Physics Professionals to Convene at Ohio Northern

The spring 2009 joint meeting of the Ohio-region section of the American Physical Society (OS/APS) and the Southern Ohio section of the American Association of Physics Teachers will take place Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25, on the campus of Ohio Northern University.

The theme of the conference is "Plasma FUNdamentals." There will be four keynote speakers from the fields of space plasma physics, basic plasma physics, applied plasma physics and fusion physics. These speakers are Earl Scime from West Virginia University, John Goree from the University of Iowa, Matthew Goeckner from the University of Texas at Dallas and Linn Van Woerkom from The Ohio State University.

Additionally, participants will present their research in a poster session on April 24 from 4:30 until 6 p.m. Oral presentations will continue the following morning from 8 to 9:45 a.m. in McIntosh Center. A complete schedule of the weekend's activities is available at www.onu.edu/a+s/physics/osaps/osaps.html

For more information, contact Dr. Jason Pinkney, associate professor of physics and astronomy, at 419-772-2740.