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2010 NSBP Annual Conference

Lawrence Norris — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:04:49 GMT

Dear Members and Supporters of NSBP,

First, I would like to wish you all a happy and prosperous new year.

I am writing to inform you that the NSBP/NSHP Annual Meeting which was scheduled for February 11-13, 2010 will now be held as an NSBP Meeting on Saturday only, February 13^th from 8:00 am to 6:30pm at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington DC.

The full meeting had to be greatly shortened due to a substantial reduction of anticipated funding for the meeting.

We anticipate that there will be two technical sessions in the morning from 8:30-12:00, followed by the NSBP Business meeting, where we will hold elections for officers, provide a financial status of the organization, hold discussions for future NSBP activities/conferences, and answer any questions regarding the recent series of events.

There will be a joint plenary session that has been jointly organized by AAPT, APS, NSBP, and NSHP at 4:00 pm on the future of physics education.

Please plan to attend. You can register for the meeting and secure lodging by going to

http://www.nsbp.org/conference

The reason for the short fall of funding for the conference is best summarized by noting the following scenario and sequences of events:

As you may know, the NSBP Annual Meeting had primary funding from the National Science Foundation, with additional, albeit, smaller funding from other federal agencies. The original grant was for 5 years, which started in 2004 and went through 2008. NSBP needs to sign a contract with the conference hotel more than 1 year prior to holding the meeting and provide substantial down payments to secure the venue. Additional substantial payments must also be made to contract with the conference services that assists NSBP in securing travel for the student attendees. To make these payments, typically, some Board members have to extended loans to the society, since the NSF grant works on a reimbursement basis only, i.e., there are no cash advances. For the 2004 meeting, NSBP received its first round of funding shortly after the meeting, which allowed us to pay the encumbered debt to Board members, conference venue, and other conference related activities. This process worked effectively from 2004-2008.

As the NSF grant was nearing its end in 2008, NSBP, jointly with NSHP, submitted a renewal to NSF in late summer of 2008. This grant renewal was to continue the conference for several years, starting in 2009. In January, 2009, one month before the 2009 Annual Meeting, members of both NSBP and NSHP met with NSF officials left believing that funding would be coming, and as you may all recall, we had a very successful 2009 Annual Meeting.

In June, NSBP was informed that our submitted proposal from 2008 would be funded, however, the funding could only be used for the next conference year of 2010.

This unfortunate circumstance prevented NSBP from covering the encumbrance we accrued from the 2009 conference.

In October, NSF met with board members of NSBP and NSHP and NSF voiced their concern regarding the financial status of the 2009 conference. It was at this meeting that NSF withdrew their positive recommendation for an award. To try to mitigate the severity of the situation, NSF suggested that SURA serve as the contract awardee, and assist NSBP and NSHP in managing the conference, with the NSBP/NSHP program committee continuing to handle all programmatic aspects of the meeting .

During the next two months, a new proposal had to be written, along with a new budget, and negotiations with the conference venue, conference services, and, most importantly SURA, who, if they decided that they would manage the meeting, would be assuming the financial risk of the conference.

Clearly, this was a monumental task, trying to obtain positive outcomes from extremely sensitive negotiations, and all those involved had given it their all to have a positive outcome. Unfortunately, by the time all the components were in place, it was decided that it was too late to hold the conference. This led NSBP to remove the large student component of the meeting and reduce the meeting length from 3 days to a single day.

Going forward the NSBP leadership is working on various aspects of the organization that will reach out to its membership, as well as new revenue sources to not only meet our past expenses but also to diversify the financial resources for our future conferences and other programs. We are also working with our long-time supporters and partners, such as Brookhaven National Lab, to make sure that we have the kind of conference in 2011 that we had in 2004-2009. These are key topics and points for discussion that we will address during our business meeting.

This news, for many, is very saddening, since this meeting was the primary event that allowed Black and Hispanic physicists and engineers to come together and present their research findings, share their academic experiences with each other and seek out mentoring advice from professionals. This conference was seen by all as a keystone in the support and broadening of diversity in the sciences. It is our hope that your attendance will speak loudly to the support of this mission.

I hope to see you there.

Sincerely,

Peter Delfyett

President, NSBP

2010 NSBP Annual Conference
Sponsor: National Society of Black Physicists
Day: Saturday 13-Feb-10 8:00 AM
Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel 2500 Calvert Street NW (at Connecticut Ave.) Washington, DC 20008
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18-Jan-10 11:04 AM

2010 NSBP Annual Conference

Lawrence Norris — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:29:11 GMT

Dear Members and Supporters of NSBP,

First, I would like to wish you all a happy and prosperous new year.

The full meeting had to be greatly shortened due to a substantial reduction of anticipated funding for the meeting. We anticipate that there will be two technical sessions in the morning from 8:30-12:00, followed by the NSBP Business meeting, where we will hold elections for officers, provide a financial status of the organization, hold discussions for future NSBP activities/conferences, and answer any questions regarding the recent series of events. . There will be a joint plenary session that has been organized by AAPT, APS, NSBP, and NSHP at 4:00 pm on the future of physics education.

Please plan to attend. You can register for the meeting and secure lodging by going to

http://www.nsbp.org/conference

The reason for the short fall of funding for the conference is best summarized by noting the following scenario and sequences of events:

In June, NSBP was informed that our submitted proposal from 2008 would be funded, however, the funding could only be used for the next conference year of 2010.

This unfortunate circumstance prevented NSBP from covering the encumbrance we accrued from the 2009 conference.

I hope to see you there.

Sincerely,

Peter Delfyett

President, NSBP

18-Jan-10 9:29 AM

Two NSBP Members Win Major Awards

NSBP Headquarters — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Professor Adrienne Stiff-Roberts wins Presidential Early Career Award

Dr. Adrienne Stiff-Roberts was recently awarded one of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

The PECASE awards were commissioned by President Clinton to honor and support the extraordinary achievements of young scientists and engineers at the outset of their independent research careers. These Presidential awards are the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers just beginning their independent careers.

Dr. Stiff-Roberts is an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University. Her research involves the design, fabrication, and characterization of opto-electronic/photonic devices, particularly those in the infrared spectrum. She also does research on multifunctional sensors featuring hybrid nanomaterials.

She is a graduate of Spelman College and the University of Michigan.

Professor Nadya Mason wins Denise Denton Award
Dr. Nadya Mason is the 2009 winner of the Denise Denton Emerging Leader Award. Dr. Mason is currently and assistant professor of physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is co-chair of the NSBP Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Section.

