Focus Session: Building a Thriving Undergraduate Physics Program

Presentations

• From Near Extinction to Academic Excellence: The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Physics Program

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 18, 2013, 11:15 AM – March 18, 2013, 11:51 AM

  Authors

  • Gubbi Sudhakaran

    • University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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• Increasing student success

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 11:51 AM – March 18, 2013, 12:03 PM

  Authors

  • Gay Stewart

    • University of Arkansas

  • John Stewart

    • University of Arkansas

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• SPIN-UP Regional Workshops: Enhancing Undergraduate Physics Programs

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 12:03 PM – March 18, 2013, 12:15 PM

  Authors

  • Robert Hilborn

    • American Association of Physics Teachers

  • Ruth Howes

    • Marquette University

  • Kenneth Krane

    • Oregon State University

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• SPIN-UP Regional Workshops: Texas Physics Programs and Physics Programs at HBCUs

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 12:15 PM – March 18, 2013, 12:27 PM

  Authors

  • Beth Cunningham

    • American Association of Physics Teachers

  • Paul Gueye

    • Hampton University/National Society of Black Physicists
    • Hampton University

  • Michael Marder

    • University of Texas-Austin

  • James Stith

    • American Institute of Physics

  • Quinton Williams

    • Jackson State University

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• Learning by doing at the Colorado School of Mines

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 12:27 PM – March 18, 2013, 12:39 PM

  Authors

  • Thomas E. Furtak

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Todd G. Ruskell

    • Colorado School of Mines

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• Physics Teacher Preparation as a Means for Growth

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 12:39 PM – March 18, 2013, 12:51 PM

  Authors

  • Ron Henderson

    • Middle Tennessee State University

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• Positive Aspects and Challenges Associated with Program Growth in Towson University's Physics Department

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 12:51 PM – March 18, 2013, 1:03 PM

  Authors

  • David Schaefer

    • Towson University
    • Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences, Towson University 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252-0001, USA

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• Retention at Departments of Physics

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 1:03 PM – March 18, 2013, 1:15 PM

  Authors

  • Rafael Muller

    • University of Puerto Rico - Humacao

  • Luis Rosa

    • University of Puerto Rico - Humacao

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• Biological Physics major as a means to stimulate an undergraduate physics program

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 1:15 PM – March 18, 2013, 1:27 PM

  Authors

  • Herbert Jaeger

    • Miami University

  • Khalid Eid

    • Miami University

  • Jan Yarrison-Rice

    • Miami University

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• Design of an Experimental Contemporary Physics Course which Develops the Full Experience of Scientific Research and Highlights Current Faculty Research

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 1:27 PM – March 18, 2013, 1:39 PM

  Authors

  • Jan M. Yarrison-Rice

    • Miami University, Oxford, OH
    • Miami University
    • Dep. of Physics, Miami University, Oxford, OH
    • Physics Department, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056

  • Herbert Jaeger

    • Miami University
    • Physics Department, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056

  • Khalid F. Eid

    • Miami University
    • Physics Department, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056

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• Development of the Future Physicists of Florida

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 1:39 PM – March 18, 2013, 1:51 PM

  Authors

  • A. Wade

    • University of West Florida, Physics Department
    • University of West Florida, Physics
    • University of West Florida

  • C. Weatherford

    • Florida A\&M University

  • P. Cottle

    • Florida State University

  • S. Fannin

    • Lincoln High School

  • W. Roberts

    • Florida State University

  • M. Fauerbach

    • Florida Gulf Coast University

  • L. Ponti

    • Augusta Raa Middle School

  • J. Sear

    • The School of Arts and Sciences

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• A Thriving and Innovative Undergraduate Experiential Physics Program

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 1:51 PM – March 18, 2013, 2:03 PM

  Authors

  • Bahram Roughani

    • Kettering University

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• A capstone research experience for physics majors

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 2:03 PM – March 18, 2013, 2:15 PM

  Authors

  • David Jackson

    • Dickinson College

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