WINTER
NEWSLETTER
OF THE
SOUTHEASTERN
SECTION
OF THE
AMERICAN
PHYSICAL SOCIETY
March 17, 2005
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A LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
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I
am delighted to serve as the Chair of the Executive Committee of the
Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS). I am a
native of Virginia
and have spent most of my career in the Southeast, and as such, I have a warm
affection for the educational institutions and research facilities in the Southeast. These
are wonderful times to be a physicist in the Southeast: many physics
departments have grown in size over the last decade, new facilities are under
construction and will be open for research within the next two years, and
significant upgrades are underway to existing facilities.
Many thanks to Lee Riedinger for his leadership as the Chair of our society
last year and for his many years of service to SESAPS. As the new Chair, I will
work hard to maintain the high standards set by Lee and by all those who have
held this office. I am thankful for the incredible job done by the staff
of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in hosting the 2004 SESAPS Meeting. I
give a special word of appreciation to Chang-Hong Yu and the local organizing
committee. I am grateful to the Program Committee for their hard work in
putting together a broad and cutting-edge scientific program.
For his many years of service as the secretary of SESAPS, I give my deepest and
warmest appreciation to Professor Kenneth Hardy of the Florida International
University. For as
long as I can recall or perhaps, care to recall, my SESAPS newsletter has come
from Ken Hardy. It's been great working with Ken over the years, and I
wish him the best as he leaves the SESAPS Executive Committee. I welcome our
new secretary, Stanley Deans of the University
of South Florida, to the
Executive Committee.
A major goal for me this year is to intensify our efforts to increase the
SESAPS membership. Increasing the membership will result in gained revenue for
our society, which would make it possible for us to consider expanding such
programs as the travel awards for graduate students, the awards made to
undergraduate presenters at the SPS sessions at our annual conference and
possibly to provide some travel support for undergraduate students.
As recognized by the SESAPS Executive Committee, to make a significant impact
on increasing the SESAPS membership requires broad community participation in
the effort. While substantial progress was made during the last two years,
there is still much room for growth, e.g., of approximately 5000 APS members
who work in the Southeast, only about 2100 are SESAPS members. I will work with
Lee Riedinger in his new office as the Past Chair to continue his efforts in
implementing the "Friends of SESAPS" network to establish a contact
person at most physics departments in the southeast region. To get started, I
ask all department chairs who read this statement to identify a faculty member
to serve a five-year term as the "Friend of SESAPS" in your department. The
duties of this position are very light: (1) remind faculty members to join
SESAPS and (2) serve as the department contact for disseminating information on
SESAPS activities and opportunities. The contact information (name and
email address) of the "Friend of SESAPS" in your department should be
sent to Calvin Howell <howell@tunl.duke.edu>
with the subject "Friend of SESAPS".
If you are a member of the APS and live in the Southeast region but are not a
member of SESAPS, you should join SESAPS now! It's free and
simple. Go to <http://www.aps.org/memb/unitapp.cfm>. You
will have the options of either adding SESAPS to your membership online or
printing out a unit’s membership form and faxing the completed form to the APS headquarters
in College Park, MD.
I look forward with great anticipation to our annual meeting this fall, which will
be hosted by the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Professor Alan Dorsey is the Chair of the local organizing committee, and
Professor Paul Avery is the Chair of the Program Committee. In planning
the meeting within the context of the 2005 World Year of Physics, some sessions
will be devoted to topics related to the work of Einstein, and the topic of the
banquet speaker will be relevant to Einstein's physics legacy. During
these times of highly specialized topical meetings, the annual SESAPS
conference gives physicists in our region a refreshing opportunity to survey
physics beyond their own specialty. I strongly encourage you to plan to
attend the SESAPS-2005 meeting during this World Year of Physics.
I look forward to seeing you in Gainesville
in November.
Calvin R. Howell
Professor of Physics at Duke
University and
Deputy Director of the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory
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A MESSAGE
FROM THE MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR
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Dear SESAPS members,
In my capacity as membership coordinator of the Southeastern Section I am asking the members of SESAPS to encourage your fellow members of the APS who are not yet members of SESAPS to seriously consider joining SESAPS. I would ask that you bring up the issue of SESAPS membership in one of your local departmental meetings to more widely publicize SESAPS.
