2009 Topical Conference on Advanced Laboratories Agenda
The following is an overview of the final agenda for the 2009 Topical Conference on Advanced Laboratories.
Please download the Conference Program for maps and directions to conference locations.
Last Updated: July 23, 2009
Wednesday July 22, 2009 |
11:00am-7:00pm |
Registration
Dennison
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4:00pm-7:00pm |
Set up posters for Thursday
Dennison
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5:30pm-6:00pm |
Steering Committee meeting
Registration desk, Dennison
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6:00pm-6:30pm |
Vendor meeting
Registration desk, Dennison
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6:30pm-7:00pm |
Drop by registration to join others for dinner
Dennison
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Thursday July 23, 2009 |
7:30am-9:00am |
Registration
Dennison
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7:30am-8:00am |
Set up posters for Thursday
Dennison
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8:00am-8:15am |
Opening Remarks
Dennison
Randolph Peterson (University of the South), Myron Campbell (University of Michigan), Ramon Torres-Isea (University of Michigan), and Warren Hein (AAPT)
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8:15am-10:00am |
Session I: "Advanced Labs: Different Visions for Different Settings"
Dennison
John Brandenberger, presiding
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10:00am-11:00am |
Session II: Syllabi for Advanced labs at Institutions of Participants
Dennison
Break & - Poster Session
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11:00am-12:15pm |
Session III: "Curricular Roles for Advanced Labs - What Are We Doing and What Should We Do?"
Dennison
Elizabeth George, presiding
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Panel discussion:
Robert DeSerio, John Brandenberger, and Gabriel Spalding
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12:15pm-1:15pm |
Box lunches at the vendors' tables
Vendors' tables
Sponsored in part by Spectrum Techniques, LLC, Tel-Atomic, Inc., Randall Lab and National Instruments Corporation
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1:15pm-2:45pm |
Session IV: "Advanced Lab Ideas from Single-Photon Detection Quantum Mechanics"
Dennison
Gabriel Spalding, presiding
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3:00pm-4:50pm |
Session V: "Short Workshops"
Randall Lab
- 3:00pm - 3:30pm
- 3:40pm - 4:10pm
- 4:20pm - 4:50pm
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3:00pm-6:40pm |
Session VI: "Workshops on Interfacing Instrumentation"
Randall Lab
- 3:00pm - 4:50pm
- 5:05pm - 6:40pm
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5:05pm-6:50pm |
Session VI: "Short Workshops"
Randall Lab
- 5:05pm - 5:35pm
- 5:45pm - 6:15pm
- 6:25pm - 6:50pm
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6:45pm-8:45pm |
Session II poster removal
Dennison
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7:15pm-8:30pm |
Dinner at Pizza House
Pizza House
Sponsored by Pasco Scientific
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8:30pm-10:00pm |
Set up posters and equipment for Session IX
Dennison
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Friday July 24, 2009 |
7:00am-8:00am |
Set up posters and equipment for Session IX
Dennison
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8:15am-9:30am |
Session VIII: "Applied Physics: Hot Topics in Advanced Labs"
Dennison
Richard Peterson, presiding
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9:30am-11:15am |
Session IX: "Especially Effective Laboratory Experiments and Open-ended Labs"
Dennison
Break & - Poster Session
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11:15am-12:15pm |
Session X: "What makes a Good Advanced Lab Experiment?"
Dennison
Paul Dolan, presiding
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Panel discussion:
Van Bistrow, Eric Ayers, Joe Kozmikski
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12:15pm-1:15pm |
Box lunches at the vendors' tables
Vendors' tables
Sponsored by TeachSpin, Inc. Randall Lab
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1:20pm-3:10pm |
Session XI: "Short Workshops"
Randall Lab
- 1:20pm - 1:50pm
- 2:00pm - 2:30pm
- 2:40pm - 3:10pm
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1:20pm-5:20pm |
Session XII: "Workshops on Interfacing Instrumentation"
Randall Lab
- 1:20pm - 3:10pm
- 3:30pm - 5:20pm
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3:30pm-5:20pm |
Session XIII: "Short Workshops"
Randall Lab
- 3:30pm - 4:00pm
- 4:10pm - 4:40pm
- 4:50pm - 5:20pm
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5:30pm-9:30pm |
Session IX posters removal, or may remain until 2:00 p.m. Saturday
Dennison
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6:00pm-7:30pm |
Dinner at Palmer Commons
Palmer Commons
Sponsored in part by Klinger Educational Products Corporation and Agilent Technologies, Inc.
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8:00pm-9:00pm |
Session XIV: Advanced Lab Demonstrations
Dennison
David Sturm, presiding
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Saturday July 25, 2009 |
8:00am-8:30am |
Session XV: "Funding the Advanced Lab"
Dennison
Randy Peterson, presiding
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8:40am-10:45am |
Dennison
Session A, 8:40am - 9:35am:
Teaching the electronics course - Paul W. Zitzewitz, presiding (Room 268)
Teaching the optics course – Chad Hoyt, presiding (Room 170)
Advanced Computer Interfacing – Ramon Torres-Isea, presiding (Room 245)
Computation and Simulation in the Advanced Lab – Keith Stein, presiding (Room 260)
Session B, 9:50am - 10:45am:
Communication of experimental results - graphical, written, and oral – Elizabeth George, presiding (Room 170)
Machine shop and laboratory safety - Gregory Puskar presiding (Room 245)
Teaching Condensed Matter or Materials Physics labs – Gabe Spalding, presiding (Room 260)
Teaching the Modern Physics Lab – David Alan Van Baak, presiding (Room 268)
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11:00am-12:00pm |
Session XVII: "Interaction of the Advanced Lab with Undergraduate Research and REUs"
Dennison
Richard Peterson, presiding
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Panel discussion:
Eric Black, Burcinn Bayram, Donald Smith, Stephen Remillard
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12:15pm-1:15pm |
Box lunches and concluding remarks
Dennison
Warren Hein (AAPT), and representatives of ALPha, the APS and participants
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1:00pm-2:00pm |
Informal Discussions
Dennison
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12:00pm-2:00pm |
Posters and equipment removal
Dennison
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1:00pm-5:00pm |
Informal Vendor workshops
Dennison
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