Every year, the American Physical Society Four-Corners Section holds its annual meeting in a 4-year rotation between various sites in the Four Corners States. For the 2019 meeting in Arizona, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will host the event at its northern Arizona campus in beautiful Prescott.
The annual meeting is attended by graduate and undergraduate student researchers, along with their mentors, professors, and fellow researchers from universities, companies, and national labs throughout the four-corner states. The focus of the conference is to present current physics research and activities in order to widen the breadth of shared knowledge between individuals and organizations forging new discoveries in the realm of physical science.
Four Corners Section
The Four Corners Section (4CS) covers the states of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. It is an area that includes a wide variety of universities and colleges, national laboratories, and high-tech industries. The 4CS is one way for practicing physical scientists in the region to connect with one another, to stay aware of issues affecting the practice and development of science and technology in our region of the country, and to have a voice in issues of national and international concern in our discipline.
Attendance
The 2019 APS Four-Corners Meeting will be held at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona. The Department of Physics and Astronomy housed under the College of Arts & Sciences provides a broad-based, rigorous physics education with an emphasis on space-related topics such as astronomy, optics, remote sensing, particle physics, and cosmology. The program is guided by the philosophy that physics is something you "do", not just a set of dry theories.
The department's faculty is passionate about working with students to perform research in their areas of expertise. Students have completed projects in their chosen areas of physics, and many have collaborated with the Aerospace Engineering faculty to study non-chemical spacecraft propulsion, rocket design, and similar topics. Additionally, the Prescott Campus Team contributed to Nobel Prize Winning Research when their findings aided LIGO researchers who proved the existence of gravitational waves in 2016.
Cost
- Students, retired and current high school teachers*: $40 ($10 late registration fee)
- Faculty and Professors: $80 ($20 late registration fee)
- Banquet add-on fee: $25
*Students are encouraged to apply for travel support.
Selected Topics
A series of topics have been selected for special attention during this year's meeting and are as follows:
- Astrophysics
- Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
- Biophysics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- General Physics
- Materials Science
- Nuclear Physics
- Particle Physics
- Physics Education
- Plasma Physics
Awards
Awards will be presented at the conclusion of the 2019 APS 4-Corners Meeting to graduate and undergraduate students for outstanding oral and poster presentations.
Additional Information
Further information on the American Physical Society and the Four Corners Summit is available on their official website.
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