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	Convention Center, Tinley Park
2012	University of Illinois	2012	Joliet Junior College
2013	Western Illinois University	2013	Illinois State University

Photographs taken at the 2012 Fall Meeting at Joliet Junior College

Doug Brandt - 2012 Distinguished Service Citation	Diandra Leslie-Pelecky West Virginia University	Electronic Circuits Workshop	Beth Cunningham Executive Officer, AAPT

Photographs taken at the 2012 Spring Meeting at the University of Illinois


Tyler Linder	Andrew Vikartofsky	Trevor Smith

Student Research Symposium award winners

Mats Selen

Jeremy Paschke
HS Teacher Award

Tom Snyder - 2011
Distinguished Service Citation

Photographs taken at the 2011 Fall Meeting at Tinley Park Click on the photos to enlarge them.

The ISAAPT display table	Exhibit hall - hybrid car	Newton's Cradle at the Museum of Science and Industry	P197 - 3D printing workshop

Photographs taken at the 2011 Spring Meeting at Eastern Illinois University


Alex Meadows	Ben Shields	Alyssa Miller

Student Research Symposium award winners

Robert Holmes

Pamela Gay

Donald Gurnett

Photographs taken at the 2010 Fall Meeting at Sherrard High School

Deborah Lojkutz - 2010 Distinguished Service Citation	Wind turbine at Sherrard High School	Roger Malcolm - Take 5 "Rotating LED Christmas lights"	Matt Aldeman "Wind for Schools"

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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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".