Spring 2015 Meeting of the Illinois Section of the AAPT

"Astronomy"

April 10-11, 2015
Physics Department
Principia College
Elsah, Illinois 62028

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2015 Distinguished Service Citation. This will be given to Don Reid during the banquet on Friday evening.

Telescope Viewing. If the sky is clear on Friday evening, the Principia Astronomical Observatory will be open to view the night sky with the 16-inch Ritchey-Chretien telescope.

Invited Speakers

"Inflation: Unresolved questions in the new paradigm of cosmology", Friday at 2:00
Grant Larsen, Physics Department, Principia College

"Teaching engineering physics with supplemental instruction - the SIUE experience", Friday at 4:30
Chris Gordon, Department of Construction, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

"Quantum Astronomy", Friday at 7:15
Laurance Doyle, Astrophysicst, SETI Institute

"Getting ready for 2017", Saturday at 10:00
Carl Wenning, Physics Department, Illinois State University

Workshops

W1. "IOLab - a multi-sensor device"

Eric Martell, Physics Department, Millikin University

Morten Lundsgaard, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

W2. "GeoGebra for figures, interactive simulations and randomized problem-solving"

Lenore Horner, Seven Hills School, Cincinnati, Ohio

W3. "Sharing the Night Sky with Your Students"

Nicole Gugliucci, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville STEM Center

Host - Jonathan Langton, Physics Department, Principia College, jonathan.langton@principia.edu