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Panel
Discussion on Friday, 4:00 - 5:00
"Careers in Physics"
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| Tom Baur, President and
CEO, Meadowlark Optics, Frederick, CO |
| Jim Allen, International Space Station,
Boeing, Houston, TX |
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Jeff Vollmer, Certified Health Physicist, ABC
Labs,
Columbia, MO |
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David Bowman, High School Physics Teacher, Clinton High School,
Clinton, IL |
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Ken Bower, President and CEO, Trace Photonics, Charleston, IL |
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Neil Phillips, Nuclear Reactor Scientist, Nuclear Power Station, Kankakee, IL |
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Invited
Speakers
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| "International
Space Station: An Overview by an EIU Physicist", Jim Allen,
Boeing, Houston, TX |
| "Overview of ABC
Laboratories and Careers in Health Physics", Jeff Vollmer, Certified Health Physicist,
ABC Labs, Columbia, MO |
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"The Nuclear Battery", Ken Bower, President and CEO, Trace
Photonics, Charleston, IL |
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Workshops
W1-W4 - Friday, 10:00 am - noon
Details |
| W1.
"A Taste of the Modeling
Method of Instruction in Physics", Benjamin
Thompson, Jason Ryan, Aaron Stremmel, Larihel Johnson, and Shannon Mandel, Student Teachers
in Physics, Illinois State University,
Normal, IL. Free, limit 24. |
| W2.
"Lasers in the
Classroom", Steven W. Daniels, Department of Physics,
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL. Free,
limit 10. |
| W3.
"Inquiry Practice in High School Physics", Carl J.
Wenning, Coordinator, Physics Teacher Education Program,
Illinois State University, Normal, IL. Free, limit 24. |
| W4.
"Bringing Argonne National Laboratory Data to the
Classroom", Keith Andrew, Department of Physics,
Eastern Illinois University, Christopher Klaus, Division of
Information Systems, Argonne National Laboratory, and Tim
McCollum, Charleston Middle School. Free, limit 9. |
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Workshop
W5 - Saturday, 10:00 am - noon
Details |
| W5.
"Tycho: Enhancing Your Course with Web
Technology", Tim Stelzer, Department of Physics,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Free,
limit 12. |
Contributed
papers including those of the Student Research Symposium will be scheduled on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
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