Given by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI), the Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award is given each year to a junior non-tenured faculty member under the age of 40 at an academic or research institution pursuing high-quality research in any field of engineering or physical sciences while contributing significantly to promoting diversity in his/her environment. The Denice Denton Award is underwritten by Microsoft.

Dr. Mason's research focuses on electron behavior in low-dimensional, correlated materials, where enhanced novel interactions are expected to give novel results. She is particularly interested in the effect of reduced dimensionality and correlations on electron coherence, and uses novel fabrication techniques to study quantum properties of carbon nanotubes, quantum dots and wires. She has several publications in top-flight journals including Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In addition to her research, Dr. Mason is a spokesperson for increasing diversity in physics and for creating a climate in academia that embraces and supports minorities and women.

She is a graduate of Harvard University and Stanford University.

26-Aug-09 9:00 AM

Howard University Researchers Study the Connection Between African Weather Events and US Hurricanes

Dr. Gregory Jenkins — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Each year from June 1^st through November 30^th, Atlantic hurricanes pose an immediate threat to residents of the Caribbean, Central America and the United States. The majority of Atlantic forming hurricanes evolve from westward propagating African Easterly Waves (AEWs), elongated areas of relatively low atmospheric pressure that are convectively transported as an extended wave train.

AEWs have a wavelength of approximately 3000 km and a frequency of 3-5 days. In a given summer season, nearly 100 AEWs will emerge from West Africa, but only 10% will be associated with hurricanes in the US.

While AEWs are associated with some of nature’s most devastating weather to the Western Hemisphere (Hurricanes Georges, Mitch, Katrina), these disturbances bring life-giving rains to West Africa and its people. A wet season is often associated with higher than normal number of Atlantic tropical disturbances.

The processes linking AEWs in West Africa to Atlantic Hurricanes are poorly understood, in part because of a poor observing system in West Africa. There are only 3 stations – located in Dakar, Senegal, Bamako, Mali, Niamey, Niger -- where daily measurements are made of the entire troposphere, and there are no comprehensive field campaigns, i.e., coordinated measurements of atmospheric and meteorological variables at a range of altitudes over many square miles over some period of time.

One of the largest and most extensive international field campaigns for examining AEWs was the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE) field campaign with its command station in Dakar Senegal in 1974. But in 2006, for only the second time in 32 years, a large-scale field campaign, the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) took place in West Africa and the extreme eastern Atlantic.

Sponsored by NASA, faculty and students from Howard University and other US universities helped coordinate the field campaign and participated in the aircraft and ground measurements during the summer of 2006 in Senegal and Cape Verde. Faculty, staff and students at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics- Siemon Fongang (LPAO-SF) at the University of Cheikh Anta Diop also played a critical role in measurements in Senegal.

Some of the low-pressure zones measured during this field campaign eventually developed into tropical cyclones (Debby and Helene). So this new data set is providing new insights on tropical cyclone genesis in the extreme Eastern Atlantic as well as the linkages to Saharan dust and rain processes over the continent.

After a synthesis and analysis workshop in June 2007, students from the US and Senegal presented their results at the January 2008 meeting of the American Meteorological Society in New Orleans.

Rainfall measurements will continue in Senegal, and a solar power array is being commissioned to continue long-term measurements of infrared and solar radiation, aerosols and tropospheric ozone.

Future endeavors include: increasing measurement capacity in other parts of Senegal and in Guinea.

"These improvements are critically important for capacity building and the collaborative work at Howard University and the University of Cheikh Anta Diop," says Dr. Gregory Jenkins, leader of the US-based work and chair of the physics department at Howard.

"We believe that these measurements will help in understanding the processes while providing new information for numerical weather prediction models thereby increasing the predictability of West African AEWs to develop into powerful Atlantic Hurricanes.

At the same time, West African, African-American and Hispanic American students are being prepared to serve and educate their respective communities now and for potential 21st century climate change."

Many uncertainties exist with climate change projections for West African, but inferences may be possible through the AEW/hurricane connection.

Additional Photos

Drs. Gregory Jenkins and Amadou Gaye (Cheikh Anta Diop University) with US Ambassador Janice Jacob (top) and Sengalese Research Ministers Kene Gassama Dia During the 2006 field campaign (image)

Howard and Cheikh Anta Diop students install a ground monitoring station in Senegal (image)

Additional information

[1] Burpee, R., 1972: The Origin and Structure of Easterly Waves in the Lower Troposphere of North Africa. J. Atmos. Sci., 29, 77–90.

[2] GATE, 1974: International and Scientific Management Group of GATE, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 55, 711–744.

[3] Redelsperger, J-L. et al. (2006), African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis: An International Research Project and Field Campaign, BAMS, 87, 1739-1746.

[4] Jenkins, G.S. A, Pratt, A. Heymsfield, 2008: Possible linkages between Saharan dust and Tropical Cyclone Rain Band Invigoration in Eastern Atlantic during NAMMA-06, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08815, doi:10.1029/2008GL034072

[5] Jenkins, G. S. and A. Pratt, 2008: Saharan Dust, Lightning and Tropical Cyclones in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic during NAMMA-06, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L12804, doi:10.1029/2008GL033979

[6] Grant, D., et al., 2008: Ozone Transport by Mesoscale Convective Systems in Western Senegal, Atmospheric Environment, in press.

[7] Kamga, A. F., G. S. Jenkins, A. T. Gaye, A. Garba, A. Sarr, A. Adedoyin, 2005: Evaluating the NCAR CSM over West Africa: Present-day and the 21st Century A1 Scenario, JGR, 110, doi:10.1029/2004JD004689.

7-Sep-08 12:00 PM

NSBP Participates in Sullivan Summit S&T Workshop

NSBP Headquarters — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Dr. Kennedy Reed, a former president of NSBP, and Dr. Adrian Hightower recently participated in pre-Sullivan Summit Science and Technology Workshop in Arusha, Tanzania. The two-day workshop was held immediately prior to the Leon H. Sullivan Summit VIII and was sponsored by Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, with assistance from the U.S. Department of State.

The workshop was aimed at promoting cooperation and interaction between African and American scientists, particularly in the physical sciences.

“The idea was to try to bring a select group of scientists and science policymakers [together] with their African counterparts … to try to discuss ways of activating collaboration,” according to Dr. Osama O. Awadelkarim, a professor of engineering science and mechanics at Penn State University.

