Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2009 Spring Meeting of the Texas Sections of the APS, AAPT, and SPS

Volume 54, Number 2

Thursday–Saturday, April 2–4, 2009; Stephenville, Texas

Session Index

Session F1: Advanced Lab 2

Chair: Jimmy McCoy, Tarleton State University
Room: Science Building 102

Friday, April 3, 2009 2:00PM - 2:24PM		F1.00001: Advanced, open-ended research as part of the `standard' physics baccalaureate curriculum: Challenges and rewards Toni Sauncy Preview Abstract
Friday, April 3, 2009 2:24PM - 2:36PM		F1.00002: A Reconfigurable Stepping Motor Charles Rogers, Richard Selvaggi Preview Abstract
Friday, April 3, 2009 2:36PM - 3:00PM		F1.00003: The Advanced Lab Course at the University of Houston Rebecca Forrest Preview Abstract

Session F2: SPS: Undergraduate and High School Talks

Chair: Mike Hibbs, Tarleton State University
Room: Science Building 110

Friday, April 3, 2009 2:00PM - 2:12PM		F2.00001: Room Acoustics Andrew Kocurek Preview Abstract
Friday, April 3, 2009 2:12PM - 2:24PM		F2.00002: Looking for evidence of magnetosheath current as suggested by LFM global MHD simulations Sophia Cockrell, Phyllis Whittlesey, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ramon Lopez Preview Abstract
Friday, April 3, 2009 2:24PM - 2:36PM		F2.00003: Torsion Oscillator Properties of a Vibrating Mass-Spring-Meter Stick System Michael Stradley, Benson Coleman, Stephen Adams Preview Abstract
Friday, April 3, 2009 2:36PM - 2:48PM		F2.00004: Chaotic Systems Denis Myasishchev, David Bixler Preview Abstract
Friday, April 3, 2009 2:48PM - 3:00PM		F2.00005: The Relationship Between Magnetosheath and Solar Wind Parameters Crystal Red Eagle, Phyllis Whittlesey, Robert Allen, Sophia Cockrell, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ramon Lopez Preview Abstract
Friday, April 3, 2009 3:00PM - 3:12PM		F2.00006: Microwind Alternative Energy and the Windbelt Eric Myers Preview Abstract
Friday, April 3, 2009 3:12PM - 3:24PM		F2.00007: 3D Animations of Fresnel's Equations Donald May, Daniel Parish, Richard Nobra, Ashley Golden, Naresh Kanaujiya, Jessica Debnam Preview Abstract
Friday, April 3, 2009 3:24PM - 3:36PM		F2.00008: Properties of Threaded Rod Torsion Pendulums Alexandra Atalis, Javid Omar Preview Abstract
Friday, April 3, 2009 3:36PM - 3:48PM		F2.00009: Wide-field imaging by leakage of surface plasmon-coupled fluorescence Catherine Chesnutt, Stephen Frisbie, Luis Grave-de-Peralta, Ayrton Bernussi Preview Abstract
Friday, April 3, 2009 3:48PM - 4:00PM		F2.00010: Tracking The Polar Cap Boundary Under Strong Solar Wind Driving Randall Bradshaw, Robert Bruntz, Ramon Lopez Preview Abstract
Friday, April 3, 2009 4:00PM - 4:12PM		F2.00011: Occultation of TYC5234-01020-1 by Minor Planet 43 Ariadne Justin Parish Preview Abstract
Friday, April 3, 2009 4:12PM - 4:24PM		F2.00012: Introducing New Undergraduates Into a Research Group Through Use of a Wiki Phyllis Whittlesey, Ramon Lopez Preview Abstract
Friday, April 3, 2009 4:24PM - 4:36PM		F2.00013: Reconstruction of a Proton Accelerator for 25 keV Electron Experiments Jordan Watkins, Scott Williams Preview Abstract
Friday, April 3, 2009 4:36PM - 4:48PM		F2.00014: A Table for Ionopheric Boundaries and Solar Wind Conditions Robert Allen, Jorge Landivar, Ramon Lopez Preview Abstract

Session F3: Workshop 1: Teaching Physics for the First Time

Chair: Karen Jo Matsler, Dallas Baptist University
Room: Science Building 235

Friday, April 3, 2009
2:00PM - 4:00PM

F3.00001: W1 - Teaching Physics for the First Time
Karen Jo Matsler, Evelyn Restivo, Mary Norris

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Session F4: Workshop 2: Using PhET in the Introductory Physics Class

Chair: Paul Williams, Austin Community College
Room: Science Building 236

Friday, April 3, 2009
2:00PM - 4:00PM

F4.00001: W2 - Using PhET Simulations in the Introductory Physics Class
Paul Williams, Thomas O'Kuma, Regina Barrera

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