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9:00 | Introduction by Eileen Friel |
9:10 | Compact Objects -- Moderator: Eileen Friel |
9:10 | Eric Hooper; "Probing the Triggering and Fueling Mechanisms for Quasars" |
9:20 | Sera Markoff: Flares in our Galactic Center Supermassive Black Hole, Sgr A*: A Glimmer of AGN-Like Activity? |
9:30 | Jon Miller: "Evidence for Intermediate Mass Black Holes" |
9:40 | Jeno Sokoloski: Jets from Accreting White Dwarfs |
9:50 | Don Smith: Chasing the Earliest Light from Gamma-Ray Bursts: The World-Wide ROTSE-III Network |
10:00 | Coffee Break |
10:30 | Stars/Low Z Galaxies -- Moderator: Miller Goss |
10:30 | Kelsey Johnson: Observing Extragalactic Star Formation in the Next Decade |
10:40 | Brenda Frye: "Intergalactic Metallicity at Low-Z: CIV Absorbers in STIS and FUSE High-Resolution Spectroscopy" |
10:50 | Summary of NSF Programs for New Faculty -- Eileen Friel |
11:00 | Panel 1: Making the Transition from Postdoc to Faculty/Permanent Researcher |
Faculty: Keivan Stassun, Vanderbilt University; Jane Charlton, Penn State; Cornelia Lang, U Iowa; Sally Oey, Lowell Observatory; Ray Jayawardhana, U Michigan | |
12:20 | Lunch |
1:45 | Surveys/Galaxies -- Moderator: Malcolm Smith |
1:45 | Anthony Gonzalez: "The FLAMINGOS Extragalactic Survey" |
1:55 | Eric Gawiser: The MUSYC Survey: A Census of Protogalaxies at z=3 |
2:05 | Anne Metevier: Internal Kinematics of Galaxies in the GOODS-N Field |
2:15 | Kristy Dyer: Missing the Forest for the Trees: Science Opportunities with the Green Bank Telescope |
2:25 | Christopher Conselice: "Constraining Empirically How Galaxies Form" |
2:35 | Panel 2: Conducting Astrophysics Research in Large Collaborations |
Faculty: Miller Goss, NRAO; David Koo, UCO/Lick, DEEP; Alyssa Goodman, CfA/COMPLETE; Tony Tyson, UC Davis, DLS | |
NSF fellows: Chris C; Jeno S | |
3:30 | Coffee Break |
4:00 | Research/Outreach Mixed Session -- Moderator: Sally Oey |
4:00 | Kim Coble: What People Should Learn About Cosmology and Why |
4:10 | Jessica Rosenberg: Studying Galaxies and Everything in Between: A Discussion of Research and Teaching |
4:20 | Dara Norman: "Merging Research, Education and Public Outreach Through Surveys" |
4:30 | John Feldmeier: "Intracluster Starlight and Astronomy Education of Home-schoolers" |
4:40 | Open Discussion: "Integrating research with education and public outreach" |
Faculty moderators: Dana Lehr, NSF; Brian Abbott, AMNH; Malcolm Smith, CTIO | |
5:45 | Summary/Closing Words by Miller Goss |
6:00 | Quick (15 min) meeting with Eileen Friel about NSF AAPF Program, to give/hear feedback about the program, discuss when/where for next meeting, etc. |
7:00 | AAS Opening Reception |