There is no cost to a member of the APS to join SESAPS, and is easy to do. Simply go the SESAPS web page at http://www.phy.davidson.edu/sesaps/ and click on the link "Application to Join Units". There are several advantages to being a member of SESAPS and no disadvantages. In particular, membership is a way to become more actively involved in issues that affect everyone in our region and to become acquainted with the undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs involved in the physics projects.
There are about 2100 members of SESAPS out of approximately 5000 members of the APS in Southeast. We would hope that every member of APS in the Southeast would eventually become a member of SESAPS.
Brad Cox
University of Virginia
Membership Coordinator, SESAPS
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The 72nd Annual Meeting of the
Southeastern Section
of the American Physical Society (SESAPS) will be held November 10-12, 2005
(Thursday-Saturday) at Gainesville,
FL. (NOTE:
This is a different date than shown on the APS 2005 printed
calendar.) The local arrangements
committee is chaired by Dr. Alan T. Dorsey, Department of Physics, Gainesville, FL
32611-8440, 352‑392-0521
(phone), chair@phys.ufl.edu. The
Program committee is chaired by Dr. Paul Avery, of the University of Florida,
352-392-9264 (phone) avery@phys.ufl.edu.
Information about the meeting will be posted on the SESAPS web site: http://www.phy.davidson.edu/sesaps
as soon as it is available.
THIS IS THE FIRST CALL FOR
ABSTRACTS OF CONTRIBUTED PAPERS: SESAPS
will use electronically submitted abstracts for publication in the BULLETIN of
the AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY. All abstracts of contributed papers must be prepared
in the standard APS format as specified in recent issues of the APS News.
If the abstract is submitted to the APS only on paper, just the title and
authors will appear in the BULLETIN.
The scheduled time for your
presentation must be obtained from the bulletin WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE
ELECTRONICALLY on the web. Meeting rooms will have an overhead projector and
chalkboard - to request other audio-visual aids, including 35 mm projectors,
please make your request in writing by typing it in the special instructions
box of the abstract template. Any
questions about the program should be directed to Dr. Avery.
CONTRIBUTED/INVITED PAPERS: Invited papers at this meeting,
as in all APS meetings, are given by experts in areas selected by the Program
Committee, and these talks are usually of thirty minutes duration. Contributed
papers, however, are on topics of the author's choice and are ten minutes in
length. On the day following the abstract deadline, all papers are organized
into sessions and the sessions into the program of the meeting. Some of the
contributed abstracts are of such interest that the committee will INVITE THE
AUTHORS to give a SPECIAL PAPER of twenty minutes duration on the topic of
their abstract at the beginning of the contributed paper session to which their
talk is assigned. There will only be
a few such papers selected. The invitations will be listed in the printed
program of the meeting and will be verified promptly by mail to the
authors. If the author(s) would like to
be considered for such an invitation, they are asked to type the following
statement in the special instructions box: If invited to do so, the author
is willing to expand the talk for the above abstract to twenty minutes.
A MEETING OF THE SOCIETY OF
PHYSICS STUDENTS
will be held in conjunction with the SESAPS meeting and will include a student
paper session where the Marsh W. White Award will be presented for the best
paper given at that session. The SPS
contact person has not been determined at this time. As soon as that person is identified, the
contact information will be posted on the SESAPS website.
TRAVEL SUPPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE
FOR STUDENTS THIS YEAR: Students will be pleased to learn that modest travel grants will
again be available for those presenting research papers at the SESAPS sessions.
SPS students giving papers in the SPS sessions only are not eligible for travel
support. An application is included in this newsletter and is also available on
the SESAPS website.
SUGGESTED NOMINATIONS FOR SECTION
OFFICERS should be sent to the Secretary at
the address given at the end of this newsletter for consideration by the
Nominating Committee, which is composed of the members of the Executive
Committee.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ELECTION
WINNERS: The new
Vice Chair is Thomas B. Clegg of the University
of North Carolina. The new Executive Committee member who will
serve from 2005-2008 is Paul D. Sheldon of Vanderbilt University. The names and addresses of all Executive
Committee members are at the end of this newsletter. Members are urged to contact the committee
with their suggestions and concerns. Do not forget to urge your colleagues to
join SESAPS, as it is free if they are APS members.
