, we were amazed by the dazzling display of driving skill as featured in this photo account of Zhang Weiya (expert in quantum theory). Btw: Yes, we did stop at Paul's FAVORITE rest area just before entering the outskirts of Spokane!

Past Expeditions Include:

Our First Trip To That Wonderous City *cough* *cough*

Traveling With A Quantum Mechanic

Partying At The Snake River
(Save the Dams!!!!!)

After assembling at a little known convenience store in the bustling metropolis of Pullman, we headed out to the Snake... for nothing but the finest in world class frisbee; whereupon, certain said graduate elite, went about challenging the very laws of gravitation in defying feats of aerial acrobatics! After which, we consumed various ethnic foods from such localities as Spain (oranges?) to the vast reaches of the motherland, Russia. This afforded us another opportunity to display are uncanny control over the forces of nature by the production and subjugation of various plasmas. (Past Pyrotechnics)

Adventures of the Graduate Group
(Another Pictural Revisionist History) - SPRING SEMESTER 2001

Reading, Pennsylvania

After various excursions in the Pacific Northwest, it was time to visit Me Familia ("my little buddies" can be seen to the left) along with various intellectuals including brother Brian (exponent of the Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin) and brother Jeff (technician in Okinawan boxing).

Extravaganza With Mr. & Mrs. Franz And Company
(A Very Festive Gathering of Grads and Visiting Scientists)

The evening began with the consumption of a number of alcoholic beverages after which various literary "classics" were presented to all those attending. This social gathering offered but another opportunity to organize winter outdoor activities. SKIING!!! All in all, the Franzs did an excellent job hosting this affair.

Note: Everyone is served beverages at the House-o-Franz!!!!

Whitewater, Canada
(Brought you by the Winter Sports Club)

SKIING, SKIING, SKIING!!!!! After a short stunt over the boarder into British Columbia, we made are way to Nelson. Our adventures included late nights partying with Canuks, early mornings curving fresh powder at Whitewater, and an evening excursion to the aquatic center (hot tub); All this, along with the partaking in Nelson's finest Italian cuisine! BTW: They let me back into the country!!! (Big Mistake) I still have unclassified access to Energy Defense Facilities!

2001 Birthday Festivities

Once again, the grads assemble for but another birthday extravaganza hosted by the Hoffmans. At this event, a number of ethnic foods were presented along with my legendary Lynnchburg Lemonades!!! The evening ended (what I can remember of it...) with the consumption of a bottle of 12 year old Scotch Whiskey. Excellent then! (Past Birthday Fest)

Solid State Day
"A Celebration In Crystals"

This exposition included members of the esteemed Solid State Class along with various other intellectuals from the Department of Physics (plus an honored guest!). After the acquisition of a university van, the crystal revelers proceeded to Kellogg, ID; home of the Silver Mountain Ski Resort. Only after our long and intensive apprenticeship in the study of crystallography, were the worthy members of the Physics 463 Class able to peak into the inner temple of knowledge and truly appreciate this event.

Adventures of the Graduate Group
(A Pictural Revisionist History) - FALL SEMESTER 2000

The 1st Year Students Meet the 2nd Year Students

"The 2nd Year Grads would like to welcome you to join in some merriment, which will take place Sat, Sept. 8, 2000. The event will include the barbecuing of various foods, playing pool, and plenty of whimsical dialog. This will all take place at my abode, north of campus. (1580 N.E. Merman Dr.)"

What an excellent way to begin the Fall Semester by hosting a BBQ at the homestead. Burgers and sausages were grilled along with fresh strawberry daiquiris.

Local Vibrational Modes
Physical Chemistry / Material Science Seminar Series
Friday, Octorber 27, 4:10 p.m., Fulmer 150

Speaker: Christopher Dudley; Topic: "Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy with diamond anvil cells offers high sensitivity for small sample sizes. Low levels of impurities that have similar structures to the host matrix can still be detected from differences in vibrational modes. Benzene-d6 in benzene is easily detected. Peak shifts from the carbon-hydrogen stretch modes to those of the carbon-deuterium modes is evident in the spectrum."
(Refreshments were provided at 3:50 p.m. in Fulmer 150!!!)

Hallows Eve Festivities

Geology graduate students, Pam and Holly, hosted another excellent Geophysical Consortium. After a short discussion of the Snowball Earth and Early Animal Evolution, things progressed to the point were it became quite evident that not only are these geologist experts in Pleistocene glacial floods but they are also exponents of "Still Art"!!!

Pam and Holly's Last Extravaganza featured various personalities, dressed in 70's regalia, from the friendly confines of the Multi-Million Dollar Webster, home of the very Physical Sciences!

Another Special Issue of the Dud Files
And Lost Pictures From the Archives

Dudley, Optoelectronics Researcher and Expert in FTIR (exceptional expertise in benzene-d6), Chemist, Avid Painter, and Connoisseur of Fine Whiskey, once again, captures various events in time for another presentation of the Dud-Files!!!
Presented within is a haphazard selection of pictures lost in time...

