Past Meetings of the Illinois Section of AAPT

Spring		Fall
		1995	Bradley University
1996	University of Illinois	1996	Illinois Wesleyan University
1997	Illinois State University	1997	Lewis & Clark Com. College
1998	Knox College	1998	Highland Community College
1999	Joliet West High School	1999	Augustana College
2000	University of Illinois	2000	Southern Illinois Univ. Edwardsville
2001	Principia College	2001	Joliet Junior College
2002	Eastern Illinois University	2002	Millikin University
2003	Knox College	2003	Illinois State University
2004	University of Illinois	2004	Bradley University
2005	Southern Illinois Univ. Edwardsville	2005	Riverside-Brookfield High School
2006	Illinois Central College	2006	Rock Island High School
2007	Western Illinois University	2007	Lincoln Land Community College
2008	University of Illinois	2008	Illinois State University
2009	Illinois Wesleyan University	2009	Illinois Central College
2010	Blackburn College	2010	Sherrard High School
2011	Eastern Illinois University	2011	Joliet Junior College

Photographs taken at the 2010 Spring Meeting at Blackburn College


Benjamin Shields	Alicia Vonlanken	Michael Chastain

Student Research Symposium award winners.

James Stankevitz
HS Teacher Award

"Parametric Oscillator
and Ponderomotive Trap"

"Electromagnetic Fun"
John Lewis

Photographs taken at the 2009 Fall Meeting at Illinois Central College Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Brian Davies - 2009 Distinguished Service Citation	Workshop	Jeanette Madea "Science vs. Junk Science"	Banquet

Photographs taken at the 2009 Spring Meeting at Illinois Wesleyan University
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Alison Smith	Michael Chastain	David Wischhusen

Student Research Symposium award winners.

Diane Riendeau
HS Teacher Award

Applications of the
"Mysterious Glowing Ball".

16" telescope in the observatory

Photographs taken at the 2008 Fall Meeting at Illinois State University Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Dave Sykes (right) - 2008 Distinguished Service Citation	Banquet speaker Gregg Swackhamer	Activity in the Modeling Chemistry workshop	Al Grauer, Remote Access Telescope

Photographs taken at the 2008 Spring Meeting at the University of Illinois
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Gabriel Caceres	Tim Garvin	Kara Lovelace	Michael Stachyra
Student Research Symposium award winners

John Baier
HS Teacher Award

Lenore Horner
Kinematics with the Wii

Mid-morning break
on Saturday

Photographs taken at the 2007 Fall Meeting at Lincoln Land Community College Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Bill Hogan (left) receives the 2007 Distinguished Service Citation from Dave Sykes	Don Wuebbles "Confronting Global Warming"	Cliff Parker, "What part of a candle burns?"	Patrick Giacomini, "Developments in Coal Burning Power Plants"

Photographs taken at the 2007 Spring Meeting at Western Illinois University
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Thomas Traynor	Alison O'Connell	Sawyer Campbell

Student Research Symposium award winners.

Charles Adamovic receives the Outstanding HS Teacher Award from Cliff Parker.

Using an inexpensive laser level to teach high school physics.

John Rigden. "What Do Physics Instruction and Loss of Memory Have in Common?"

Photographs taken at the 2006 Fall Meeting at Rock Island High School Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Kim Shaw receives the 2006 Distinguished Service Citation from Bill Hogan	Robots workshop	Lenore Horner's Take Five on "Toys for Modeling the Solid State"	Zak Knott holds up his WITHIT

Photographs taken at the 2006 Spring Meeting at Illinois Central College
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Troy Gobble receives the Outstanding High School Teacher Award from Bill Hogan

Audience participation for
Cliff Parker's Take-Five,
"Palm Pipes"

Matthew Narter	Alison O'Connell
Student Research Symposium

Dr. MacKenzie Stetzer, "New Insights into Student Under- standing of Electric Circuits"

Photographs taken at the 2005 Fall Meeting at Riverside-Brookfield High School Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Diana Roth receives the 2005 Distinguished Service Citation from Kim Shaw.	Audience participation for Debbie Lojkutz talk, "Millikan Eggs".	A room full of Illinois physics teachers.	Dr. Leon Lederman, "Project ARISE: A Revolution in Science Education".

Photographs taken at the 2005 Spring Meeting at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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Matthew Narter	Amy Winkler	Cary Pint

Student Research Symposium award winners.

Michael Kennedy receives the Outstanding HS Teacher Award from Diana Roth.

One of the photonics research labs at SIUE.

Conversation during the afternoon break.

Photographs taken at the 2004 Fall Meeting at Bradley University Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Chuck Schulz receives the 2004 Distinguished Service Citation.	One of the research labs at Bradley University.	Take-Five by Ann Brandon, "Can this toy car climb a 45 degree incline?"	Conversation during the afternoon break.

Photographs taken at the 2004 Spring Meeting at the University of Illinois Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Michael Bush receives the Illinois 2003-2004 Outstanding High School Physics Teacher Award.	Mats Selen, UIUC, "Giving the Physics Bug to Elementary Education Students".	Balloon races as discussed by Cecilia Vogel, Augustana College, paper C3.	Student Research Symposium award winners, Rebecca Wenning and Matthew Narter.

Photographs taken at the 2003 Fall Meeting at Illinois State University Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Robert Frank receives the 2003 Distinguished Service Citation.	Thomas Rossing (right) playing the HANG with Andrew Morrison.	Panel discussion on "Recruiting and Retaining Physics Majors".	Daniel Holland shows us how to electrocute a pickle.

Photographs taken at the 2003 Spring Meeting at Knox College Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Michael Rolf receives the Illinois 2002-2003 Outstanding High School Physics Teacher Award.	James Rabchuk illustrates the Gauss Rifle for a Take Five.	Junk Box Wars contestants.	Student Research Symposium award winners: John Henderson and Allen Lewis.

Photographs taken at the 2002 Fall Meeting at Millikin University Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Ralph Miller receives the 2002 Distinguished Service Citation.	Jim Brown shows us the new 20" telescope at Millikin University.	Those who attended the 7:00 am Council meeting.	Hugh Siefken does a Take Five on a rotating stool.

Photographs taken at the 2002 Spring Meeting at Eastern Illinois University *Click on the photos to enlarge them.*

Clifford Parker (left) receives the award for the Outstanding High School Physics Teacher from Gary Wolber.	The Student Research Symposium award winners were (left to right): Anne Wake, Andrew James and James Gumbart.	Jim Allen, Boeing, Houston, Texas, "International Space Station: An Overview by an EIU Physicist".	Dave Cornell - Take 5 - "Simple Light Intensity Comparator". Use filter paper and a drop of Wesson oil.

Photographs taken at the 2001 Fall Meeting at Joliet Junior College *Click on the photos to enlarge them.*

Roger Reeves (right) receives the Distinguished Service Citation from Chuck Schulz.	Alicia Torres, Director of Media and Government Relations for the American Institute of Physics, "Communicating Science to the Public".	David Vernier of Vernier Software and Technology, "Favorite Physics Demonstrations from 20 Years of MBL".	Deborah Lojkutz and Ann Brandon - Take 5 - "Balloon on a Bed of Nails".

Photographs taken at the 2001 Spring Meeting at Principia College *Click on the photos to enlarge them.*

Diana Roth receives the award for the Outstanding High School Physics Teacher.	Student Research Symposium winners: Jeffrey Smith, Anne Wake and Michael Baxa	David Cornell showing the 16 inch telescope at Principia Astronomical Observatory.	Clifford Will, "Teaching General Relativity to Undergraduates: Some Worked Examples".