JOINT NES-APS/AAPT

Fall Meeting
November 2-3 2001
The Convergence of Chemistry and Physics

Keene State College
Keene, NH

Science Center with Sundial Sculpture

Topics in Condensed Matter, Applied and Physical Chemistry,
Thin Films, Surface Science and Cross-Disciplinary Education.

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Program info

FRIDAY AFTERNOON

1:00 - 4:30 pm: Registration, Lobby of Rhodes Hall (coffee,tea and cookies available 1:00-3:00)
2:00: Welcome - Dr. Gordon Leversee, Dean of Science Division and Dr. Stanley Yarosewic, President of KSC, Rhodes 203
2:30 pm: Invited Paper: Soldatov, Rhodes 203, Session Chair - Bill Hersman
3:15 pm: Invited Paper: Appenzeller, Rhodes 203
4:00 pm: Invited Paper: Yelin, hodes 203
4:45 pm: APS Business Meeting, Rhodes 203
5:00-6:30 pm: Poster Session 1 and Cash Bar, Lantern Room (the 3-story glass room), Student Center
6:45-7:45 Dinner, West Wing of Dining Commons (Presidential Buffet including Prime Rib, Salmon, and Vegetarian choices, served salad and wine)
8:00 Desert and after banquet speaker, George Ewing; Mountain View Room (3rd floor, Student Center, West end)

Rhodes Hall

SATURDAY MORNING

7:00 am - 8:00 am: AAPT Executive Council meeting, Location TBA, Student Center

7:45-10 am: Registration, table in Atrium of Rhodes Hall

7:30-9:30 am-Continental Breakfast served in Atrium of Rhodes Hall

8:00 am - 10:00 am: APS Contributed papers, Rhodes Hall, rooms: Session A(Session Chair- Martina Arndt)=212, B(Session Chair - Jeff Williams)=213, C(Session Chair - Keith Goodale)=118
8:00 am - 10:00 am : AAPT Contributed Papers (Session Chair-Jonathan Mitschele), Rhodes 210
8:00 am - 10:00 am: Poster session 2, Rhodes Hall lobby
9:00-9:50 am:(Session Chair - Jack Pribram) Invited Paper: Headrick, Rhodes 203
9:50-10:40 am:Invited Paper: Weitz, Rhodes 203
10:00-10:50 am: AAPT presentations on Inquiry Techniques and Education Reform (Holton and Wolf/Jean) Rhodes 210
10:30-11:00 am:Coffee Break
11:00 am:Invited Paper ( Session Chair- Jaerry Jasinski): Staples (Rhodes Hall 210), and Presentations on Education Initiatives [Session Chair - Frederick Wolf](Lindenfeld and Stein) and Chem/Physics Teaching Roundtable ( Rhodes 203)
1:00 - 2:00 pm "Box" (actually a catered buffet) Lunch: Mountain View Room. AAPT Janet Guernsey Award, AAPT business meeting,JG Memorial Invited Speech.
1:00 - 4:00 pm NS-APS Executive Board Meeting (conference room, 307, next to Mountain View room) Members should obtain lunch in Mountainview Room first.
2:00-5:00 Session II of AAPT Contribted Papers, Favorite Demos (Waltz Lecture Hall, Science Center 102), AAPT Worshops (Science 317, 321, 323, 121).

Mountain View Room atop new Student Union and Lantern Room (glass)at left

 




Invited Speakers who have accepted so far: [see Abstracts button for details]

Susanne Yelin, Harvard Unversity, "'Freezing' Light: Trapping and Storage of Light States in Atoms"

George Ewing, Indiana University, "Ice" (A multidisciplinary treatment of general interest)

Richard Staples, Harvard University, "Novel Applications of X-Ray Crystallographic Techniques"

Brian Holton, Pesident, NJAAPT, "Physics Education Reform in the H.S.- a Look from All Sides of the Fence"

Peter Lindenfeld, Rutgers University, "Structure and Content in Undergraduate Physics"