The outcomes of the workshop were immediately reported to the delegates of the 2008 Leon H. Sullivan Summit. The Sullivan Summits bring together political and business leaders, civil society and multinational leaders as well as members of academic institutions to focus attention and resources on Africa’s development. Seven African Heads of State attended this year’s summit.

The resolutions that emerged from the workshop called for the creation of national and Pan-African science foundations and innovation funds that provide merit-based funding for science and engineering, the establishment of new and strengthening of existing African institutions of science and technology, and the promotion of conditions conducive to the creation, utilization and retention of scientific and engineering talent in Africa.

NSBP was recognized as having had a particularly strong impact on the development of formal U.S.-Africa exchange programs as well as public, private and university partnership that are integrated with local African networks, two ideas that were also amongst the workshop resolutions. NSBP members at Harvard University, MIT, Howard University, Hampton University, Florida A&M University, University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Maryland at College Park, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Clark Atlanta University, Southern University at Baton Rouge, North Carolina A&T State University, Western Kentucky University and many other places have built and maintained strong collaborations with colleagues in Africa.

Princeton University professor, Dr. Wole Sobeyjo, discussed his highly successful US-Africa Materials Institute. The institute is a network of US and African researchers working on problems in thin films, biomaterials, and advanced structural materials. With NSF funding the institute supports scientific visits and workshops on both sides of the Atlantic. The institute also has a library of web-based learning tools on various topics in materials science.

Last year when NSBP won a Kellogg Foundation grant to increase the number of Black South African astronomers, Vanderbilt University, where grant co-PI, Dr. Charles McGruder, currently chair of NSBP's international affairs committee and also a former president of NSBP, is an adjunct professor, committed funds for its physics and astronomy faculty to partner with South African colleagues.

In just 12 months Vanderbilt professor and NSBP Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Section Chair, Dr. James Dickerson, has a couple of manuscripts in preparation, and has one patent pending with his South African colleague. A team of Fisk and Vanderbilt students led by Professor Keivan Stassun has built a telescope that will be shipped to the South African Astronomical Observatory. Astronomers on both continents will use it in one of the hottest areas in astronomy – the hunt for earth-like planets circling other stars.

The Vanderbilt program also includes student exchanges, a Vanderbilt student is already in South Africa, and a University of Cape Town student is due in Nashville in one month.

"We are looking forward to building upon our legacy," says McGruder, "including continuing the great work of EBASI, supporting researchers, our sister-societies and institutions on the continent, and extending our reach to mathematics, chemistry, biosciences and engineering."

5-Jul-08 5:00 AM

Bjorken-Mtingwa Theory to be Tested at the Large Hadron Collider

Nicole Majoras — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:00:00 GMT

By Nicole Majoras, Communication of Science and Technology Program, Vanderbilt University

A theory of intrabeam scattering developed by Sekazi Mtingwa, former president of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), and his colleague James Bjorken will soon be tested at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.

The LHC is more than 16 miles in circumference, and will be the world’s most powerful particle accelerator. After nearly a decade of construction, the first LHC beams will be produced next month.

In particle accelerator beams, intrabeam scattering causes the physical size of the beam as well as the distribution of particle momentum to increase. Mtingwa and Bjorken developed their theory, which quantifies the spatial and momentum extent of particle beams, in 1983 while they were both at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Fermilab is the home of the Tevatron, for now still the highest energy particle collider in the world.

“There was a major crisis in the US high-energy physics program because the Tevatron’s performance was nowhere close to design specifications,” recalls Mtingwa. “At first no one knew what the cause was, but after a lot of analysis it turned out that intrabeam scattering was the main culprit, and the Bjorken-Mtingwa theory solved the mystery.”

“We wanted to make sure that as we collected antiprotons in the accumulator storage ring before sending them out to the main Tevatron collider, the beams did not grow too much in size. We used field theory to derive our results. We happened to be in the right place at the right time to use our high-energy theory techniques to solve an applied beam dynamics problem. So far, the theory has stood the test of time since 1983,” says Mtingwa.

In fact, today the Bjorken-Mtingwa Theory is one of the most widely used beam design equations in accelerator physics. The performance of practically all modern particle accelerators from hadron colliders, to synchrotron light sources, to electron and positron damping rings are constrained by intrabeam scattering. Before 1983, accelerators were not sufficiently intense for intrabeam scattering to be important. Now, the strong-focusing theory of Mtingwa and Bjorken is a part of almost every accelerator design if the intrabeam scattering is to be kept under control.

Though the LHC will have much greater energy and intensity than the Tevatron, Mtingwa fully expects the theory to hold up at the LHC and there to be no problems.

He points out, however, that the beauty of science is that you never know what you will discover next.

Dr. Mtingwa is currently a Senior Lecturer at MIT. He earned undergraduate degrees in physics and mathematics at MIT, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his masters and Ph.D in theoretical high-energy physics from Princeton University. After performing post doctoral work at the University of Rochester and the University of Maryland, Mtingwa moved to Fermilab. From there he moved to North Carolina A&T State University, where he was chair of the physics department and laid the foundation for the current graduate program in physics. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard and at Morgan State University. Mtingwa is involved in a number of national and international initiatives. He is a former Board Member and one of the founders of the African Laser Centre, a network of thirty laboratories throughout Africa that are engaged in laser-related research and training. From 1998-2008 he served on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee. Mtingwa serves on the American Physical Society’s Panel on Public Affairs, for which he co-chaired a 2007 study on electricity storage technologies and just concluded chairing another study on U.S. workforce readiness to meet future nuclear challenges.

In 2007, Mtingwa received the Science Education Award and was the keynote speaker at the National Council of Ghanaian Associations’ March 10 Benefit Gala in New York City that celebrated the 50^th Anniversary of Ghana’s Independence, having been the first African country south of the Sahara to gain independence from colonialism. The award was for outstanding contributions to science education among African peoples.

He was President of NSBP from 1992-94.

The Bjorken-Mtingwa Theory was first reported in Particle Accelerators, Volume 13, Page 115. A new approximation was recently reported in African Physical Review, Volume 2, Issue 1.

(full bio, Physics Central)

28-Jun-08 5:00 PM

Reception on Capitol Hill - What Makes a Good Math Teacher?

Peter Delfyett — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Save the Date: NSBP to Host Reception for Rep. Bill Foster

NSBP, along with NSHP and APS, will co-host a reception for Representative Bill Foster on Wednesday, July 16th.. The event will be in room B369 of the Rayburn House Office Building, 6:00-7:30pm. All are invited.

