Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2013 Annual Meeting of the California-Nevada Section of the APS
Volume 58, Number 14
Friday–Saturday, November 1–2, 2013; Rohnert Park, California
Session C4: Education |
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Chair: Peter Beiersdorfer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Darwin 38 |
Friday, November 1, 2013 2:00PM - 2:12PM |
C4.00001: Undergraduate physics Teaching Fellowships James Layne Most physics graduate students will work as a teaching assistant (TA) to pay for their education by teaching labs and recitations and grading papers. Unfortunately, most students will get very little training on the practical techniques and pedagogical theories of teaching physics. The Teaching Fellows Program at Santa Rosa Junior College is a paid one year program in which students work with teachers to help prepare them for being TAs or pursuing careers as teachers. A faculty member acts as the student's mentor, teaching the student how to be a teacher and developing with them a plan of teaching-related activities averaging 10 hours per week. In my talk I will describe the physics teaching projects I am doing as part of this fellowship. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, November 1, 2013 2:12PM - 2:24PM |
C4.00002: A new program for future teachers at Santa Rosa Junior College, as recounted by a physics major participant Daniel Iriks As a community college physics major whose career goal is to be a college physics instructor, the Teaching Fellows Program, a new program at Santa Rosa Junior College, is a great experience and learning opportunity for me in terms of both my educational and career goals. The program, now in its second academic year, is made possible by two donations by an anonymous donor totaling {\$}6 million. Each student applies with a full-time faculty member in their target discipline to the program, and, if accepted, the faculty member acts as the student's mentor, teaching the student how to be a teacher and developing with him or her a plan of teaching-related activities. The student also receives a {\$}3,600 scholarship, and monthly cohort meetings provide an opportunity for the students to learn from each other and each other's mentors. Under the mentorship of my physics instructor from last semester, Dr. Younes Ataiiyan, I have been assisting in his lab and discussion sessions, running review sessions and tutoring for his class, learning about how to run a class, seeing what a teacher's work outside of the classroom looks like, and getting various extracurricular experiences valuable to a future in physics (like this presentation!). [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, November 1, 2013 2:24PM - 2:36PM |
C4.00003: Using Songs to Teach Physics Lynda Williams Teachers are using songs and song writing projects to teach physics and for outreach. This presentation will feature the best in physics songs and parodies that are used for education and entertainment and the Physics Parody project that is creating a database of resources for educators. Presented by The Physics Chanteuse, Lynda Williams. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, November 1, 2013 2:36PM - 2:48PM |
C4.00004: Fusion Science and Plasma Physics E/O Partnership at LLNL Donald Correll LLNL's Fusion Science and Plasma Physics Education Outreach (E/O) Partnership is an ongoing E/O collaboration between LLNL, the UC Davis-Edward Teller Education Center (ETEC), and the California State University (CSU) System. The Partnership's major goal is to provide professional development for ``pre-service'' and ``in-service'' teachers in fusion and plasma topics. The primary elements have been centered around (1) The Science Teacher and Researcher (STAR) program for ``pre-service'' science teachers through out the CSU system and (2) The LLNL-ETEC program for ``in-service'' high school science teachers and community college science faculty. In both elements, participants are provided workshops held at ETEC (adjacent to LLNL) and research internships at LLNL. Occasionally one or two participants have presented their research results at the annual meetings of the APS DPP or APS CA-Nevada Section. LLNL-ABS-643859] (1) http://cesame.calpoly.edu/programs-star.html (2) http://education.llnl.gov/teachers [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, November 1, 2013 2:48PM - 3:00PM |
C4.00005: Experimental and Computational Studies of Matter In Extreme Environments Charles Weatherford, Nosa Egiebor, Kennedy Reed, Peter Beiersdorfer, Hui Chen, Changyong Qin A research consortium (Experimental and Computational Studies of Matter In Extreme Environments) involving Tuskegee University, Florida A{\&}M University, Benedict College, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has been established with the support of the National Nuclear Security Administration. The overall objectives of the consortium project are to: develop structures for a functional and sustainable consortium that is engaged in research and education in materials and matter at extreme conditions; establish MSI (minority serving institutions) fellowship programs in science and engineering of materials under extreme environments (MEE); facilitate access to DOE large-scale experimental and computational facilities; engage students and faculty in ongoing research projects in MEE fields. There are four subprojects composing the consortium: (1) Investigation of the Corrosion of Nuclear Energy Materials in the Presence of Ionizing Radiation from Swift Moving Ions; (2) Experimental and Computational Studies on High Temperature Plasmas; (3) First Principles Simulations of Radiation Damage and Analysis; (4) Summer Institutes for Training of Students and Faculty. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, November 1, 2013 3:00PM - 3:12PM |
