All times are in the Eastern Time zone. Optional activities are italicized.
Friday, January 19
Time | Event | Location |
1:00pm – 6:00pm | Check-in | Howey Physics Building Room S105 |
3:00pm – 5:00pm | Optional Intro to Java | Howey L4 |
4:00pm- 5:00pm | Optional Intro to Python | Boggs B5 |
1:00pm – 5:30pm | Optional Lab tours (Including but not limited to): Fenton (Biophysics), Goldman (Biophysics), Matsumoto (Soft Matter), Yunker (Biophysics/Soft Matter), Curtis (Biophysics), Chapman (AMO), and DeHeer/Berger (Condensed Matter). | Howey Physics Building, Gilbert Hillhouse Boggs, Molecular Sciences and Engineering Building |
6:00pm-7:00pm | Bus transportation to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens | Bus pickup at Howey |
7:30pm – 9:00pm | Dinner & Welcome Address & Panel #1 “What can you do with a physics degree outside academia?“ | Atlanta Botanical Gardens |
9:00pm – 11:00pm | Optional Tour the Gardens | Atlanta Botanical Gardens |
Saturday, January 20
Time | Event | Location |
7:30am – 8:30am | Breakfast | CULC — Atrium |
8:30am – 9:45am | Plenary Talk with Dr. Zelda Gills | Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons (CULC) — Auditorium |
9:45am – 10:45am | Workshop Session #1 | CULC — Classrooms |
10:45am – 11:15 am | Coffee Break | CULC — Atrium |
11:15am – 12:30pm | Panel #2 “Research, internships, study abroad, REUs — What can you do during your undergrad?“ | CULC — Auditorium |
12:30pm | Group Photo | CULC Atrium |
12:30pm – 1:50pm | Lunch | CULC / Tech Green |
2:00pm – 3:30pm | Keynote Speaker Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell | CULC — Auditorium |
3:30pm | APS Survey | CULC — Auditorium |
3:30pm – 4:00pm | Coffee Break | CULC — Atrium |
4:00pm – 5:30pm | Student Talks Session | CULC — Auditorium |
5:30pm – 6:30pm | Student Poster Session | CULC — Second Floor Balcony |
6:30pm – 7:15pm | Dinner | CULC — Atrium |
7:30pm – 8:30pm | Plenary Talk with Dr. Annalisa Bracco | CULC — Auditorium |
8:30pm | Optional Social Event w/ Emory University **Disclaimer: There are limited spaces available for this social event. It is on a first come, first serve basis.** | Meet outside CULC, Bus to Emory |
8:45pm | Optional Social Event: Karaoke + Touch the Moon and Mars at Georgia Tech | CULC 144 |
Sunday, January 21
Time | Event | Location |
8:30am – 9:30am | Breakfast | CULC — Atrium |
9:30am – 10:30am | Workshop Session #2 | CULC — Classrooms |
10:30am – 11:00am | Coffee Break | CULC — Atrium |
11:00 am – 12:00pm | Workshop Session #3 | CULC — Auditorium |
12:00pm – 1:00pm | Lunch | CULC / Tech Green |
1:00pm – 2:15pm | Plenary Talk with Dr. Michelle Gaines | CULC — Auditorium |
2:15pm – 3:00pm | Panel #3 “Is grad school right for me?“ | CULC — Auditorium |
3:00pm – 3:30pm | Awards and Closing Ceremonies | CULC — Auditorium |