Dr. Bill Foster is a Ph.D. physicist and a former researcher at Fermi National Lab. There he played a leading role in several groundbreaking experiments in elementary particle physics, and managed several multimillion dollar projects. He is an APS Fellow.

He recently became a Member of Congress after winning a special election in Illinois to replace former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert. Congressman Foster represents the district that contains Fermi National Lab. He is 1 of 3 physicists currently serving in the Congress.

Update on FY08 Funding for Science

The supplemental appropriations bill is still progressing in the House. The current effort to pass a supplemental appropriation bill is primarily intended to fund the war efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The President has said that he will veto the bill if it contains funding for domestic programs, including science. Ignoring that threat, the Senate passed a bill that provided a $1.2B appropriation for science by a veto-proof majority. But it is not clear if the House is willing to do likewise. Recent statements from Speaker Pelosi indicate that the House is more concerned about passing a bill that the President will not veto.

Please continue to call and write to your Representative in the House and to the White House to tell them that it is important to fully fund the America COMPETES Act this fiscal year.

What Makes A Good Math Teacher?

The National Mathematics Advisory Panel recently reported that they could not conclusively determine what makes a good math teacher. In particular, the panel could not draw conclusions about the features of teachers' professional training that affects their knowledge, instructional practice, or their students’ achievement. The panel's analysis also could not reveal the specific mathematical knowledge and instructional skill needed for effective teaching, especially at the elementary and middle school level.

Tell us what you think. What makes a good math teacher? Go to NSBP forum.

18-Jun-08 4:00 AM

Getting involved in Science Policy

Peter Delfyett — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:00:00 GMT

If you are interested in getting more involved in science policy I ask you to try this strategy,

- call your Representative or Senators in their local district office,
- ask if they have a science adviser or some kind of science advisory committee.

In most cases the answer will be no.When you get that answer, or even if the answer turns out to be yes,offer to volunteer in their office as an adviser on science and technology matters.

Why the district office? Because through the district office you will avoid the "noise" of Washington, DC. By contacting the district office you will make it clear that you are one of their direct constituents, and that you are interested in science policy issues. Most members of the House and Senate would welcome the expertise of an actual scientist on their staff or volunteer pool, and physicists are especially well-regarded on the Hill. In the Congress, science is at least one topic that is handled in a bi-partisan, or maybe even non-partisan basis. You will be surprised by the impact you will have.

The policy pages at the NSBP website have background information on some of the current issues in science policy. There are several other information sources available including products from the American Institute of Physics, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and our other sister societies.

Please feel free to contact the NSBP Office for more information and support, and please let me know how this works out for you.

Peter J. Delfyett, Ph.D.
President, National Society of Black Physicists

6-Jun-08 5:00 PM

Be a Part of the Process: House to take Key Action on Science Funding This Week

Peter Delfyett — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:00:00 GMT

This week Congress returns from its Memorial Day recess to consider FY08 supplemental appropriations bills. Most of the money in the supplemental bills is for continued funding of the war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the Senate version at least also contains provisions for $1.2B appropriations to the various federal science agencies. If enacted into law, this bill would correct the disappointing FY08 appropriations for science that became law back in December 2007.

You can be a part of the process by writing to your Senators and Represenative in Congress and encourage them to pass the $1.2B supplemental appropriations for science.

Write to your Members of Congress now

The President has been threatening a veto of the bill if it contains any domestic spending. The thinking has been to agree on the war funding now, then deal with domestic spending later.

That does not seem to be politically possible because despite the President's veto threat, on May 15th the full Senate approved -by a veto-proof majority- an FY08 supplemental appropriation bill that includes domestic spending provisions, including $1.2B for the various science agencies. The letters that many NSBP members and supporters sent to Senators, as well as the calls made to their offices, undoubtedly played a role in moving the Senate to take this action.

How did your Senators vote?

The House had considered and eventually voted down a version of the bill did not include such provisions for science. The House was more deferential to the President, and there is a group of key House Democrats that are concerned about the overall cost of the bill.

The House will eventually approve some version of the supplemental appropriations bill. But before the appropriations becomes law, and the funding becomes available to support science, including student and postdoc stipends, there are two major steps that must be taken. First, the House and the Senate versions must be same before it can go to the President for signature. The two versions will be reconciled via a conference committee, and there must be a final revote in both chambers approving this committee's final version of the bill. Second, the President must actually sign the bill.

Letting your views be known with your Senators, your Representative and the White House will definitely encourage them to take the necessary actions to correct the FY08 budget for science. NSBP encourages you to call and write your Senators and Representative today.

6-Jun-08 5:00 PM

NSBP Creates Student Council

NSBP Headquarters — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:15:00 GMT

The NSBP board of directors recently approved the creation of the NSBP Student Council. The council will be part of the new Committee on Chapters and consist of representatives of NSBP college chapters and 2-4 “at-large” slots appointed by the NSBP President.

“We are very interested in establishing strong college chapters as a mechanism for increasing student participation in NSBP, and in turn their greater participation in the entire global physics enterprise,” says Peter Delfyett, the incoming president of NSBP.

Starting an NSBP college chapter takes a group of at least 5 individual members and the support of the physics department chair. The forms for starting an NSBP chapter are available at the NSBP website, or from contacting NSBP headquarters. Any student group applying to establish an NSBP chapter, should also consider being an SPS, MRS, OSA and SPIE chapter as well.

"Amongst these professional societies our goal is to create at team to recruit and retain more African American students in physics and astronomy, and to continue to support them in their careers after graduation. Professional societies are great at providing career information and resources, all students should get as much information and resources as they possibly can," says Delfyett.

The Committee on Chapters will support college chapters by providing management and activity advice. In addition to 2-4 members appointed by the NSBP President, the committee will also include the members of the NSBP Student Council.

There will be a session on student chapter development at the upcoming NSBP/NSHP conference in Washington on Friday, February 22nd. In the meantime for more information on NSBP chapters please contact NSBP Headquarters.

20-Dec-07 2:15 PM

President and Mrs. Obama to Host White House Star Party

noemail@nsbp.org — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

On Wednesday October 7th, the President will award the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in a ceremony at the White House.

In the evening, the President and First Lady will host an event at the White House for middle-school students to highlight the President's commitment to science, engineering and math education as the foundation of this nation's global technological and economic leadership and to express his support for astronomy in particular - for its capacity to promote a greater awareness of our place in the universe, expand human knowledge, and inspire the next generation by showing them the beauty and mysteries of the night sky.

