Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2018 Annual Meeting of the APS Mid-Atlantic Section
Volume 63, Number 20
Friday–Sunday, November 9–11, 2018; College Park, Maryland
Epitome
Nov 9 2018 6:30PM, Friday
A01 
Plenary I: Nobel Laureates
Room: Edward St. John 0202
Chair: Wendell T. Hill, III, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  William Daniel Phillips,  John C Mather  
Nov 9 2018 8:00PM, Friday
B01 
Poster Session (Day 1)
Room: Edward St. John Lounge
Chair: Wendell T. Hill, III, University of Maryland, College Park
Nov 10 2018 8:15AM, Saturday
C01 
Plenary II: Climate Change
Room: Edward St. John 0224
Chair: Amy Mullin, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Ellen D. Williams  
Nov 10 2018 9:30AM, Saturday
D01 
Chemical Physics I
Room: Edward St. John 1215
Chair: John Fourkas, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Edward Castner,  Marcus T Cicerone  
D02 
Nonlinear Dynamics
Room: Edward St. John 2212
Chair: Pratyush Tiwary, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Michelle Girvan,  Louis Michael Pecora,  Kenneth Showalter  
D03 
Quantum Materials
Room: Edward St. John 2208
Chair: Nitin Samarth, Pennsylvania State University
Invited Speakers:  Liang Wu,  Jeremy Levy  
D04 
Quantum Information
Room: Edward St. John 2204
Chair: Hilary Hurst, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Invited Speakers:  Norbert M. Linke,  Marianna Safronova  
D05 
High Energy and Particle Physics
Room: Edward St. John 1224
Chair: Pieter Mumm, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Invited Speakers:  Erik K Blaufuss,  Yuri Gershtein  
D06 
Lab Tours (Day 1)
Room: Edward St. John 0204
Chair: Tim Koeth, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Daniel Perry Lathrop,  Timothy W. Koeth  
D07 
Career Panel
Room: Edward St. John 1202
Chair: Philip Johnson, American University
Nov 10 2018 12:30PM, Saturday
E01 
Plenary III: Graduate STEM Education
Room: Edward St. John 0224
Chair: Steve Fetter, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Alan Leshner  
Nov 10 2018 1:30PM, Saturday
F01 
Gravity and Cosmology
Room: Edward St. John 1224
Chair: Jamie Holder, University of Delaware
Invited Speakers:  Peter S. Shawhan,  Judith L Racusin  
F02 
Chemical Physics II
Room: Edward St. John 1215
Chair: Amy Mullin, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Pratyush Tiwary,  Richard C Remsing  
F03 
Nuclear Physics I
Room: Edward St. John 2212
Chair: Erik Blaufuss, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Greg Kalicy,  Florian Hauenstein  
F04 
Cold Atoms
Room: Edward St. John 2204
Chair: Michael Noel, Bryn Mawr
Invited Speakers:  Yang Wang,  Hilary M. Hurst  
F05 
Spintronics and Josephson Junctions
Room: Edward St. John 2208
Chair: Pratibha Dev, Howard University
Invited Speakers:  Sergey M Frolov,  Nitin Samarth  
F06 
Lab Tours (Day 2)
Room: Edward St. John 0204
Chair: Amber Johnson, University of Maryland, College Park
Nov 10 2018 4:00PM, Saturday
G01 
Chemical Physics III
Room: Edward St. John 1215
Chair: Amy Mullin, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Marsha I Lester,  Millard H. Alexander  
G02 
Space Physics
Room: Edward St. John 2212
Chair: Miguel A. Mostafa, Pennsylvania State University
Invited Speakers:  Eun-Suk Seo  
G03 
Biophysics
Room: Edward St. John 1224
Chair: Hacene Boukari, Delaware State University
Invited Speakers:  Kandice Danielle Tanner,  Paul A Janmey,  Keith Schneider  
G04 
Nuclear Physics II
Room: Edward St. John 2309
Chair: Florian Hauenstein, Old Dominion University
Invited Speakers:  Michelle J Dolinski,  Pieter Mumm  
G05 
Light and Atoms
Room: Edward St. John 2204
Chair: Marianna Safronova, University of Delaware
Invited Speakers:  Michael W Noel  
G06 
Light, Solids, and Quantum Information
Room: Edward St. John 2208
Chair: Liang Wu, University of Pennsylvania
Invited Speakers:  Pratibha Dev,  Paul Stevenson  
Nov 10 2018 6:45PM, Saturday
H01 
Poster Session (Day 2)
Room: Edward St. John Lounge
