FRIDAY, June 6 at Conference Hotel
(Hilton Garden Inn, Greenbelt, MD) |
7:30 am | Breakfast at Hotel – Dogwood Room |
8:00 am | Briefing for Congressional Visit attendees – Dogwood Room |
9:15 am | Bus leaves for Capitol Hill |
10:00-4:30 pm | Visit Congress (come with us and meet your Representative) |
4:40 pm | Bus returns to Hotel |
5:30 pm | Welcome reception |
6:30 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm | Opening Remarks:
Charles H. Holbrow, AAPT
Judy Franz, APS |
7:40 pm | Keynote talk:
The Global Energy Challenge
George Crabtree - Argonne National Laboratory
Introduced by Judy Franz |
8:40 pm | Q & A and comments from the audience Session |
| 9:00 pm | Conclusion |
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SATURDAY, June 7 at American Center for Physics |
6:30-8:00 am | Continental breakfast at HGI Hotel – Azalea Room |
8:00 am | Buses leave for ACP |
8:30 am | Session on Energy Research and Energy Education (20-min per + Q/A)
Chair: Dale Harlingen Energy on This World and Elsewhere — An Introductory Physics Course with Appeal for a Broad Spectrum of Students
Gordon Cates - University of Virginia |
| Challenges for Departments Rapidly Expanding in Hot Research Fields with Active Faculty Entrepreneurship: A Photovoltaics Example
Alvin Compaan - University of Toledo |
| Preparing Young Professionals for Opportunities in Renewable Energy
Tom Furtak - Colorado School of Mines |
| Facing Our Energy Challenges in a New Era of Science
Harriet Kung, Director, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering - U.S. Department of Energy |
10:30 am | Coffee break – Rotunda |
10:50 am | Session on Undergraduate Physics Education (8 minutes each + Q/A)
Chair: Cathy Mader |
| Engagement in Undergraduate Research: How Early and How Often?
VJ Agarwal - University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
| Contemporary Competitiveness through the Integration of Education and Research by Systemic Mentoring
Diola Bagayoko - Southern University |
| Advanced Labs Today: How They’re Changing… and Getting Better
Dick Peterson - Bethel University |
| Studio Physics at MIT
Bob Redwine - MIT |
12:00 noon | Lunch – ACP Lunch Room |
1:15 pm | Breakout session I |
2:25 pm | Breakout session II |
3:30 pm | Coffee break – Rotunda |
3:50 pm | Session on Graduate Physics Education
Chair: Charles H. Holbrow |
| An Overview of Professional Science Masters and Physics Entrepreneurship Programs
Edward Caner - Case Western Reserve University |
| A report on the conference Graduate Education in Physics: Which Way Forward?
Janet Tate - Oregon State University |
4:40 pm | Session on Teacher Education
Chair: Warren Hein
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| Teacher Education Efforts Across a University System
Laurie McNeil - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Encouraging Physics Teaching Majors at B.Y.U.
Steven Turley - Brigham Young University |
5:30 pm | Return to hotel |
6:00 pm | Reception and dinner at hotel |
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SUNDAY, June 8 at American Center for Physics |
7:00 - 8:30 am | Continental breakfast at HGI Hotel – Azalea Room |
8:30 am | Buses leave for ACP |
9:00 am | Session on Diversity
Chair: Ed Bertschinger |
| A Report from the Gender Equity Conference for Physics
Meg Urry - Yale University |
| Report from AIP Liaison Committee on Under-represented Minorities in Physics
Quinton Williams - Jackson State University |
10:15 am | Session on the Doubling Initiative |
| (Doubling the number of undergraduate physics majors)
Chair: Laurie McNeil |
| Careers in Physics
Cathy Mader - APS/Hope College |
| SPIN-UP: 5 Years Later
Ruth Howes – Marquette University |
11:20 am | Wrap up – Conf. Room A |
11:30 am | Adjourn |