President Obama will kick-off the event with a brief address that will be streamed live on the whitehouse.gov website (estimated beginning at 8 pm EDT).

The program at the White House includes more than 20 telescopes set up on the White House lawn focused on Jupiter, the Moon and select stars; interactive dome presentations, and hands on activities including scale models of the Solar System, impact cratering, and investigating meteorites and Moon rocks.

Professor Jim Gates Sworn In as a Member of the Maryland State Board of Education

noemail@nsbp.org — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley administered the oath of office to Dr. Sylvester (Jiim) Gates for a seat on the Maryland State Board of Education.

Governor O'Malley had nominated Professor Gates to the board back in March 2009 when he remaked, “I am especially proud to make a number of appointments to fill key leadership positions on our State Board of Education, the University System Board of Regents and the Community Colleges Boards of Trustees to continue the progress we have made in building the No. 1 ranked school system in America, and making college more affordable for our families.”

Professor Gates was also recently appointed by President Obama to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). PCAST is council of leading scientists and engineers that advise and help formulate policy for the President and Vice President in the many areas where understanding of science, technology, and innovation is important.

The Maryland State Board of Education is a 12-member body appointed by the Governor. Members bring to their task a wide range of professional and civic experiences. Members serve staggered four-year terms and may serve two full terms.

Dr. Gates is a noted theoretical physicist. He has been featured on NOVA PBS programs on physics, most notably “The Elegant Universe” in 2003. He is currently the John S. Toll Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Gates received both his Bachelor of Science and PhD degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His doctoral thesis was the first thesis at MIT to deal with supersymmetry, and is known for his work on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory. He was President of the National Society of Black Physicists from 1993-1995.

NSBP Members Participate in SciFest Africa

noemail@nsbp.org — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:00:00 GMT

NSBP members, Charles McGruder and Hakeem Oluseyi, are participating in SciFest Africa this week as special representatives of the United States.

Held annually in late March as South Africa's national science festival, SciFest Africa is a fun-filled event specially styled to make science, technology, engineering and mathematics accessible to and of interest to every-day people. Each year SciFest Africa offers over 550 events and activities, including exhibitions, educational theatre, lectures, hands-on workshops, excursions, a soap box derby, laser-shows, quizzes, Science Olympics,and whiz-bang science shows. It is the biggest science festival in sub-Saharan Africa. The 2008 Festival was attended by no less than 58,000 people.

Dr. McGruder, a former president of NSBP, will be giving two public lectures, one on the STARBASE project and another on the search for extra-solar planets. In a separate event Dr. Oluseyi will be lecturing on how dark matter and dark energy help explain the motion of galaxies.

Dr. McGruder is the director of NSBP's program to build capacity in astronomy in Southern Africa. While in South Africa he will also be meeting will government officials about South Africa's bid for the SKA telescope. Dr. Oluseyi has been a faculty member in NSBP's program, having taught classes in astrophysics in the National Astrophysics and Space Science Program at the University of Cape Town. Their participation in SciFest Africa is sponsored by the US State Department's Bureau of International Information Programs.

Governor Nominates Former NSBP President to the State Board of Education

noemail@nsbp.org — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley has nominated Dr. Sylvester (Jiim) Gates for a seat on the Maryland State Board of Education. In making these appointment Governor O'Malley remarked, I am especially proud to make a number of appointments to fill key leadership positions on our State Board of Education, the University System Board of Regents and the Community Colleges Boards of Trustees to continue the progress we have made in building the No. 1 ranked school system in America, and making college more affordable for our families. Getting our members in position to take on key public policy positions like this one has been a key initiative of the National Society of Black Physicists, says Dr. Charles McGruder, who was the president of the organization when the initiative started. Jim Gates was the first chair of NSBP's Public Policy Committee. Since the initiative began several years ago NSBP has conducted several policy briefings on Capitol Hill and at its annual conference. ...

Secretary of the Navy, Dr. Donald C. Winter, to be keynote speaker at conference of Black and Hispanic Physicists

noemail@nsbp.org — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Secretary of the Navy, Dr. Donald C. Winter, will be the Friday luncheon speaker at the 2008 Joint Annual Conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists on Friday, February 22, 2008. Dr. Winter is the 74th Secretary of the Navy, sworn into office on Jan. 3, 2006. As Secretary of the Navy, he leads America's Navy and Marine Corps Team and is responsible for an annual budget in excess of $125 billion and almost 900,000 people. Prior to becoming Secretary of the Navy, Dr. Winter served as a corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems sector. In that position he oversaw operation of the business and its 18,000 employees, providing information technology systems and services; systems engineering and analysis; systems development and integration; scientific, engineering, and technical services; and enterprise management services. Dr. Winter also served on the company's corporate policy council. ...

FAMU Physicists Discover Nanoscale Turbulence

noemail@nsbp.org — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:00:00 GMT

TALLAHASSEE—Florida A&M University’s (FAMU’s) distinguished professor of science and engineering, Dr. Joseph A. Johnson, III, along with Dr. Stephen Roberson (FAMU doctorate, Fall 2006), and Dr. Charlemagne Akpovo of FAMU have found first evidence of turbulent behavior in ionized gases which have a lifetime of less than 100 nanoseconds. (A nanosecond is one thousandth of one millionth of one second.) Laser induced plasmas in Nitrogen, Argon, Xenon, Neon and Krypton were studied using measuring speeds at rates in excess of 10 x109 per second. Turbulent flow fluctuations which influence mixing on such short time scales will cause dramatic changes in applications such as ion implantation in semiconductors. Such fluctuations will drastically change the reaction dynamics in the synthesis of new nano-materials. Furthermore, computations and modeling for the molecular dynamics in nanotechnology must now include new physics driven by turbulence in order to correctly predict the manufacturing...

NOBEL LAUREATE JOHN C. MATHER TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT NSBP/NSHP CONFERENCE

noemail@nsbp.org — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 07:00:00 GMT

NASA scientist Dr. John C. Mather will be the dinner keynote speaker at the 2008 Joint Annual Conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists on Thursday, February 21. The event will be at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. Dr. Mather is a Senior Astrophysicist in the Observational Cosmology Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. His research centers on infrared astronomy and cosmology. In 2006 Mather was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, along with George Smoot, for ...of the black body form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation. Work on the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) began in 1974 at NASA Goddard. It was launched in 1989 to measure microwave and infrared light from the early universe. COBE determined that the cosmic microwave background, which is essentially the afterglow of the Big Bang, has a temperature of 2.725 +/- 0.002 Kelvin, or about minus 455 degrees Fahrenheit. This...

