Events

Recordings of Past Conferences and Workshops

2021 Capstone Conference

 2020 Virtual Conference

 2020 Virtual Workshop

 

Upcoming Events

May 2022

      • PICUP Spring Webinar Series: The Unveiling of the PICUP Capstone Report
        The long-awaited report on the state of computation in undergraduate physics (from a PICUP perspective!) is now ready for public viewing and dissemination. Several of the report authors will be available for comments and discussion surrounding the report.

        Wednesday, May 11, 2022; 5:00pm PDT | 6:00pm MDT | 7:00pm CDT | 8:00pm EDT

        JOIN Zoom MEETING:
        https://stthomas.zoom.us/j/91723132350?pwd=VWtnaGZJQUhQeFRXdlFWeDdaRGErZz09

August 2022

      • PICUP Summer 2022 Virtual Workshop

        Tuesday through Thursday, August 2-4, 2022

        Registration and Program details coming soon!

Past Events

      • PICUP Spring Webinar Series: Computation in Introductory Physics at KU
        Wednesday, April  27, 2022

        View the recording here.

      • PICUP Workshop at the 2022 Spring ISAAPT Meeting, Illinois State University

        Integrating Computation into Introductory Physics Courses, Friday, April 8, 2022

      • Joint PICUP/ALPhA Webinar:
        Coupled Modes of Oscillators and Instruction: Combining Theory, Computation, and Experiment in Junior-level Mechanics
        Wednesday, March 30, 2022

        View the recording here.

      • PICUP Spring Webinar Series: Quantum Mechanics and Data Science for HS Physics
        Wednesday, February 16, 2022

        View the recording here.

      • PICUP Fall Webinar Series: Hidden Gems of the PICUP Collection
        Tuesday, December 7, 2021

        View the recording here.

      • PICUP Fall Webinar Series: Integrating Computation Across the Curriculum at IUPUI
        Thursday, October 28, 2021

        View the recording here.

      • PICUP Fall Webinar Series: A Beginner's Guide to PICUP
        Wednesday, September 29, 2021

        View the recording here.

      • PICUP Virtual Capstone Conference

        August 11-13, 2021

      • PICUP Summer 2021 Virtual Workshop

        Tuesday, July 20 - Thursday, July 22, 2021

      • PICUP Spring Webinar Series:
        Physics for Tomorrow: Contemporary Enhancements to the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum
        Tuesday, June 1, 2021

        View the recording here.

      • PICUP Spring Webinar Series: The Future of Remote Learning in Physics
        Co-sponsored by the AAPT Committee on Educational Technologies

        Tuesday, May 18, 2021

      • Workshop on Assessment in Computational Physics
        Hosted by Tim Atherton, Tufts University and Alexis Knaub, AAPT

        Saturday, April 17, 2021

      • PICUP Spring Webinar Series: Computational Thinking in K-16 STEM Education
        Thursday, February 25, 2021

        View the recording here.

      • PICUP Spring Webinar Series: Computation in Undergrad Physics with an Emphasis on Using MATLAB
        Thursday, January 28, 2021

        If you missed the live event, you can view the recording here.

      • AAPT Virtual Coffee Hour - hosted by Larry Engelhardt and Marie Lopez del Puerto from PICUP! (online via zoom.us)

        Tuesday, December 15, 2020

      • Jupyter Notebooks Workshop
        Wednesday, September 9

        Watch the workshop video recording: https://youtu.be/MRuR4XSmmow

      • p5.js Workshops
        Monday, September 7 AND Saturday, September 12

        Watch the workshop video recording: https://osu.zoom.us/rec/share/bF2_GMrwhMCQpzCN3c2OlXccYzPs-Iv8YK0EOwQromC5sUFuS_lsX7baKUzXL7dl.BcpmIlXf0jVMnYmf?startTime=1599927240000

      • Spyder Workshop
        Thursday, September 3

      • GlowScript Workshop
        Wednesday, September 2

        Follow this link for a useful and detailed summary of the GlowScript workshop: GlowScript Workshop Summary

      • Octave/MATLAB Workshop
        Tuesday, September 1

        Watch the workshop video recording: https://youtu.be/7qFRNeZq6kk

      • Spreadsheets Workshop
        Monday, August 31

        Watch the workshop video recording: https://youtu.be/7qFRNeZq6kk

      • PICUP Back-to-School Webinar: Tools of the Trade
        Wednesday, August 12th

        In case you missed it, you can view the recording.

      • PICUP Summer 2020 Virtual Workshop

        Tuesday, July 14 - Thursday, July 16, 2020

      • PICUP Virtual Conference: Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices for Teaching Physics Online
        Friday, June 26 and Wednesday, July 1, 2020

        Follow the link above for recorded presentations.

      • PICUP Spring Webinar Series: Online Trajectories
        Thursday, May 21, 2020

        In case you missed it, you can view the recording.

      • PICUP Spring Webinar Series: Our transition to virtual instruction: Failure Modes for Online Physics (online via zoom.us)

        Wednesday, April 29, 2020

        In case you missed it, you can view the recording.

