2012 Quadrennial Physics Congress
In November 2012, hundreds of Sigma Pi Sigma members were fully immersed in the 2012 Quadrennial Physics Congress (PhysCon), held in Orlando, Florida. How quickly time passes! The national office continues to archive and publish content generated during the meeting, with follow-up articles, award results, and photographs appearing in Sigma Pi Sigma and Society of Physics Students (SPS) publications. Most recently, a compilation of 19 articles written by SPS chapter reporters was published and posted online. While all of the articles speak to the entire PhysCon experience, each chapter examines a particular aspect of the congress in-depth, be it a plenary speaker, workshop, or the tours of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The articles can be accessed at www.sigmapisigma.org/congress/2012/reports/ .
As we continue to propagate the PhysCon experience, we also pause to acknowledge the many friends and science organizations that generously supported the congress. Funds from the following organizations and individuals went toward the aforementioned SPS Chapter Reporter program, supporting some of the resulting articles and, more importantly, the travel of the students that wrote them. The $500 awards to participating chapters were, in many cases, the primary reason students were able to afford attending this life-changing event.
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- American Astronomical Society
- American Center for Physics employees
- OSA, The Optical Society
- Jack Hehn
