Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2021
Volume 66, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 15–19, 2021; Virtual; Time Zone: Central Daylight Time, USA
Session B62: Physics for DevelopmentEducation Invited Live Outreach Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: FIP Chair: Luisa Cifarelli, Univ of Bologna; Alan Hurd, Los Alamos |
Monday, March 15, 2021 11:30AM - 12:06PM Live |
B62.00001: COACh: Challenges for Women Scientists in the Developing World Invited Speaker: Geraldine Richmond With global challenges such as climate change and the devastating effects of the global pandemic, there is an urgent need everywhere in the world to build a strong and capable technical workforce comprised of the best and brightest. Currently this workforce misses a large swath of our best and brightest, that being women scientists and engineers. They share a passion to use their talents to the betterment of mankind and to solve these difficult global issues. Yet the barriers are often so great that they give up or lose all confidence in their ability to make a difference. This is as true in the developing world as it is in the US. Through the COAChprogram that is working to increase the number and career success of women scientists around the globe, I have seen the incredible talents of thousands of women scientists in over two dozen countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. But I have also heard their stories of the challenges that they face in pursuing their scientific aspirations and dreams. My presentation will report on what I have learned from them and how important it is for all of us to work together to make sure that their incredible talents and capabilities are not left behind. |
Monday, March 15, 2021 12:06PM - 12:42PM Live |
B62.00002: Solar photovoltaic microgrids for energy access and emissions mitigation Invited Speaker: Jenny Nelson The UN’s sustainable development goal, SDG7, aims to provide universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services for all by 2030.However, around 840 million people lack access to electricity and many others lack affordable or reliable energy services, mainly in rural areas of developing countries. Renewable energy resources such as solar power have the potential to address this aim without increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Solar photovoltaic microgrids are modular, scaleable, available and increasingly affordable, and as a result solar electricity has been growing faster, as a fraction of national electricity consumption, in the developing world than elsewhere. |
Monday, March 15, 2021 12:42PM - 1:18PM Live |
B62.00003: Actions and schemes of support towards developing countries Invited Speaker: Joseph Niemela This talk will highlight actions aimed at reinforcing and advancing scientific expertise in developing countries. Particular emphasis will be on programs of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), a category 1 institute of UNESCO, in collaboration with many institutional and individual partners from both developed and developing countries |
Monday, March 15, 2021 1:18PM - 1:54PM Live |
B62.00004: A bright light and a promise delivered: SESAME Light Source in the Middle East Invited Speaker: Esen Alp SESAME is a modern 2.5 GeV electron synchrotron, delivering infrared, ultraviolet, soft and hard x-rays. It is governed by an International Council, and it is funded by its member states. SESAME utilizes its beamlines for general scientific purposes. It has become operational in 2018. Currently there are three operational beamlines which are dedicated to x-ray absorption spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy studies. Three additional beamlines are in various stages of development, including a soft-x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, hard-x-ray tomography and imaging, and a macromolecular crystallography beamline. There can be as many as 18 beamlines built at full operations. The beamtime allocation is based on proposal system and it is free of charge for publishable work. Recent examples of published scientific work will be presented. |
Monday, March 15, 2021 1:54PM - 2:30PM Live |
B62.00005: Beller Lecture (2021): How do intruders take over their hosts? Invited Speaker: Ada Yonath Synchrotron radiation and Cryo EM illuminated the basic life process: the translation of the genetic code. In a still unclear mechanism, the viruses, which lack such systems, take over their host’s machinery for replicating themselves. |
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