Time

Activity

Location

3:00-8:00 PM

Check-in

Hotel

6:30-6:45 PM

Welcome

Hotel

6:45-8:00 PM

Undergraduate Research Panel

Moderator: Sergei Savikhin

Panelists: Jenna Burnett, Jennifer Larson, Rachel Maxwell, Anna Harris

Hotel

8:00-9:00 PM

Reception

Hotel

7:00-8:30 AM

Late Check-in

Hotel

7:00-8:00 AM

Breakfast

Hotel

7:30-8:30 AM

Buses to Physics Building

Hotel

Morning talks session, Chair Jennifer Larson

8:30-9:15 AM

Nadya Mason, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Life in the Academy: Trying to Make a Difference while Balancing Research, Teaching, Outreach and Family."

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9:15-10:00 AM

Sabine Lammers, Indiana University Bloomington

"A career in experimental particle physics: navigating the world of big science"

Abstract: In addition to an overview of my personal interests and career as an experimental particle physicist, I will discuss the sociology of working in large collaborations.

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10:00-10:30 AM

Break

10:30-11:45 AM

Career Panels: parallel session

PHYS 112, 114

11:45 AM-1:00 PM

Lunch/Science Café
Faculty guests: Erica Carlson, Soo Lee, Chen Yang, Rebecca Lindell, Briony Horgan

ARMS Atrium

Afternoon talks session, Chair Rachel Maxwell

1:00-1:45 PM

Norma Sosa, IBM

"Managing Science in the Business World"

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2:00-3:30 PM

Keynote Speaker: Gabriela Gonzalez, Louisiana State University

"Opening the Gravitational Wave Window"

Abstract: Gravitational waves are "ripples in space time" produced by violent astrophysical events such as core-collapse supernova and collisions of neutron stars and black holes, as well as by other continuous phenomena as rotating stars and the early Universe. These waves have never been directly detected on Earth yet, but a network of ground-based interferometric detectors including the LIGO detectors in the US is expected to do this very soon. These detectors have operated with record sensitivity in the recent past, and are now being upgraded to begin operating with good prospects of observations in a few years. I will present a brief introduction to the nature and detection of gravitational waves, and present the current status of the international network of detectors.

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3:30-3:45 PM

Break/Photo

3:45-5:30 PM

Lab tours: Birck Nanotechnology Center, PRIME Lab, other Physics building labs

5:30-6:30 PM

Buses back to hotel

7:00-9:00 PM

Banquet dinner

Guest speaker: T. J. Boisseau, Purdue University

"Confidential Matters:  The Science and the Art of Becoming Confident”

Hotel

7:00-8:00 AM

Breakfast

Hotel

7:30-8:30 AM

Buses to Physics Building

Hotel

Morning talks session, Chair Jenna Burnett

8:30-9:15 AM

Daniela Bortoletto, University of Oxford

"Adventures in particle Physics: From the Alps to the Prairies and back to the Alps"

Abstract: The discovery of the Higgs boson with a mass of about 125 GeV in 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider was a triumph for both experimental and theoretical particle physics. I will present my path in particle physics searching for this elusive particle and a status report on Higgs Physics at the LHC. I will also discuss the progress toward the restart of the LHC at higher energies and its impact on the measurement of the properties of the Higgs boson.

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9:15-10:00 AM

Lucy Flesch, Purdue University

"Exploring the Lithosphere Through Geodynamic Modeling"

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10:00-10:30 AM

Break

10:30-11:45 AM

Parallel Session

PHYS 112, 114

11:45-1:15 PM

Lunch and Poster Session

ARMS Atrium

Afternoon talks session, Chair Samantha Sloan

1:15-2:00 PM

Lynn Bryan, Purdue University

“Composing a Life” in Physics Education Research: Theoretical and Personal Retrospectives

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2:00-2:45 PM

Closing Words: Monica Plisch, APS

"The American Physical Society and You"

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2:45-3:00 PM

Break

3:00-4:00 PM

Professional Development Workshop (Optional),

Moderator: Tamara Clarkson, Purdue Univeristy

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