PROFESSOR ABOUBAKER BEYE, CEO OF THE AFRICAN LASER CENTRE, TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT NSBP/NSHP CONFERENCE

noemail@nsbp.org — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:00:00 GMT

Dr. Aboubaker Beye, the new CEO of the African Laser Centre, will give the keynote address at the opening luncheon of the 2008 Joint Annual Conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists on Thursday, February 21, 2008.

Dr. Beye is a Professor of Physics and Director of the Solid State Physics and Materials Science Group at the University of Cheikh Ante’Diop in Dakar, Senegal. He just completed a term as Associate Dean for Education and Research. He is also affiliated with the US-Africa Materials Institute at Princeton University, and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.

Dr. Beye is the Chairman of the Implementation Committee for African Association for Teacher Education, General Secretary of the Global Federation of Associations for Teacher Education, Vice Chairman of the NanoAFNET, an African Network on Nanoscience, and Founding Chairman and member of the board of directors of the African Materials Research Society.

He was elected CEO of the African Laser Centre (ALC) in March 2007. The ALC is a network of facilities organized as a virtual center of excellence focusing on laser research in Africa. It was established in 2002 to provide a platform through which Africa can pool its resources to become globally competitive. The ALC is an open, non-exclusive partnership aimed at stimulating innovative research and technology development in the field of lasers and laser applications. The ALC enables scientists and engineers from all African nations, as well as Europe, Asia and the Americas, to collaborate with each other and play a major role internationally in utilizing light to advance science and technology.

Dr. Beye is a graduate of Université de Montpellier in France. His scientific research interests include surface plasmon resonance, optoelectronic effects and nano-fabrication techniques. He is a recognized expert on technology transfer, multi-national cooperation in science and economic development.

NSBP RECEIVES KELLOGG FOUNDATION GRANT

noemail@nsbp.org — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

For information, contact Charles McGruder at (270) 745-4357. ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) has received a six-year, $350,000 grant from the William K. Kellogg Foundation to help South Africa increase its number of Black astronomers. Dr. Charles McGruder, NSBP president from 1999-2001 and the William McCormack Professor in Physics at Western Kentucky University (WKU), has long been focusing on capacity building in astronomy on the African continent. This is especially important in South Africa where there has been recently been large investments in telescopes. South Africa occupies a unique geographical position relative to locations of most of the telescopes in the world. Recognizing this strategic advantage, the South African government has decided to invest heavily in astronomy/astrophysics by building the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere. Other nations, most notably...

NSBP Member Richard Robinson Develops Novel Nanosynthesis Method

noemail@nsbp.org — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT

BERKELEY, CA — Superlatticed or “striped nanorods – crystalline materials only a few molecules in thickness and made up of two or more semiconductors – are highly valued for their potential to serve in a variety of nanodevices, including transistors, biochemical sensors and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Until now the potential of superlatticed nanorods has been limited by the relatively expensive and exacting process required to make them. That paradigm may be shifting. A team of researchers, led by Rich Robinson and Paul Alivisatos with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) at Berkeley, has found a way to make striped nanorods in a colloid – a suspension of particles in solution. Previously, striped nanorods were made through epitaxial processes, in which the rods were attached to or embedded within a solid medium, and grown layer by...

REU Undergraduate Intern

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Title: REU Undergraduate Intern
Description: Undergraduate students work with faculty mentors on an individual research project focused on some aspect of the computational properties of complex systems. Each student works with one or more faculty mentors on a specific, mutually selected project. The project may be based on a suggestion from the SFI mentor, an idea from the student intern, or a combination of the two. Possible focus areas include adaptive computation; computational aspects of complexity; energy and information in biological computation; scaling laws in complex phenomena; network structure and dynamics; robustness and innovation in biological and social systems; and the dynamics of human social interactions including state and market formation, economics as a complex system, and the evolution of language. Program application deadline is February 7, 2010. Required Experience: Participants must be enrolled in a degree program (part-time or full-time) leading to a bachelor‘s degree.
This Job Requires the Follow Skills: Mathematical or computational skills or experience are favorably considered.
Education Required: Undergraduate Student
Planned Duration of Employment: Full Time Temporary
Position reports to: Faculty Mentor; Program Director

Contact info:

GInger Richardson (Add to Contacts)
http://www.santafe.edu/reu

Santa Fe Institute

1399 Hyde Park Rd.

Santa Fe, NM 87501
USA

Assistant Professor-Physics

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Title: Assistant Professor-Physics Description: Title: Assistant Professor - Physics Job Opening ID: 2329 Job Family: Faculty Closing Date: April 5, 2010 Location: Queensborough CC Full/Part Time: F Regular/Temporary: R GENERAL DUTIES: Performs teaching, research, and guidance duties in area(s) of expertise as noted below. Shares responsibility for committee and department assignments, performing administrative, supervisory, and other functions as may be assigned. CONTRACT TITLE: Assistant Professor FLSA: Exempt CAMPUS SPECIFIC INFORMATION Queensborough Community College offers a unique opportunity for research involving undergraduates in a community college setting and is the first NSF sponsored REU physics site at a community college. Among the active areas of research are astronomy, biophysics, imaging and physics education. The Physics Department sponsors the A.A.S. degree in Laser...

National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Title: National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme Description: South Africa has a long history of excellence in astronomy, a sound high-tech infrastructure and clear skies. Researchers from around the region have joined forces to create a cooperative, combined graduate programme, hosted at the University of Cape Town where South African students and students from around Africa and the rest of the World can study under the guidance of some of South Africa's leading scientists. Three degree programmes are on offer: Honours in Astrophysics and Space Science Masters in Astrophysics and Space Science PhD in Astrophysics and Space Science Lectures will be given by staff in the NASSP consortium and will cover most areas of modern Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. In addition to lecture courses, students will be expected to take a substantial practical component which will involve several field trips to some of southern Africa's space science research facilities. These include...

