Bulletin of the American Physical Society
Joint Spring 2012 Meeting of the Texas Sections of the APS and AAPT and Zone 13 of the SPS
Volume 57, Number 2
Thursday–Saturday, March 22–24, 2012; San Angelo, Texas
Session D1: Invited Oral Presentations: SPS1 |
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Chair: Toni Sauncy, Angelo State University Room: Houston Harte University Center UC 100 |
Friday, March 23, 2012 1:30PM - 1:50PM |
D1.00001: Physicists' Trajectories after the Bachelor's Degree Invited Speaker: Gary White Data from the Statistical Research Center at the American Institute of Physics and from a survey of members of the national physics honor society, Sigma Pi Sigma, are accumulated to indicate the array of actual career paths taken by physicists. As one might expect, these trajectories are interesting not only for their endpoints, but for the many diversions and attractors along the way. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, March 23, 2012 1:50PM - 2:26PM |
D1.00002: Connecting Worlds: The Transition from Student to Professional Invited Speaker: Kendra Redmond College life and the 9-5 day job can sometimes seem like two completely different worlds, yet one of the goals of higher education is to equip students for their career journey. What can physics departments do to help students transition from the world of all-nighters and texting to the world of daily commutes and memos? How can physics students improve their chances of landing a job? This presentation will include a discussion of preliminary findings from the Society of Physics Students Career Pathway project, a project looking at the characteristics of departments that are successfully placing students in STEM careers within one year of earning a bachelor’s degree. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, March 23, 2012 2:26PM - 2:46PM |
D1.00003: The Physics Degree in an Engineering Career Invited Speaker: George James This presentation provides four case studies for engineering careers that are initiated with undergraduate Physics degrees. The author’s own career and those of three colleagues are used as the case studies (which generally involve Aerospace Engineering careers). The intent is to convey the advantages and disadvantages that the Physics degree provides as well as concepts that a Physics major might build on in moving into another field. [Preview Abstract] |
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