Schedule of Events for the 2009 Conference
All events will take place in Linsley-Chittenden 102 unless otherwise indicated. The Presidents' Room is on the 2nd floor of Woolsey Hall.
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Friday, January 16
| 6:00 PM | Welcome Reception Location: President's Room |
| 7:15 PM | Welcome
Professor Meg Urry, Yale University |
| 7:30 PM | The Nitrogen-Vacancy Center: Exploring Spin Dynamics in Diamond
Professor Lily Childress, Bates College Download Presentation |
Saturday, January 17
| 8:15 AM | Breakfast and Registration |
| 8:45 AM | Welcome & Introductions |
| 9:15 AM | Desperate Remedies in Neutrino Physics Professor Bonnie Fleming, Yale University |
| 10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:30 AM | Understanding the Microarchitecture of Mother-of-Pearl
Professor Sue Coppersmith, University of Wisconsin Download Presentation |
| 11:30 AM | Lunch with Yale Faculty Members
Location: Law School Dining Room |
| 1:00 PM | Galactic Cannibalism - you are what you eat?
Professor Kathryn Johnston, Columbia University |
| 2:00 PM | Women in Physics: Why Aren't There More of Us? |
| 3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:30 PM | Career Panel Dr. Aziza Baccouche, AZIZA Productions Dr. Sarah C. Case, National Research Council Professor Bonnie Fleming, Yale University Dr. Nitya Kallivayalil, MIT Kavli Institude for Astrophysics and Space Research |
| 5:00 PM | Break |
| 5:15 PM | Graduate Student Panel
Introduction by Professor Eric Dufresne, Yale University |
| 6:30 PM | Dinner
Location: Law School Dining Room |
| 8:00 PM | Remembering Miss Meitner: A One-Act Play by Robert Marc Friedmann
With the Original Cast from Goteborg Theater, Sweden Location: The New Theater on Chapel Street |
Sunday, January 18
| 8:45 AM | Breakfast and Poster Setup |
| 9:15 AM | Student Talks |
| 10:45 AM | Why are We So Excited about Carbon Nanostructures?
Professor Mildred Dresselhaus, Massachusetts Institue of Technology Download Presentation |
| 11:45 AM | Lunch and Poster Session Location: LC 211 |
| 1:10 PM | Lab Tours Location: Science Hill |
| 3:15 PM | Break |
| 3:30 PM | Exploring LHC physics with ATLAS
Dr. Ayana Holloway Arce, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs |
| 4:30 PM | Closing Remarks and Evaluation |
