Recommended Sessions for Undergraduate Students
Apr 30 2011 8:30AM, Saturday
Session A1 Kavli Foundation Plenary Session: 100 Years of Sub-Atomic Physics
Sponsor: APS Chair: Barry C. Barish, APS President and California Institute of Technology Room: Grand Ballroom A-D
Invited Speakers: Steven Weinberg, Maria Spiropulu, Dan Hooper
Apr 30 2011 10:45AM, Saturday
Session B1 Solvay at One Hundred; Pais Prize Talk
Sponsor: DPF FHP Chair: Daniel Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Grand A
Invited Speakers: Richard Staley, Antony Valentini, Silvan Schweber
Session B13 Undergraduate Research including SPS (all topics) Sponsor: SPS Chair: Gary White, Society of Physics Students (AIP) Room: Royal EF
Apr 30 2011 1:30PM, Saturday
Session C1 Centennial of the Nuclear Atom
Sponsor: FHP Chair: Peter Pesic, St. John's College Room: Grand A
Invited Speakers: John Heibron, Jerome I. Friedman
Session C13 Educating and Exciting the Public about Physics
Sponsor: FEd FGSA Chair: Lawrence Woolf, General Atomics Room: Royal EF
Invited Speakers: K.C. Cole, Linda Shore, Bill Prady
Apr 30 2011 2:00PM, Saturday
Session D1 Poster Session I (2:00-5:00PM)
Sponsor: APS Room: Imperial/Regal Rooms
D1.00001 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
Apr 30 2011 3:30PM, Saturday
Session E3 Best Practices in Undergraduate Research Experiences
Sponsor: FEd FGSA Chair: Juan Burciaga, Denison University Room: Garden 3
Invited Speakers: Angela Locks, U. Garg, Catherine Mader
Session E4 Frontiers of Computational Astrophysics and Gravitation
Sponsor: DCOMP GGR Chair: Vicky Kalogera, Northwestern University Room: Garden 4
Invited Speakers: Tanja Bode, Bruce Allen
Session E5 Nuclear Weapons at 65
Sponsor: FPS Chair: Patricia M. Lewis, Monterey Institute for International Studies Room: Royal AB
Invited Speakers: Rebecca Johnson, Jay Davis
Apr 30 2011 7:30PM, Saturday
Session F2 Physics in Hollywood Room: Grand A
May 1 2011 8:30AM, Sunday
Session G5 Pipkin Award and Quantum Technologies for Gravitational Wave Detection
Sponsor: GGR GPMFC Chair: Blayne Heckel, University of Washington Room: Royal AB
Invited Speakers: Daniel Sigg, Thomas Corbitt, Michael Romalis
Session G6 Excellence in Physics Education Award Session
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Paula Heron, University of Washington Room: Terrace A-F
Invited Speakers: George Amann, Karen Matsler, James Nelson
May 1 2011 10:45AM, Sunday
Session H4 Accelerators for Sub-Atomic Physics: II. Present and Near Future
Sponsor: DPB Chair: Lia Merminga, TRIUMF Room: Garden 4
Invited Speakers: Eric Prebys
Session H6 Physics Education Research: Solved Problems and Open Questions
Sponsor: FEd Chair: John Thompson, University of Maine Room: Terrace A-F
Invited Speakers: Andrew Heckler
Session H13 History of Physics I Sponsor: FHP Chair: David Cassidy, Hofstra University Room: Royal EF
May 1 2011 1:30PM, Sunday
Session J2 Centennial of Superconductivity
Sponsor: FHP Chair: Martin Blume, Brookhaven National Laboratory and APS Room: Grand BCD
Invited Speakers: Peter Pesic, David Larbalestier, A. Zee
Session J5 Forum on Physics and Society, Awards Session
Sponsor: FPS Chair: Charles Ferguson, Federation of American Scientists Room: Royal AB
Invited Speakers: M. Granger Morgan, John Ahearne
Session J6 The Digital Divide in 2010
Sponsor: FIP Chair: Harvey Newman, California Institute Technology Room: Terrace A-F
Invited Speakers: Alexander Ntoko, Michael Stanton, Roger Cottrell
May 1 2011 3:30PM, Sunday
Session L1 Sakurai Prize
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Pierre Ramond, University of Florida Room: Grand A
Invited Speakers: Estia Eichten, Ian Hinchliffe, Kenneth D. Lane, Chris Quigg
Session L3 Astrophysical Flares
Sponsor: DAP DPP Chair: Patrick Slane, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Room: Garden 3
Invited Speakers: Hugh Hudson, Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, Wystan Benbow
May 2 2011 8:30AM, Monday
Session P1 Plenary Session II
Sponsor: APS Chair: Michael Turner, University of Chicago Room: Grand Ballroom A-D
Invited Speakers: John Johnson, Carl Wieman, Yang Shao-Horn
May 2 2011 10:45AM, Monday
Session Q1 The Standard Model and Beyond
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Kara Hoffman, University of Maryland Room: Grand A
Invited Speakers: Stephane Willocq, JoAnne Hewett
Session Q5 Physics and Engineering of Deep Water Drilling
Sponsor: FPS Chair: Peter D. Zimmerman, King's College London Room: Royal AB
Invited Speakers: Brian Clark, Kenneth Gray, Jonathan Katz
May 2 2011 1:30PM, Monday
Session R5 The Status of Arms Control
Sponsor: FPS Chair: Pierce Corden, American Association for the Advancement of Science Room: Royal AB
Invited Speakers: Sidney Drell, Marvin Adams, Edward Levine
Session R12 Physics Education Sponsor: FEd Chair: Thomas Olsen, Society of Physics Students (AIP) Room: Royal CD
May 2 2011 3:30PM, Monday
Session T1 The Future of Particle Physics
Sponsor: DPF Chair: Patricia McBride, Fermilab Room: Grand A
Invited Speakers: Pier Oddone, Sergio Bertolucci, David B. MacFarlane
Session T10 History of Physics II Sponsor: FHP Chair: Gloria Lubkin, Physics Today, Retired Room: Garden 1
May 3 2011 8:30AM, Tuesday
Session V1 Plenary Session III
Sponsor: APS Chair: Wiliam Zajc, Columbia University Room: Grand Ballroom A-D
Invited Speakers: William Marciano, Nergis Mavalvala
May 3 2011 10:45AM, Tuesday
Session X2 Working with Luis Alvarez (1911-1988)
Sponsor: FHP Chair: Stanley Wojcicki, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Room: Grand BCD
Invited Speakers: Richard Muller, Arthur Rosenfeld, Moishe Pripstein
Session X4 Einstein Prize and New Methods for Old Problems in Gravitational Physics
Sponsor: GGR Chair: Patrick Brady, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Room: Garden 4
Invited Speakers: Ezra T. Newman, Holger Mueller
May 3 2011 1:30PM, Tuesday
Session Y5 Science Diplomacy
Sponsor: FIP FPS Chair: Harvey Newman, California Institute of Technology Room: Royal AB
Invited Speakers: Norman P. Neureiter
Session Y6 Best Practices in K12 Physics Teacher Preparation Programs
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Alice Churukian, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Room: Terrace A-F
Invited Speakers: Mary Ann Rankin, Laird Kramer, Duane Merrell
