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Session L29: Focus Session: Incorporating Computational Physics into Teaching

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Sponsoring Units: FEd DCOMP
Chair: James Belak, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: 333


Tuesday, March 17, 2009
2:30PM - 3:06PM

 L29.00001: One Lattice Gauge Theorist's Perspective on Important Skills and Concepts for Computational Physics Courses
Invited Speaker: Steven Gottlieb

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
3:06PM - 3:18PM

 L29.00002: Tips and Tools for Teaching Quantum Mechanics
Guangtian Zhu , Chandralekha Singh

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
3:18PM - 3:30PM

 L29.00003: Building a Digital Library: Theory, Computation, and Education
Wolfgang Christian

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
3:30PM - 3:42PM

 L29.00004: Introducing scientific computation from high school to college: the case of Modellus
V\'Itor Teodoro , Rui Neves

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
3:42PM - 3:54PM

 L29.00005: DIYModeling: a place for students and faculty to build their own game-quality simulations to enhance learning.
Bryndol Sones , Frank Wattenberg

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
3:54PM - 4:06PM

 L29.00006: Computational Physics at Haverford College
Peter Love

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
4:06PM - 4:18PM

 L29.00007: Developing Computational Physics in Nigeria
Godfrey Akpojotor , Emmanuel Enukpere , Famous Akpojotor , Sunny Ojobor

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
4:18PM - 4:30PM

 L29.00008: EJS enhances traditional learning in freshman mechanics
Amy Bug , Jen Trinh

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
4:30PM - 4:42PM

 L29.00009: Computational Labs Using VPython Complement Conventional Labs in Online and Regular Physics Classes
Martina E. Bachlechner

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
4:42PM - 4:54PM

 L29.00010: A New Graduate Minor Program in Computational Science
Lyle Long

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
4:54PM - 5:06PM

 L29.00011: Material and Virtual Workspaces in Physics Research
Chad Wickman , Christina Haas , Peter Palffy-Muhoray

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
5:06PM - 5:18PM

 L29.00012: Singular Function Integration in Computational Physics
Javier Hasbun

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
5:18PM - 5:30PM

 L29.00013: N-body, parallel simulation using a Barnes-Hut algorithm: performance versus accuracy
Norman Chonacky , Brian Dobbins

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