Conference Schedule

Joint Fall Meeting of the Texas Sections of the APS, AAPT,
and Society of Physics Students (Zone 13)

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, October 23-25, 2003

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
Time	Event						Location
3:30-5:00pm	Meeting of Robert Clark's NSF Teacher Group						Sc. 112
5:30-8:00pm	Registration and Welcoming Reception						Wrangler Room
							Lubbock Inn
7:00pm	Texas Section APS Executive Committee Meeting						Red Raider Room
							Lubbock Inn
7:00pm	Texas Section AAPT Executive Committee Meeting						Room 116
							Lubbock Inn
Numbers Designate Paper Session Number!
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
Time	Event						Location
7:00am	Department Chair's Breakfast						Lubbock Inn
8:00am -5:00pm	Conference Registration						Sc. 103
8:20-8:30am	Welcoming Remarks:						Sc. 007
	Lynn Hatfield (Chair of Physics) & Jane Winer (Dean, College of A&S)
8:30-9:50am	Plenary Session I: Chair: Myles.						Sc. 007
	Speakers: Sankey (Molecular Electronics). Zutavern (Electron-hole Plasmas)
9:50-10:15am	Break: Coffee, etc.						Sc. 103 & Hallway
10:15-11:00am	Plenary Session II: Chair: Myles.						Sc. 007
	Speaker: Cranberg (A Physicist in Politics)
11:00-12:15pm	A1: Atomic, Molecular & Chemical Physics. Chair: Glab						Sc. 007
	A2: Theoretical Physics. Chair: Estreicher						Sc. 112
	A3: Nanotechnology. Chair: Menon						Sc. 010
	A4: Physics Education Research &						Sc. 234
	Am. Assoc. of Physics Teachers I. Chair: Elizondo
	A5: Poster Session. Chair: Borst. Posters up all afternoon!						Hallways
12:30-2:00pm	Lunch & Meetings						Frazier Pavillion
	TSAPS Business Meeting
	TSAAPT Business Meeting
1:30-5:00pm	Research Laboratory Tours						See list
1:30-3:30pm	B2: Applied Physics and Biophysics. Chair: Hatfield						Sc. 112
	B3: Solid State Physics I: Chair: Lichti						Sc. 234
	B4: Astrophysics & Cosmology. Chair: Wilhelm						Sc. 010
	W1: AAPT Workshop: "Great Ladies – Great Ideas:						Sc. 121
	Women in Physics”. Edwards, Gwinn, Restivo
3:30-3:45	Break: Coffee, etc.						Sc. 103 & Hallway
3:45-5:15	C1: Solid State Physics II. Chair: Sauncy						Sc. 234
	C2: Am. Assoc. of Physics Teachers II. Chair: Downing						Sc. 010
	C3: Society of Physics Students I. Chair: Donnelly						Sc. 112
	C4: Symposium on Quantum Computing:						Sc. 007
	Chair: Lodhi. Speakers: Hemmer, Hasan, Zubairy
06:30	Social Time						Frazier Pavillion
07:30	Banquet: After dinner talk by Dr. Fred Suppe,						Frazier Pavillion
	TTU Professor of Philosphy, "Inverse Problems from A to V"
After Banquet	"Star Party" at the on-campus Observatory. Chair: Wilhelm.						Observatory
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
Time	Event						Room
8:30-10:30	Plenary Session III (Semiconductor Physics):						Sc. 007
	Chair: Myles. Speakers: Weber, Estreicher, Wright
10:30-10:45	Break: Coffee, etc.						Sc. 103
10:45-12:30	D1: Symposium: Nanotechnology & Physics in Industry.						Sc. 007
	Chair: Myles. Speakers: Michalske (Nanotech.), Demkov (Industry)
	D2: Solid State Physics II. Chair: Holtz.						Sc. 234
	D3: Particle Physics. Chair: Akchurin.						Sc. 010
	D3: Society of Physics Students II. Chair: May.						Sc. 112
	D4: Am. Assoc. of Physics Teachers III. Chair: Thacker.						Sc. 205
	W2: AAPT Workshop: "Newton is Not Just Numbers. See						Sc. 118
	the Laws, Be the Laws with PASCO Probes." Moore.
	W3: AAPT Workshop: "Vernier Workshop for Physics						Sc. 121
	Teachers." Gastineau.