Complete Schedule

Fulll Program (pdf) The official program distributed at the 2021 event through the department website.

Schedule

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2021
Friday, February 19th
3:00 PM

Welcome and Keynote: The Many Worlds of Quantum Mechanics

Mark Nook, University of Northern Iowa, President
Paul Shand, University of Northern Iowa, Head, Department of Physics
Sean Carroll, California Institute of Technology

Virtual Meeting, University of Northern Iowa

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

5:00 PM

Concurrent Session 1: Graduate Student Panel

Virtual Meeting, University of Northern Iowa

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Concurrent Session 2: 3+2 Programs Discussion

Paul Shand, University of Northern Iowa
Mason Clendenen, Iowa State University
Susie DeMoss, Iowa State University

Virtual Meeting, University of Northern Iowa

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Saturday, February 20th
9:00 AM

Keynote: Spin, lattice, and charge excitations in 2D magnet CrI3

Rui He, Texas Tech University

Virtual Meeting, University of Northern Iowa

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

10:00 AM

Poster Session: Predicted Net Flux Versus Pressure Profiles During a Probe Descent into Uranus’s Atmosphere

Meredith Wieber, University of Minnesota, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Shahid Aslam, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Sciences Directorate
Maarten Roos, LightCurve Films
Patrick Irwin, University of Oxford, Department of Physics
Geronimo Villanueva, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Virtual Meeting, University of Northern Iowa

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Poster Session: Simulating Griffiths Phase Behavior

Aaron Janaszak, University of Northern Iowa

Virtual Meeting, University of Northern Iowa

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Poster Session: Tagging Pb-214 Decay Events via Toy Monte Carlo Method

Samuel Schleich, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Physics Department

Virtual Meeting, University of Northern Iowa

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

1:00 PM

Concurrent Workshops: APS IDEA: A New Initiative and Up Your Outreach Game!

Geoffrey Potvin, Florida International University
Amanda Williams, Society of Physics Students

Virtual Meeting, University of Northern Iowa

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Poster Sessions and Concurrent Workshops: Chapter Reports 101 & Career Tool Box

Taylor Walters, Society of Physics Students, Associate Councilor
Robert McTaggart, Society of Physics Students, Zone Councilor
Brad Conrad, Society of Physics Students, Director

Virtual Meeting, University of Northern Iowa

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM