Oct 17 2008 8:30AM, Friday

A1 Opening Plenary Session
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Tomas Rivera Chair: William Fairbank Jr., Colorado State University

Oct 17 2008 10:30AM, Friday

B1 Earth Science and Atmospheric Physics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton Chair: Rosa Fitzgerald, The University of Texas at El Paso

B2 Condensed Matter: Thin Films
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray Chair: C.A. Quarles, Texas Christian University

B3 High Energy Physics: Theory
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley Chair: Teruki Kamon, Texas A&M University

B4 Crystal Lattices: Experiment and Computation
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins Chair: Dieter Hochheimer, Colorado State University

B5 Physics Education
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins Chair: Milijana Suskavcevic, The University of Texas at El Paso

B6 GRE Preparation
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Barry Chair: David Ernst, Vanderbilt University

Oct 17 2008 1:30PM, Friday

C1 Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton Chair: Gary Kyle, New Mexico State University

C2 Applied and Industrial Physics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray Chair: Heather Galloway, Texas State University - San Marcos

C3 General Theory I
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley Chair: Eric Hirschmann, Brigham Young University

C4 Optics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins Chair: Felicia Manciu, The University of Texas at El Paso

C5 AAPT & SPS
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins Chair: Jill Marshall, The University of Texas at Austin

Oct 17 2008 3:00PM, Friday

D1 Poster Session (15:00-18-00)
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor University

Oct 17 2008 3:30PM, Friday

E1 Physics Education and Outreach
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton Chair: Lionel Hewett, Texas A&M University - Kingsville

E2 Condensed Matter: Spectroscopy
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray Chair: J.R. Dennison, Utah State University

E3 Nanoscience
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley Chair: David Hough, Trinity University

E4 General Theory II
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins Chair: Dwight Russell, Baylor University

E5 Nuclear Physics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins Chair: Andrea Palounek, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Oct 17 2008 4:00PM, Friday

E6 Future Faces of Physics
Room: Liberal Arts Building 222 Chair: Toni Sauncy, Angelo State University

Oct 17 2008 5:00PM, Friday

E7 High School Round Table Discussion
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley Chair: Hugh Henderson, Birdville ISD

Oct 17 2008 7:30PM, Friday

F1 After-Dinner Talk
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Tomas Rivera

Oct 18 2008 8:30AM, Saturday

G1 Middle Plenary Session
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Tomas Rivera Chair: Heinz Nakotte, New Mexico State University

Oct 18 2008 10:30AM, Saturday

H1 Condensed Matter
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor University Chair: Gus Hart, Brigham Young University

H2 Biological and Chemical Physics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton Chair: Karine Chesnel, Brigham Young University

H3 Medical Physics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray Chair: Mickey Manciu, The University of Texas at El Paso

H4 Astrophysics and Astronomy I
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley Chair: Verne Smith, National Optical Astronomy Observatory

H5 High Energy Physics: Experimental
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins Chair: Jorge Lopez, The University of Texas at El Paso

H6 Diffraction and Scattering
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins Chair: Miguel Castro-Colin, The University of Texas at El Paso

Oct 18 2008 1:30PM, Saturday

J1 Astrophysics and Astronomy II
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor University Chair: Stacy Palen, Weber State University

J2 Nanoscience and Biological Systems
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton Chair: Jordan Gerton, The University of Utah

J3 Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray Chair: Barry Zink, University of Denver

J4 Plasmas, General Relativity, and Cosmology
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley Chair: Eric Hagedorn, The University of Texas at El Paso

J5 Materials: General
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins Chair: Bill Durrer, The University of Texas at El Paso

J6 General Physics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins Chair: Jean-Francois Van Huele, Brigham Young University

J7 Graduate Student Panel
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Barry Chair: David Ernst, Vanderbilt University

Oct 18 2008 3:15PM, Saturday

K1 Closing Plenary Session
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Tomas Rivera Chair: Wim Geerts, Texas State University - San Marcos

