Oct 19 2018 9:00AM, Friday

A01 AAPT Workshop I - Introducing Electrostatics Using Modeling Instruction - Sticky Tape Lab (9am - 12pm)
Room: Lamar Fleming Jr. Building 232 Chair: Michael Lynch, Patti Ego, St. Thomas High School, MacArthur High School

A02 AAPT Workshop II - Turn Lab Style Problems into Authentic Laboratory Experiences (9am - 12pm)
Room: Lamar Fleming Jr. Building 233 Chair: Stephanie Ingle, Lee College

Oct 19 2018 1:15PM, Friday

B01 Plenary Session I
Room: Science and Engineering Classrooms 100 Chair: Rene Bellwied, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  David Alexander  

Oct 19 2018 2:25PM, Friday

C01 Biophysics and Soft Matter I
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 102 Chair: Greg Morrison, University of Houston

C02 American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) I
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 104 Chair: Milijana Suskavcevic, Clear Creek High School
Invited Speakers:  Thomas L O'Kuma  

C03 Astronomy and Astrophysics I
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 203 Chair: Liming Li, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  David Garrison  

C04 Materials Science
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 204 Chair: Shuo Chen, University of Houston

C05 High Energy and Particle Physics I
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 101 Chair: Trey Holik, Angelo State University

Oct 19 2018 2:30PM, Friday

D01 AAPT Workshop III - Kinematics, Graphs, and Vector Addition Diagrams (2:30pm - 5:30pm)
Room: Lamar Fleming Jr. Building 232 Chair: Sean O'Neill, Sara Schramm, St. Thomas High School, Frassati Catholic High School

D02 AAPT Workshop IV - Engaging Audiences in Planetary Science (2:30p - 5:30p)
Room: Lamar Fleming Jr. Building 233 Chair: Cristine Shupla, Lunar and Planetary Institute

Oct 19 2018 4:15PM, Friday

E01 High Energy and Particle Physics II
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 101 Chair: Lisa Koerner, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Jaehoon Yu  

E02 Condensed Matter Physics I
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 102 Chair: Oomman Varghese, University of Houston

E03 Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 203 Chair: John Wilson, Sam Houston State University

E04 Nuclear Physics
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 204 Chair: Anthony Timmins, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Carl A. Gagliardi  

Oct 19 2018 5:05PM, Friday

E05 American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) II
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 104 Chair: Andra Petrean, Austin College

Oct 19 2018 6:15PM, Friday

F01 Dinner Keynote (6:15pm - 7:45pm)
Room: TDECU Football Stadium Club Suite Chair: Gemunu Gunaratne, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Paul C. W. Chu  

Oct 19 2018 7:45PM, Friday

F02 Robert S. Hyer Award Ceremony
Room: TDECU Football Stadium Club Suite

Oct 19 2018 7:50PM, Friday

G01 Poster Session
Room: TDECU Football Stadium Club Suite Chair: Donna Stokes, University of Houston

Oct 19 2018 9:00PM, Friday

H01 Astronomy Society at University of Houston (9pm - end)
Room: Science and Research #1 Meet in Lobby Chair: None

Oct 20 2018 9:00AM, Saturday

J01 Plenary Session II (9am - 9:50am)
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 100 Chair: Donna Stokes, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Margaret S Cheung  

Oct 20 2018 10:00AM, Saturday

K01 High Energy and Particle Physics III
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 101 Chair: Carlos Ordonez, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Saskia Mioduszewski  

K02 Biophysics and Soft Matter II
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 102 Chair: Timothy Burt, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Aram Davtyan  

K03 SPS - Undergraduate (or High School) Research I
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 103 Chair: Toni D. Sauncy, Texas Lutheran University

K04 Computational/Nanoscience
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 203 Chair: Muhammad Maqbool, University of Alabama, Birmingham

K05 Astronomy and Astrophysics II
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 204 Chair: Samina Masood, University of Houston, Clearlake

L01 AAPT Workshop V - Numerical Calculations in Introductory Physics Using Python (10am - 12pm)
Room: Lamar Fleming Jr. Building 232 Chair: Rhett Allain, Southeastern Louisiana University

L02 AAPT Workshop VI - AP Physics Ideas (10am - 12pm)
Room: Lamar Fleming Jr. Building 233 Chair: Mark Kinsey, Geoff Hart, Vicky Usanga, Clements High School

Oct 20 2018 11:50AM, Saturday

M01 SPS Luncheon (11:50am - 1:45pm)
Room: TDECU Football Stadium Club Suite Chair: Donna Stokes, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Rhett Allain  

Oct 20 2018 2:00PM, Saturday

N01 AAPT Workshop VII (2pm - 4pm)
Room: Lamar Fleming Jr. Building 232 Chair: Bill Franklin, Former PTRA

Oct 20 2018 2:10PM, Saturday

P01 SPS - Undergraduate (or High School) Research II
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 103 Chair: Andrew Renshaw, University of Houston

P02 High Energy and Particle Physics IV
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 101 Chair: Claudia Ratti, University of Houston

P03 Optics
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 203 Chair: Lowell Wood, University of Houston

P04 Biophysics and Soft Matter III
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 102 Chair: Lloyd Lumata, University of Texas, Dallas

P05 Condensed Matter Physics II
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 204 Chair: Alex Zakhidov, Texas State University

Oct 20 2018 4:00PM, Saturday

Q01 Closing Plenary (4pm - 5:30pm)
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 100 Chair: Donna Stokes, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Robert Leonard Kleinberg  

Oct 20 2018 5:30PM, Saturday

Q02 Student Presentation Award Ceremony
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 100

