Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Joint Fall 2011 Meeting of the APS New England Section and the New England Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (NES/AAPT)

Volume 56, Number 17

Friday–Saturday, November 18–19, 2011; Amherst, Massachusetts

Session Index

Session F1: Physics Education

Chair: Zenobia Lojewska, Springfield College
Room: Campus Center Auditorium

Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:00AM - 8:12AM		F1.00001: Class Explorations in Space: From the Blackboard and History to the Outdoors and Future Elizabeth Cavicchi Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:12AM - 8:24AM		F1.00002: Messing about with Euclid Yan Yang, Houman Harouni, Mackenzie Hird, Brian Mccarthy, Amanda Pillsbury, Zengxu Yang Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:24AM - 8:36AM		F1.00003: Play Ball!: The House That Euclid Built Amanda Pillsbury, Houman Harouni, Mackenzie Hird, Brian Mccarthy, Yan Yang, Zengxu Yang Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:36AM - 8:48AM		F1.00004: Improving Astronomy Education in American High Schools and Colleges: A Review of Recent Progress William Waller Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:48AM - 9:00AM		F1.00005: Simple Pendulum on a NASA Reduced Gravity Flight Gary Garber Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:00AM - 9:12AM		F1.00006: The Dating Game -- with Google Maps and Vector Algebra Charles H. Holbrow, Shane Larson, Margaret Jensen Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:12AM - 9:24AM		F1.00007: Misconceptions in Physical Science at the Middle School Grades Zenobia Lojewska, Robert Barkman, Peter Polito, Julianne Smist, Richard Konicek-Moran Preview Abstract

Session F2: Energy, Climate, Nuclear Medicine

Chair: Jonathan Machta, UMass Amherst
Room: Campus Center 163 C

Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:00AM - 8:12AM		F2.00001: Reducing Energy Consumption and CO2 One Street Lamp at a Time Peter Somssich Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:12AM - 8:24AM		F2.00002: Biochar As a Renewable Energy Source Richard Stein Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:24AM - 8:36AM		F2.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:36AM - 8:48AM		F2.00004: Is Earth's sea level currently rising? If so are humans responsible? Peter Glanz Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:48AM - 9:00AM		F2.00005: A Network Model and Computational Approach for the Mo-99 Supply Chain for Nuclear Medicine Ladimer Nagurney, Anna Nagurney Preview Abstract

Session F3: Cosmology, Theory

Chair: Lorenzo Sorbo, UMass Amherst
Room: Campus Center 165

Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:00AM - 8:12AM		F3.00001: Theoretical Considerations for Black Hole Formation in Supernova Ejecta Andrew Hayes Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:12AM - 8:24AM		F3.00002: Understanding Cosmological Probes of the Dark Side: Computational Studies of Type Ia Supernovae Robert Fisher, Suoqing Ji, Jan Behrends Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:24AM - 8:36AM		F3.00003: Relativity on Rotated Graph Paper Roberto Salgado Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:36AM - 8:48AM		F3.00004: Blogging as a Research Tool Douglas Sweetser Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:48AM - 9:00AM		F3.00005: The Universe is not expanding Ari Brynjolfsson Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:00AM - 9:12AM		F3.00006: Visualizing the Superposition Process Michael Ambroselli, Chandrasekhar Roychoudhuri Preview Abstract

Session F4: Theory

Chair: John Donoghue, UMass Amherst
Room: Campus Center 101

Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:00AM - 8:12AM		F4.00001: New insights into the nucleon structure through bag model studies of the energy momentum tensor Matthew Neubelt, Peter Schweitzer Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:12AM - 8:24AM		F4.00002: Density Matrices in the Quenching of Positronium by Electron Exchange Sudha Swaminathan, Wyatt Merrill, Stephen Glynn, Joseph Quattrucci Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:24AM - 8:36AM		F4.00003: Hadronic Parity Violation Jared Vanasse Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:36AM - 8:48AM		F4.00004: A non-QM explanation of Jacques' (2007) ``Wheeler gedanken experiment with delayed choice,'' without delayed choice Jeffrey Boyd Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:48AM - 9:00AM		F4.00005: Hermann Grid's Dark Diagonals Disprove QM's ``Beliefs,'' Reveal Stringy Electron, Nucleons, Stick Figure Constellations Roger David McLeod, David Matthew McLeod Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:00AM - 9:12AM		F4.00006: For AAPT: Teaching the Wave Mechanics of McLeods' Stringy Electron, Explicit Nucleons, and Through-the-Earth Projections of Constellations' Stick Figures David Matthew McLeod Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:12AM - 9:24AM		F4.00007: The Horizon of the Universe could be the source of the Electroweak Force Richard Kriske Preview Abstract

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