Assistant Professor

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Title: Assistant Professor Description: Faculty Position in “Experimental X-ray Condensed Matter” Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory The Departments of Applied Physics of Stanford University and Photon Science of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory invite applications in the general area of experimental condensed matter physics – with emphasis on photon-based scattering and spectroscopy. The tenure-track appointment will be made at the junior level (Assistant Professor). Applicants should hold an earned doctorate in a core science or engineering discipline and should have outstanding potential for establishing an independent research program. The individual should have broad knowledge about the physics of materials and demonstrated capability to develop sophisticated x-ray and related tools for condensed matter physics research. We expect the candidate’s research program to be based in significant part in utilizing premier...

Coordinator of Science Education Programs

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Title: Coordinator of Science Education Programs Description: THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY SPACE SCIENCES LABORATORY COORDINATOR OF SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. The Space Sciences Laboratory at UC Berkeley seeks applicant to serve as Coordinator of Science Education Programs. The incumbent will join the Center for Science Education @ Space Sciences Laboratory (CSE@SSL) team composed of space scientists, educators, and multi-media designers. The successful applicant will coordinate the development of products and programs for teachers and students, museums and science centers, community groups, amateur astronomers, and other general public audiences. Through such work, the incumbent will support existing projects funded by NASA and NSF that have the goals of improving the effectiveness of science education and increasing the scientific literacy of educators and the general public, particularly underserved and diverse communities. The position is 1 year with the possibility...

REU summer internship

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Title: REU summer internship Description: Are you an undergraduate majoring in physics or a related field? Spend your summer at Case Western Reserve University on a cutting-edge research project mentored by a notable faculty researcher, and take part also in professional, cultural and social activities with other undergraduate researchers. The ten week program, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, runs from May 24 through July 30. The Cleveland, Ohio location offers an urban environment with outstanding cultural resources. The deadline for application is March 20, 2010. Additional information and the application materials can be found at www.phys.cwru.edu/reu. Our summer 2009 REU interns on Presentation Day Required Experience: Participants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, undergraduates in good academic standing and majoring in physics or a related field. Underrepresented minorities and students from institutions with limited research opportunities are...

Committee Member- Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Title: Committee Member- Committee on Reactor Safeguards Description: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking qualified candidates for appointment to its Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS). The ACRS is an advisory group, mandated by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which provides independent technical review of/advice on matters related to the safety of existing/proposed nuclear facilities, and on the adequacy of proposed reactor safety standards. The ACRS’ primary focus is on safety issues associated with the operation of 104 commercial nuclear power plants in the United States. For complete details about this appointment, please visit: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-494.pdf. Interested individuals should submit their resume describing their educational/professional background, including any special accomplishments, publications, and professional references. Résumés will be accepted until April 13, 2010 and should be sent to:...

Committee Member--Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Title: Committee Member--Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Description: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking qualified candidates for appointment to its Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS). The ACRS is an advisory group, mandated by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which provides independent technical review of/advice on matters related to the safety of existing/proposed nuclear facilities, and on the adequacy of proposed reactor safety standards. The ACRS’ primary focus is on safety issues associated with the operation of 104 commercial nuclear power plants in the United States. For complete details about this appointment, please visit: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-494.pdf. Interested individuals should submit their resume describing their educational/professional background, including any special accomplishments, publications, and professional references. Résumés will be accepted until April 13, 2010 and should be...

REU Participant

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Title: REU Participant Description: The Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM) and the Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM) are sponsoring research opportunities for undergraduates in disciplines related to Materials Science summer of 2010. Potential projects span a broad range of topics under the guidance of faculty from the departments of Physics, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering. The research topics are chosen each year to complement the research of faculty associated with the Princeton Center for Complex Materials. Mrs. Wandee Brennan (Ventura College) worked on Coatings for delayed-release in basic solution Ms. Katherine Carrasquillo (University of Puerto Rico - Humacao) worked on Modifying Chalcogenide Using Gold Nanoparticles Ms. Danielle Haynes (Clark Atlanta...

REU program in physics

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Title: REU program in physics Description: Normal 0 0 1 154 879 7 1 1079 11.773 0 0 0 Normal 0 0 1 154 879 7 1 1079 11.773 0 0 0 Normal 0 0 1 154 879 7 1 1079 11.773 0 0 0 The Department of Physics at Boston College invites applications from students majoring in physics or a related area to our summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. The program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and will run June 9 – August 13. This summer, we will host eight visiting students together with two of our own physics majors who will serve as peer-hosts. The theme of our program is physics of complex materials. Participants will work closely with faculty and lab personnel on projects in one of the departmental active research areas such as superconductors, nano-materials, and biophysics. For more information, eligibility...

Research Technician

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Desired Position Title: Research Technician Experience: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA 12/08 – 1/09 Medical Imaging Laboratory Technician -Composed MATLAB scripts to import and convert coordinates of previously segmented filtered back projection (BP) retroareaola regions of interest (ROIs) from digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) images onto SART reconstructed images -Segmented ROIs from bilateral SART reconstructed images to be used in parenchymal texture analysis University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA 6/08-08/08 AAPM Fellowship -Created local GE tomosynthesis clinical trial database, consisting of right and left breast images for source projection, mammogram, and Back Projection and SART reconstructions -Segmented bilateral ROIs from digital mammograms (DM) and corresponding BP reconstructed DBT images -Wrote and amended MATLAB scripts to perform breast parenchymal texture analysis in estimating...

Material Characterization

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Desired Position Title: Material Characterization Experience: For the past five years as a Graduate research Assistant I have spearheaded the studies in the following key disciplines to which I do consider myself to have a wealth of experience on. Local microstructure of heteroepitaxial thin film interfaces, in nanocrystalline metallic thin-films, nanophotonic structures. Analyze amorphous and crystalline structures and determination of the composition of materials from micrometer down to atomic level resolution. Conducted an original research geared primarily towards analyzing Defects and their Causes in group III – nitrides Crystals. The study has advanced the processing of bulk AlN single crystals by relating the crystal properties and synthesis conditions. Presented my results in national and international conferences and meetings and collaborating with professionals in other research Institutions like University of Texas at Austin, University of New Mexico and Oak Ridge...

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:49:11 GMT

Promoting the professional well-being of African American physicists and physics students within the international scientific community and within society at large. Latest Updates President and Mrs. Obama Host Star Party. The White House 'Star Party' will take place Wednesday October 7th. President Obama will kick-off the event with a brief address that will be streamed live on the whitehouse.gov website (estimated beginning at 8 pm EDT). Learn More ...

