Fall Seminar Day
SFP/SURF Seminar Day: Saturday, October 18, 2025
Welcome to SFP/SURF Fall Seminar Day! Seminar Day is an opportunity for our undergraduate scholars to present their summer research projects and findings. All presentations will be in-person at Caltech. The SFP team will be stationed on San Pasqual lawn near Browne dining hall starting at 12pm.
12:00 PM – Guest and presenter check-in
1:00 PM – Oral presentations begin
3:00 PM – Break
3:10 PM – Oral presentations continue
4:30 – 5:45 PM – Poster session and reception, Hameetman Multi-Purpose Room
6:00 PM – Announcement of Perpall Speaking Competition Semifinalists and Gee Family Poster Competition finalists, Hameetman Multi-Purpose Room
All Presenters (schedule) (abstracts)
Alumni Weekend: SURF Seminar Day Session 1 (schedule) (abstracts)
Alumni Weekend: SURF Seminar Day Session 2 (schedule) (abstracts)
The two sessions above are especially curated for Alumni Weekend, featuring speakers from every academic division in each session.
Session A – Biology (schedule) (abstracts)
Session B – Biology (schedule) (abstracts)
Session C – Chemistry (schedule) (abstracts)
Session D – Chemistry (schedule) (abstracts)
Session E – Chemical Engineering (schedule) (abstracts)
Session F – Aeronautics, Electrical Engineering, and Medical Engineering (schedule) (abstracts)
Session G – Applied Physics and Materials Science (schedule) (abstracts)
Session H – Bioengineering and Computation and Neural Systems (schedule) (abstracts)
Session I – Computer Science (schedule) (abstracts)
Session J – Computer Science (schedule) (abstracts)
Session K – Mechanical Engineering (schedule) (abstracts)
Session L – Humanities and Social Sciences AND Geological and Planetary Sciences (schedule) (abstracts)
Session M – Astronomy (schedule) (abstracts)
Session N – Mathematics and Physics (schedule) (abstracts)
Session O – Mathematics (schedule) (abstracts)
Session P – Physics (schedule) (abstracts)
Session Q – Physics (schedule) (abstracts)
Session R – Physics (schedule) (abstracts)
Poster Session – (schedule) (abstracts)
Questions about Seminar Day should be directed to [email protected].