Nov 14 2025 1:00PM, Friday

AAA00 Registration/Welcome Coffee
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Student Enrichment Center - Lobby (SEC)

Nov 14 2025 2:30PM, Friday

AA00 Welcome
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Student Enrichment Center - Kulkarni Theater (SEC)

Nov 14 2025 3:00PM, Friday

A01 Plenary Session
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Student Enrichment Center - Kulkarni Theater (SEC)
Invited Speakers:  s g,  Macarena Garcia Marin,  Jainendra K Jain  

Nov 14 2025 5:30PM, Friday

B01 Reception I
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Capital Union Building (CUB) Room 210

Nov 15 2025 8:00AM, Saturday

CC00 Registration/Breakfast I
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North (EAB) 1st Floor Hallway

Nov 15 2025 9:00AM, Saturday

C01 Physics Education Research (PER) and Education: Beyond the Classroom
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 102 (EAB 102)
Invited Speakers:  Chandra Turpen,  Eric William Hudson  

C02 Quantum Materials I
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 103 (EAB 103)
Invited Speakers:  Bitan Roy  

C03 AI and Neural Networks
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 104 (EAB 104)
Invited Speakers:  Soumendu Bagchi,  Zhongcan Xiao  

C04 Solid State Materials and Applied Physics (Semiconductors) I
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 110 (EAB 110)
Invited Speakers:  Hassan Ali Alnatah  

C05 Neutrino Astrophysics and Active Galactic Nuclei
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 128 (TL 128)
Invited Speakers:  Brian Allen Clark  

C06 High Energy and Particle Physics I
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 118 (TL 118)
Invited Speakers:  Aswathi Balagopal V.,  Erika Catano-Mur  

Nov 15 2025 9:40AM, Saturday

DD00 Coffee Break I
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North (EAB) 2nd Floor Lobby

Nov 15 2025 11:00AM, Saturday

D01 Quantum Education Research
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 102 (EAB 102)
Invited Speakers:  Alice Flarend  

D02 Quantum Materials II
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 103 (EAB 103)
Invited Speakers:  Chinedu E Ekuma  

D03 Quantum Computing and AI
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 104 (EAB 104)

D04 Careers I: Panel Discussion
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 110 (EAB 110) Chair: Eric Hudson

D05 Cosmology, Gravitational Wave Sources, and Cosmic Rays
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 128 (TL 128)

D06 High Energy and Particle Physics II
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 118 (TL 118)

Nov 15 2025 12:38PM, Saturday

EE00 Lunch Break I
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA and Immediate Vicinity

Nov 15 2025 2:00PM, Saturday

E01 Quantum Education Research and Quantum Computing
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 102 (EAB 102)
Invited Speakers:  Robert C Hilborn  

E02 Quantum Materials III
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 103 (EAB 103)

E03 Nanostructures, Thin Films, Chemical and Molecular Physics, and Renewable Energy Devices
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 104 (EAB 104)
Invited Speakers:  Liangbo Liang  

E04 Careers II: CVs and Applications (Walk-ins Welcome)
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 110 (EAB 110) Chair: Rajeswari Kolagani, Towson University; Eric Hudson

E05 Stellar Astrophysics and Exoplanets
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 128 (TL 128)
Invited Speakers:  Kevin Luhman  

E06 Solid State Materials and Applied Physics (Semiconductors) II
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 118 (TL 118)
Invited Speakers:  Can Ataca  

Nov 15 2025 3:40PM, Saturday

FF00 Coffee Break II
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North (EAB) 2nd Floor Lobby

Nov 15 2025 4:00PM, Saturday

F01 Poster Session (4:00pm - 6:00pm)
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Capital Union Building (CUB) Room 210

Nov 15 2025 6:00PM, Saturday

G01 Reception II
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North (EAB) 2nd Floor Lobby

Nov 15 2025 7:30PM, Saturday

H01 Cosmic Horrors Panel with Authors, Physicists, and a Folklorist
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 104 (EAB 104)

Nov 16 2025 8:00AM, Sunday

II00 Registration/Breakfast II
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North (EAB) 1st Floor Hallway

Nov 16 2025 9:00AM, Sunday

I01 Physics Education Research (PER) and Physics Education: Lessons from Physics Classrooms
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 102 (EAB 102)
Invited Speakers:  Louis Leblond  

I02 Biomaterials, Medical Engineering, and Medical Physics
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 103 (EAB 103)

I03 Optical, Atomic, Molecular, and Laser Physics
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 104 (EAB 104)

I04 Fluids
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 110 (EAB 110)

I05 Space Physics, Plasma Physics, Solar-Terrestrial Physics, and Physics of Climate
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 128 (TL 128)
Invited Speakers:  Yan Yang  

I06 Nuclear Physics
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 118 (TL 118)

Nov 16 2025 10:40AM, Sunday

HH00 Coffee Break III
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North (EAB) 1st Floor Hallway

Nov 16 2025 11:00AM, Sunday

J01 Polymer Physics and Soft Condensed Matter
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 102 (EAB 102)

J02 Biological Physics and Biophysics
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 103 (EAB 103)
Invited Speakers:  Seth Wolpert  

J03 Applied Physics and Engineering
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 104 (EAB 104)

Nov 16 2025 12:38PM, Sunday

JJ00 Lunch Break II
Room: Penn State Harrisburg On Your Own

Nov 14 2025 1:00PM, Friday

AAA00 Registration/Welcome Coffee
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Student Enrichment Center - Lobby (SEC)

