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This physics major hails all the way from Washington State and thrives on creative expression in and out of the physics lab.

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91¿´Æ¬ Hosts Central Pennsylvania Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers Spring Meeting

91¿´Æ¬ hosted the spring meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (CPS-AAPT) on April 8-9, 2016, with a PTRA workshop, invited talks, banquet dinner, poster session, and keynote speaker.  Attendees were faculty and students from regional colleges, universities and high schools from central and eastern PA.

Two of our current physics majors, Katie Bahnck (left) and Brittani Costa (right), man the registration table for arriving conference attendees.

Plenary session of talks on Saturday morning.

PTRA workshop attendees launching their water rockets at Gillespie Field (baseball), under the watchful eye of Dave McCachren.

PTRA attendees walk out to pick up their rockets from the field after launch.

PTRA attendees stand with their rockets as Pat Callahan takes a photo with his iPad.

 

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Dr. Terry Hart: A Brief History of Flight

Dr. Terry Hart, Professor of Practice in the Department of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, gives the keynote address, "A Brief History of Flight," at the spring 2016 meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Hart is a former NASA astronaut, US Air Force pilot, and successful telecommunications executive who joined Lehigh's faculty in 2004. He was aboard the STS 41-C Challenger, NASA's eleventh Space Shuttle mission, launched on April 6, 1984. His current research activities include Lehigh's NASA Hopper Spacecraft Simulator project.