[MAAPT] Spring meeting program

[Leon Hsu]

MAAPT SPRING MEETING 2006
APRIL 29, HAMLINE UNIVERSITY, ST. PAUL

This MAAPT meeting will be held in room 11 of the Robbins Science  
Center, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota.  A campus map,  
driving directions, and a list of local hotels and restaurants can be  
found at http://www.hamline.edu/visitors/index.html by clicking on  
the appropriate links in the upper left corner.  Since it is a  
weekend, attendees may park in any lot, even those that say "permit  
required."

For lunch, we will go through the regular line in the cafeteria.  The  
cost will be $6 per person.  The business meeting will be held  
immediately after lunch.

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PROGRAM

7:45 - 8:15
Coffee and Registration

8:15 - 8:30
Physics Accreditation for Science Educators at Hamline University
Andy Rundquist, Hamline University

8:30 - 8:45
Implementation, Analysis, and Assessment of On-Line Teaching Evaluations
Jerry L. Artz and Andy R. Rundquist, Hamline University

8:45 - 9:00
Nitrogen and Noble Gas Content in Solar Wind Samples from the Genesis  
Spacecraft
Jacob Simones* and Russell Palma, Minnesota State University, Mankato

9:00 - 9:15
Surface Analysis of Genesis Spacecraft Samples
Jeffrey Burkett* and Russell Palma, Minnesota State University, Mankato

9:15 - 9:30
Simulating Bragg Diffraction
Morgan LaMoore* and Brian Batell, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

9:30 - 9:45
TITLE
Tim Young, University of North Dakota and David DeMuth, University of  
Minnesota, Crookston

9:45 - 10:00
The UMM Maser Monitoring Program
Gordon McIntosh, Anne Hayes, and Gustav Rustan, University of  
Minnesota, Morris

10:00 - 10:45     Coffee break and poster session

Refurbishing a Homebuilt Langmuir Film-Balance
Erik T. Lundberg*, Benjamin L. Stottrup, Augsburg College

Correlation of R Cassiopeia's Silicon Monoxide Maser Properties
Anne Hayes* and Gordon McIntosh, University of Minnesota, Morris

Determining the Orbital Period of R Aquarii
Gustav Rustan* and Gordon McIntosh, University of Minnesota, Morris

Astronomical Imaging of Variable Stars - Instrumentation and Calibration
Ryan Kalmoe* and Kristin Kearns, University of Minnesota, Morris

Serious Games and CyberCamp 2006
Pete Border, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and David DeMuth,  
University of Minnesota, Crookston

10:45 - 11:05
Promoting Women's Participation in Physics
Invited presentation, Laura McCullough, University of Wisconsin, Stout

11:05 - 11:25
Networking and mentoring women in physics: Local approaches to a  
universal challenge
Invited presentation, Melissa Eblen-Zayas, Carleton College

11:25 - 11:45
Cracker-barrel discussion on the recruitment, retention, graduation  
of women in physics departments

11:45 - 12:00
Interfacing and establishing a lab station for optoelectronic  
measurements of OLEDs.
Steven K. Besser* and Hai-Sheng Wu, Minnesota State University, Mankato

12:00 - 12:15
Study of the magnetic susceptibility in intermediate-valence materials
Eric Raymer*, Katheryna Tykhanska and Igor Kogoutiouk, Minnesota  
State Univ., Mankato

12:15 - 12:30
Using the Audio Input for Data-Taking in an Online Physics Lab
Pete Border, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

12:30 - 1:30
Lunch and business meeting

*Indicates student presenter