AAPT Update 2001 Number 6 The following message is from the Executive Office of the American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park, Maryland. **************CONTENTS******************* 1. 2001 SUMMER MEETING PREREGISTRATION FOR ROCHESTER, NY 2. 2001 SUMMER MEETING POSTDEADLINE ABSTRACTS 3. HIGHLIGHTS OF 2001 SUMMER MEETING AT ROCHESTER, NY 4. ABSTRACT SEARCH AND MEETING SCHEDULER 5. NOMINATIONS FOR AAPT AWARDS 6. WORKSHOP FOR NEW PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY FACULTY 7. NEW EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS 8. UPDATE ONLINE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 9. NEW AAPT BOOKS *************************************** 1. 2001 SUMMER MEETING PREREGISTRATION FOR ROCHESTER, NY Save money! The advance pre registration deadline for the 123rd AAPT National Meeting July 21-25, 2001 in Rochester, NY, is July 3. Information and forms can be found at the AAPT website, http://www.aapt.org/meetings/sum01/. --------------------------------- 2. 2001 SUMMER MEETING POST DEADLINE ABSTRACTS The deadline to submit post deadline contributed and poster abstracts for the Summer Meeting in Rochester, NY is July 13. There is no longer a fee associated with abstract submissions, and while only one contributed oral paper may be given per individual, there is no limit to the number of poster papers that may be submitted. Submit electronically through the web at www.aapt.org/meetings/submit.html. --------------------------------- 3. HIGHLIGHTS OF 2001 SUMMER MEETING AT ROCHESTER, NY The 123rd AAPT National Meeting being held in Rochester, NY, July 21-25, 2001, will focus on the science of light...optics! Included in the theme will be a workshop on light, sessions such as Women's Contributions to Contemporary Optics, Integrated Physics - Lecture, Lab & Demo: Optics, Optical Fiber Communications, and Photography and Physics to name a few. Outstanding Plenary speakers include: Joseph Eberly speaking Monday on %%%Even Stranger Than We Supposed: From Max Planck to Teleportation,%%% Emil Wolf's %%%Recollections of Max Born%%% on Tuesday, and David Williams on Wednesday with %%%The Limits of Human Vision.%%% Other special events taking place: sessions involving the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, poster sessions, and the PER Conference. The meeting will culminate Wednesday evening with a picnic and tour of the George Eastman House, followed by a Demo Show and Laser Light Show on High Falls. It's not too late to participate...the deadline to submit! ! papers or posters is July 13! For more information or to register, go to http://www.aapt.org, and look for the 123rd AAPT National Meeting under the Meetings category. --------------------------------- 4. ABSTRACT SEARCH AND MEETING SCHEDULER AAPT is now offering a personal scheduler for the 123rd National Meeting in Rochester. You may view the meeting program by day, select the sessions you would like to attend, and print your customized version of each day's schedule and the schedule for the entire meeting. At this time, we do not have the capability to save your schedule so you must print your itinerary at the time you create it. The URL for the abstract search and meeting scheduler is http://www.aapt.org/meetings/sum01/. Please remember that the unexpected often happens, and that you should check the onsite addendum to make sure you have the correct information. --------------------------------- 5. NOMINATIONS FOR AAPT AWARDS The AAPT Awards Committee encourages members to nominate outstanding physicists and physics educators for the various AAPT awards. The list of awards, previous recipients, and procedures for nominating individuals can be found at http://www.aapt.org/aaptgeneral/awards.html. --------------------------------- 6. WORKSHOP FOR NEW PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY FACULTY AAPT has scheduled a Workshop for New Physics and Astronomy Faculty this coming November 8 - 11 at the American Center For Physics. This year the Workshop will be attended by both physics and astronomy faculty who are in their first year or two of their initial tenure-track appointment, including senior faculty who have recently entered academia after careers in industry or in government laboratories. Letters of nomination from department chairs can be sent by email to Dr. Kenneth Krane ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and to Maria Elena Khoury ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Deadline is September 20, 2001. Room and Board subsistence during the workshop will be provided for all participants; travel support to the workshop is expected to be provided by the department. --------------------------------- 7. NEW EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AAPT is pleased to announce the appointment of Jan Tobochnik as the Editor of the American Journal of Physics, effective July 1, 2001. Tobochnik, who is on the faculty at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Mich., has been a long-term contributor to the AJP and served as a guest co-editor of the December 1999 theme issue on Thermal and Statistical Physics. Tobochnik will succeed Robert Romer, who will retire after more than 13 years of service as Editor. Mail should be sent to: Professor Jan Tobochnik Editor, American Journal of Physics Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI 49006 (616) 337-5802 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kzoo.edu/ajp --------------------------------- 8. UPDATE ONLINE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Members can update their membership information online at http://www.aapt.org/membership/membership.htm. You will need your membership ID number that can be found on the mailing label of your AJP, TPT, or Announcer. Or you may email your change of address to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- 9. NEW AAPT BOOKS AAPT is pleased to announce the release of three new books just in time for the 123rd National Meeting in Rochester. These books are: Safety in Physics Education Are physics activities really hazardous? The goal of this manual is to create an awareness of safety, to encourage safe habits, and to teach respect for potential safety hazards. Interactive Physics Demonstrations This is a collection of articles that appeared in the “Deck the Halls” column of The Physics Teacher from 1986 to 1996. The Interplay between Classical and Quantum Mechanics (On Sale Now!) The articles in this collection give an idea of the recent work in the basic problems of mechanics, particularly when a judicious combination of classical and quantum mechanics can help us understand and work out the solutions. Look for these books, as well as others offered by the AAPT, available for purchase at the AAPT booth at the Rochester, NY Meeting. --------------------------------- These AAPT Updates are archived on the AAPT web site at http://www.aapt.org/updates The American Association of Physics Teachers One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740-3845 Voice: 301-209-3300 Fax: 301-209-0845 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.aapt.org/ http://www.psrc-online.org/ -- This is the ISTA-talk mailing list. To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information: <http://www.ista-il.org/ista-talk.asp> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/ista-talk@lists.csi.cps.k12.il.us/>