PROCEDURES FOR
SESAPS AWARDS
The following procedures were
adopted at the November 2003 meeting by a vote of the Executive Committee.
1. Each award selection committee will consist of three members: the
previous award winner, one member appointed for a two-year term by the Chair of
the section, and the returning member from the previous year's committee, who
will serve as Chair. In making the appointment to an award committee, the
section Chair will attempt to establish a balance in geographical distribution,
and between Ph.D. and B.S. granting institutions, and among research fields
where appropriate. Any number of committee members may be previous winners of
the award.
2. Each committee will be charged by the SESAPS Chair of the section
with selecting a recipient and communicating the result only to the Chair by
September 15. The information to be communicated is:
a. The name and institution of the
recipient.
b. The name and institution of the
nominator.
c. A short citation ~ 15 words.
3. The SESAPS Chair will then notify the winner and the nominator by
October 1, and indicate that the nominator usually introduces the winner at the
banquet. Should there be more than one nominator, only one introduces the winner.
At the same time, the Chair informs the Secretary of the winner, the nominator
and the citation.
4. Nominations for each award should be sent to the Award Committee Chair
by June 1. Four copies of each nomination, consisting of a nominating letter
and up to three supporting letters (a maximum of two pages each), should be
sent. No other supporting documents are needed.
The nominator is also asked to send an email to the Chair (howell@tunl.duke.edu)
and Vice Chair (clegg@physics.unc.edu)
of the Section informing them of the submission.
5. Up to three unsuccessful nominations may be forwarded by one year’s
committee to the next year’s committee.
Time Table
Receipt of nominations by award committee
chairs June 1
Transmission of report of committee to
Chair
of section Sept. 15
Notification of winners and
nominators Oct. 1
All nominations are to be sent to
the chairs of the awards committees, who will then distribute them to the
committee members and to the Vice Chair of the Section. This year the nominations should be sent to:
Minutes
of the Executive Committee Meeting of SESAPS
November 12, 2004
Oak Ridge, TN.
The meeting was called to order at
12:15 p.m. by Chair Lee Riedinger at Oak
Ridge Tennessee.
Attending the meeting was K.
Hardy, L. Cain, V. Greene, S.R. Deans, Ron Mickens, Joe Hamilton, Glenn
Edwards, L. Riedinger, Calvin Howell, Brad Cox, and Paul Avery.
Larry Cain gave the treasurer’s
report. Basically we are in good shape, for 2003-2004 the income was $13,022.717
and expenses were $12,821.56.
There were several discussions
prior to the approval of the budget, which appears at the end of these minutes.
It was decided that an effort
would be made to hold a meeting of Physics department chairs prior to or during
the SESAPS meeting. There was a discussion of the SPS meeting held in
conjunction with the SESAPS meetings.
The minutes for the 2003 meeting
were distributed, and approved with changes to the spelling of V. Greene and
Jerzy Bernholc.
There was a brief discussion of
the Newsletter.
Ron Mickens discussed the archival
process. Materials thought to be of interest can be sent directly to the Niels
Bohr library at the AIP. The library would rather have persons submitting
material not sort though the material.
Paul Avery reported on the first
electronic election for SESAPS officers and Executive Committee member. In this
electronic system of elections, about 28% of the section voted. This was an
increase of about a factor of four over paper ballots.
Thomas B. Clegg, UNC-Chapel Hill
was elected Vice Chair.
Paul D. Sheldon of Vanderbilt was
elected to the Executive Committee.
Stanley R. Deans of University of
South Florida was elected as Secretary.
Next year’s meeting will be held
at the University
of Florida. Meetings for
2006 and beyond have not been scheduled at this time.
Lee Riedinger discussed the duty of
chapter officers. Members of the executive committee who previously had no
formal duties, will be given duties such as increasing membership, meeting site
development, friends of SESAPS, and development of nominations for section
officers.