      • PICUP Spring Webinar Series: Our transition to virtual instruction: How are we doing so far? (online via zoom.us)

        Thursday, April 2, 2020

        The recording is available for your viewing pleasure.

      • PICUP Spring Webinar Series: Why Integrate Computation? (online via zoom.us)

        Tuesday, March 10, 2020

      • PICUP Workshop at the 2020 Winter AAPT Meeting, Rollins College

        Integrating Computation into Upper-Level Physics, Sunday, January 19, 2020

      • PICUP Workshop at the 2020 Winter AAPT Meeting, Rollins College

        Integrating Computation into Introductory Physics, Saturday, January 18, 2020

      • PICUP Community Synchronous Meeting (online via zoom.us)

        Monday, December 9, 2019 (The Good, the Bad, and the Computational: A Discussion on Your Integration of Computation This Semester) 

      • Special PICUP Community Synchronous Meeting (online via zoom.us)

        Friday, December 6, 2019 (ACM SIGHPC Education Chapter Webinar on Incorporating Computation in the Physics Curriculum, Featuring Robert Panoff (Shodor Education Foundation) and Kelly Roos (Bradley U. / PICUP)

      • Special PICUP Community Synchronous Meeting (online via zoom.us)

        Thursday, November 14, 2019 (ACM SIGHPC Education Chapter Webinar on Incorporating Computation in the Physics Curriculum, Featuring Larry Engelhardt (Francis Marion U. Physics) and Richard Gass (U. Cincinnati Physics)

      • PICUP Community Synchronous Meeting (online via zoom.us)

        Wednesday, October 23, 2019 (Integrating computation into your non-computational class) 

      • Workshop: Teaching Computational Thinking Skills with MATLAB (sponsored by Mathworks)

        October 20-22, 2019, Carleton College, Northfield, MN

      • PICUP Community Synchronous Meeting (online via zoom.us)

        Tuesday, October 1, 2019 (Plugging computation into upper-division physics courses without turning the class into a numerical methods course) 

      • Greater Chicagoland PICUP Workshop
        Friday, September 20 - Saturday, September 21, 2019; Lewis University, Romeoville, IL

        Workshop schedule.

      • PICUP Exercise Sets "Review-A-Thon" at the 2019 AAPT Summer Meeting, Utah Valley University

        Orientation for new reviewers, and review session for PICUP peer-reviewed repository, Sunday, July 21, 2019

      • PICUP Workshop at the 2019 AAPT Summer Meeting, Utah Valley University

        A Primer on Computing with Python, Sunday, July 21, 2019

      • PICUP Workshop at the 2019 AAPT Summer Meeting, Brigham Young University

        Integrating Computation into Introductory Courses, Saturday, July 20, 2019

      • 2019 PICUP Faculty Development Workshop at UW River Falls and Special PICUP/ALPhA Immersion!

        Monday, July 8 - Sunday, July 14, 2019 | Schedule for the week at River Falls

      • K-State PICUP Workshop

        Saturday, April 27, 2019, Kansas State University Department of Physics

      • PICUP Workshop at the APS April Meeting

        Saturday, April 13, 2019, Denver, CO

      • PICUP Workshop at the 2019 AAPT Winter Meeting, University of Houston

        Integrating Computation into Upper Level Courses, Sunday, January 13, 2019

      • PICUP Workshop at the 2019 AAPT Winter Meeting, University of Houston

        Integrating Computation into Introductory Courses, Saturday, January 12, 2019

      • PICUP Holiday Meeting (online via zoom.us)

        Thursday, December 20, 2018 (General check-in about the semester and open discussion)

      • PICUP Community December Meeting (online via zoom.us)

        Tuesday, December 4, 2018 (PICUP Editorial & Review Process)

      • PICUP Community October Meeting (online via zoom.us)

        Tuesday, October 30, 2018 (Unique and Interesting Undergraduate-accessible Computational Problems)

      • PICUP Workshop at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Far West Section of the American Physical Society

        October 19, 2018, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA

      • Workshop: Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB (sponsored by Mathworks)

        October 14-16, 2018, Carleton College, Northfield, MN

      • PICUP Workshop at the Fall 2018 Meeting of the Southern Atlantic Coast Section of the AAPT

        October 13, 2018, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

      • PICUP Community September Meeting (online via zoom.us)

        Thursday, September 27 2018 (PICUP Editor's Meeting and Peer Review Q&A)

      • Greater Chicagoland PICUP Workshop
        Saturday, September 29, 2018, 9:00am-4:00pm CDT, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL

        Workshop schedule.

