News Release
April 2000
Moravian College will play host to the American Association
of Physics Teachers (AAPT) spring joint meetings of the Central and
Southeastern Pennsylvania sections on Friday, April 7, and Saturday,
April 8. Highlighting the meetings will be a stimulating symposium featuring
presentations on important cutting-edge research in the field of science
and physics. The association (AAPT) is composed of high school teachers
and college professors who teach physics and related subjects.
Among the thought-provoking symposium presentations will
be a lecture by Nobel Laureate, Dr. William Phillips, National Institute
of Standards and Technology, on Friday, April 7, at 8:00 p.m. His presentation,
Almost Absolute Zero: The Story of Laser Cooling and Trapping, is based
on the Nobel Lecture given previously in Stockholm. It is aimed at a
general audience, but discusses some of the newest and most exciting
developments in physics and the use of laser technology. The lecture
will be held in the Dana Lecture Hall in Collier Hall of Science. It
is the one symposium lecture that is open to public.
Other highlights of the symposium include a lecture by
Dr. Douglas A. Anderson, Schnabel Engineering Associates, entitled,
Control of Vibrations from Blasting and Implosions. The lecture will
be held on Friday, April 7, 3:00 p.m., in the Collier Hall of Science.
Anderson will discuss the application of destructive interference as
a means of controlling mine and quarry blast vibration. He will also
discuss implosion vibration control by the modification of the fall
characteristics, with a focus on the Kingdome in Seattle.
Dr. Ann Schmiedekamp, a professor at Penn State-Abington
and NASA Ambassador, will present, Fire and Ice: The Galileo Mission
to Jupiter Saturday, on Saturday, April 8, at 1:00 p.m., in the Collier
Hall of Science. Schmiedekamp will focus on the Galileo mission to Jupiter,
which has been one of NASA's biggest success stories. She will discuss
recent flyby data that has revealed new facets of the Jovian system.
Some of the interesting details will be presented with tidbits that
could be incorporated into physics courses.
A workshop, "Teaching About Momentum and Impulse,"
will be held on Friday, April 7, beginning at 8:30 a.m. The workshop
will be led by Pat Callahan, Dave McCachren, and Maxine Willis. It is
open to math and science teachers as well as to college students who
plan to become math or physics teachers.
Friday’s program includes a presentation of a variety
of papers. Among the papers presented will be Roller Coaster Construction:
A Culminating Project, presented by Christopher Sterman, Jerry Weiner
and Dan Schuchat, Bensalem High School.
Saturday’s program also includes a presentation
of papers from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Interesting titles include, The role
of video analysis in teaching high school physics, presented by David
M. Drummer of Kutztown High School and Acoustic Evidence for Radiation
Pressure, presented by Andrew Sensenig and John Dooley of Millersville
University.
Moravian College is a private, coeducational, selective
liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing its
founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college.
Visit Moravian’s Web site at www.moravian.edu.
