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Department of Physics and Astronomy
APS CUWiP at West Virginia University
Fri, Jan 19 – Sun, Jan 21, 2024
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Conference Program

 

Agenda Overview

Updates and details will be added so be sure to check back for more information.

Day 1 — Friday 01/19/2024

Date Event
12:00 PM - 4:45 PM Cancelled: Arrival and Conference Check In: Ground Floor, White Hall
Attendees may check in at Dinner at Hotel Morgan, or Saturday anytime during the conference
5:00 PM Conference Begins
Hotel Morgan, 127 High Street, Morgantown, WV
5:30 PM Dinner, Hotel Morgan
127 High Street, Morgantown, WV 26505
7:00 PM   Session Cancelled-Will be rescheduled
Parallel Sessions: Choose one session to attend:
Resume and CV Building Workshop, G06 White Hall
Physics Education Research, G04 White Hall
Exploring Tools for Effective Outreach, B51 White Hall
Introduction to Careers in Physics, G09 White Hall
8:00 PM Evening Planetarium Show, PL, top floor, White Hall
Board games, G06 White Hall
9:10 PM     Evening Planetarium Show, PL, top floor, White Hall
Stargazing and Rooftop Telescope Observing, PL, top floor, White Hall
Board games, G06 White Hall

Day 2 — Saturday 01/20/2024

Date Event
8:00 AM



8:30 AM
 Breakfast, grab and go-feel free to get seated in G09
Ground Floor, White Hall


Welcome Address with Opening Announcements
G09, White Hall
9:00 AM Plenary Talk featuring Dr. Julianne Pollard-Larkin
"Attitude, Aptitude and Altitude: My Journey from Physics Student to Physics Leader"
G09 White Hall
10:00 AM Coffee Break and Speed Networking
Ground Floor, G09 White Hall
11:00 AM Parallel Sessions: Choose one session to attend
Science Communications: A Diverse Dive into Communicating Science, G06 White Hall
Medical Physics Research, G04 White Hall
Work-Life Satisfaction (includes take-home booklet), B51 White Hall
Opportunities in Undergraduate Research, G09 White Hall
Exploring Tools for Effective Outreach, 103 White Hall
12:00 PM        
Lunch
Ground Floor, G09 White Hall
1:00 PM  
Parallel Sessions: Choose one session to attend
Physics and Climate Change, B51
Careers in Industry, G04 White Hall
Astrophysics Research, G06 White Hall
Women of Color Networking, G09 White Hall
Resume and CV Building Workshop, 103 White Hall
2:00 PM   
2024 Millie Dresselhaus CUWiP Keynote address featuring Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell

G09 White Hall/Virtual via Zoom
All questions for this session will done through Slido. See flyers on walls to download Slido.
3:30 PM
Break, Group Photo
4:30 PM
Parallel Sessions: Choose one session to attend 
Graduate School Panel, B51
Condensed Matter Research, G04 White Hall
LGBTQ+ Inclusiveness Panel, G06 White Hall
Planetary Science Research, G09 White Hall
Introduction to Careers in Physics, 103 White Hall
5:30 PM
Break

Poster set up
2nd Floor, White Hall
6:30 PM  
Dinner
Sponsored by Green Bank Observatory
Reynolds Hall
Reynolds Hall Commons, 88 Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, WV 26506
8:00 PM Bowling at the Mountainlair, 1550 University Avenue, Morgantown, WV 26506
or
movie night in G09 White Hall
or
WVU Planetarium show, in the Planetarium (PL) White Hall

Day 3 — Sunday 01/21/2024

Date Event
8:00 AM Breakfast
Ground Floor, White Hall
9:00 AM Parallel Sessions: Choose one session to attend
Python Essentials for Physics and Astronomy, 103 White Hall Computer Lab
Plasma and Space Physics Research, G09 White Hall
The Two Body Problem, B51 White Hall
Data Science Careers Panel, G04 White Hall
Physics Education Research, G06 White Hall
10:00 AM Coffee Break
Poster Session
2nd Floor, White Hall
11:00 AM Parallel Sessions: Choose one session to attend 
Public Policy Panel, B51 White Hall
Nuclear Physics Research, G09 White Hall
Finding Your Community in University: First Gen Students and 2 Year School Transfers, G04
Get the Facts Out: Careers in Education, G06 White Hall

Concurrent Lab Tours
Meet in first floor lobby, White Hall
12:00 PM
Reflection survey /Closing announcements
G09 White Hall
12:30 PM
Lunch 
Ground Floor, G09 White Hall
2:00 PM
Conference Concludes 

Green Bank Excursion-has been cancelled.
 

2024 Plenary Speaker:
Dr. Julianne Pollard-Larkin

Dr. Julianne Pollard-Larkin  is an Associate Professor of Medical Physics at the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX.  She is the Service Chief medical physicist in MD Anderson’s Thoracic Radiation Oncology Clinic.  Dr. Pollard-Larkin also conducts clinical research and mentors and teaches Medical Physics residents, Radiation Oncology residents and graduate students. Her primary research interests include Flash ultra-high dose radiotherapy, pacemaker radiotherapy dose measurements and improving the efficacy of motion management in thoracic treatments and radiobiology. Julianne is also the Chair of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine’s (AAPM) Equity, Diversity and Inclusion committee as well as the chair of the American Institute of Physics’ (AIP) Liaison Committee on Underrepresented Minorities (LCURM).

She received her PhD in Biomedical Physics at UCLA and her B.S. in Physics and Mathematics at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fl.  After receiving her PhD at UCLA, Julianne was accepted into the Medical Physics Residency program at MD Anderson in Houston, Tx.  Following her residency, Julianne was hired by MD Anderson as faculty.

Beyond her role in the clinic and classroom, Julianne is a firm believer in outreach and increasing the number of women and underrepresented populations in science.  Ensuring that more underrepresented students and women follow in her footsteps is Julianne’s passion. 

Julianne Pollard Larkin

Julianne Pollard-Larkin, 2024 CUWiP Plenary Speaker

 
 

2024 Millie Dresselhaus CUWiP Keynote Speaker: Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Jocelyn Bell Burnell inadvertently discovered pulsars as a graduate student in radio astronomy in Cambridge, opening up a new branch of astrophysics, work recognized by the award of a Nobel Prize to her supervisor.  

She has subsequently worked in many roles in many branches of astronomy, working part-time while raising a family. She is now a visiting academic in Oxford and the chancellor of the University of Dundee, Scotland. She has been president of the UK’s Royal Astronomical Society, in 2008 became the first female president of the Institute of Physics for the UK and Ireland, and in 2014 the first female president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She was one of the small group of women scientists that set up the Athena SWAN scheme.

She has received many honors, including a $3 million Breakthrough Prize in 2018. The public appreciation and understanding of science have always been important to her, and she is much in demand as a speaker and broadcaster. In her spare time, she gardens, listens to choral music, and is active in the Quakers. She has co-edited an anthology of poetry with an astronomical theme, Dark Matter; Poems of Space.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the 2024 Millie Dresselhaus CUWiP Keynote Speaker

 
 

Meet the Speakers

Get to know the speakers and panelists for CUWiP 2024 at West Virginia University.

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Millie Dresselhaus Keynote Speaker

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Julianne Pollard Larkin, Plenary Speaker