Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2019
Volume 64, Number 2
Monday–Friday, March 4–8, 2019; Boston, Massachusetts
Session V34: Innovations from IndustryCareers Industry Invited Undergraduate
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Sponsoring Units: FIAP Chair: Steven Lambert, American Physical Society Room: BCEC 205A |
Thursday, March 7, 2019 2:30PM - 3:06PM |
V34.00001: Innovations from Texas Instruments Inc. DLP® Products Division: M7 – MEMS Mirrors Moving in Many Modes for a Multitude of Markets Invited Speaker: Patrick Oden For nearly a quarter century of commercial manufacturing, the Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)-based micro-mirrors produced by Texas Instruments Inc. have, by necessity, needed to innovate to stay relevant to various market demands. The highlights of which will be addressed here as well as a discussion of potential innovations to come. I will also share my thoughts on how Physicists trained in solid-state, surface-science, like myself, can contribute to the future of this technology. |
Thursday, March 7, 2019 3:06PM - 3:42PM |
V34.00002: Next Generation Technology from Google AI Quantum Invited Speaker: Alan Ho Alan Ho, product manager from Google AI Quantum, will provide an overview of recent |
Thursday, March 7, 2019 3:42PM - 4:18PM |
V34.00003: The Economic Impact of Industrial Physics on the U.S. Economy: What value we physicists bring to economic activity Invited Speaker: John Rumble The American Physical Society, with support from the American Institute of Physics, recently sponsored an in-depth analysis of the impact of industrial physics on the U.S. economy. This report attempts to provide quantitative answers to the specific question: How does industrial physics impact the economy of the United States? Posing the question this way allows us to consider the four major ways that physics contributes to the economy: (1) The direct hire of college-trained physicists of all degrees; (2) Physics as an essential element in the training of scientists and engineers who work in industry; (3) The use of physical principles in the technology that creates products and services; and (4) The emergence of new physics that drives disruptive changes to the economy. The study shows that in 2016 an estimated 12.6% of the U.S. economy (2.3 trillion dollars) with direct employment of about 11,500,000 people can be ascribed directly to the practice of industrial physics. In this talk, the complete results are presented with a discussion of economic analysis methodology and the assumptions made. We provide concrete data on the creation of jobs, investments in the future, and the impact on tax receipts in the period from after World War II to the present day (2016). We present evidence of the creativity that physics brings to industry and the economy, as well as draw conclusions on why this has happened. The data confirm what we inherently know from our knowledge of modern physics – that since the end of World War II, physics discoveries of the twentieth century have been transformed by industrial physicists into incredible products and services. The flow of physics into industry is neither stopping, nor even slowing down as new disruptive products and services continue to emerge. We provide recommendations for academia, industry, government funding agencies and APS itself about how they can support industrial physics in the future. |
Thursday, March 7, 2019 4:18PM - 4:54PM |
V34.00004: Future Computing for AI Invited Speaker: Heike Riel TBD |
Thursday, March 7, 2019 4:54PM - 5:30PM |
V34.00005: Physics For Tomorrow: Optical Imaging and Sensing Systems Invited Speaker: Alexander John Majewski A career path in industry focuses on various products and applications and requires an in-depth knowledge of physics as well as system phenomenology. One topical area of particular interest in industry is sensors. Optical sensors are a broad class of devices for detecting light amplitude, intensity and/or phase. These sensors can range from simple devices (detectors) for threshold detection or a highly complicated system for detecting single photons, measuring the phase variation (wave-front) of an optical system, or a spectrometer used in characterizing the spectral signature of a material. |
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