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:03:55 GMT

Reduced 2010 NSBP Conference The 2010 Joint NSBP annual meeting will be much reduced in size and scope from the meetings we have had in the last 6 years. It will be only a 1-day meeting on Saturday, February 13, 2010 from 8:30-18:30 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. * NEW* The agenda of this event is listed below (last update: 02/11/10 - 09:04am) *: To be confirmed Technical session 1 (08:30-10:00) - Congressional Room 08:30-09:00 - Diola Bagayoko (SUBR, Materials Sciences) 09:00-09:30 - Belay Demoz (Howard U., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences) 09:30-10:00 - Teri Robinson (UCSB, Chemical and Biological Physics) 10:00-10:30: Break Technical session 2 (10:30-12:00) - Congressional Room 10:30-11:00 - Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (PI, Cosmology and Gravitation) 11:00-11:30 - Dara Norman (NOAO, Astrophysics) 11:30-12:00 - Charles McGruder (WKU, SKA project) 12:00-13:30: Lunch Gender Equity session 2...

2010 Abstract and Manuscript Submission

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:56:48 GMT

Submit Manuscript for Conference Proceedings Submit Abstract for Oral and Poster Presentations Manuscripts for Conference Proceedings The conference proceedings will be published and widely disseminated as a volume of AIP Conference Proceedings. All oral presenters should be prepared to submit a manuscript for the conference proceedings no later than 30 days after the close of the conference. Manuscripts are expected to of the level of content and quality of the premier physics and astronomy research journals. Poster presenters are welcome to submit a full manuscript to be included in the proceedings as well. AIP has prepared a user guides and templates for Microsoft Word and LaTeX. Please read the guides and other reference documents before preparing your proceedings manuscript. Author Instructions: 6 x 9 inch, single-column instruction booklet 6 x 9 inch, single-column sample paper MS Word Templates and Users...

Donate to NSBP Programs

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:56:55 GMT

Scholarships and Awards NSBP has several scholarships named after prominent African American physics and astronomy pioneers. Names scholarships include the Willie Hobbs Moore Scholarship, named after the first African American female to earn a Ph.D. in physics, the Michael P. Anderson and Ronald McNair scholarships, named after these two astronauts that perished in separate Space Shuttle accidents. Sponsorship of an NSBP scholarship allows you to be associated with the best students in our community, and with the legacy of the pioneering African American physicists and astronomers. In addition to scholarships NSBP has other awards including Outstanding Dissertation of the Year and Best Conference Poster Awards. Donate now College Student Chapter Support NSBP is establishing college chapters at HBCUs and other institutions with a sustained enrollment of 5+ NSBP student members.Much research has shown that students’ participation in...

Physics Diversity Summit

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:32:02 GMT

Purpose

Faculty, program directors, professional society leaders, recruiters as well as government and corporate officials are invited to attend the Physics Diversity Summit.

This event is intended to bring together key stakeholders in the US physics enterprise and consider some of the policy issues impacting the drive to bring about a diverse physics workforce. Attendees will include physics department chairs, professional society leaders, federal program officers, and corporate leaders.

Expected Outcome
Construction of a coalition of university, corporate, government and professional society partners to advocate for effective policies, programs and practices to achieve a diverse physics workforce.

2010 Exhibitor Information

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:45:03 GMT

Conference Description The joint NSBP/NSHP conference is a cutting-edge scientific meeting with over 120 oral and poster presentations. There is also a student professional program which includes mentor-protégé match-making and a recruiting fair. With well over 500 attendees, comprised of students, postdoctoral research associates, and faculty/professional attendees, the NSBP/NSHP annual conference is the largest gathering of African American and Hispanic American physicists and physics students in the world. We thus offer exhibitors unparalleled opportunities to interact with and recruit talented students, internship/fellowship candidates, researcher collaborators and program participants. Exhibitor Schedule Exhibitors and recruiters can start moving in on the morning of Wednesday, February 10, 2010. The exhibition/recruiter fair begins on Wednesday evening with the opening reception. (The reception is in the exhibit hall.) The exhibition/recruiter fair...

Science Policy

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:30:15 GMT

Policy analysis and advocacy are central to NSBP's mission of promoting the professional well-being of African American physicists and physics students -- PJ Delfyett, NSBP President Policies and Issues No Child Left Behind and Access to K-12 Physics Courses NSBP calls for a focus on opportunity to learn and meaning standards in science eduction. Learn More ...

2009 Conference Schedule

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:16:09 GMT

Printer-Friendly Version Notes: The acronyms used in the schedule correspond to the various NSBP sections listed here Important: Student Posters Judging: will happen on Thursday & Friday Tuesday, February 10 0830-1830 Pre-College Program Committee Science Ambassadors at Local Schools Wednesday, February 11 Nashville Convention Center Oak Ridge National Lab 0600-1830 Events at Oak Ridge National Lab. Bus leaves from Nashville Convention Center at 0600 and returns at 1830 1000-1830 Physics Diversity Summit 1700-1900 Poster Session ...

NSBP Scholarships

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:00:02 GMT

Willie Hobbs Moore Scholarship Harry L. Morrison Scholarship Arthur BC Walker Scholarship The National Society of Black Physicists is pleased to offer scholarships commemorating Drs. Willie Hobbs Moore, Harry L. Morrison and Arthur BC Walker. Dr. Moore was the first African American female to earn the Ph.D. degree in physics. After completing her degree at the University of Michigan and working there for several years as a research scientist, she spent a long and successful career at Ford Motor Company. Dr. Morrison was a legendary figure in the field of mathematical statistical physics, and an inspirational mentor to generations of African American physicists. He was on the physics faculty at UC Berkeley for nearly 30 years, and was an assistant dean until his death in 2002. He was strong student advocate, especially science and engineering students. In the early 70's he was amongst the early UC Berkeley faculty supporters of a degree-granting Black Studies Programs. Dr....

Posting a Job on the NSBP jobs board, step by step instructions

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:08:57 GMT

Thank you for your interest in posting a position on the NSBP jobs board. Complete the job posting form. IEWS offers these recommendations for an attention getting posting. Please be sure to compete the Category, Fields of Expertise, Position Type, and Position Level fields as these are primary search and browse fields. We recommend that you use tags to increase the visibility of your posting. Tags are used to describe your content in simple, searchable words or phrases. A tag can be a single word or a combination of words, but should be kept as simple as possible. Tags are great because they get your content to the people looking for it, whether it is on Google or on a search within your site. You may notice that when you add Tags on Tendenci, they are displayed as links below the content on your page. These links are read by search engines and the search engines use them to determine what your page is about and display it...

nsbp-nshp 2008--1392

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:53:36 GMT