Name: CSAAPT Spring 2024 Semi-Virtual Meeting
Start: 2024-03-16T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-03-16T22:15:00-04:00
Location: Delaware State University, Bank of America Building

CSAAPT Spring 2024 Semi-Virtual Meeting

Saturday, March 16, 2024 - 8:00 AM

Monday, March 11, 2024
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Friday, March 15, 2024
Saturday, March 16, 2024

8:00 AM Breakfast and Registration
Breakfast and Registration
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Room: BOA 101
8:50 AM Welcome
Welcome
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: BOA 101
Contributions

8:50 AM Welcome and Introduction - Qi Lu (Delaware State University)
9:00 AM Morning Session 1A
Morning Session 1A
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: BOA 101
Contributions

9:00 AM Physics of an Accelerating Unicycle - Carl Mungan (U.S. Naval Academy)

9:15 AM Learn about the Heliophysics Big Year events such as the eclipse through NASA’s Community Coordinated Modeling Center’s (CCMC) tools - Elana Resnick (NASA GSFC/CCMC / ASRC Federal)

9:30 AM Demystifying the use of complex numbers with driven-damped harmonic oscillators - James Freericks (Georgetown University)

9:45 AM Virginia Science Standards of Learning Revision - Seeking Input! - Gregory MacDougall (Virginia Department of Education)
Morning Session 1B
Morning Session 1B
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: BOA 213
Contributions

9:00 AM Learning Differences and Physics Teaching - Sean Lally (Jemicy School)

9:15 AM Navigating Challenges and Alternatives in Physics Education: An Engineer's perspective - Andres Akamine (Boyd J. Michael, III Technical High)

9:30 AM Can students spot AI’s physics errors? An experience with GPT in the classroom - Alejandro Satz

9:45 AM Highlights from Two-Year College Programs - Kris Lui (AAPT - OPTYCs)
Morning Session 1C
Morning Session 1C
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: BOA 217
Contributions

9:00 AM Experimental Projects for a Capstone Engineering Physics Course at Delaware State University - Aristides Marcano (Delaware State University)

9:15 AM Sticking point: The Role of Quantum Mechanics in Gecko Wall Climbing, and How to Create Synthetic Gecko Tape. - Kausik Das (University of Maryland Eastern Shore)

9:30 AM Using hand-held visual accelerometers and the CER Framework in student-centered classrooms to talk through FCI misconceptions. - Judson Wagner (Elizabethtown College)

9:45 AM Canceled - DOD STEM RESOURCES - Josephine Mesina (International HS at Largo)
10:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: BOA 101
10:30 AM Morning Session 2A
Morning Session 2A
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: BOA 101
Contributions

10:30 AM Examining the Role of Family in Women’s Engagement and Success in Physics - Laura Akesson (Department of Energy)

10:45 AM Social Dynamics around a Black Woman’s Equipment Handling in a Physics Lab - Mark Akubo (University of Delaware)

11:00 AM Enhancing STEM Graduate Student Teaching: The cultivation of teaching skills and identity among graduate students. - Nishchal Thapa Magar (George Mason University)

11:15 AM Finding The Right Amount of Flip - Jason Sterlace (James Madison University)

11:30 AM Empowering Students through Open Access Publishing - Stefano Colafranceschi (EMU)
Morning Session 2B
Morning Session 2B
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: BOA 213
Contributions

10:30 AM THROW THINGS DOWN THE STAIRS AND CALL IT SCIENCE - A DESIGN/BUILD CONCUSSION PROJECT - Mike Florek (Roanoke County Public Schools)

10:45 AM Specification grading in introductory physics for astronomy and physics majors - Veronique Petit (University of Delaware)

11:00 AM The Axis of Symmetry of the Lorentz Transform - Lewis McIntyre

11:15 AM Where is physics going in public schools in Delaware? - Tonyea Mead

11:30 AM Let it go! - Henry Hilgendorf (Virginia Tech) Tatsu Takeuchi (Virginia Tech)
Morning Session 2C
Morning Session 2C
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: BOA 217
Contributions

10:30 AM Building Student Interest in Quantum Careers: Quantum Pathways Programs - Jessica Rosenberg (George Mason University)

10:45 AM Tautochrone and Brachistochrone - Tatsu Takeuchi (Virginia Tech)

11:00 AM Empowering STEM Education: The Delaware Space Grant Consortium’s Innovative Approach - Dwight Higgin

11:15 AM Mechanical Oscillations With and Without Damping - An Analog Computer Physics-Themed Simulation - Ryan Bischof (Delaware State University)

11:30 AM Inertia - William A. Tobias (University of Virginia)
11:45 AM Lunch
Lunch
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Room: BOA 101

12:45 PM

12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: BOA 101
1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: BOA 113, Longwood Auditorium
Contributions

1:00 PM The Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024 - Matthew Bobrowsky (Delaware State University)
2:00 PM Break
Break
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Room: BOA 101
2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: BOA 113, Longwood Auditorium
Contributions

2:15 PM The Physics of NASCAR - Diandra Leslie-Pelecky
3:15 PM Break - Drive to Dover Speedway
Break - Drive to Dover Speedway
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: BOA 101

3:45 PM

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM