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Oct 23 2009 12:30PM, Friday

Session A1 Opening/Plenary Session I Chair: William Fairbank Jr., Colorado State University Room: Green Center Metals Hall
Invited Speakers:  Bill Fairbank,  John Poate,  Mark C. Serreze,  Alex Zunger 

Oct 23 2009 2:10PM, Friday

Session B1 Astroparticle Symposium I: VHE Gamma Rays 1 Chair: David Kieda, University of Utah Room: Green Center 210N

Session B2 Symposium on Soft Matter: Biophysics I Chair: Sean Shaheen, University of Denver Room: Green Center 210S
Invited Speakers:  Tom Perkins 

Session B3 Symposium on Advanced Optical Measurements I: Attosecond Physics Chair: Emily Gibson, University of Colorado Denver Room: Green Center Metals Hall
Invited Speakers:  Arvinder Sandhu 

Session B4 Magnetic Materials Chair: Gary Wysin, Kansas State University Room: Parker Student Center Ballroom E

Session B5 Thermal Phenomena Chair: Bonnie Anderson, Utah Valley University Room: Hill Hall 300

Oct 23 2009 3:40PM, Friday

Session C1 Astroparticle Symposium II: UHE Cosmic Rays: Spectrum and Composition Chair: Fred Sarazin, Colorado School of Mines Room: Green Center 210N

Session C2 Symposium on Soft Matter: Biophysics II Chair: Robert Szoszkiewicz, Kansas State University Room: Green Center 210S

Session C3 Symposium on Advanced Optical Measurements II: Ultrafast Techniques Chair: Todd Ruskell, Colorado School of Mines Room: Green Center Metals Hall

Session C4 Spintronics and Quantum Computing Chair: Mark Coffey, Colorado School of Mines Room: Green Center 211
Invited Speakers:  Christoph Boehme 

Session C5 Planetary Science Chair: Bradley Carroll, Weber State University Room: Green Center 215

Session C6 BEC and Atom Interferometry Chair: Dmitry Solenov, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: gre 249

Session C7 Symposium on Renewable Energy -- PV Chair: Joe Beach, Colorado School of Mines Room: Green Center 263

Session C8 Symposium on Physics Education I: PER and Educational Transformations Chair: H. Vince Kuo, Colorado School of Mines Room: Green Center 265
Invited Speakers:  Valerie Otero 

Oct 23 2009 5:00PM, Friday

Session D1 Poster Session (5:00-6:30 PM) Chair: Chip Durfee, Colorado School of Mines Room: Green Center Lobby

Oct 23 2009 6:30PM, Friday

Session E1 Reception and Banquet Chair: Bruce Doak, Arizona State University
Invited Speakers:  Richard W. Peterson 

Oct 23 2009 8:30PM, Friday

Session E2 Evening Plenary Session Chair: Bruce Doak, Arizona State University Room: Green Center Metals Hall
Invited Speakers:  John Grunsfeld 

Oct 24 2009 12:35AM, Saturday

Session J1 Luncheon Presentation Chair: John Cumalat, University of Colorado at Boulder Room: Green Center Friedhoff Hall
Invited Speakers:  Richard Wiener 

Session J2 SPS: Barbecue Lunch Chair: Andrea Yocom, Colorado School of Mines

Oct 24 2009 8:00AM, Saturday

Session F1 Astroparticle Symposium III: VHE Gamma Rays 2 Chair: Lawrence Wiencke, Colorado School of Mines Room: Green Center 211
Invited Speakers:  Gus Sinnis 

Session F2 Symposium on Soft Matter III Chair: Bret Flanders, Kansas State University Room: Green Center 215

Session F3 Symposium on Advanced Optical Measurements III: Microscopy Chair: Jeff Squier, Colorado School of Mines Room: Green Center 249

Session F4 Physics of Data Storage Chair: Christoph Boehme, University of Utah Room: Green Center 263
Invited Speakers:  Kevin Curtis 

Session F5 Astronomy and Astrophysics Chair: Stephan LeBohec, University of Utah Room: Green Center 265

Session F6 Atomic Physics Chair: Bill Fairbank, Colorado State University Room: Hill Hall 204

Session F7 Materials Physics I Chair: Zhibin Lin, Colorado School of Mines Room: Hill Hall 202
Invited Speakers:  Gus Hart 

Session F8 Symposium on Physics Education II: K-16 Chair: Patrick Kohl, Colorado School of Mines Room: Hill Hall 209

Session F9 SPS Lecture Demonstration Competition Chair: Charles Pearl, Colorado School of Mines Room: Meyer Hall 220

Oct 24 2009 9:30AM, Saturday

Session G1 Plenary Session II Chair: Thomas Furtak, Colorado School of Mines Room: Green Center Metals Hall
Invited Speakers: 

Oct 24 2009 11:15AM, Saturday

Session H9 SPS: Graduate School/Career Panel Chair: Kendra Rand, SPS National Office Room: Green Center Petroleum Hall

Oct 24 2009 11:20AM, Saturday

Session H1 Astroparticle Symposium IV: UHE Cosmic Rays -- Anistropy Studies Chair: Miguel Mostafa, Colorado State University Room: Green Center 211

Session H2 Fluids & Capillary Phenomena Chair: Bruce Doak, Arizona State University Room: Green Center 215

Session H3 Optical Techniques in Neutrino Physics Chair: Christopher Sorenson, Kansas State University Room: Green Center 249

Session H4 Industrial Applications of Physics Chair: Chuck Stone, Colorado School of Mines Room: Green Center 263
Invited Speakers:  Timothy Niebauer 

Session H5 Black Holes and Spacetime Physics Chair: Chad Middleton, Mesa State University Room: Green Center 265

Session H6 Solitons and Quantum Dynamics Chair: Lincoln Carr, Colorado School of Mines Room: Hill Hall 204

Session H7 Materials Physics II Chair: Mark Riffle, Utah State University Room: Hill Hall 202

Session H8 Particles, Fields and Beams Chair: John Cumalat, University of Colorado at Boulder Room: Hill Hall 209

Oct 24 2009 1:50PM, Saturday

Session K1 Astroparticle Symposium V: UHE Cosmic Rays - Auger North and Exotics Chair: Gordon Thomson, University of Utah Room: Green Center 211
Invited Speakers:  David Nitz 

Session K2 Alloys Chair: Gus Hart, Brigham Young University Room: Green Center 215

Session K3 Laser Science Chair: Alan Bristow, University of Colorado at Boulder Room: Green Center 249

Session K4 Thin Films and Surfaces Chair: Mark Siemens, JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder Room: Green Center 263

Session K5 Theoretical Particle Physics Chair: Bruce Barrett, University of Arizona Room: Green Center 265

Session K6 Carbon Nanotubes Chair: Thomas Furtak, Colorado School of Mines Room: Hill Hall 204

Session K7 Materials Physics III Chair: Tim Ohno, Colorado School of Mines Room: Hill Hall 202

Session K8 Nuclear Physics Chair: Cynthia Galovich, University of Northern Colorado Room: Hill Hall 209

Oct 24 2009 2:00PM, Saturday

Session K9 SPS: Business Meeting Chair: Rudiger Michalak, University of Wyoming Room: Meyer Hall 220

Oct 24 2009 3:30PM, Saturday

Session L1 Awards and Plenary Session III Chair: David Kieda, University of Utah Room: Green Center Metals Hall
Invited Speakers:  Alan Hurd