Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2019
Volume 64, Number 2
Monday–Friday, March 4–8, 2019; Boston, Massachusetts
Session K34: Future of Physics and Evolving Careers of PhysicistsCareers Industrial Invited Undergraduate
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Sponsoring Units: FIAP FECS Chair: Maria Longobardi, University of Geneva Room: BCEC 205A |
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
K34.00001: Emergence by design in artificial spin ice Invited Speaker: Cristiano Nisoli Intriguing phenomena generally emerge from the collective behavior of numerous simple interacting degrees of freedom. Indeed, physicists typically first discover new systems and then proceed to describe them via higher level models that often deliberately neglect the detail of the building blocks. Instead, they concentrate on the relevant symmetries and interactions of an emergent description [1]. Today, advances in nano and micro fabrication, characterization, and control, can invert that approach. We can realize artificial systems whose interacting, elementary degrees of freedom can be tailor-designed for exotic behaviors in their collective, low-energy kinetics. That is the case of artificial spin ice materials [2], which can now be variously manufactured in arrays of magnetic nano-islands [3], trapped colloids [4], vortices in nano-patterned superconductors [5], or possibly with skyrmions in liquid crystals. They can produce new phenomena often non seen in natural materials, such as complex kinetics of magnetic charges and magnetic monopoles [6], new forms of frustration [7], classical forms of topological order [8], dimensionality reduction [9], or ergodicity breaking in absence of quenched disorder. With the goal of eliciting contributions in this field by early career scientists and students we will briefly summarize the fiend and then report on the more recent results. |
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
K34.00002: Imaging Quantum Materials Invited Speaker: Maria Iavarone Future technological breakthroughs require innovations aimed at predicting, designing, developing and manufacturing complex materials with multiple functionalities. Materials research is key to answer these societal needs. |
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
K34.00003: Science Communication as a Career Invited Speaker: Jessica Thomas Physics journals play an important role in highlighting and explaining published papers for an audience beyond specialists. This “extra layer” of communication increases the sharing of ideas within the physics community and helps raise the visibility of physics in the public. In this talk, I’ll discuss why it’s an exciting time to have a career doing this kind of science communication and the skills one needs to do the job. Drawing on my experience running the online magazine Physics (physics.aps.org), which covers research in the Physical Review journals, I’ll describe the day-to-day of translating technical subjects into a compelling story. I’ll also highlight career opportunities and suggest ways to get your foot in the door. |
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
K34.00004: The Career of a Nuclear Physicist at IBM Invited Speaker: Michael Gordon TBD |
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
K34.00005: Distinguished Lectureship Award on the Applications of Physics Talk: Career Opportunities from Fundamental Physics to Patient Treatments Invited Speaker: Cynthia Keppel Discoveries and technological advances spurred by the demands of fundamental physics research find applications in many disciplines, including providing benefit to society through the treatment and diagnosis of disease. Rather than survey the manifold applications of this topic, a few examples will be presented. With emphasis on the "bench to bedside" implementation of nuclear physics technology, scientific topics ranging from the smaller-scale treatment implementation of fiber-based in-vivo dosimetry to large scale proton radiation therapy treatment to the diagnostic application of breast specific gamma imaging will be presented. In parallel, the variety of physics career options along this path, from fundamental research science on "the bench" to clinically-utilized medical products at "bedside", will be highlighted. |
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