Meeting Announcement
Joint Fall Meeting of the Texas Sections of the APS, AAPT, and Society of Physics Students - Zone 13
Baylor University, Waco, Texas
October 7-9, 2004
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Deadlines:
APS Abstract Submission Deadline: Extended to Wednesday, September 8, 2004AAPT and SPS Paper and Poster Submission Deadline: Extended to Friday, September 10, 2004
FIAP Abstract Submission Deadline: Extended
Pre-registration Deadline: Extended to Friday, September 10, 2004
APS Abstract Publication Fee Due: Monday, October 4, 2004
Meeting Dates: October 7-9, 2004
Meeting ID: TSF04
Websites:
Baylor University (www.baylor.edu)Baylor University TSAPS Meeting Information (www.baylor.edu/tsaps)
TSAPS/AAPT/SPS Joint Fall Meeting (www.aps.org/meet/TSF04) Texas Section of the American Physical Society (www.aps.org/units/tsaps)
American Association of Physics Teachers (www.aapt.org)
Texas Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (www.tsaapt.org)
Society of Physics Students (www.spsnational.org)
Society of Physics Students, Zone 13 (www.spsnational.org/info/zonelinks13.htm)
Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics (www.aps.org/units/fiap/index.cfm)
Forms:
Registration Form (www.baylor.edu/tsaps/index.php?id=18241)APS Online Abstract Submission(www.baylor.edu/tsaps/index.php?id=19044)
AAPT/SPS Abstract Submission Form (www.baylor.edu/tsaps/index.php?id=19043)
FIAP Abstract Submission Form (www.baylor.edu/tsaps/index.php?id=20499)
Local Host Contact:
Dr. Dwight RussellDepartment of Physics
One Bear Place #97316
Waco, TX 76798-7316
Department: (254) 710-3763
Office: (254) 710-4877
Fax: (254) 710-7309
Email:Dwight_Russell@baylor.edu
GENERAL INFORMATION
Conference Sessions
This will be a general meeting. Contributed papers from any area of physics are welcome and encouraged. All sessions will be held on the Baylor University campus. Most of the sessions will be held in the new Baylor Sciences Building. The Plenary Sessions will be held in the main auditorium.The Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics (FIAP) will host a Friday breakfast, free for students who pre-register using the online Registration Form available from the Baylor University TSAPS Meeting website: www.baylor.edu/tsaps. The Friday lunch as well as the Friday evening banquet will be held in Cashion Academic Center in the Hankamer School of Business. The Friday lunch will be a Fajita Buffet ($12 for non-student members, free for registered students). Banquet tickets at $22 ($12 for registered students) are available as well. Business meetings for the Texas Sections of the APS and AAPT will be held in Cashion Academic Center following the Friday lunch. For the most up-to-date meeting information, please go to the conference website: www.baylor.edu/tsaps.
Plenary and Invited Presentations
Confirmed Plenary Speakers
Plenary Session I: Industrial and Applied Research in Texas (FIAP)
Jim Gallas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics, University of Texas at San Antonio
CEO Photoprotective Technologies, San Antonio, Texas
Photoprotective Light Filters Based Upon Synthetic Melanin - a Nanometer Scale BiotechnologyBruce White, Ph.D.
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, Texas
Advanced Materials for the Semiconductor IndustryLei Dong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Radiation Physics
MD Andersen Cancer Research Center, Houston, Texas
Medical Physics - Applying Physics to MedicinePlenary Session II
Larry Hudson, Ph.D.
Ionizing Radiation Division, Physics Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Spectroscopy of exotic x-ray sourcesDon Page, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics and CIAR Cosmology Fellow
University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada
The Lifetime of the UniverseRick Trebino, Ph.D.
Director and the Georgia Research Alliance-Eminent Scholar Chair of Ultrafast Optical Physics
School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
The Musical Score, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, and the Shortest Events Ever CreatedB.F.L. Ward, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Chairman
Department of Physics, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Massive Elementary Particles and Black Hole Physics
Banquet Speaker
Additional Invited Speakers
Special Events
Tours of the new Baylor Sciences Building, a $1.3 million, 500,000 sq. ft. facility, will be made available. Additionally, registrants are welcome to tour the new Mayborn Natural Science and Cultural History Museum Complex (www.MaybornMuseum.com) and Texas Sports Hall of Fame Museum (www.tshof.org), both conveniently close to the Meeting site. Please check the Baylor University TSAPS Meeting website for additional events as the meeting dates approach.
