Featured SPS Chapter Archive: University of Louisville
- Homepage:
- http://www.physics.louisville.edu/www/public/sps/sps_home.html
- Officers:
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President: Alyssa Cramer
Vice President: George Schuhmann
Secretary: Jeff Meyer
Treasurer: John Lorenz
WebMaster: Eric Stutzenberger - Faculty Advisor:
- Dr. David Brown
- Advisor Comment:
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We are proud that the University of Louisville chapter of SPS was chosen for the inaugural profile in the Nucleus. We have a large group of active students who have put a lot of time and effort into making SPS successful. We have a larger-than-average contingent of officers, which serves several purposes. First, it spreads the 'hard labor' part of running a successful SPS chapter to a greater number of responsible people. Second, it improves the chances that a member who gets involved will be elected to an office - a compelling incentive for many. It also gives more students the "pride of ownership" of the chapter.
We hold weekly meetings throughout the academic year. Some weeks, we hear research talks, some weeks we hear career talks. Some weeks we have demos, some weeks we discuss articles in Physics Today. We have gone on some fantastic trips, held regional meetings, and hosted parties.
Our outreach effort has become extensive, including visits to schools, and judging/presenting prizes at science fairs.
Our many activities require a lot of work from our students. But the students find it worthwhile because it helps them grow, helps them learn, and, most of all, it's FUN! - Outreach:
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Stats:
5 School, 14 Classrooms, 10-12 Physics Majors, 1 Faculty Advisor, over 330 Students
Schools:
March, 2004 Waggner High School Visit
March, 2004 Brown School, Grade School Visit
April, 2004 Central High School Visit
May, 2004 Manual High School 2-day Camp
May, 2004 Presentation Academy, All Girls HS Visit
Science Fair Judging:
5-10 Physics Students, Majors, and Faculty
Visited area elementary through high school, selecting award recipients, and giving feedback - Awards:
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- 2003-2004 Blake Lilly Award Winner
- Nucleus Haiku Contest Winner (Paul Tandy, Ivan Arnold: Winners; George Schuhmann, Scott Boyd, Lyle Smith, Dr David Brown: Participants)
- Nucleus Favorite Physicist Contest Winner (Paul Tandy: Nominating Boltzmann)
- Nucleus Chapter Activity Contest Winner (Brookhaven National Lab)
- Guest Speakers:
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- Homer Neal: University of Michigan, Head of the ATLAS group at UofM
- Dr John Urheim: Indiana University, MINOS Neutrino Oscillation Experiment
- Dr Peter Eckland: Pennsylania State University, "How do Nanaotubes Smell?"
- Dr. Charlotte Fisher: Vanderbuilt, Atomic Theory and Computationsl Physics Career
- Dr. Mark Wadsworth, NASA, designed "eyes" of Mars Rovers, UofL alum
- Dr. Candace Deland: Forensic Psychiatrist, How Physics Relates, UofL alum
- Dr. Fang Li-Zhu: University of Arizona, Dark Matter
