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LIFE AFTER GRAD SCHOOL SEMINARS
From Dark Energy to DARPA: What You Can Get Away with If You Have a Ph.D. in Physics

Jan
18
2013

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• Speaker: Dr. Matthew Lewis (Michigan Aerospace)
• Host Department: Physics
• Date: 01/18/2013
• Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  
  
• Location: 335 West Hall  (Show map)
  1085 S. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107
  
  
  
  
• Description:

  What can you get away with if you have a Ph.D. in physics? (Spoiler:
  A lot). In this talk I'll discuss some of the highlights of my career in
  the decade since I received my degree.

  Although my Ph.D. work was in theoretical astrophysics, for most of
  the last decade I've worked in the defense industry, developing 
  solutions to thorny practical problems for intelligence agencies, 
  the Department of Defense, and pi-in-the-sky research outfits 
  such as DARPA and IARPA.

  I'll talk about the sorts of problems that are out there, what skills I
  think are useful for doing science beyond academia, and how the 
  industrial and defense landscapes are evolving.

  Pizza and drinks provided.