73rd Annual Meeting of SESAPS
Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS)
November 9-11, 2006
Williamsburg, Virginia
Programs for Undergraduates
Society of Physics Students (SPS)
The SPS Chapter at William and Mary is hosting a parallel meeting of Zone 6 that will include separately o rganized poster and contributed talk sessions on Friday morning Later information will be posted on their website when available. All students who present at one of the SPS sessions are eligible for the Marsh White Award, which will be given to the best undergraduate presenter. Because of the necessity for judging, undergraduate students who present at the regular SESAPS sessions will not be eligible for this award.
Please follow carefully these instructions for submitting an abstract to the SPS sessions.
- Submission: By email only to Dr. Jan Chaloupka Deadline: Friday, October 6, 2006
- Abstract file format: MSWord
- Abstract style: Use the template
- Presentation type: Oral or poster presentation (should be specified at the bottom of the abstract)
There will be SPS social events as well, including a student dinner on Friday evening and a talk by Patrick Troutman of the NASA Langley Research Center entitled "NASA's New National Vision for Space Exploration: Back to the Moon, then onto Mars and Beyond."
Advice on Applying to Graduate School
On Saturday the SESAPS and the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) will hold a light luncheon in 215/216 Tucker Hall on The College of William & Mary campus during which there will be discussion of graduate school opportunities and application strategies. This will be led by Prof. Marc Sher of the William & Mary Physics Department and other regional physics faculty experienced in undergraduate advising and graduate recruiting. Following this, the NSBP will lead a undergraduate training session to provide information and advice on preparation for taking the GRE physics subject test.