Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2021
Volume 66, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 15–19, 2021; Virtual; Time Zone: Central Daylight Time, USA
Session V58: Innovations from Industry: Including Pake Prize and Distinguished Lecture TalksCareers Industrial Invited Live Prize/Award Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: FIAP Chair: Dan Pisano, American Physical Society |
Thursday, March 18, 2021 3:00PM - 3:36PM Live |
V58.00001: Distinguished Lectureship Award on the Applications of Physics (2020): Academia to Entrepreneurship- Why not? Invited Speaker: Thirumalai Venkatesan There has been a sea change over the last few decades in the way academic institutions view entrepreneurial activities of the faculty and the role of the Institution in fostering an ecosystem conducive to such activities. This has become a global phenomenon and many of the leading Institutions in Europe and Asia are also beginning to replicate the model of the Boston or Silicon Valley academic Institutions. This clearly presents a wonderful opportunity for those who want to strike out on their own as opposed to waiting for someone else to offer them a job. This is the transition from a job seeker to a job creator. |
Thursday, March 18, 2021 3:36PM - 4:12PM Live |
V58.00002: Distinguished Lectureship Award on the Applications of Physics (2019): Nuclear Science: from Fundamental Physics to Medical Technology Invited Speaker: Cynthia E Keppel Discoveries and technological advances spurred by the demands of nuclear and particle physics research find applications in many disciplines, including providing benefit to society through the treatment and diagnosis of disease. An overview of the connection between nuclear physics and medicine will be presented, with some emphasis on landmark and recent technological developments. As an example, proton radiation therapy is a precise form of radiation treatment for cancer. Due to the characteristic Bragg peak associated with ion energy deposition, proton therapy provides the radiation oncologist an improved method of treatment localization within a patient, as compared with conventional radiation therapy using X-rays. This can be accomplished only in concert with advances in tumor identification and localization, patient motion and positioning, treatment planning and evaluation, and a host of supporting technologies that can leverage nuclear and particle physics detection and data processing techniques. |
Thursday, March 18, 2021 4:12PM - 4:48PM Live |
V58.00003: Rocket Science is Just Cool Invited Speaker: Janica L Cheney Why yes, this is rocket science… |
Thursday, March 18, 2021 4:48PM - 5:24PM Live |
V58.00004: From Innovation to the Marketplace: The Role of a Physicist Invited Speaker: Scott Davis When a technical innovation transitions from first an idea, to funded laboratory demonstration, and then finally to a manufactured product, the impact of this innovation is significantly multiplied. For a physicist working in the private sector, this can be incredibly rewarding. The physicists efforts matter and their influence on scientific discovery, technical progress, and commercial success is unambiguous. In this talk I will discuss what this transition looks like, with several real-world examples. From: i) non-mechanical beamsteerers for autonomous vehicles, to ii) an “optics-table” in your palm that enables deployed quantum sensors, computers, and clocks, to iii) optical frequency combs for a wide array of applications, I’ve seen this process unfold many times. This “force-multiplier” effect of having one innovation end up in dozens or hundreds of labs, and thousands of deployed products, is important and fulfilling work. In this talk I will discuss why a physics education can be especially useful in guiding technology through this process, especially in a small-business environment. A physics education is almost always quite multidisciplinary: electronics, mechanics, vacuum systems, coding, RF, numerical analysis, etc. Shepherding innovations from idea to the market is also unequivocally multidisciplinary. From the original innovations and the back-of-the-envelope analyses, to proposal writing, to designing and executing the proof-of-concept demonstrations, to working with manufacturing to develop a production flow, this is something that physicists are good at. In this talk I will support this with specific examples from my company history. I will also offer guidance for students on what to pay special attention to in classes and to include in your resume. |
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