Nov 14 2025 2:30PM, Friday

AA00 Welcome
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Student Enrichment Center - Kulkarni Theater (SEC)

Nov 14 2025 3:00PM, Friday

A01 Plenary Session
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Student Enrichment Center - Kulkarni Theater (SEC)
Invited Speakers:  s g,  Macarena Garcia Marin,  Jainendra K Jain  

Nov 14 2025 5:30PM, Friday

B01 Reception I
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Capital Union Building (CUB) Room 210

Nov 15 2025 8:00AM, Saturday

CC00 Registration/Breakfast I
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North (EAB) 1st Floor Hallway

Nov 15 2025 9:00AM, Saturday

C01 Physics Education Research (PER) and Education: Beyond the Classroom
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 102 (EAB 102)
Invited Speakers:  Chandra Turpen,  Eric William Hudson  

C02 Quantum Materials I
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 103 (EAB 103)
Invited Speakers:  Bitan Roy  

C03 AI and Neural Networks
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 104 (EAB 104)
Invited Speakers:  Soumendu Bagchi,  Zhongcan Xiao  

C04 Solid State Materials and Applied Physics (Semiconductors) I
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 110 (EAB 110)
Invited Speakers:  Hassan Ali Alnatah  

C05 Neutrino Astrophysics and Active Galactic Nuclei
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 128 (TL 128)
Invited Speakers:  Brian Allen Clark  

C06 High Energy and Particle Physics I
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 118 (TL 118)
Invited Speakers:  Aswathi Balagopal V.,  Erika Catano-Mur  

Nov 15 2025 9:40AM, Saturday

DD00 Coffee Break I
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North (EAB) 2nd Floor Lobby

Nov 15 2025 11:00AM, Saturday

D01 Quantum Education Research
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 102 (EAB 102)
Invited Speakers:  Alice Flarend  

D02 Quantum Materials II
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 103 (EAB 103)
Invited Speakers:  Chinedu E Ekuma  

D03 Quantum Computing and AI
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 104 (EAB 104)

D04 Careers I: Panel Discussion
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 110 (EAB 110) Chair: Eric Hudson

D05 Cosmology, Gravitational Wave Sources, and Cosmic Rays
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 128 (TL 128)

D06 High Energy and Particle Physics II
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 118 (TL 118)

Nov 15 2025 12:38PM, Saturday

EE00 Lunch Break I
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA and Immediate Vicinity

Nov 15 2025 2:00PM, Saturday

E01 Quantum Education Research and Quantum Computing
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 102 (EAB 102)
Invited Speakers:  Robert C Hilborn  

E02 Quantum Materials III
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 103 (EAB 103)

E03 Nanostructures, Thin Films, Chemical and Molecular Physics, and Renewable Energy Devices
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 104 (EAB 104)
Invited Speakers:  Liangbo Liang  

E04 Careers II: CVs and Applications (Walk-ins Welcome)
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 110 (EAB 110) Chair: Rajeswari Kolagani, Towson University; Eric Hudson

E05 Stellar Astrophysics and Exoplanets
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 128 (TL 128)
Invited Speakers:  Kevin Luhman  

E06 Solid State Materials and Applied Physics (Semiconductors) II
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 118 (TL 118)
Invited Speakers:  Can Ataca  

Nov 15 2025 3:40PM, Saturday

FF00 Coffee Break II
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North (EAB) 2nd Floor Lobby

Nov 15 2025 4:00PM, Saturday

F01 Poster Session (4:00pm - 6:00pm)
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Capital Union Building (CUB) Room 210

Nov 15 2025 6:00PM, Saturday

G01 Reception II
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North (EAB) 2nd Floor Lobby

Nov 15 2025 7:30PM, Saturday

H01 Cosmic Horrors Panel with Authors, Physicists, and a Folklorist
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 104 (EAB 104)

Nov 16 2025 8:00AM, Sunday

II00 Registration/Breakfast II
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North (EAB) 1st Floor Hallway

Nov 16 2025 9:00AM, Sunday

I01 Physics Education Research (PER) and Physics Education: Lessons from Physics Classrooms
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 102 (EAB 102)
Invited Speakers:  Louis Leblond  

I02 Biomaterials, Medical Engineering, and Medical Physics
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 103 (EAB 103)

I03 Optical, Atomic, Molecular, and Laser Physics
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 104 (EAB 104)

I04 Fluids
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 110 (EAB 110)

I05 Space Physics, Plasma Physics, Solar-Terrestrial Physics, and Physics of Climate
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 128 (TL 128)
Invited Speakers:  Yan Yang  

I06 Nuclear Physics
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Science and Technology Building Room 118 (TL 118)

Nov 16 2025 10:40AM, Sunday

HH00 Coffee Break III
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North (EAB) 1st Floor Hallway

Nov 16 2025 11:00AM, Sunday

J01 Polymer Physics and Soft Condensed Matter
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 102 (EAB 102)

J02 Biological Physics and Biophysics
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 103 (EAB 103)
Invited Speakers:  Seth Wolpert  

J03 Applied Physics and Engineering
Room: Penn State Harrisburg Educational Activities Building North Room 104 (EAB 104)

Nov 16 2025 12:38PM, Sunday

JJ00 Lunch Break II
Room: Penn State Harrisburg On Your Own