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Recommended Sessions for Undergraduate Students

Apr 11 2015 8:30AM, Saturday

Session A1 Plenary Session I Sponsor: APS Room: Holiday 4-6
Invited Speakers:  Lynn Orr 

Apr 11 2015 10:45AM, Saturday

Session B5 Undergraduate Research - SPS I Sponsor: APS SPS Chair: Crystal Bailey, American Physical Society Room: Key 1

Session B10 Invited Session: The Higgs Boson as a Tool for Discovery Sponsor: DPF Chair: Haber Howard, University of California, Santa Cruz Room: Key 6
Invited Speakers:  Lashkar Kashif 

Session B12 Invited Session: Energy Research at ARPA-E Sponsor: FPS GERA Chair: Valerie Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: Key 8
Invited Speakers:  Eric Rohlfing,  Howard M. Branz,  Ari Glezer 

Apr 11 2015 12:35PM, Saturday

Session BC17 Future of Physics Days Lunch with the Grads Room: Key 1

Apr 11 2015 1:30PM, Saturday

Session C5 Undergraduate Research - SPS II Sponsor: APS SPS Chair: Sean Bentley, Society of Physics Students, American Institute of Physics Room: Key 1

Session C8 Invited Session: Excellence in Physics Education Award Sponsor: FEd Chair: Randall Knight, California Polytechnic State University Room: Key 4
Invited Speakers:  David Hammer,  Andrew Elby,  Edward Redish 

Session C12 Invited Session: Panel Discussion on Big Science and Challenges Sponsor: FPS Chair: Pushpalatha Bhat, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Room: Key 8
Invited Speakers:  Norman R. Augustine,  John Mather 

Apr 11 2015 2:00PM, Saturday

Session D1 Poster Session I (14:00 - 17:00) Sponsor: APS Room: South Foyer

Apr 11 2015 3:30PM, Saturday

Session E9 Invited Session: It's a Small World After All: Global Opportunities in Physics Sponsor: FGSA Chair: Valerie Gray, College of William and Mary Room: Key 5
Invited Speakers:  Megan Friend 

Session E12 Invited Session: Exploration for Life in the Universe: Implications for Society Sponsor: FPS DAP Chair: Arian Pregenzer, Sandia National Laboratories Room: Key 8
Invited Speakers:  Chris Impey,  Christoph Adami,  David Grinspoon 

Apr 11 2015 5:30PM, Saturday

Session F1 Welcome Reception Sponsor: APS Room: East & South Foyers

Apr 11 2015 7:30PM, Saturday

Session F12 Public Lecture - Einstein's Legacy: Studying Gravity in War and Peace Sponsor: APS Room: Key 8
Invited Speakers: 

Apr 12 2015 8:30AM, Sunday

Session H11 Invited Session: GGR Prize Session Sponsor: GGR Chair: Joey Shapiro Key, University of Texas at Brownsville Room: Key 7
Invited Speakers:  Jacob Bekenstein,  Samuel Gralla 

Session H12 Invited Session: How Advanced Computational Resources Enhance Our Understanding of Physics Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Peter Diener, Louisiana State University Room: Key 8
Invited Speakers:  Brian O'Shea 

Apr 12 2015 10:30AM, Sunday

Session J18 Future of Physics Days Undergraduate Awards Brunch Sponsor: APS Room: Carroll AB

Apr 12 2015 10:45AM, Sunday

Session J5 History of Physics Sponsor: FHP Chair: Robert Crease, Stony Brook University Room: Key 1

Session J10 Invited Session: Exploring the Unknown: High-Energy Collisions Sponsor: DPF Chair: Marcela Carena, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Room: Key 6
Invited Speakers:  Hongxuan Liu,  Pushpalatha Bhat 

Session J11 Invited Session: Identifying Grand Challenges in Physics Education Research Sponsor: GPER Chair: Rachel Scherr, Seattle Pacific University Room: Key 7
Invited Speakers:  Paula Heron,  Charles Henderson 

Apr 12 2015 12:30PM, Sunday

Session JK19 Career Opportunities for Physicists Sponsor: APS Room: Paca

Apr 12 2015 1:30PM, Sunday

Session K6 Supporting Minorities in Science, Exploring Learning Environments, and Developing Conceptual Inventories Sponsor: GPER FEd Chair: Mary Bridget Kustusch, DePaul University Room: Key 2