C4.00006: Tour and Observing Evening at Lick Observatory Jaan Lepson, Peter Beiersdorfer Astronomy and astrophysics is a great way to catch the attention of the general public and practicing physicists alike. We have offered a tour and observing evening as part of summer schools at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the conference on Atomic Spectra and Oscillator Strengths (ASOS 10) hosted by UC Berkeley. At ASOS, the Lick tour was offered in parallel to a tour of Muir Woods and Fisherman's Wharf, and half the participants chose to go to Lick, even though we were scheduled get back past 1 am. These excursions have been big successes, and participants often told us it was one of the highlights of their participation. In this talk we describe our experiences on the tour and observing through the Great Lick Refractor, the world's second-largest refracting telescope. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, November 1, 2013 3:12PM - 3:24PM |
C4.00007: Chasing the Electron: A sophomore's guide to the math you'll need to reach the Schrodinger Equation Benjamin Gruey After a brief introduction to orbitals and the concept of electron density in freshman chemistry, I became fascinated with Schrodinger's Wave Equation (SE). Although I am only a sophomore in lower division math and physics courses, I am pursuing independent study with a math professor at SRJC in pursuit of SE. I am taking my education beyond elementary ordinary differential equations so I can become acquainted with tackling the full time-dependent SE, which includes partial differential equations, Fourier analysis and Hamiltonian Mechanics. In my talk I will outline my plan of independent study in pursuit of SE, and will broaden my outline to explain how I decided on which courses I needed. My parents always told me school was about learning how to learn, and this is one step in crafting my post-education education. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, November 1, 2013 3:24PM - 3:36PM |
C4.00008: Highly Decelerated Microdroplets, Cosmic Ray Physics and more at Hartnell College in Salinas, CA Sewan Fan, Juan Castro, Arturo Estrada, Victor Hernandez, Harjyot Mohar, Rexavalmar Niduaza, Annie O, David Santana, Jackie Tarsitano, Zachary Wedel, Armando Oviedo, Laura Fatuzzo, Brooke Haag In this presentation, we describe the Research Scholar Institute program, a unique undergraduate physics research internship program at Hartnell College. Specifically, we would be presenting results from a novel dynamics of microdroplet experiment, which originated from the search for fractional charge experiment at SLAC, cosmic ray detector experiments implementing multipixel photon counters (MPPC), that exhibit quantized photon distributions, and other novel physics experiments. Our program has successfully mentored community college STEM students to do research both at Hartnell College and at Department of Energy labs that included LBL and FermiLab. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, November 1, 2013 3:36PM - 3:48PM |
C4.00009: Light As Feathers, Heavy As Lead Jerry A. (Tony) Witt Simple math, $m/r^2$ is basically $2/1$, $E=mc^2$ states all mass to be square which is not cubed, a square is flat. $2+1=3$ as in dimensional reality. Time being a concept as Al stated. If we think of Hawking's work stating all points of the universe to be center gravity bending space time around itself, well all points center means all points overlap simply. A particle of light universal center, Earth passing at light speed that particle center makes time stop relative to said particle, or both ideas are wrong. if we imagine the universe being flat being it has mass, it would be flat in all directions, connecting all points, this author believes this explains wormholes. the singularity shown in the math above (the 1)shows another gravity force. motion of all kinds being reverse gravitational forces. rotation being a reverse gravity force out from center gravity toward a center relatively understanding the two, mass being two dimensional according to Al's math. all points both occupying the same space as well as dimensional space giving the reason for the Doppler (E)ffect being condensed energy singular and dimensional, a natural limit would occur all points occupying the same space. this singular material the most likely conductor of dark energy, like a generator in rotation. [Preview Abstract] |
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