A discussion of section membership
was led by Brad Cox who is our membership coordinator. It was noted that the
section membership is slowly increasing, and we are now the largest section in
APS. The only sections growing faster are the new small sections.
Joe Hamilton pointed out that this
is the last year that he will be on the APS council and he is in a position to
help the section get members on national committees.
A brief discussion of the mission
of SESAPS was held.
The final budget approved by the
board:
Chairman $ 100.00
Secretary $ 1000.00
Treasurer $
100.00
Banquet
Speaker $ 500.00
Bulletin
– APS $ 8100.00
Student
Travel $ 2500.00
Meeting
Support $ 1000.00
SPS
(Marsh White) $ 200.00
Miscellaneous $
300.00
Total $13800.00
The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m.
Ken Hardy
Secretary
SOUTHEASTERN SECTION OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL
SOCIETY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2005
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Chair
Dr. Calvin Howell
Department of
Physics and TUNL
Duke University, Box 90308
Durham, NC 27708-0308
919 660 2632 P
919 660 2634 F
howell@tunl.duke.edu
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Chair Elect
Dr. Paul Avery
Department of Physics
University of Florida, Box 118440
Gainesville, FL
32611-8440
362 392 9264 P
352 392 8863 F
avery@phys.ufl.edu
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|
Vice Chair
Dr. Thomas B. Clegg
Department of Physics and
Astronomy
UNC Chapel
Hill, 27599-3255
919 843 8168 P
919 962 0480 F
clegg@physics.unc.edu
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Past Chair
Dr. Lee Riedinger
Oak
Ridge National Lab
P.O. Box 2008
Oak
Ridge,
TN 37831-6263
865 574 4321 P
865 241 2967 F
riedingerl@ornl.gov
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Treasurer
Dr. Larry Cain
Department of Physics
Davidson College, Box 6919
Davidson, NC
28035-6919
704 894 2347 P
704 894 2894 F
lacain@davidson.edu
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Secretary
Dr. Stanley R. Deans
Department of Physics, PHY 114
University
of South
Florida
Tampa, FL
33620
813 974 1639 P
813 974 5813 F
sdeans@cas.usf.edu
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Executive Committee 2002-2005
Dr. Stephen Teitsworth
Department of Physics, Box 90305
Duke University
Durham NC
27708-0305
919 660 2560/2551 P
919 660 2525 F
teitso@phy.duke.edu
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Executive Committee
2004-2007
Dr. Victoria Greene
Vanderbilt University
Box 1807, Station B
Dept. of Physics and
Astronomy
Nashville, TN 37235
615 343 0657 P
615 343 7263 F
senta.v.greene@vanderbilt.edu
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Executive Committee 2005-2008
Dr. Paul D. Sheldon
Vanderbilt University
Box 1807, Station B
Dept. of Physics and
Astronomy
Nashville, TN 37235
615 343 0484 P
615 343
7263 F
paul.sheldon@vanderbilt.edu
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Membership
Coordinator
Dr. Bradley Cox
Department of
Physics, PO Box
400714
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
22901
434 982 5377 P
434 982 3575 F
cox@uvahea.phys.virginia.edu
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APPLICATION FOR STUDENT TRAVEL SUPPORT
TO THE SESAPS MEETING
The student must be a presenter at a
SESAPS session
NAME:
____________________________________________________________
ADDRESS: _________________________________________________________
CITY: __________________________________ STATE: _______________
ZIP: ___________ EMAIL: ____________________________
SCHOOL:
__________________________________________________________
UNDERGRADUATE/CLASS:
_____________________________________________
GRADUATE/CLASS:
__________________________________________________
ABSTRACT TITLE:
________________________________________________________
ABSTRACT AUTHORS:
______________________________________________________
AMOUNT REQUESTED ($250 MAX) ___________________________________________
PURPOSE OF REQUESTED FUNDS:
____________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
CERTIFICATION OF RESEARCH ADVISOR
(Please have your research advisor sign this line certifying that you are
presenting this paper, or have him or her send an email to Dr. Riedinger.)
____________________________________________________________________________
RETURN BY OCTOBER 15th TO:
Dr.
Lee Riedinger
Oak Ridge National Lab
P.O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN
37831-6263
riedingerl@ornl.gov