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2018 AAPT-ALPhA Award
February 4, 2019
The AAPT/ALPhA Award Committee has announced the 2018 recipient of the award is Natalie Ferris, Dickinson College. Ferris, under the guidance of faculty supervisors David Jackson and Brett Pearson, is recognized for her project on the Double-slit interference with partially-coherent light. She developed this advanced laboratory experiment at Dickinson.
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2018 Barbara Lotze Scholarship Winners
January 24, 2019
The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) announced the winners of the 2018 Barbara Lotze Scholarship for Future Teachers.
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AAPT 2019 Winter Meeting Plenary Speakers
November 1, 2018
College Park, Maryland, United States, November 1, 2018—The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) is the leading international scientific society for physics educators, physicists, and industrial scientists. Dedicated to enhancing the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching, AAPT provides programs that encourage teaching practical application of physics principles, support continuing professional development, and reward excellence in physics education. The 2019 Winter Meeting in Houston, Texas, will take place on January 12-15, 2019. Plenary sessions will feature the Oersted Medal winner, Gay Stewart; Jack G. Hehn, Melba Newell Phillips Awardee; Kip Stephen Thorne, theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate; and Michelle Feynman, the daughter of Richard Feynman.
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David P. Jackson receives the association's Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to AAPT
July 10, 2018
AAPT has announced that David P. Jackson will receive the association's Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to AAPT, during the 2018 Summer Meeting in Washington, DC.
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