Hallows Eve Celebration Continue...

The Hoffmans host a wondrously festive group gathering which included one of Paul's curiously sweet home brews. After the exchanging of recipes, we proceeded to view a new release (with color distortion, acourse).

With Hallows Eve upon us, The Heads, Dudley, and I visited Christa, an expert in genetics and cell biology. After discussing the prospects of utilizing hybrids in particular experiments, we went about harassing trick-or-treaters along with a viewing of a "scary" movie! We concluded the evening by visiting various establishments in downtown Pullman.

There is NO END to work...
From Fourier Optics To
Femtosecond Optical Techniques...
"The Fourier transform of a Fourier transform of a function is that function with negative arguments..." From the shift theorem to the convolution, from autocorrelations to crosscorrelations, the Graduate Group once again finds themselves at the Casa de Nuke.

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Adventures of the Graduate Group (But Another Pictural Revisionist History) - SUMMER SEMESTER 2001
	The Tables Have Arrived (Graduate elite, Dudley, supervises the arrive of the Newport optical tables; the end to an epic tragedy!) Doors and door frames; elevators and cables; responsibilities and cost. Administration and purchasing; vendors and bids; all is lost. Physical Plant, multiple persons; tables just sit there, phone calls are made. We can't do it, who is liable; the laser sits idle, but grad students get paid. Take out a window, order a crane; thread the needle, only a little pain. Time to leave, everything is done; what's the outcome, no one's left sane!
	Dansker & Physicist Hosts Quite An Extravaganza Jonas, expert in both quantum theory and downhill skiing, brings quite a diverse group (from across Europe) together at his abode. As the evening unfolded, various Danes and other, partook in numerous keg-stands. This afforded but another opportunity for a Outdoor Recreations Club reunion, as members of the Whitewater Escapade assemble at Jonas's home.
	A Send Off For Dr. Wolfson (Visiting Scientist And Expert In Long Range Semiclassical Dynamics In Ocean Acoustic Waveguides) Before Mike could leave for the University of Washington, he had to organized a splendid celebration at the Franzs' Home. The festivities were complete with a plethora of alcoholic beverages... SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS!!!! This photo documentary details one particular ultrafast vibrational spectroscopist's debauchery as he consumes numerous SHOTS. Mike Wolfson was well aware that he would not be allowed to leave the village of Pullman, WA, if he didn't finish the litter bottle of Absolut Volka. Various other personalities (including but not limited to graduate students, faculty, visiting scientists, and technical staff) from the Physics department were present at this omnifarious affair.
	The Conclusion of the Solid State Class The members of the esteemed Solid State Class bring closure to the semester by enlightening our minds on various advanced topics in Solid State Theory. Topics covered included: Dislocation Motion, Archeological Metallurgy, Consequences of Left-Handed Media, Bioceramics, Structure and Properties of Fullerenes, Quantum Dots, Surfaces do Matter, Molecular Semiconductors, Superconductivity and the Instability of the Fermi Sea, Planarization of para-Quaterphenyl under Pressure, Laser Action through Various Solids, and finally, the Wave Packet Theory of Pump Probe Experiments During Impulsive Excitation!
	Moscow Pullman Pub Crawl 2001 (Your official resource from the 6th Annual Pub Crawl) Prepare yourself for excessive displays of debaucher where all capable persons (excluding those said persons married and any of the attached variety that wished not to be tempted) partook in nothing but the best in crawling! Your almighty, co-Pub-Crawl-coordinator, here... welcoming you to relive, pictorially, the greatest Pub Crawl in the Pullman-Moscow metropolitan area!!! (I'm fibbing just a little... I'm not almighty!) :P This event isn't exactly sanctioned by Wazzu or any other authority figure type organization but I don't believe there exists any such persons who wouldn't have been super down with it. Anyway, as it turns out, it's actually a forum for which numerous literati would have the opportunity to interact with various intelligentsia from across the Palouse! Schedules for the 2001 affair were distributed to various happenin localities on campus!
	Escapades to Spokane, WA Ohhh... but another, excursion to Eastern WA largest city. After taking in a few movies downtown, we proceed to the Spokane Airport to foregather with our compatriot, Wei Wei. Once again, we were amazed by the dazzling display of driving skill as featured in this photo account of Zhang Weiya (expert in quantum theory). Btw: Yes, we did stop at Paul's FAVORITE rest area just before entering the outskirts of Spokane! Past Expeditions Include: Our First Trip To That Wonderous City cough cough Traveling With A Quantum Mechanic
	Partying At The Snake River (Save the Dams!!!!!) After assembling at a little known convenience store in the bustling metropolis of Pullman, we headed out to the Snake... for nothing but the finest in world class frisbee; whereupon, certain said graduate elite, went about challenging the very laws of gravitation in defying feats of aerial acrobatics! After which, we consumed various ethnic foods from such localities as Spain (oranges?) to the vast reaches of the motherland, Russia. This afforded us another opportunity to display are uncanny control over the forces of nature by the production and subjugation of various plasmas. (Past Pyrotechnics)

