FIP sponsored or co-sponsored sessions at the APS Spring Meetings
March meeting, March 2-6, 2015, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas
Session B3, Monday, March 2, 2015, 11:15 AM, Room: 002AB Condensed Matter Physics in Latin America I
Chair: Alex de Lozanne, University of Texas at Austin
Pablo Levy, An overview of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics in Argentina by 2014, and Oxides for Non Volatile Memory Devices: The MeMOSat Project
Marcelino Barboza-Flores, Development of Micro and Nano Crystalline CVD Diamond TL/OSL Radiation Detectors for Clinical Applications
Arturo Ayon, Influence of Quantum Dots and Surface Nanotexturization on Solar-Cell Performance
FIP RECEPTION, March 3
Session Q3, Wednesday March 4 2015, 2:30 PM, Room: 002AB Condensed Matter Physics in Latin America II
Chair: Edmond L Berger, Argonne National Laboratory
Horacio M. Pastawski, Spin dynamics with Solid State NMR and GPU calculations: Loschmidt Echoes, Intrinsic Decoherence and Quantum Dynamical Phase Transitions
Antonio Jose Roque da Silva, An Upgrade for the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source: Are you Sirius?
Manuel Quevedo-Lopez, Large area radiation detectors based on II VI thin film
Angela Camacho, Condensed Matter Physics in Colombia is in its forties
April Meeting, April 11 - 14, 2015, Hilton Baltimore
Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland
Session J8, Sunday, April 12, 10:45 AM, (co-sponsored with DPB) Room: Key 4 International Photon Science Facilities
Chair: Stuart Henderson, Argonne National Laboratory
Harald Sinn, XFEL, Progress and Plans
David Schultz, The LCLS-II Project at SLAC
Harald Reichert, Overview of International 4th Generation Synchron Light Sources Plans
Session J12, Sunday, April 12, 10:45 AM, Room: Key 8 Prize Session: Joseph A. Burton, Leo Szilard and John Wheatley Awards co-sponsors: FPS FIP
Chair: Micah Lowenthal, National Academy of Science
Session S12, Monday April 13, 2015, 1:30 PM, Room: Key 8 Models of International Partnership – I
Chair: Edmond L Berger, Argonne National Laboratory
David Gross, Introduction and Context
Sergio Bertolucci, LHC at CERN – Machine and Detectors
Joseph Lykken, Long Baseline Neutrino Facility at Fermilab – a developing model
Thomas Glasmacher, FRIB – Diverse Partnership Models in Nuclear Physics
Session U12, Monday April 13, 2015, 3:30 PM, Room: Key 8 Models of International Partnership – II
Chair: Maria Spiropulu, Caltech
Roger Blandford, Astrophysics and Cosmology International Projects
Robert Iotti, ITER
Gabriela Gonzalez, The LIGO Model
Panel Discussion
Session Y8, Tuesday, Apr 14 2015, 1:30PM, Room: Key 4 (co-sponsored with CSWP) The 5th International Conference on Women in Physics, Reflections and Going Forward
Chair: Susan Blessing, Florida State University
Beth Cunningham, Overview of the 5th ICWIP and ongoing efforts in the US to improve the representation and status of women in physics.
Prajval Shastri, Government policies and other efforts to decrease the gender gap in physics in India
Kathryne Sparks Woodle and Herman White, Experiences at the 5th and 3rd ICWIPs
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