Recommended Sessions for Undergraduate Students
Mar 17 2013 2:30PM, Sunday
Session 1A Industrial Physics Forum: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Chair: David Seiler, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Robert Colwell, Mason Peck, Hubert Lakner, Jason Cleveland, Robert Doering
Mar 18 2013 8:00AM, Monday
Session A4 Industrial Physics Forum: Frontiers in Physics
Chair: David Seiler, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Michael Tuts, C. Broholm, Matthias Steffen, Daniel Fabricant, Mildred Dresselhaus
Session A9 Invited Session: Teaching Physics and Other STEM Subjects in an Urban Environment
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Mel Sabella, Chicago State University Room: 308
Invited Speakers: Richard Steinberg, Cody Sandifer, Rosalind Echols, Anne Spence, Gale Seiler
Session A46 SPS Undergraduate I Sponsor: SPS Chair: Toni Sauncy, American Institute of Physics Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 5
Mar 18 2013 11:15AM, Monday
Session B9 Invited Session: FIP Symposium on the Science of Climate
Sponsor: FIP Chair: Eugene Chudnovsky, City University of New York - Lehman College Room: 308
Invited Speakers: Richard Lindzen, Joanna Haigh, Bhupendra Nath Goswami, Darryn W. Waugh, Francois Forget
Session B46 SPS Undergraduate II Sponsor: SPS Chair: Crystal Bailey, American Physical Society Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 5
Mar 18 2013 2:30PM, Monday
Session C4 Invited Session: Industrial Physics Forum: Frontiers in Nanomanufacturing
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Robert Celotta, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: James Liddle, Thomas Theis, Michelle Simmons, Shawn Douglas, Harry Atwater
Session C44 Focus Session: Population and Evolutionary Dynamics III
Sponsor: DBIO GSNP Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 1
Invited Speakers: Yaneer Bar-Yam, Charles Ofria
Session C46 SPS Undergraduate III Sponsor: SPS Chair: Melissa Hoffman, Drew University Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 5
Mar 19 2013 8:00AM, Tuesday
Session F4 Industrial Physics Forum: Frontiers in Biophysics
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: James Hollenhorst, Agilent Technologies Room: Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: W.E. Moerner, Sara Nichols, Adam Arkin, Michael Roukes, Scott Tanner
Session F28 Physical Approaches to Social Modeling
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Bruno Goncalves, Indiana University Room: 336
Invited Speakers: Yamir Moreno
Session F38 Physics Education Programs, Policy and the Media Sponsor: FEd Chair: Aaron Wade, University of West Florida Room: 347
Session F46 SPS Undergraduate IV Sponsor: SPS Chair: Crystal Bailey, American Physical Society Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 5
Mar 19 2013 11:15AM, Tuesday
Session G3 Invited Session: Progress in the New Energy Frontier
Sponsor: GERA Chair: George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: Peter Littlewood, Eric Toberer, John Lupton, Michelle Johannes, Christopher Soles
Session G10 Invited Session: Physics for the Public: Advice From the Pros
Sponsor: FOEP Chair: James Kakalios, University of Minnesota Room: 309
Invited Speakers: Maggie Koerth-Baker, Henry Reich, Paul Steinhardt, Kenneth Chang, Richard Wargo
Session G46 SPS Undergraduate V Sponsor: SPS Chair: Kendra Redmond, American Institute of Physics Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 5
Mar 19 2013 2:00PM, Tuesday
Session H1 Poster Session I (2:00 - 5:00PM) Room: Exhibit Hall EF
Mar 19 2013 2:30PM, Tuesday
Session J1 Invited Session: Buckley Prize Session
Sponsor: DCMP GMAG Chair: Allan MacDonald, Univesity of Texas at Austin Room: Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: John Slonczewski, Luc Berger, Maxim Tsoi, D.C. Ralph, J. Grollier