Oct 19 2018 9:00AM, Friday

A01 AAPT Workshop I - Introducing Electrostatics Using Modeling Instruction - Sticky Tape Lab (9am - 12pm)
Room: Lamar Fleming Jr. Building 232 Chair: Michael Lynch, Patti Ego, St. Thomas High School, MacArthur High School

A02 AAPT Workshop II - Turn Lab Style Problems into Authentic Laboratory Experiences (9am - 12pm)
Room: Lamar Fleming Jr. Building 233 Chair: Stephanie Ingle, Lee College

Oct 19 2018 1:15PM, Friday

B01 Plenary Session I
Room: Science and Engineering Classrooms 100 Chair: Rene Bellwied, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  David Alexander  

Oct 19 2018 2:25PM, Friday

C01 Biophysics and Soft Matter I
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 102 Chair: Greg Morrison, University of Houston

C02 American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) I
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 104 Chair: Milijana Suskavcevic, Clear Creek High School
Invited Speakers:  Thomas L O'Kuma  

C03 Astronomy and Astrophysics I
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 203 Chair: Liming Li, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  David Garrison  

C04 Materials Science
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 204 Chair: Shuo Chen, University of Houston

C05 High Energy and Particle Physics I
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 101 Chair: Trey Holik, Angelo State University

Oct 19 2018 2:30PM, Friday

D01 AAPT Workshop III - Kinematics, Graphs, and Vector Addition Diagrams (2:30pm - 5:30pm)
Room: Lamar Fleming Jr. Building 232 Chair: Sean O'Neill, Sara Schramm, St. Thomas High School, Frassati Catholic High School

D02 AAPT Workshop IV - Engaging Audiences in Planetary Science (2:30p - 5:30p)
Room: Lamar Fleming Jr. Building 233 Chair: Cristine Shupla, Lunar and Planetary Institute

Oct 19 2018 4:15PM, Friday

E01 High Energy and Particle Physics II
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 101 Chair: Lisa Koerner, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Jaehoon Yu  

E02 Condensed Matter Physics I
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 102 Chair: Oomman Varghese, University of Houston

E03 Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 203 Chair: John Wilson, Sam Houston State University

E04 Nuclear Physics
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 204 Chair: Anthony Timmins, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Carl A. Gagliardi  

Oct 19 2018 5:05PM, Friday

E05 American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) II
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 104 Chair: Andra Petrean, Austin College

Oct 19 2018 6:15PM, Friday

F01 Dinner Keynote (6:15pm - 7:45pm)
Room: TDECU Football Stadium Club Suite Chair: Gemunu Gunaratne, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Paul C. W. Chu  

Oct 19 2018 7:45PM, Friday

F02 Robert S. Hyer Award Ceremony
Room: TDECU Football Stadium Club Suite

Oct 19 2018 7:50PM, Friday

G01 Poster Session
Room: TDECU Football Stadium Club Suite Chair: Donna Stokes, University of Houston

Oct 19 2018 9:00PM, Friday

H01 Astronomy Society at University of Houston (9pm - end)
Room: Science and Research #1 Meet in Lobby Chair: None

Oct 20 2018 9:00AM, Saturday

J01 Plenary Session II (9am - 9:50am)
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 100 Chair: Donna Stokes, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Margaret S Cheung  

Oct 20 2018 10:00AM, Saturday

K01 High Energy and Particle Physics III
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 101 Chair: Carlos Ordonez, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Saskia Mioduszewski  

K02 Biophysics and Soft Matter II
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 102 Chair: Timothy Burt, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Aram Davtyan  

K03 SPS - Undergraduate (or High School) Research I
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 103 Chair: Toni D. Sauncy, Texas Lutheran University

K04 Computational/Nanoscience
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 203 Chair: Muhammad Maqbool, University of Alabama, Birmingham

K05 Astronomy and Astrophysics II
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 204 Chair: Samina Masood, University of Houston, Clearlake

L01 AAPT Workshop V - Numerical Calculations in Introductory Physics Using Python (10am - 12pm)
Room: Lamar Fleming Jr. Building 232 Chair: Rhett Allain, Southeastern Louisiana University

L02 AAPT Workshop VI - AP Physics Ideas (10am - 12pm)
Room: Lamar Fleming Jr. Building 233 Chair: Mark Kinsey, Geoff Hart, Vicky Usanga, Clements High School

Oct 20 2018 11:50AM, Saturday

M01 SPS Luncheon (11:50am - 1:45pm)
Room: TDECU Football Stadium Club Suite Chair: Donna Stokes, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Rhett Allain  

Oct 20 2018 2:00PM, Saturday

N01 AAPT Workshop VII (2pm - 4pm)
Room: Lamar Fleming Jr. Building 232 Chair: Bill Franklin, Former PTRA

Oct 20 2018 2:10PM, Saturday

P01 SPS - Undergraduate (or High School) Research II
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 103 Chair: Andrew Renshaw, University of Houston

P02 High Energy and Particle Physics IV
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 101 Chair: Claudia Ratti, University of Houston

P03 Optics
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 203 Chair: Lowell Wood, University of Houston

P04 Biophysics and Soft Matter III
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 102 Chair: Lloyd Lumata, University of Texas, Dallas

P05 Condensed Matter Physics II
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 204 Chair: Alex Zakhidov, Texas State University

Oct 20 2018 4:00PM, Saturday

Q01 Closing Plenary (4pm - 5:30pm)
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 100 Chair: Donna Stokes, University of Houston
Invited Speakers:  Robert Leonard Kleinberg  

Oct 20 2018 5:30PM, Saturday

Q02 Student Presentation Award Ceremony
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 100