Future Physicists Day

Learn about exciting discoveries and find out what Physicists DO for a living.

Events for undergraduate and high school students
  "What Physicists Do" Speaker Abstracts

Join us for a day of exploration and celebration. Physicists in academia and industry will share their exciting results in both plenary talks and special sessions for Future Physicists (high school and undergraduate students).

Hands-on activities will introduce Future Physicists to some of the “tools of the trade.”  Physicists will share information on career paths for physicists, followed by a question and answer session with students.

Registration

• Space is limited. Registration closes April 4, 2008  5:00 EDT.
• High school teachers must fax or email registration form    
  PDF Form  or  Word Form
  
• Financial support available.
• Undergraduates must fax or email the April Meeting registration form (registration is free)

Questions?  Contact Catherine Mader.

Schedule of Events

Plenary Talks Include
St. Louis Room - DE
Hyatt Regency Hotel

• “The Double Pulsar: A Unique Gravity Lab,” by Michael Kramer
• “Dark Matter in the Cosmos and in the Laboratory,” by Michael Peskin,
• “High Temperature Superconductivity 20 Years Later: Achievements, Promises and Challenges,” by C.W. Chu

Hands-on Activities Explore
Rose Garden
Hyatt Regency Hotel

• How CT scans work
• How astronomers detect gravity waves
• How scientists study combustion processes in engines
• How optics impact our lives

Presentations Highlight What Physicists Do
Rose Garden
Hyatt Regency Hotel
  Speaker Abstracts

• Medical Physicist Kiaran McGee shares his research on MRI technology
• Astrophysicist Gabriela González shares her work in astrophysics
• General Motors Physical Chemist Michael Drake explains how he uses spectroscopy to understand combustion in engines
• Optical physicist Jerry Hobbs share his industrial optics work

Careers for Physicists Lunch
Rose Garden
Hyatt Regency Hotel

• Kendra Rand will give short presentation on career paths for physicists.
• Physicists and attendees will discuss career options.
• Box lunch provided.

Undergraduate Research Presentations
  Undergraduate Epitome

• Undergraduate Session I
  Directors Row 46
  Hyatt Regency Hotel
  
  
• Undergraduate Session II
  Directors Row 47
  Hyatt Regency Hotel
  
  
• Undergraduate Session III
  Directors Row 48
  Hyatt Regency Hotel
  
  
• Undergraduate Poster Session - Posters S1.00046 through S1.00064
  Fourth Floor Lobby
  Hyatt Regency Hotel
  
  

Check out the Undergraduate Meeting Information page to see what other interesting activities are being planned by APS and SPS (Society of Physics Students).