University of Rochester

Department of Physics and Astronomy

www.pas.rochester.edu



ROCHESTER SYMPOSIUM 

FOR PHYSICS (ASTRONOMY & OPTICS) STUDENTS

SPS Zone 2 Regional Meeting being held at

HOUGHTON COLLEGE


April 1, 2006


PROGRAM - underconstruction





8:00-8:25
RSPS Registration: Paine Center for Science
         Coffee in Room 208


8:30-8:45 Schaller Hall, Room 217:  Welcome,  Prof. Paul L. Tipton, Chair, RSPS XXV


8:45-9:
Little Schaller Hall, Room 116:  Astrophysics

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8:45-9:
Schaller Hall, Room 217:  Particles and Nuclei Physics

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9:-10: Little Schaller Hall, Room 116:  Earth and Planetary Physics

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9:-10: Schaller Hall, Room 217: Atoms and Molecules

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10:-11:
Schaller Hall Foyer Areas:  Poster Session and Break

Capturing Air Flows with Low-cost Schlieren Video
     Matthew Waters, Timothy Brackbill, and Prof. Scott Franklin,
     Rochester Institute of Technology


11:-12:
Little Schaller Hall, Room 116:  Complex Systems I

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11:-12:
Schaller Hall, Room 217::  Particle Physics and Detectors

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12:-1:
Lunch - Campus Center Dining Hall (south end of campus)


1:-2: EVERYONE Schaller Hall, Room 217 Special Guest Speaker

          Introduction:  Prof. Mark Yuly, Houghton College      



     
2:-3: Little Schaller Hall, Room 116:  Complex Systems II and Science Education

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2:-3: Schaller Hall, Room 217:  Optics and Fields

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3: - 3: Refreshment to Go, Schaller Hall Foyers



Option- Tour of Department of Physics?