Session J4 Invited Session: Physics Challenges in Biophysics
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Cha-Mei Tang, Creatv Micro Tech Inc Room: Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Alessandro Olivo, Cha-Mei Tang, Sheila Nirenberg, Stuart Harshbarger, Jiangfeng Fei
Mar 20 2013 8:00AM, Wednesday
Session M9 Invited Session: A History of Physics in Industry followed by Panel Discussion
Sponsor: FHP Chair: Joseph Martin, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities Room: 308
Invited Speakers: Orville Butler, Brittany Shields, Cyrus Mody, Stuart Leslie, Joseph Martin
Session M10 Invited Session: Physics Jobs in Government and Science Policy followed by Panel Discussion
Sponsor: FGSA Chair: Laura Boon, Purdue University Room: 309
Invited Speakers: Amy Flatten, Laura Berzak Hopkins, John Looney
Mar 20 2013 11:15AM, Wednesday
Session N3 Invited Session: Physics For Everyone
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Laura H. Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: Julien Bobroff, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, J. Murray Gibson, Louis Bloomfield, Charles Falco
Session N32 International Physics Programs and History of Physics Sponsor: FIP FHP Chair: Gloria Lubkin, Physics Today Editor Room: 340
Mar 20 2013 2:30PM, Wednesday
Session R0 Kavli Foundation Special Session: Forefront Physics for Real World Problems: Energy, Climate, and the Environment
Sponsor: APS Chair: Michael Turner, APS President and University of Chicago Room: Hilton Baltimore Key Ballroom
Invited Speakers: Steven Chu, Lonnie Thompson, Graeme Stephens, Amy McKenna, Stephen Harris
Session R1 Invited Session: Controllng Magnetism Without Magnetic Fields
Sponsor: DCMP GMAG Chair: Ramamoorty Ramesh, University of California at Berkeley Room: Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Sayeef Salahuddin, Theo Rasing, Sebastian Goennenwein, J. de la Venta, Leonid Rokhinson
Mar 20 2013 8:00PM, Wednesday
Session S50 A Staged Reading of the Play: Farm Hall
Sponsor: FHP Room: Holiday Ballroom 4
Invited Speakers: David C. Cassidy
Mar 21 2013 8:00AM, Thursday
Session T3 Invited Session: From Cells to Tissues: The Material Properties of Living Matter
Sponsor: DCMP DBIO Chair: Aaron Mertz, Yale University Room: Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: Francoise Brochard-Wyart, Shiladitya Banerjee, Ramsey Foty, Lars Hufnagel, Xavier Trepat
Mar 21 2013 11:15AM, Thursday
Session U10 Invited Session: Science in the New Administration
Sponsor: FPS Chair: Micah Lowenthal, National Academy of Sciences Room: 309
Invited Speakers: Gerald Blazey, William Brinkman, Robert Jaffe, E William Colglazier, Dahlia Sokolov
Mar 21 2013 2:30PM, Thursday
Session W4 Invited Session: Start-ups and Small Businesses: Success Stories and Tool Kits
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Joseph Sabol, Chemical Consultant Room: Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Gianna Arnold, Debra Bowes, Kimberly Brown, Shirley Collier, Kris Appel
Mar 21 2013 5:45PM, Thursday
Session X1 Nobel Prize Session: 2012 Nobel Prize Perspectives
Sponsor: APS Chair: Daniel Lidar, University of Southern California Room: Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Serge Haroche, David J. Wineland
Mar 22 2013 8:00AM, Friday
Session Y44 Focus Session: Novel Experimental Techniques for Probing Cellular Mechanics
Sponsor: DBIO Chair: Cristian Staii, Tufts Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 1
Invited Speakers: Jeff Urbach, Igor Sokolov
Mar 22 2013 11:15AM, Friday
Session Z3 Invited Session: Integration of Research and Teaching Excellence: Cottrell Scholars
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Richard Wiener, Research Corporation Room: Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: J. Sinova, Jennifer Ross, Richard Taylor, Mark Tuominen, Erica Carlson