SPS Zone 18 Meeting Information
April 19-20, 2024
Registration includes pizza on Friday, and snacks and lunch on Saturday.
SPS Meeting Code of Conduct
Establishing and maintaining a truly welcoming, respectful, inclusive and supportive environment is the responsibility of all SPS meeting attendees. Everyone associated with the 2024 SPS Zone 18 meeting is expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner that is free from any form of discrimination or harassment of others. All participants should feel comfortable contributing freely to scientific discussions and other healthy exchanges of ideas. Along those lines, while you are visiting us at Santa Clara University (SCU), we ask that you also adhere to our local SPS Chapter Guidelines at SCU:
- Be kind and respectful of others.
- Act professionally and ethically.
- Actively seek to learn and understand new things.
- Generously share your passion for physics with others.
.... and, of course, please have fun at the meeting!
Tentative Schedule
- 5:30 PM Check-In, Badges (SCU Building Location - SCDI 1308)
- 6:00 PM Welcome from SCU SPS hosts: Dr. Betty Young, Ivar Rydstrom (senior), Leo Illing (junior)
- 6:05 PM Welcome from SPS Zone 18 Councilor: Dr. Chad Kishimoto (USD); Soumay Garg (UC Berkeley)
- 6:15 PM “The Physics of Drag Racing” – Invited talk by Dr. Geoff Fox and Bob Fox
- 7:15 PM Pizza and Star Gazing
- 9:15 AM Check-In, Continental Breakfast & Coffee Available
- 10:00 AM "Opportunities in Climate Technology for Physics Majors” – Invited talk by Rob Stallman
- 11:00 AM “Rubin Observatory and the Legacy Survey in Space and Time (LSST)” – Invited talk by Dr. Andy Rasmussen
- 12:00 PM Group Photo
- 12:10 PM Lunch (SCDI Main Outdoor Courtyard)
- 1:00 PM “Title TBD” – Invited talk by Dr. Grace Chesmore
- 2:00 PM Graduate Student / Alumni Panel
- 2:30 PM Message from SPS National - Great Opportunities for Young Physicists (Dr. Chad Kishimoto)
- 3:00 PM How do you SPS? (Multi-group roundtable discussions)
- 4:00 PM Meeting Wrap-Up; Looking Forward
- 4:15 PM Adjourn
For those interested:
- 4:30 PM SCU Physics Lab tours
- 5:30 PM Local (no-host) dinner options
For special accommodations or other requests please contact your Zone 18 Meeting Hosts
Prof. Betty Young
Leo Illing, SCU SPS
Department of Physics Students & Faculty