2012 Conference on Laboratory Instruction Beyond the First Year of College

An ALPhA Event
July 25, 2012 - July 27, 2012 in University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University

Laboratory Instruction Beyond the First Year (BFY) of College

ALPhA, the Advanced Laboratory Physics Association, invites you its 2012 Topical Conference on Laboratory Instruction: Beyond the First Year (BFY) of College.  The conference will be held at the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University, Wednesday, July 25 - Friday, July 27, 2012, and immediately precedes the 2012 AAPT Summer Meeting.

Registration has begun!

Conference Overview

This conference offers an unusual and excellent opportunity for hands-on exposure to a broad selection of contemporary instructional labs appropriate to Modern Physics, Electronics, Optics, and Advanced Lab courses, as well as to key instructional labs in Statistical Physics, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Quantum Mechanics, etc.  Conference participants will share their laboratory expertise and materials in a variety of venues, including structured opportunities to discuss specific laboratory topics and curricular models that are effective at different types of institutions. Commercial vendors of advanced laboratory equipment will be present to provide working demonstrations of their products.  

Help Shape the Conference!

As we finalize the conference schedule, we encourage everyone to make suggestions for the conference.  If you have an idea, please contact the appropriate member of the Organizing committee.

Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.  

Supporting Organizations:

• NSF - National Science Foundation
• AAPT - American Association of Physics Teachers
• APS FEd - APS Forum on Education