| Day 1: Thursday April 3, 2003 |
| 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Registration - Crowne Plaza - Foyer |
| Noon - 3:00 p.m. |
Box lunches - Crowne Plaza - Foyer |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Buses leave for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Physics Lab Tours |
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Microelectronics Clean Room |
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Nanostructures |
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Terahertz |
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Hirsch Observatory |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Buses leave for the Crowne Plaza |
| 4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
General Session - Ballroom A |
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WELCOME |
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute representatives |
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Shirley Ann Jackson, President |
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Bud Peterson, Provost |
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Teresa Duffy, Dean of Enrollment Management |
| 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
Reception - Foyer |
| 7:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
PASSION FOR PHYSICS |
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Breakout A - Beverwyck A&B |
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Toh-Ming Lu: "Endless Quest for Computer Speed" |
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Breakout B - Ten Broeck A&B |
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Peter Persans: "Optical Properties of Nanostructures" |
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Breakout C - Van Rensselaer A&B |
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Leo Schowalter: "Solid State Lighting for the 21st Century" |
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Breakout D - Ballroom B |
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Michael Shur: "Plasma Wave Electronics" |
| 8:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. |
Student Social Room - Horatio's |
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| Day 2: Friday April 4, 2003 |
| 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Registration - South Foyer |
| 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Recruiters set up - Foyer |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
General Session - Ballroom A |
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"MENTORED RESEARCH EXPERIENCES: PATHWAY TO SCIENCE CAREERS" |
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Lab Discussion Panel |
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Moderator: Cynthia R. McIntyre, Founder NCBPS |
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Panelists: Hakeem Oluseyi, Post Doctoral Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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Ketevi A. Assamagan, Staff Scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory |
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Deatrick Foster, Graduate Student, University of Florida |
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Michael Epps, Accelerator Operator, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. |
Break - Foyer |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. |
Breakout Session I - Undergraduates - Ballroom B |
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"GRE WORKSHOP" |
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Walter Jordan-Davis, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, N.J. |
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Breakout Session II - Graduate Students - Capitol Room |
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"STRATEGIZING YOUR CAREER" |
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Cynthia R. McIntyre, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
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Donnell Walton, Corning Inc. |
| Noon - 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch - Ballroom C, D, E |
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Keynote Speaker: Colin Hill, President and Founder, Gene Network Sciences |
| 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Recruiting Session - Foyer |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Break - Foyer |
| 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
General Session - Ballroom A |
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"PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PHYSICISTS" |
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Alfred Phillips Jr., Professor of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. |
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James H. Stith, Vice President for Resources, American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md. |
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Lynwood P. Randolph, President and Chief Executive Officer, LES Associates Inc. |
| 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
Dinner - Ballroom C, D, E |
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Keynote speaker: Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. |
| 9:15 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. |
Student Social Room - Ballroom B |
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| Day 3: Saturday April 5, 2003 |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
Buses leave from front of hotel for Rensselaer |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
General Session |
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Darrin Communications Center - Room 308 |
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"THE OTHER FACE OF MATHEMATICS" |
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Isom H. Herron, Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. |
Student Technical Presentations |
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Jonsson-Rowland Science Center - 2nd floor |
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Group 1 - Room 2C06 |
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Group 2 - Room 2C14 |
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Group 3 - Room 2C22 |
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Group 4 - Room 2C30 |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Student Technical Presentations |
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Jonsson-Rowland Science Center - 2nd floor |
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Group 1 - Room 2C06 |
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Group 2 - Room 2C14 |
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Group 3 - Room 2C22 |
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Group 4 - Room 2C30 |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Conference Photo |
| 1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch - Heffner Alumni House - Great Hall |
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Keynote speaker: Peter J. Delfyett Jr., University Distinguished Professor of Optics, ECE, and Physics, School of Optics and CREOL, University of Central Florida |
| 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Student Poster Session - Heffner Alumni House |
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Alumni Conference Center - Lower Level |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Transportation to hotel begins |
| 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
Free time |
| 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
Reception - Foyer |
| 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. |
Edward Bouchet Awards Banquet - Ballroom A&B |
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Keynote speaker: Julian M. Earls, Deputy Director, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| 10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. |
Turn in student evaluation forms - Schuyler |
| 10:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. |
Student Social with DJ Quick - Pearl Street Room |
