Physical Sciences Resource Center (PSRC)

March 6-7, 2009
Meeting Flyer

The Spring Meeting of the CSAAPT will be held at Lord Fairfax Community College-Middletown Campus in Middletown, VA. The local organizer of the meeting is Bill Warren, BWARREN@lfcc.edu. Please send your title and abstracts directly to Bill Warren.

Information about the Middletown campus may be found here including a pdf building map. The registration fee for this meeting is $10. First time high school attendees will have their registration fee waived.

Here is a current list of submitted talks.

Meeting Highlights

• Friday Afternoon Workshop-3:45pm, Room 220 of the Science and Health Professions Building

• Friday Evening Banquet-6pm, Common Area of the Science and Health Professions Building

• Friday Night Speaker Dr. George Ludwig, NASA-7pm, William H. McCoy Special Events Center

• Saturday Morning Presentations (list of talks)-Room 145 of the Science and Health Professions Building

• We have a $50 gift certificate from Vernier that will offered as a door prize for a high school teacher.

Workshop

• “A Smorgasborg of Vernier Sensors and Software” presented by Bill Warren, Friday from 3:45 until 5:45.

  • The workshop will be in Room 220 of the Science and Health Professions (SHP) building (the only two-story building on campus).

• A second workshop (second helping!) will most likely be offered after Saturday's talks. Stay tuned for details.

Friday Night Talk--Public Invited

• “The Foundations of Radiation Belt Research,” Dr. George H. Ludwig NASA – Retired 215 Aspen Trail Winchester, VA 22602. As James Van Allen's graduate student Dr. Ludwig designed and built the first U.S. satellite, Explorer I.
  
  Abstract
  The United States undertook the launching of an artificial Earth satellite as part of its contribution to the International Geophysical Year. The Vanguard program was established to meet that commitment, and it developed a launch vehicle, ground station network, and suite of scientific payloads, including the cosmic ray experiment proposed by James A. Van Allen. Although Vanguard eventually exceeded all of its pre-stated goals, the preemptive launches of Sputniks I and II by the Soviets in October and November 1957 spurred the U.S. into a frenzy of activity, resulting in the launches of Explorers I and III in January and March of 1958. The data from those two satellites quickly revealed the lower boundary of an unexpected region of high intensity radiation trapped in the Earth's magnetic field. The original announcement in May 1958 stated that the radiation was probably composed of either protons or electrons, and that, if electrons, it was probably bremsstrahlung formed in the satellite shell.
   

• The lecture will be at 7pm in the William H. McCoy Special Events Center, accessible through main entrance to LFCC in building to right.

Contributed Talks

• 15 Minutes, including questions.  Talk Title and Abstract should be sent by e-mail to Bill Warren (bwarren@lfcc.edu).

• The Saturday talks will be in Room 145 of the Science and Health Professions (SHP) building (only two-story building on campus).

Meals:

• Please email Bill Warren (bwarren@lfcc.edu) by March 4 if you are attending Friday's dinner and/or Saturday's lunch so he can get that number to the caterer's. Saturday breakfast is included in the registration fee. Include any dietary preferences/restrictions in that email

• Friday Dinner:  Lasagna, rolls, large salad, dessert, iced tea $7.50. This will be at 6PM in the Common Area of the Science and Health Professions Building.

• Saturday Breakfast: Baked goods including muffins, danishes, scones, etc.; coffee, OJ, water 

• Lunch: Boxed lunches with deli sandwich, cole slaw, chips, cookie, iced tea, sodas $6.50

Lodging

Mention that you are coming to a meeting at Lord Fairfax Community College to get the special rates quoted below. All include a complementary continental breakfast.

• Comfort Inn, In Stephens City (about 5 miles), No restaurant on premises, $60, (540) 869-6500

• Super 8, Middletown (less than a mile), No restaurant on premises, $55, (540) 868-1800

•  Wayside Inn, Middletown (less than a mile), Restaurant and tavern. Continental breakfast for guests, $85, (540) 869-1797, (877) 946-3585, www.alongthewayside.com. This is a historic inn with antique furnishing, no TV or internet  in rooms (available in common areas ).

Directions

• Take the northernmost entrance to LFCC (Middletown campus) off U.S. 11, the one closest to the two-story building. Park in the lot to your left. Registration, workshop, dinner and Saturday sessions are in this building.

• Friday evening lecture will be in the William H. McCoy Special Events Center, accessible through main entrance to LFCC in building to right.

• Information about the Middletown campus may be found here including a pdf building map.

 If you have questions about our organization, meetings or anything else please do not hesitate to contact any of our officers.