Fredrick Stein, Director of Education and Outreach, APS National Office, "Redesigning the Science Preparation of Future Teachers: the PhysTEC Project"

Alex Soldatov, Harvard University, ""Fullerenes in the Polymeric State: Current Issues and Perspectives"

Randall Headrick,UVM and Cornell University, "Ion-Assisted Thin-Film Growth and Surface Patterning"

Joerg Appenzeller, IBM Watson Research Center, Nanometer Scale Science and Technology, "Beyond Silicon technology:Electrical Transportin Carbon Nanotubes"

David Weitz, Harvard University, "New Insights into Hard Problems with Soft Materials- Imaging Phase Transitions"

AAPT Workshops scheduled (Please link to the NES-AAPT site using the AAPT button above or go to Workshop Registration for details such as fees [two have small fees-please make check for those payable to NES-AAPT],detailed descriptions, and registration):

Brad Robinson, Phillips Exeter Academy,"Visual Basic and Excel in Physics Teaching"
Thomas Macarone, Curriculum Director for Secondary Science, Swampscott, MA; Herb Fox, UMass Lowell; and Charles Duggan, Swampscott HS, "The Role of Chemistry in Teaching Physics"(PTRA workshop)
Karen Bouffard, "Physics Competitions"
Jullie Crockett, Middlesex School and Cary Kilner, Exeter HS, "Integration of Physics and Chemistry with High School Math"

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Registration

Please click appropriate link below to access registration form.
Local registration is at 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday 8:00 -10:00 am in the lobby of Rhodes Hall. Please be sure and register for the buffet lunch on Saturday if you wish to participate in the AAPT awards ceremony/buisiness meeting/memorial unless you choose to do so without partaking of the meal provided. APS members wishing to have lunch before departing are also encouraged to sign up. APS Executives will be provided with the same lunch for their meeting next door. Favorite demos and other activities will follow lunch. Although day-of-meeting registration will be available, no banquet tickets will be available at the door. Pre-registration by Oct. 31 is required for those intending to attend the banquet due to catering limitations.  The only tickets available at the door will be those available due to cancellations.
Registration form in doc format   Registration form in txt format
 

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Abstract Submissions

We welcome contributed and poster papers in condensed matter, Physical and Applied chemistry, X-ray Crystallography, thin films, surface science, nanotechnology and related topics. Students who present contributed or poster papers will have their registration fee waived. Any student may also petition (contact the Section Secretary-Treasurer for details at James_Egan@uml.edu with a cc to Local Chair rharkay@keene.edu), via APS/faculty sponsor, for subsidy/reimbursement for banquet, travel and lodging fees up to $100.
Abstracts should be submitted electronically via APS using the link provided. Non-members or those wishing to submit written abstracts should use the standard format (see pull-out section of the APS News, visit the APS homepage at http://www.aps.org/meet/meet-abstract.html, or contact APS Meetings Dept,, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740-3844. Only those submitted electronically may appear in the bulletin, although we will try and accommodate all, including post-deadline submissions. The deadline for abstract submission is Oct. 12.

Front of the Science Center


Submitting abstracts via the web: To submit a contributed abstract using the online web submission process (linked above), the author must know: (1) the number and ordering of authors and collaborators; and (2) abstract content. Try a test submission first. Log onto http://abstracts.aps.org and select the meeting TEST. Follow the online directions to create a practice abstract. When ready to submit online, select the meeting NEF01 by clicking the appropriate button. A form will be created and you input the information.
Submitting abstracts via email: Contributors must create their abstracts from an electronic template supplied by the American Physical Society. The template and instruction files for contributed abstracts can be obtained by sending an email to abs-request@aps.org with the phrase "request NEF01" in the message. Those contributors who are absolutely unable to submit via the web or electronically should contact meetings@aps.org, rather than the local hosts. If you have further questions regarding abstract submission, also try abs-help@aps.org.