Adventures of the Graduate Group (Another Pictural Revisionist History) - SPRING SEMESTER 2001
	Reading, Pennsylvania After various excursions in the Pacific Northwest, it was time to visit Me Familia ("my little buddies" can be seen to the left) along with various intellectuals including brother Brian (exponent of the Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin) and brother Jeff (technician in Okinawan boxing).
	Extravaganza With Mr. & Mrs. Franz And Company (A Very Festive Gathering of Grads and Visiting Scientists) The evening began with the consumption of a number of alcoholic beverages after which various literary "classics" were presented to all those attending. This social gathering offered but another opportunity to organize winter outdoor activities. SKIING!!! All in all, the Franzs did an excellent job hosting this affair. Note: Everyone is served beverages at the House-o-Franz!!!!
	Whitewater, Canada (Brought you by the Winter Sports Club) SKIING, SKIING, SKIING!!!!! After a short stunt over the boarder into British Columbia, we made are way to Nelson. Our adventures included late nights partying with Canuks, early mornings curving fresh powder at Whitewater, and an evening excursion to the aquatic center (hot tub); All this, along with the partaking in Nelson's finest Italian cuisine! BTW: They let me back into the country!!! (Big Mistake) I still have unclassified access to Energy Defense Facilities!
	2001 Birthday Festivities Once again, the grads assemble for but another birthday extravaganza hosted by the Hoffmans. At this event, a number of ethnic foods were presented along with my legendary Lynnchburg Lemonades!!! The evening ended (what I can remember of it...) with the consumption of a bottle of 12 year old Scotch Whiskey. Excellent then! (Past Birthday Fest)
	Solid State Day "A Celebration In Crystals" This exposition included members of the esteemed Solid State Class along with various other intellectuals from the Department of Physics (plus an honored guest!). After the acquisition of a university van, the crystal revelers proceeded to Kellogg, ID; home of the Silver Mountain Ski Resort. Only after our long and intensive apprenticeship in the study of crystallography, were the worthy members of the Physics 463 Class able to peak into the inner temple of knowledge and truly appreciate this event.

Adventures of the Graduate Group (A Pictural Revisionist History) - FALL SEMESTER 2000
	The 1st Year Students Meet the 2nd Year Students "The 2nd Year Grads would like to welcome you to join in some merriment, which will take place Sat, Sept. 8, 2000. The event will include the barbecuing of various foods, playing pool, and plenty of whimsical dialog. This will all take place at my abode, north of campus. (1580 N.E. Merman Dr.)" What an excellent way to begin the Fall Semester by hosting a BBQ at the homestead. Burgers and sausages were grilled along with fresh strawberry daiquiris.
	Local Vibrational Modes Physical Chemistry / Material Science Seminar Series Friday, Octorber 27, 4:10 p.m., Fulmer 150 Speaker: Christopher Dudley; Topic: "Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy with diamond anvil cells offers high sensitivity for small sample sizes. Low levels of impurities that have similar structures to the host matrix can still be detected from differences in vibrational modes. Benzene-d6 in benzene is easily detected. Peak shifts from the carbon-hydrogen stretch modes to those of the carbon-deuterium modes is evident in the spectrum." (Refreshments were provided at 3:50 p.m. in Fulmer 150!!!)
	Hallows Eve Festivities Geology graduate students, Pam and Holly, hosted another excellent Geophysical Consortium. After a short discussion of the Snowball Earth and Early Animal Evolution, things progressed to the point were it became quite evident that not only are these geologist experts in Pleistocene glacial floods but they are also exponents of "Still Art"!!! Pam and Holly's Last Extravaganza featured various personalities, dressed in 70's regalia, from the friendly confines of the Multi-Million Dollar Webster, home of the very Physical Sciences!
	Another Special Issue of the Dud Files And Lost Pictures From the Archives Dudley, Optoelectronics Researcher and Expert in FTIR (exceptional expertise in benzene-d6), Chemist, Avid Painter, and Connoisseur of Fine Whiskey, once again, captures various events in time for another presentation of the Dud-Files!!! Presented within is a haphazard selection of pictures lost in time...
	Hallows Eve Celebration Continue... The Hoffmans host a wondrously festive group gathering which included one of Paul's curiously sweet home brews. After the exchanging of recipes, we proceeded to view a new release (with color distortion, acourse). With Hallows Eve upon us, The Heads, Dudley, and I visited Christa, an expert in genetics and cell biology. After discussing the prospects of utilizing hybrids in particular experiments, we went about harassing trick-or-treaters along with a viewing of a "scary" movie! We concluded the evening by visiting various establishments in downtown Pullman.
	There is NO END to work... From Fourier Optics To Femtosecond Optical Techniques... "The Fourier transform of a Fourier transform of a function is that function with negative arguments..." From the shift theorem to the convolution, from autocorrelations to crosscorrelations, the Graduate Group once again finds themselves at the Casa de Nuke.