Epitome
Oct 17 2008 8:30AM, Friday
Session A1 Opening Plenary Session
Chair: William Fairbank Jr., Colorado State University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Tomas Rivera
Invited Speakers:
Oct 17 2008 10:30AM, Friday
Session B1 Earth Science and Atmospheric Physics
Chair: Rosa Fitzgerald, The University of Texas at El Paso Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton
Invited Speakers: Thomas Hearn
Session B2 Condensed Matter: Thin Films
Chair: C.A. Quarles, Texas Christian University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray
Invited Speakers: Alex de Lozanne
Session B3 High Energy Physics: Theory Chair: Teruki Kamon, Texas A&M University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley
Session B4 Crystal Lattices: Experiment and Computation Chair: Dieter Hochheimer, Colorado State University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins
Session B5 Physics Education Chair: Milijana Suskavcevic, The University of Texas at El Paso Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins
Session B6 GRE Preparation
Chair: David Ernst, Vanderbilt University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Barry
Invited Speakers:
Oct 17 2008 1:30PM, Friday
Session C1 Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Chair: Gary Kyle, New Mexico State University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton
Invited Speakers: Jorge Lopez
Session C2 Applied and Industrial Physics Chair: Heather Galloway, Texas State University - San Marcos Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray
Session C3 General Theory I Chair: Eric Hirschmann, Brigham Young University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley
Session C4 Optics Chair: Felicia Manciu, The University of Texas at El Paso Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins
Session C5 AAPT & SPS Chair: Jill Marshall, The University of Texas at Austin Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins
Oct 17 2008 3:00PM, Friday
Session D1 Poster Session (15:00-18-00) Room: Union East, 3rd Floor University
Oct 17 2008 3:30PM, Friday
Session E1 Physics Education and Outreach
Chair: Lionel Hewett, Texas A&M University - Kingsville Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton
Invited Speakers: Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, Jill Marshall
Session E2 Condensed Matter: Spectroscopy Chair: J.R. Dennison, Utah State University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray
Session E3 Nanoscience Chair: David Hough, Trinity University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley
Session E4 General Theory II Chair: Dwight Russell, Baylor University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins
Session E5 Nuclear Physics Chair: Andrea Palounek, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins
Oct 17 2008 4:00PM, Friday
Session E6 Future Faces of Physics Chair: Toni Sauncy, Angelo State University Room: Liberal Arts Building 222
Oct 17 2008 5:00PM, Friday
Session E7 High School Round Table Discussion
Chair: Hugh Henderson, Birdville ISD Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley
Invited Speakers:
Oct 17 2008 7:30PM, Friday
Session F1 After-Dinner Talk
Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Tomas Rivera
Invited Speakers: Thomas Calligaro
Oct 18 2008 8:30AM, Saturday
Session G1 Middle Plenary Session
Chair: Heinz Nakotte, New Mexico State University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Tomas Rivera
Invited Speakers: Noel Clark
Oct 18 2008 10:30AM, Saturday
Session H1 Condensed Matter
Chair: Gus Hart, Brigham Young University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor University
Invited Speakers: Donna Stokes
Session H2 Biological and Chemical Physics
Chair: Karine Chesnel, Brigham Young University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton
Invited Speakers: Harry Swinney
Session H3 Medical Physics Chair: Mickey Manciu, The University of Texas at El Paso Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray
Session H4 Astrophysics and Astronomy I Chair: Verne Smith, National Optical Astronomy Observatory Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley
Session H5 High Energy Physics: Experimental Chair: Jorge Lopez, The University of Texas at El Paso Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins
Session H6 Diffraction and Scattering Chair: Miguel Castro-Colin, The University of Texas at El Paso Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins
Oct 18 2008 1:30PM, Saturday
Session J1 Astrophysics and Astronomy II
Chair: Stacy Palen, Weber State University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor University
Invited Speakers: Verne Smith
Session J2 Nanoscience and Biological Systems
Chair: Jordan Gerton, The University of Utah Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Templeton
Invited Speakers: Norbert T. Rempe
Session J3 Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure Chair: Barry Zink, University of Denver Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Ray
Session J4 Plasmas, General Relativity, and Cosmology Chair: Eric Hagedorn, The University of Texas at El Paso Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Smiley
Session J5 Materials: General Chair: Bill Durrer, The University of Texas at El Paso Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Elkins
Session J6 General Physics Chair: Jean-Francois Van Huele, Brigham Young University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Wiggins
Session J7 Graduate Student Panel
Chair: David Ernst, Vanderbilt University Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Barry
Invited Speakers:
Oct 18 2008 3:15PM, Saturday
Session K1 Closing Plenary Session
Chair: Wim Geerts, Texas State University - San Marcos Room: Union East, 3rd Floor Tomas Rivera
Invited Speakers: