Atlanta Area PICUP DICE Workshop 2025
Date: Saturday, Sept. 13th, 2025
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Registration is now open below! Early-Bird deadline for registration is September 4th.
Registration: $15 until Sept. 4th which includes lunch! $20 after Sept. 4th.
Location
- Spelman College, Albro-Falconer-Manley Science Center, Room 133
- Address: 350 Spelman Lane, S.W., Atlanta, GA 30314
- Coordinates: 33°44′46″N 84°24′40″W
Group picture from the 2025 Atlanta DICE at the Albro-Falconer-Science Center at Spelman College.
Who Should Attend
Any physics educators from around the Atlanta area (or anywhere else if you're willing to travel!) that want to energize their physics courses! The scope of this workshop is appropriate for physics teachers from high schools, 2-year colleges, and 4-year colleges and universities.
The workshop will include demonstrations and discussions about various aspects of integrating computational activities into physics courses at all levels from introductory to advanced. There will also be guided working time wherein participants will explore tested exercises, and will build an outline that will serve as the beginning of a plan for integrating computational activities into their specific courses. Finally, by participating in this workshop participants will become plugged into a growing and supportive community of like-minded physics educators dedicated to improving the physics curriculum. The support system includes a repository of developed computational materials as well as dedicated online and personal community support.
The workshop is intended to be the first in a series of annually occurring PICUP workshops in the Atlanta area. We are looking to develop a community of like-minded instructors who teach computation in their physics classes.
Registration: $15 (includes lunch); $20 after Sept. 4th
Workshop Schedule
Schedule for Saturday, Sept. 13
8:30-9:00 Arrival, Check-In, & Coffee
9:00-9:30 Welcome, Introductions, and Workshop Goals
9:30-10:15 Electric Field of Charged Rod Using Excel
10:15-11:00 Charge in a Magnetic Field Using Glowscript
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:00 Mechanics Using Google Colab (Python vs. Glowscript)
12:00-12:45 Lunch and Photo
12:45-1:30 Curve Fitting Using Python and Colab
1:30-2:15 Implementation in the Classroom
2:15-3:00 Use of AI / LLM Tools in Computational Physics Education
3:00-4:00 Small Group Work & Wrap Up
Questions/Need Help?
If you have any questions, or would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact one of the workshop coordinators:
Natarajan Ravi, Spelman College, nravi@spelman.edu
Derrick Hylton, Spelman College, dhylton@spelman.edu
Larry Engelhardt, Francis Marion University, lengelhardt@fmarion.edu
Michelle Kuchera, Davidson College, mikuchera@davidson.edu