Oct 17 2008 8:30AM, Friday

A1 Opening Plenary Session
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Tomas Rivera Chair: William Fairbank Jr., Colorado State University

Oct 17 2008 10:30AM, Friday

B1 Earth Science and Atmospheric Physics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton Chair: Rosa Fitzgerald, The University of Texas at El Paso

B2 Condensed Matter: Thin Films
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray Chair: C.A. Quarles, Texas Christian University

B3 High Energy Physics: Theory
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley Chair: Teruki Kamon, Texas A&M University

B4 Crystal Lattices: Experiment and Computation
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins Chair: Dieter Hochheimer, Colorado State University

B5 Physics Education
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins Chair: Milijana Suskavcevic, The University of Texas at El Paso

B6 GRE Preparation
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Barry Chair: David Ernst, Vanderbilt University

Oct 17 2008 1:30PM, Friday

C1 Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton Chair: Gary Kyle, New Mexico State University

C2 Applied and Industrial Physics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray Chair: Heather Galloway, Texas State University - San Marcos

C3 General Theory I
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley Chair: Eric Hirschmann, Brigham Young University

C4 Optics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins Chair: Felicia Manciu, The University of Texas at El Paso

C5 AAPT & SPS
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins Chair: Jill Marshall, The University of Texas at Austin

Oct 17 2008 3:00PM, Friday

D1 Poster Session (15:00-18-00)
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor University

Oct 17 2008 3:30PM, Friday

E1 Physics Education and Outreach
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton Chair: Lionel Hewett, Texas A&M University - Kingsville

E2 Condensed Matter: Spectroscopy
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray Chair: J.R. Dennison, Utah State University

E3 Nanoscience
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley Chair: David Hough, Trinity University

E4 General Theory II
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins Chair: Dwight Russell, Baylor University

E5 Nuclear Physics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins Chair: Andrea Palounek, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Oct 17 2008 4:00PM, Friday

E6 Future Faces of Physics
Room: Liberal Arts Building 222 Chair: Toni Sauncy, Angelo State University

Oct 17 2008 5:00PM, Friday

E7 High School Round Table Discussion
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley Chair: Hugh Henderson, Birdville ISD

Oct 17 2008 7:30PM, Friday

F1 After-Dinner Talk
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Tomas Rivera

Oct 18 2008 8:30AM, Saturday

G1 Middle Plenary Session
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Tomas Rivera Chair: Heinz Nakotte, New Mexico State University

Oct 18 2008 10:30AM, Saturday

H1 Condensed Matter
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor University Chair: Gus Hart, Brigham Young University

H2 Biological and Chemical Physics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton Chair: Karine Chesnel, Brigham Young University

H3 Medical Physics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray Chair: Mickey Manciu, The University of Texas at El Paso

H4 Astrophysics and Astronomy I
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley Chair: Verne Smith, National Optical Astronomy Observatory

H5 High Energy Physics: Experimental
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins Chair: Jorge Lopez, The University of Texas at El Paso

H6 Diffraction and Scattering
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins Chair: Miguel Castro-Colin, The University of Texas at El Paso

Oct 18 2008 1:30PM, Saturday

J1 Astrophysics and Astronomy II
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor University Chair: Stacy Palen, Weber State University

J2 Nanoscience and Biological Systems
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton Chair: Jordan Gerton, The University of Utah

J3 Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray Chair: Barry Zink, University of Denver

J4 Plasmas, General Relativity, and Cosmology
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley Chair: Eric Hagedorn, The University of Texas at El Paso

J5 Materials: General
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins Chair: Bill Durrer, The University of Texas at El Paso

J6 General Physics
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins Chair: Jean-Francois Van Huele, Brigham Young University

J7 Graduate Student Panel
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Barry Chair: David Ernst, Vanderbilt University

Oct 18 2008 3:15PM, Saturday

K1 Closing Plenary Session
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Tomas Rivera Chair: Wim Geerts, Texas State University - San Marcos