Chair: Wendell T. Hill, III, University of Maryland, College Park
Nov 9 2018 6:30PM, Friday
A01 
Plenary I: Nobel Laureates
Room: Edward St. John 0202
Chair: Wendell T. Hill, III, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  William Daniel Phillips,  John C Mather  
Nov 9 2018 8:00PM, Friday
B01 
Poster Session (Day 1)
Room: Edward St. John Lounge
Chair: Wendell T. Hill, III, University of Maryland, College Park
Nov 10 2018 8:15AM, Saturday
C01 
Plenary II: Climate Change
Room: Edward St. John 0224
Chair: Amy Mullin, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Ellen D. Williams  
Nov 10 2018 9:30AM, Saturday
D01 
Chemical Physics I
Room: Edward St. John 1215
Chair: John Fourkas, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Edward Castner,  Marcus T Cicerone  
D02 
Nonlinear Dynamics
Room: Edward St. John 2212
Chair: Pratyush Tiwary, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Michelle Girvan,  Louis Michael Pecora,  Kenneth Showalter  
D03 
Quantum Materials
Room: Edward St. John 2208
Chair: Nitin Samarth, Pennsylvania State University
Invited Speakers:  Liang Wu,  Jeremy Levy  
D04 
Quantum Information
Room: Edward St. John 2204
Chair: Hilary Hurst, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Invited Speakers:  Norbert M. Linke,  Marianna Safronova  
D05 
High Energy and Particle Physics
Room: Edward St. John 1224
Chair: Pieter Mumm, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Invited Speakers:  Erik K Blaufuss,  Yuri Gershtein  
D06 
Lab Tours (Day 1)
Room: Edward St. John 0204
Chair: Tim Koeth, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Daniel Perry Lathrop,  Timothy W. Koeth  
D07 
Career Panel
Room: Edward St. John 1202
Chair: Philip Johnson, American University
Nov 10 2018 12:30PM, Saturday
E01 
Plenary III: Graduate STEM Education
Room: Edward St. John 0224
Chair: Steve Fetter, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Alan Leshner  
Nov 10 2018 1:30PM, Saturday
F01 
Gravity and Cosmology
Room: Edward St. John 1224
Chair: Jamie Holder, University of Delaware
Invited Speakers:  Peter S. Shawhan,  Judith L Racusin  
F02 
Chemical Physics II
Room: Edward St. John 1215
Chair: Amy Mullin, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Pratyush Tiwary,  Richard C Remsing  
F03 
Nuclear Physics I
Room: Edward St. John 2212
Chair: Erik Blaufuss, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Greg Kalicy,  Florian Hauenstein  
F04 
Cold Atoms
Room: Edward St. John 2204
Chair: Michael Noel, Bryn Mawr
Invited Speakers:  Yang Wang,  Hilary M. Hurst  
F05 
Spintronics and Josephson Junctions
Room: Edward St. John 2208
Chair: Pratibha Dev, Howard University
Invited Speakers:  Sergey M Frolov,  Nitin Samarth  
F06 
Lab Tours (Day 2)
Room: Edward St. John 0204
Chair: Amber Johnson, University of Maryland, College Park
Nov 10 2018 4:00PM, Saturday
G01 
Chemical Physics III
Room: Edward St. John 1215
Chair: Amy Mullin, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited Speakers:  Marsha I Lester,  Millard H. Alexander  
G02 
Space Physics
Room: Edward St. John 2212
Chair: Miguel A. Mostafa, Pennsylvania State University
Invited Speakers:  Eun-Suk Seo  
G03 
Biophysics
Room: Edward St. John 1224
Chair: Hacene Boukari, Delaware State University
Invited Speakers:  Kandice Danielle Tanner,  Paul A Janmey,  Keith Schneider  
G04 
Nuclear Physics II
Room: Edward St. John 2309
Chair: Florian Hauenstein, Old Dominion University
Invited Speakers:  Michelle J Dolinski,  Pieter Mumm  
G05 
Light and Atoms
Room: Edward St. John 2204
Chair: Marianna Safronova, University of Delaware
Invited Speakers:  Michael W Noel  
G06 
Light, Solids, and Quantum Information
Room: Edward St. John 2208
Chair: Liang Wu, University of Pennsylvania
Invited Speakers:  Pratibha Dev,  Paul Stevenson  
Nov 10 2018 6:45PM, Saturday
H01 
Poster Session (Day 2)
Room: Edward St. John Lounge
Chair: Wendell T. Hill, III, University of Maryland, College Park
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