Meeting Host Meeting Talks and Prizes Business Meeting Minutes
FA 2023 University of Maryland, College Park Physics Options at Wiley
by Sean Willey (Wiley)
Decolonizing Physics: facing and reshaping the dominant Western narrative of physics
by Elissa Levy (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology)
Scaling and Dimensions in Physics: Bridging Growth, Form, and Evolutionary Biology in Undergraduate Classrooms
by Kausik Das (University of Maryland Eastern Shore)
Teaching Quantum Computing: An approach accessible to high school and beginning college students
by Alice Flarend (Bellwood Antis High School), Dr. Robert Hilborn (AAPT)
Building the Quantum Workforce K-12 through Undergraduate Education
by Jessica Rosenberg (George Mason University)
Elementary Approaches to RLC Circuits
by Carl Mungan (U.S. Naval Academy)
Pirate Treasure Maps (and other vector addition teaching activities for High School Physics students)
by Russell Youmans (Annandale HS, Fairfax County Public Schools)
A Computer Project to Teach Orbital Motion
by Phuc Tran (Brightpoint Community College)
Fate of a gambler: A cautionary tale for cavalier applications of the central limit theorem.
by Royce Zia (Virginia Tech)
Using Computational Thinking in the Physics Classroom with STEMcoding
by James Newland (Bellaire High School/University of Houston)
Exploring the use of Open Educational Resources in Physics
by Nancy O’Neill
Physics for Pre-health – Fostering Student Motivation
by Jency Sundararajan (University of Virginia)
A primer on Heisenberg’s matrix mechanics
by James Freericks (Georgetown University)
Interferometry Using Very Affordable Radio Horn Telescopes
by John Makous (Concord University)
Transforming STEM Graduate Student Teaching: The Gateway2STEM Workshop
by Nishchal Thapa Magar (George Mason University)
Observing the Velocity Triangle
by Lewis McIntyre
Quantum Education in K12 and College: Findings and Recommendations
by Emily Mercurio (University of Maryland, Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation)
The World Is Your Lab!
by Tatiana Stantcheva (Northern Virginia Community College)
Understanding our Changing Climate with Physics and Machine Learning
by Maria Molina(University of Maryland College Park)
Do You See What I See?: Smartphones as Visualization Tools
by Rebecca Vieyra (PhET Interactive Simulations/Vieyra Software), Chrystian Vieyra Cortés(Vieyra Software)
Beyond Representation: Data to Improve Equity in Physics and Astronomy
by Rachel Ivie (AIP)
Making Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Resonate With Students
by Dedra Demaree (Blue Ridge School)
Two-Year College Physics – OPTYCs at One Year
by Kris Lui (AAPT – OPTYCs)
Impostor Phenomenon in UMD Physics Graduate Students
by Zach Steffen (UMD)
NASA Space Grant Opportunities for Physics Educators in the Chesapeake Section
by Nathan Harshman (American University)
Science as Final form Ideas vs Science as Practice —Teaching High School Physics in Space Weather Studies
by Ronald Freeman (Space Operations and Support Technical Committee AIAA)
Integrating Quantum Science into the K-12 Classroom via Engaging Activities
by Maajida Murdock(Morgan State University)
Investigating the Lived Experiences of Underserved Students in STEM during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Phenomenological Study
by Tonisha Lane (Virginia Tech)
Virginia Space Grant Consortium STEM opportunities for High School Students
by Rudo Kashiri (Virginia Space Grant Consortium)
Six Center of Mass Demos
by Jennifer Groppe (The Maret School)
Color Mixing
by Gordon Gainer (Prince George’s County Public Schools)
d, v, and a for Falling Putty Knife
by Gordon Gainer (Prince George’s County Public Schools)
Levitation with Standing Waves
by Patrick Stanley (University of Delaware)
October 21, 2023

 

Time Place Talks Prizes Business Meetings
Spring 2023 James Madison University Spring 2023 Talks No prizes awarded April 1, 2023
Fall 2022 VT/UVA NoVa Center  Fall 2022 Talks No prizes awarded  October 22, 2022
Spring 2022 Radford University Spring 2022 Talks No prizes awarded  April 02, 2022
Fall 2021 Zoom Fall 2021 Talks  Fully online Meeting October 23, 2021
Spring 2021 Zoom Spring 2021 Talks  Fully online Meeting April 17, 2021
Fall 2020 Zoom Fall 2020 Talks  Fully online Meeting October 24, 2020
Fall 2019 Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Fall 2019 Talks Prize Winners October 12, 2019
Spring 2019 James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
Spring 2019 Talks Prize Winners April 6, 2019
Fall 2018 Tidewater Community College
Virginia Beach, VA
Fall 2018 Talks Prize Winners November 10, 2018
Spring 2018 Piedmont Virginia Community College
Charlottesville, VA
Spring 2018 Talks Prize Winners April 28, 2018
Fall 2017 Howard Community College,
​Columbia, MD
Fall 2017 Talks
Prize winners October 21, 2017
Spring 2017 Concord University,
​Athens, WV
Spring 2017 Talks Joint Meeting Appalachian Section of AAPT April 22, 2017​
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Fall 2016 Northern Virginia Community College
Sterling, VA
Fall 2016 Talks Prize Winners October 29, 2016
Spring 2016 Randolph Macon College
Ashland, VA
Spring 2016 Talks Prize Winners April 23, 2016
Fall 2015 St. Mary’s College of Maryland
St Mary’s City, MD
Fall 2015 Talks Prize winners October 24, 2015​
Spring 2015 University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Spring 2015 Talks Prize Winners March 28, 2015
Fall 2014 Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD Fall 2014 Talks Prize Winners October 24-25, 2014
Spring 2014 American Center for Physics
College Park, MD
Spring 2014 Talks Prize Winners April 5, 2014