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Día de la Física

Día de la Física 2021

Join us for the 2021 Día de la Física, which will be held (online – via Zoom) on Saturday, October 30th, 2021. The conference will have five plenary research presentations and professional development sessions (how to apply to REUs, get into grad school, perform well in the GRE, and make the transition to industry). It will conclude with the annual members’ meeting.

Día de la Física/Day of Physics is hosted by the National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP). NSHP is a nonprofit that represents Hispanic and Latino physicists in higher education, national laboratories, and industry in the U.S. and across the world.

NSHP thanks Oklahoma State University for supporting the 2021 meeting.

Agenda

2021 Día de la Física

October 30, 2021

12:00 EST – End time

Noon -12:10 pm                                             Welcome

12:10 -1:00  pm                                               The Physics of Materials (Plenary Talk)
                                                                                  Dr. Luz Martínez-Miranda |University of Maryland

1:10 -1:50  pm                                                 The Dragonfly Project (Plenary Talk + Panel)
                                                                                 Dr. Elizabeth “Zibi” Turtle | Johns Hopkins APL | Dragonfly Mission PI
                                                                                 Dr. Alice Cocoros| Johns Hopkins APL
                                                                                 Dr. Jorge Núñez | Johns Hopkins APL
                                                                                 Dr. Lynnae Quick | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center                                                                        

2:00 -2:50  pm                                               Professional Development Panels
                                                                                 Applying to REUs | Dr. Geraldine Cochran | APS & Rutgers
                                                                                 Getting into Grad School| Dr. Andrew Yost| Oklahoma State University
                                                                                 The Physics GRE| Dr. Juan Burciaga| Colorado College
                                                                                 Transitioning to Industry | Dr. Emrah Turgut| Oklahoma State University

2:55-3:45                                                         Physics Education Research (Plenary Talk)
                                                                                 Dr. Ximena Cid | California State University, Dominguez Hills

3:45-4:35                                                        The Physics of LIGO (Plenary Talk)
                                                                                 Dr. Karla Ramirez Guevara | Caltech-LIGO Laboratory

4:35-5:25                                                         Space Physics Research (Plenary Talk)
                                                                                  Dr. Ramon Lopez | University of Texas at Arlington

5:30-5:50                                                         NSHP Board Meeting (open to everyone!)