Session NA: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Chair: Jonathan Keohane, Hampden-Sydney College
Williamsburg Hospitality House - Empire A/B

Saturday, November 11, 2006
10:45AM - 11:15AM

 NA.00001: The Extrasolar Planet Zoo
Invited Speaker: Arsen R. Hajian

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Saturday, November 11, 2006
11:15AM - 11:45AM

 NA.00002: From EGRET to GLAST: The Past and Future of Gamma-Ray Blazars
Invited Speaker: Steven Bloom

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Saturday, November 11, 2006
11:45AM - 12:15PM

 NA.00003: The Early Successes of PROMPT: Rapid Observations of the Optical Afterglows of GRBs
Invited Speaker: Melissa Nysewander

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Saturday, November 11, 2006
12:15PM - 12:45PM

 NA.00004: Using Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays to Probe New Physics
Invited Speaker: Sean Scully

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Session NC: Physics Teaching

Chair: Kathy Whatley, University of North Carolina, Asheville
Williamsburg Hospitality House - Empire C

Saturday, November 11, 2006
10:45AM - 11:09AM

 NC.00001: Physics and Music I: Subharmonics on a violin String
Phillip J. Stiles

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Saturday, November 11, 2006
11:09AM - 11:21AM

 NC.00002: Classical Mechanics with Computational Physics in the Undergraduate Curriculum
J.E. Hasbun

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Saturday, November 11, 2006
11:21AM - 11:33AM

 NC.00003: Top-Down Physics
Michael Schillaci

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Saturday, November 11, 2006
11:33AM - 11:45AM

 NC.00004: Distance Learning Courses and Master of Arts in Physics Education
Richard Lindgren , Stephen Thornton

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Saturday, November 11, 2006
11:45AM - 11:57AM

 NC.00005: Conferences on K-12 Outreach from University Science Departments
David G. Haase , Sharon K. Schulze

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Saturday, November 11, 2006
11:57AM - 12:09PM

 NC.00006: Impact of Teacher and Student Involvement on Furthering Research Goals
Deborah Roudebush , Kenneth McFarlane

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Saturday, November 11, 2006
12:09PM - 12:21PM

 NC.00007: Assessment of the benefits of a summer undergraduate research program for physics and chemistry majors
Chris Hughes , Gina MacDonald

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Saturday, November 11, 2006
12:21PM - 12:33PM

 NC.00008: Radioactivity of Consumer Products
David Peterson , Derek Jokisch , Philip Fulmer

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Saturday, November 11, 2006
12:33PM - 12:45PM

 NC.00009: A 1-dim Formulation of Modified Newtonian Dynamics
Ronald Mickens

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