Chesapeake Section of the AAPT Fall 2017 Meeting Announcement
Saturday, October 21, 2017 at Howard Community College in Columbia, MD
We will meet in the Science Engineering and Technology (SET) Building in room 109.
Conference Fees:
Regular Attendee $25
Students, K-12 teachers, guests $15
K-12 teacher first time attendee $5
The conference fee includes continental breakfast, coffee break, lunch, and conference registration. The fee will be collected at the conference.
Please RSVP to Rachele Dominguez (racheledominguez@rmc.edu) if you are interested in coming to the conference, so that we can plan appropriately.
Call for talks, demonstrations, and posters:
Contributed Talks: about 15 minutes including questions (depending on the number of submissions). Please send Title and Abstract to Rachele Dominguez by October 9.
Physics Demos: about 15 minutes including questions. Send the Title and a brief description of your demonstration to Rachele Dominguez by October 9. We particularly encourage demos that can be built by anyone and used to teach a standard classroom physics topic, rather than presentations of specialized research apparatus. We also encourage Make & Takes where audience members can take something home and we will discount your conference fee by up to the cost of the materials. (If it costs more than that, please clear it with Rachele Dominguez.)
Contributed Posters: Please send Title and Abstract to Rachele Dominguez by October 9.
You may present both a talk and a demo if you like. However, you may not present a demo that is directly associated with your talk. (If you want to do that, include it as part of your talk. I will allot you extra time for that purpose if you request it.) There will be prizes for best talks and demos. Students at any level are encouraged to attend and/or present. Our meeting room will have a computer with projector and screen. We suggest bringing your presentations on a flashdrive or CD and copying them to the room’s computer.
Program
Draft Agenda:
8:00 – 8:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 – 11:00 Contributed Talks and Demos I
11:00 – 12:00 Keynote address: Dr. William Roncal, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 Poster Session
1:30 – 3:00 Contributed Talks and Demos II
3:00 – 4:30 Workshop: Introduction to Arduinos Mark Edelen from Howard Community College
4:30 – 5:00 CSAAPT Business Meeting (all are welcome)
Dinner: (optional) Columbia Ale House
Local Information
Our local contact is Alex Barr.
Campus Map and Directions: http://www.howardcc.edu/about-us/hcc-at-a-glance/locations-and-directions/index.html#columbia. Park in Lot C next to the SET building.
Recommended lodging
The two most convenient hotels are:
- Sheraton Columbia Town Center, 10207 Wincopin Circle Columbia, (410) 730-3900
- Double Tree Columbia, 5485 Twin Knolls Rd Columbia, (410) 997-1060
Both hotels list $99/night for Friday and Saturday as of August.
Dinner on Friday: For those of you who will be in town on Friday evening, we will meet at Hickory Ridge Grill at 6420 Freetown Rd. in Columbia for dinner at 7:00pm. Please RSVP for Friday night dinner to Alex Barr at ABarr@howardcc.edu.
Please visit our website for more information:
http://www.csaapt.org
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