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Schedule
of Events
Thursday,
13 January
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12:00
- 5:00 pm
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Guided Tour of Red Rock Canyon
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6:00-7:00
pm
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Early
Registration and Informal Welcome Meeting
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Friday, 14
January
White
Auditorium, Juanita Greer White Hall, University of Nevada, Las
Vegas
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8:00-8:30
am
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Registration,
UNLV Juanita Greer White Hall
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8:15-8:30
am
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Shawn
Carlson, Ph.D. Founder and Executive Director
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"Welcome"
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8:30-9:15
am
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Harlan
Brothers
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"Rubbing
Shoulders with Newton: A New Look at a Fundamental Constant
of Nature"
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9:15-10:00
am
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Monty
Robson
|
"Amateur
Astronomy at McCarthy Observatory" |
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10:00-10:15
am
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Morning
Break
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10:15-11:00
am
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John
Lighton, Ph.D.
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"The
Citizen Scientist and Environmental Regulations: Making Measurments
That Make a Difference"
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11:00-11:45
am
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Lin
Hartung Chambers, Ph.D. |
"NASA
Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA Opportunities for Citizen
Scientists to Investigate the Earth's Atmosphere" |
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11:45
am-12:30 pm
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Mark
Streitman |
"The
Foucault Pendulum from the First SAS Conference to a Commercial
Product" |
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12:30-1:30
pm
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Lunch
Break
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1:30-2:15
pm
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Gary
Coyne, Scientific Glass Blower, California State University,
Los Angeles
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"Sodium
Migration in Borosilicate Glass at High Temperatures: What
are the Ramifications and Benefits?"
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2:15-3:00
pm
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Garry
Mahon |
"Thrombosis
and Cancer" |
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3:00-3:15
pm
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Afternoon
Break
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3:15-4:00
pm
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Steve Hansen, MKS Instruments |
"Vacuum Technology and the Amateur" |
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4:00-4:45
pm
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Jonathan Price, Ph.D., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
"Geological Issues in Nevada and the West" |
| 4:45-5:30
pm |
Ana
Soto-Canino, Director, Academy of Art of Highland Park
and Gallery |
"Radical
Botanicals: Disappearing Plants, Scientific Illustration, and
the Need for an Ecological Vision" |
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8:00-9:15
pm
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Second
Annual Arthur T. Winfree Lecture, White Auditorium, Juanita
Green White Hall, UNLV
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Saturday,
15 January
White
Auditorium, Juanita Greer White Hall, University of Nevada, Las
Vegas
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8:00-8:15
am
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Registration
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|
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8:15-9:45
am
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Featured
Panelists: Cindy Lee Duckert,
Forrest Mims III, Heather
Smith and Shawn Carlson, Ph.D. |
"The
Future of Science Educaton in America: How we are going to change
it" |
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9:45-10:00 am
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Morning
Break
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10:00-10:45
am
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John
Shane, Ph.D.
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"Using
Microscopy to Study Plant Tissue" |
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10:45-11:30
am
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Alanah
Woody, Ph.D., Nevada Rock Art Foundation
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"The
Rock Art of Nevada: Art for all times"
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11:30am-12:15
pm
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New
Jersey SAS Chapter |
"Chapter Round-up" |
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12:15-1:15
pm
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Lunch
Break
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1:15-2:00
pm
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John
Powell, President, JP Aerospace
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"Airships
to Orbit (ATO) and Ping Pong Balls"
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2:00–2:45
pm
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Scott
Little |
"Guppies
and Alpha Male Feeding Patterns" |
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2:45-3:00
pm
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Afternoon
Break
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3:00-3:45
pm
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Jim
Fredsti, Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) |
TBA |
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3:45-4:30
pm
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John
Heller, Astronomical Society of Las Vegas |
"Amateur
Astronomers in Las Vegas" |
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4:30-5:15
pm
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Pete
Friedrichs, Author |
"Post-Apocalypic
Engineering? Experiments in the Construction of Functional Radio
Equipment from Virtually Nothing" |
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6:30-9:00
pm
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Benjamin
Franklin Award Banquet
Alexis Part Resort
375 East Harmon Ave., Las Vegas.
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Acceptance
Speech and Lecture
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Sunday, 16
January
Atrium of White Auditorium, Juanita Greer White Hall, University
of Nevada, Las Vegas
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8:00-9:00
am
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Poster
Setup: Poster presenters report to the atrium of White
Auditorium to set up their displays
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9:00am-12:00pm
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Poster
Sessions
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