March Meeting 2013 • March 18 - March 22 • Baltimore, Maryland
Lunch with the Experts (Graduate Students)
Registration
Cost: Free
When: Sign-up will open on Monday, March 18 at 1:00 p.m.
Where: Convention Center, near the Registration Desk
Register Early!
Attendance is limited to eight students per topic. Registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
APS Units
Wednesday, March 20
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Convention Center
Sharp Street Lobby
Graduate students may sign up to enjoy a complimentary box-lunch while participating in an informal discussion with an expert on a topic of interest to them.
Topics Include:
Division on Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) Sponsored Topics
- Iron-Based Superconductivity
Philip Phillips, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Graphene Two-Dimensional Electron Systems
Jun Zhu, Penn State University - What’s New in Magnetic Materials – From the Exotic to the Practical
Francis Hellman, UC. Berkeley - Correlated Electrons, Topological Materials, and Nano-Science/Technology
Nai-Chang Yeh, Cal Tech - Correlated Electron Theory
Chandra Varma, UC Riverside - Spintronics and Magnetism
Yaroslav Tserkovnyak UCLA - MBE Growth, Transition Metal Oxides, Low-Dimensional Materials
Susanne Stemmer, UC Santa Barbara - Evolutionary Dynamics from Perspective of Statistical Physics
Daniel Fisher, Stanford University
Division on Materials Physics (DMP) Sponsored Topics
- Interdisciplinary Science of Nanoscale Junctions
Mark Hybertson, Brookhaven National Laboratory - Computational Materials Physics: From Laptops to Supercomputers
Bruce Harmon, Ames Laboratory - Organic Photovoltaics
Seth Darling, Argonne National Lab and University of Chicago - Multifunctional Materials and Spintronics
Chris Palmstrom, University of California at Santa Barbara
Division on Polymer Physics (DPOLY) Sponsored Topics
- Condensed Matter and Polymer Physics
Stephen Cheng, University of Akron - Polymer Physics: The Intersection of Physics, Chemistry, and Materials Science
Mahesh Mahanthappa, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics (FIAP) Sponsored Topics
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Working at National Labs, in Industry, and in Academia
Jim Hannon, IBM Research Division - Working on Nanotechnology in a National Lab
Robert Celotta, NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology - What Color is your Physics Parachute?
Mark Bernius, Morgan AM&T - Putting Physics to Work (CANCELLED)
- The Intersection of Biomedical Applications, Physics and Engineering
Cha-Mei Tang, Creative Microtech - The Critical Needs for Closer Ties Between Physics and Industry
Philip Wyatt, Wyatt Technology Corporation - From Physicist to Businessman: How You Can Use Physics to Be a Success in Business
John Rumble, R&R Data Services - Infinite Variety, Infinite Flexibility: Working in a Fast-moving Interdisciplinary Field
J. Alexander Liddle, NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology - Scanning Probe Microscopy and Entrepreneurship
Jason Cleveland, Asylum Research
Topical Group on Magnetism (GMAG) Sponsored Topics
- Magnetic Nanoparticles
Yves Idzerda, Montana State University - Nanoscale Magnetic Imaging
Chris Hammel, Ohio State University - Semiconductor Spintronics
Paul Crowell, University of Minnesota - Academia vs. Industry vs. National Lab - What is a Good Choice for Me?
Olle Heinonen, Argonne National Laboratory
Topical Group on Quantum Information (GQI) Sponsored Topics
- Quantum Information Science
John Preskill, Caltech - Design of a Superconducting Quantum Computer
John Martinis, UCSB
Topical Group on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (GSNP) Sponsored Topics
- Soft Matter Theory/Simulation
Robin Selinger, Kent State University