Session K8 Invited Session: STEM Education: What's Happening and How to Influence It Sponsor: FEd Chair: John Stewart, West Virginia University Room: Key 4
Invited Speakers:  Noah Finkelstein,  Tyler Glembo,  Scott Franklin 

Apr 12 2015 3:30PM, Sunday

Session M6 Identifying and Training Best Practices, Communicating Meaning, and Probing Student Reasoning Sponsor: GPER FEd Chair: Kimberly Moore, University of Maryland Room: Key 2

Session M11 Invited Session: Quantum Gravity in the 100th Anniversary of General Relativity Sponsor: DPF GGR Chair: Mirjam Cvetic, University of Pennsylvania Room: Key 7
Invited Speakers:  Joseph Polchinski,  Thomas Faulkner 

Apr 12 2015 7:00PM, Sunday

Session P5 Education and Diversity Reception Sponsor: FEd Room: Ruth

Apr 12 2015 8:00PM, Sunday

Session P20 A Staged Reading of the Play: TRANSCENDENCE: Relativity and Its Discontents by Robert Marc Friedman Sponsor: FHP Room: Holiday 3

Apr 13 2015 8:30AM, Monday

Session Q1 Kavli Foundation Plenary Session II: Our Changing View of the Universe Sponsor: APS Chair: Ian Shipsey, Oxford University Room: Holiday 4-6
Invited Speakers:  John Mather,  Clifford Will,  Stuart Shapiro 

Apr 13 2015 10:45AM, Monday

Session R10 Invited Session: Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe: Progress and Open Questions Sponsor: DPF DAP Chair: Nicholas Hadley, University of Maryland Room: Key 6
Invited Speakers:  Carter Hall 

Session R11 Invited Session: 100 Years of General Relativity, 20 Years of GGR: Looking Back and Looking Forward Sponsor: GGR Chair: Beverly Berger Room: Key 7
Invited Speakers:  Gabriela Gonzalez,  James Hartle,  Jorge Pullin 

Session R12 Invited Session: Three Perspectives on the Supercollider Sponsor: FHP Chair: Catherine Westfalll, Michigan State University Room: Key 8
Invited Speakers:  James Decker,  Robert Crease,  Michael Riordan 

Apr 13 2015 1:30PM, Monday

Session S7 Focus Session: Space-based Gravitational Wave Detection I Sponsor: GGR Chair: Jeffrey Livas, NASA Room: Key 3
Invited Speakers: 

Session S11 Invited Session: Precision Experimental Measurements of Gravitation Sponsor: GGR GPMFC Chair: Stephan Schlamminger, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Key 7
Invited Speakers:  Michael Hohensee,  James Faller 

Apr 13 2015 3:30PM, Monday

Session U5 Energy Research Chair: John M. Wilson, Virginia Commonwealth University Room: Key 1

Session U10 Invited Session: Exploring the Standard Model at Colliders Sponsor: DPF Chair: Laura Reina, Florida State University Room: Key 6
Invited Speakers:  Ayres Freitas 

Apr 14 2015 8:30AM, Tuesday

Session W1 Plenary Session III: Probing our Limits of Knowledge Sponsor: APS Chair: Deirdre Shoemaker, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: Holiday 4-6
Invited Speakers:  James Hartle,  Haiyan Gao 

Apr 14 2015 10:45AM, Tuesday

Session X3 Invited Session: Nuclear Scientists and Nuclear Emergency Response Sponsor: DNP FPS Chair: Jolie Cizewski, Rutgers University Room: Holiday 2
Invited Speakers:  Daniel Blumenthal,  Douglas Osborn 

Session X8 Invited Session: APS and Public Engagement in Historical Perspective Sponsor: FHP FOEP Chair: Joseph Martin, Michigan State University Room: Key 4
Invited Speakers:  Sarah Bridger,  Edward Gerjuoy,  David Hafemeister 

Apr 14 2015 1:30PM, Tuesday

Session Y8 Invited Session: The 5th International Conference on Women in Physics, Reflections and Going Forward Sponsor: CSWP FIP Chair: Susan Blessing, Florida State University Room: Key 4
Invited Speakers:  Beth Cunningham,  Kathryne Sparks Woodle,  Herman White 

Session Y12 Invited Session: History of Relativity Sponsor: GGR FHP Chair: Sean McWilliams, West Virginia University Room: Key 8
Invited Speakers:  Saul Teukolsky