Local Chairs may be contacted at: (click on address to send e-mail) Dr. J. Russell Harkay rharkay@keene.edu or Dr. J. Jasinski jjasinsk@keene.edu

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Directions to Keene State

The below are "official" KSC directions. For those coming from the Northwest, one can save time by exiting Rt 91 at Exit 5 and taking Rt. 123 across the river to Rt. 12 to Keene. Also, Wyman Way leads to faculty lots behind Elliot Hall, The Art Gallery, the Ats Center, and the gym construction. from those lots, one must hed NE to Appian Way, walking past the dining commons (see camps map) to get to Rhodes Hall. We will place signs near the lot to direct you and try and post a few students in the area with badges. Alternatively, you can park closer to the meeting site and next to the Student Center at the end of Appian Way by continuing on Main St. past Wyman Way, turning left at the light two blocks up onto Winchester Street. Drive past three brick buildings on the left and turn left onto Madison St., just after the Math House. This leads to a large lot visible from the street. The Student Center is the large new building on the left side of the lot.
From Interstate 91 and the WEST:
From I-91, take exit 3 in Brattleboro, Vt. Follow Route 9 into Keene. Continue straight through to the third traffic light and turn left onto Main Street. Proceed on Main Street and turn left on Wyman Way.

From the NORTH (Route 9 and 12): Follow the highway to where it runs into a "T" intersection and traffic light. Turn left and proceed to the second light, Main Street, and turn left. Proceed on Main Street and turn left on Wyman Way.

From the EAST (Route 101): Proceed on Route 101W to Keene. At the second traffic light, Main Street, turn right. Proceed on Main Street and turn left on Wyman Way.

From the SOUTH (Route 12): Continue on Route 12 as it turns into Main Street. KSC is on the left about 1/4 mile past the junction with Routes 9 and 101. Turn left on Wyman Way.

From BOSTON and EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS: Take Route 2W to Route 140N (Gardner, Mass.) to Route 12N to Keene. Continue on Route 12 as it turns into Main Street. KSC is on the left about 1/4 mile past the junction with Routes 9 and 101. Turn left on Wyman Way.

Click here for a map of the KSC campus

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Lodging


When making reservations, mention APS and/or AAPT to obtain negotiated rates. Also, blocks of rooms have been reserved at some of the sites, but only until TWO WEEKS prior to the meeting. Please try to reserve your rooms early, as there is a competing event and New Hampshire is a popular fall destination.

Best Western Hotel
(Junction of Rts 9 and 10, lower Winchester St.) recommended-where most will be staying, including all speakers, rooms blocked until two weeks before meeting (Oct. 18). $59 +$5 tax. (603) 357-3038 or www.bwkeene.com

Days Inn (recently renamed Holiday Inn Express) (Key Rd off Winchester St. across from shopping
center)-recommended, nice $75 plus tax 1-800-HOLIDAY or 1-603-352-7616

E. F. Lane Hotel (30 Main St.-walking distance)-new, recommended highly, two-day stay required. $119 duble, $109 single. 1-888-300-5056

Super 8 (Rt. 9, 3 mi. N of Rt 10)-fairly new but austere, clean 1P $65 with tax, add $5 for double


Valley Green Motel (379 West St., Keene, near Hannafords shopping Center)-lowest rating, only as a last resort. 1P $54 + tax, $5 more for double 603-352-9780

B and B: Fitzwilliam Inn on Rt. 101 (Historic), Inn at East Hills Farm, Marlborough.

Also available: Yankee Traveler Motel Westmoreland (7 mi N of Keene on Rt. 12). Haven't seen rooms lately-used to be nice, now has a sed car lot in front. 603-357-0044


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Other info

Deadlines:
Abstracts: October 12, 2001
Banquet reservations: October 29


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Contact Us

Organizing faculty
Dr. J. Russell Harkay rharkay@keene.edu
Dr. Jerry Jasinski jjasinsk@keene.edu


Web Design

Jason Jean jgj@keene.edu
James Maynard jgm@keene.edu

KSC Physics Home Page

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