      • PICUP Workshop at the 2018 AAPT Summer Meeting, The George Washington University, Washington, DC

        Sunday, July 29, 2018

      • 2018 PICUP Faculty Development Workshop at UW River Falls

        Saturday, July 14 - Friday, July 20, 2018 | Schedule for the week at River Falls

      • Advanced Laboratory Physics Association (ALPha) Conference on Laboratory Instruction Beyond the First Year of College III (BFYIII) - 3D Physics: Integrating Experiment, Theory, and Computation

        Wednesday, July 25 - Friday, July 27, 2018, Loyola University-Maryland, Baltimore, MD

      • PICUP Community July Meeting (online via zoom.us)

        Monday, July 9, 2018 (What to expect for your upcoming PICUP workshop)

      • PICUP Departmental Development Workshop at IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN

        Saturday, April 28, 2018

      • PICUP Workshop at the Spring 2018 Meeting of the Southern Atlantic Coast Section of AAPT

        Saturday, March 3, 2018

      • PICUP Community February Meeting (online via zoom.us)

        Tuesday, February 27, 2018 (Special Guest Todd Zimmerman, Department of Chemistry and Physics, UW-Stout)

      • PICUP Community January Meeting (online via zoom.us)

        Monday, January 29, 2018 (Special Guest Michelle Kuchera, Department of Physics, Davidson College)

      • PICUP Workshop at the 2018 AAPT Winter Meeting, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA

        Sunday, January 7, 2018

      • PICUP Community November Meeting (online via zoom.us)

        Wednesday, November 29, 2017

      • PICUP Departmental Development Workshop at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

        Tuesday, November 21, 2017

      • PICUP Arizona Regional Workshop at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

        Saturday, November 18, 2017

      • PICUP Community October Meeting (online via zoom.us)

        Monday, October 23, 2017

      • Exploration of Integrating Computation into the Curriculum, 2017 Fall Meeting of the Combined Illinois and Wisconsin Sections of the AAPT, Rockford University, Rockford, IL

        Friday, October 20, 2017

      • Workshop: Developing Competency in Teaching Computation using MATLAB (sponsored by Mathworks)

        October 15 - 17, 2017, Carleton College, Northfield, MN

      • PICUP Workshop at the Fall 2017 Fall Meeting of the North Carolina Section of AAPT

        Saturday, October 14, 2017

      • North East Ohio PICUP Regional Workshop at the John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH

        Saturday, October 7, 2017

      • PICUP Workshop at the 2017 AAPT Summer Meeting, Cincinnati, OH

        Sunday, July 23, 2017

      •  2017 PICUP Faculty Development Workshop at UW River Falls

        Monday, July 10 – Friday, July 14, 2017

      • PICUP Workshop at the Spring 2017 meeting of SACS-AAPT, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA

        Saturday, April 22, 2017

      • PICUP Local Faculty Computational Community Development Workshop at the joint North Dakota and Minnesota AAPT Sections Spring Meeting, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

        Saturday, April 29, 2017

      • PICUP Workshop at the Spring Meeting of the Ohio-Region Section of the American Physical Society, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

        Saturday, May 6, 2017

      • PICUP Community May Meeting (Online via zoom.us)

        Tuesday, May 9, 2017

      • PICUP Community April Meeting (Online via zoom.us)

        Tuesday, April 11, 2017

      • PICUP Workshops at the Spring Illinois Section of AAPT Meeting, Eastern Illinois University, Charelston, IL

        Friday, April 7, 2017 -AND- Saturday, April 8, 2017

      • PICUP Community March Meeting (Online via zoom.us)

        Tuesday, March 21, 2017

      • PICUP Workshop at the 2017 APS March Meeting, New Orleans, LA

        Sunday, March 12, 2017

      • PICUP Workshop at the Texas AAPT Section Spring Meeting, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX

        Friday, March 10, 2017

      • PICUP Workshop at the 2017 AAPT Winter Meeting, Atlanta, GA

        Sunday, February 19, 2017

      • PICUP Community February Meeting (Online via zoom.us)

        Tuesday, February 7, 2017

      • PICUP Workshop at the APS April Meeting, Washington, DC

        Friday, January 27, 2017

      • PICUP Community December Meeting (Online via zoom.us)

        Monday, December 12, 2016

      • PICUP Community October Meeting (Online via zoom.us)

        Monday, October 24, 2016

      • PICUP Workshop at the Washington State Section of AAPT Meeting, Pierce College, Steilacoom, WA

        Saturday, October 22, 2016

      • PICUP Workshop at the Northeastern Region (New England, New York, & New Jersey AAPT Sections) Meeting, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

        Saturday, October 22, 2016

      • PICUP Workshop at the Southern Atlantic Coast Section of AAPT Meeting, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC

        Saturday, October 22, 2016

      • 2016 PICUP Summer Faculty Development Workshop at UW River Falls

        Monday, August 1 – Friday, August 5, 2016

      • PICUP Demo Workshop at the AAPT Summer Meeting, Sacramento, CA

        Sunday, July 17, 2016, 8am - 12pm

      • PICUP Workshop at the Chesapeake AAPT Section Meeting, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA

        Saturday, April 23, 2016

      • Global Physics Department Webinar

        Wednesday, April 20, 2016

      • PICUP Workshop at the Southern Atlantic Coast Section of AAPT Meeting, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

        Saturday, April 16, 2016

      • PICUP Workshop at the APS April Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT

        Friday, April 15, 2016

      • PICUP Workshop at the APS March Meeting, Baltimore, MD

        Sunday, March 13, 2016

      • PICUP Workshop at the AAPT Winter Meeting, New Orleans, LA

        Sunday, January 10, 2016