Pre-Registration
Everyone is encouraged to pre-register using the online Registration Form, available from the Baylor University TSAPS Meeting website: www.baylor.edu/tsaps. By pre-registering, you will receive the lowest registration price and be able to register for meals, including breakfast on Friday and Saturday, and a Friday luncheon and evening banquet. This year, the Friday breakfast is being hosted by FIAP. Students are invited to attend this breakfast free of charge. Students will have the option of receiving a free lunch ticket and purchasing a banquet ticket at a reduced price. Saturday's breakfast is reserved for faculty registrants.Fill out the information online and click "Submit Registration" to submit pre-registration. Print out the Registration Form and send it along with your registration fee (payable to "Baylor University") to:
Amy Skaggs
One Bear Place #97310
Waco, Texas 76798-7310
Registration fees will increase after the pre-registration deadline of September 3, 2004.
Students must indicate on the Registration Form if they want to enter the Student Presentation Competition and/or apply for a travel award.
On-Site Registration
For those who do not pre-register, there will be on-site registration available Thursday through Friday in the atrium of the new Baylor Science Building. This will start at 4:00 pm on Thursday evening.
Especially for Students
To encourage as many students as possible to attend and participate in the Joint Fall Meeting, the following Just-For-Student opportunities are being supported:- Friday breakfast (complements of FIAP)
- Friday lunch is FREE for students
- Banquet tickets are only $12!
- Student Memberships for APS/TSAPS
Student Presentation Award Competition
The Texas Section of the American Physical Society supports from its operating fund a competition for the best student presentations at the annual Fall meeting. The TSAPS executive committee has set the award level at $200. There will be several awards for outstanding presentations by both undergraduate and graduate students in the APS contributed paper sessions. Students may compete in only one paper. In general only one APS abstract is accepted with the same first author. All students presenting papers are encouraged to compete for a presentation award. Previous student winners are listed here (www.aps.org/units/tsaps/awards.html). On the TSAPS Meeting website, there are requirements to compete (www.baylor.edu/tsaps/index.php?id=19801).Student Travel Awards
Students who enter the Presentation Award Competition may be considered for a travel award. Indicate on the Pre-Registration Form if you are applying for a travel award. Travel awards will be $100 for students from outside the Waco meeting area. We want to support as many students as possible, but the funds are limited. On the TSAPS Meeting website, there are additional requirements (www.baylor.edu/tsaps/index.php?id=19803).AAPT/SPS Paper and Poster Submission
Registrants may submit paper and poster information online through the Baylor University TSAPS Meeting website at www.baylor.edu/tsaps. When you are ready to submit your information, simply click the submit button. The information will be submitted and a form will be created for your records. The deadline for receipt of paper and poster information is September 3, 2004. Additional information may be found at www.tsaapt.org or www.aapt.org.FIAP Poster Submission
Poster presentations are sought in all areas of industrial and applied physics for the Focus Session on Industrial Applications of Physics at the Fall TSAPS meeting. Please submit your abstract for this session in standard APS format, as discussed on the Fall TSAPS Website at www.baylor.edu/tsaps/. The abstract deadline is September 3rd, 2004.APS Abstract Submissions
To submit an APS abstract using the online web submission process, two things are needed:- The number and ordering of authors and collaborations.
- The abstract content.
More Information about Submitting Online Abstracts
Publishing Your Abstract
All abstracts will be available on the web before the meeting. Links to APS abstracts on the WEB site are maintained as an archive of meeting abstracts. This will continue indefinitely into the future so that later you can look up or reference the URL of your abstract. You may still choose to have your abstract published in traditional print. To have your abstract(s) published in the Fall, 2004 Supplement issue of the APS Bulletin, please fill out the Abstract Publication Form, print it off and mail it (with payment $35 per abstract, made out to Texas Section APS) to Walter Borst by October 4, 2003.
Department of Physics
Texas Tech University
M.S. 41051
Lubbock, Texas 79409
E-mail: Walter.Borst@ttu.edu; Tel. 806-742-3864; Fax 806-742-1182
AAPT Teacher Workshops
Thus far, six workshops are planned, three on Friday, October 8, and three on Saturday, October 9. The contact person for detailed information regarding the Teacher Workshops is:
Physical Science Department
Lee College
P.O. Box 818
Baytown, TX 77522
Phone: (281) 425-6522
Email:tokuma@Lee.Edu
Accommodations
Blocks of rooms have been reserved at reduced conference rates until the expiration of the cut off date at the following hotels. Please call to make your own reservations, indicating that you will be attending the APS Conference at Baylor University. More information can be found at the Hotel Information (www.baylor.edu/tsaps/index.php?id=11872) page at the TSAPS Meeting website.
Parking
Preferred parking will be available within the Ferrell Center Parking lot, a short distance from the conference location at the Baylor Sciences Building. A campus map denoting parking and conference facilities may be found here: www.baylor.edu/tsaps/files/tsapsmap.pdf.
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