2022 Meeting Keynote Speaker
Unveiling the Warped Side of the Cosmos with Gravitational Waves
Gravitational waves are a prediction of Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and it took almost 100 years between theoretical prediction and breathtaking detection. They offer a fundamentally different way of observing the Universe, and encode the behaviors of cosmic phenomena that can not be seen otherwise. In this presentation, we will walk through the zoo of gravitational wave sources, and how we can go about detecting them.
Hybrid Format
The 2022 TAAPT Meeting will be held in a hybrid format. Participants can present contributed talks and/or posters in person. Virtual attendees can watch the keynote and talks on Zoom.
Abstracts
If you would like to present a talk and/or poster, please submit your abstract(s) for consideration by Monday, April 4. Abstracts must be 200 words or fewer. If necessary, the program chairperson and the editors may edit abstracts for clarity, grammar, style, and length. You will be notified of your acceptance into the program via email.
Contributed Talks
- All contributed talks will be presented in person.
- All contributed talks are given 12 minutes with 3 minutes for discussion.
- There will be a projector and a laptop for the talk, as well as a microphone.
- The contributed talks will be accessible live on Zoom to registered virtual attendees.
Poster Presentations
- All posters will be presented in person.
- Please bring your poster to the meeting printed and ready to put up. Portable poster boards (48″ tall by 72″ wide) and pushpins or similar mounting hardware will be provided.
- Be sure to include the names of all contributors/co-authors and highlight the presenting author’s name.
Workshop
Eugenii Donev
Austin Peay State University
Sensing with Surface Plasmons
Participants in this workshop will learn firsthand about a versatile suite of advanced lab experiments and simulations that have successfully engaged undergraduate students in constructing precision optomicrofluidic setups, in the physics of nanoplasmonics and evanescent waves, and in developing computational models for surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors. The activities revolve around a thin gold film on a glass prism, mounted on a rotation stage and coupled to a microfluidic cell where liquids of slightly different refractive indices are readily detected as the reflectance of the incident laser beam changes due to minute angular shifts of the steep SPR curve. The materials are commercially available and relatively inexpensive, the activities are adaptable to week-long advanced lab sessions or semester-long research projects, and the challenge level can be “impedance-matched” to a student’s current experience level.
Travel
The 2022 TAAPT meeting will be held on the main campus of Austin Peay State University located in Clarksville, TN.
Meeting Locations and Parking
Friday, April 8, 2022
The Friday reception dinner will be held in the Tommy Head Atrium of the Sundquist Science Complex (SSC). The keynote talk will be given in Lecture Hall E106A of the SSC. The complex is at the corner of 8th Street and College Street. Parking is free after 4:00 pm and on weekends; Lot #8 at 838 Marion Street is closest to the SSC.
Saturday, April 9, 2022
The Saturday sessions and meetings will be held in Lecture Hall E106A in the SSC. The posters will be presented in the B-wing of the third floor of the SSC, in the Department of Physics, Engineering, and Astronomy.
Accommodations
The majority of accommodations are located off I-24, Exit 4, near Wilma Rudolph Blvd. These include, but are not limited to the following hotels:
- Best Western Plus Atrium Inn & Suites
- Comfort Suites
- Courtyard by Marriott Clarksville
- Hilton Garden Inn Clarksville
- La Quinta Inn & Suites
- Sleep Inn & Suites
- Tru By Hilton
