For information on NYSS APS, contact:

Sunil Labroo
labroos@oneonta.edu
607.436.3323

Agenda/Program

Friday, April 19, 2013
Events, unless otherwise noted, are in Stratton Hall Rm 209 - E Margie Filter Hostetter Lecture Rm
9:00 AM - Noon Executive Committee meeting (Henry Wells Room, Long Library)
Noon - 3:00 PM On-Site Registration (Stratton Hall 2nd Floor Foyer)
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM Welcoming Remarks
Lisa Ryerson, President of Wells College
Dr. Sunil Labroo, Dept of Physics, SUNY Oneonta & Outgoing Chair of NYS Section of APS
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Rebecca Thompson, American Physical Society
Connecting With the Public:  Best Practices for Public Engagement
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Dr.  Abigail Flower, Philips Laboratory, Tarrytown NY
Investigation of Decelerations in the Neonatal Heart Rate
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Break
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM George Lindberg, University of Buffalo
Science Days: Graduate Student Run Outreach on a Budget
3:15 - 4:00 PM Dr. Martin Forstner, Dept of Physics & Syracuse Biomaterials Institute
Syracuse University
Biomimetic membranes in basic science and application
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Crystal Bailey, American Physical Society
Breaking The Myth of the "Non-Traditional" Physicist:
The Real Story About
Employment for Physics PhDs
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM Poster Session and Social Time (Stratton Hall 2nd and 3rd Floor Atrium)
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM Banquet (Sommer Center)
7:15 PM - 8:00 PM Keynote Lecture
Dr. Carl Hagen, Dept of Physics & Astronomy, Univ of Rochester
50 Years of Broken Symmetry
We anticipate that many attendees will be returning to Auburn or Ithaca for lodging after the Keynote in complete.  If you need a ride, or are able to offer one, please go to the sidewalk in front of the Main building (exit the front of the Sommer Center and walk toward the lake.  Main will be on your right.)  At this time, you may want to make arrangements for Saturday transport back to Wells, as well.
 
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Events, unless otherwise noted, are in Stratton Hall Rm 209 - E Margie Filter Hostetter Lecture Rm
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM On-Site Registration and Continental Breakfast
(Stratton Hall 2nd Floor Foyer)
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Dr. Zhaolin Lu, Dept of Electrical Engineering, Rochester Inst of Technology
Metamaterials, Graphene, and their Applications in Nanophotonics and Electromagnetics
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Dr. James Lloyd, Dept of Astronomy & Space Sciences, Cornell University
Super-Earth and Super-Venus
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Dr. Jennifer Ross, Dept of Physics, Univ of Massachussets – Amherst
Reconstructing the Cell
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Dr. Anders Rys, Dept of Physics, Cornell University
The Search for the Higgs Boson at the Large Hadron Collider
Have a safe trip home, and see you in the fall at the 109th NY Section Symposium!!

For local information and program, contact:

 
Phyllis Siemiatkowski
315.364.3311
ps2@wells.edu
Professor Scott Heinekamp
315.364.3361
scotth@wells.edu