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The MASPG meetings are held at the American Center for Physics, College Park, MD which is located near the intersection of River Road and Kenilworth Ave. It is easily accessible by either car or Metro.

Upcoming Meetings

Warm Weather and Heated Debate: A Short History of Beliefs about Global Warming
December 17, 2008

APS March Meeting 2009
March 16-20, 2009

APS April Meeting 2009
May 2-5, 2009

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Past Meetings

The End-Pleistocene Extinction Event – What Caused It?
November 19, 2008

Ocean Circulation and Climate
October 15, 2008

Dark Matter or Gravity?
September 17, 2008

U.S. Geological Survey Tour
August 20, 2008

Feynman’s Challenge: Building Things From Atoms – One by One
June 18, 2008

Theory and Experiment in the Quantum-Relativity Revolution
November 14, 2007

Tour of the Radio and Television Museum
October 17, 2007

Reflections on the Anthropic Principle
May 16, 2007

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies
April 18, 2007

Detection of Explosives Using Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
March 21, 2007

Discussion Forum the IPCC Report: "Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis - Summary for Policy Makers"
February 28, 2007

If You Knew SUSY
January 24, 2007

The Unfinished Story of Black Hole Entropy
December 13, 2006

Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (aka Cold Fusion): Problems, Progress and Prospects
November 20, 2006

Progress and Promise in Earthquake Prediction Research
November 15, 2006

Our Home in Space: The Sun-Earth System
October 18, 2006

Event: Tour of NASA-GSFC (Goddard Space Flight Center)
August 16, 2006

The DOE Genomics:GTL Program: Systems Microbiology for Bioenergy
May 17, 2006

Two-Day Trip to Philadelphia - 300th Anniversary Celebration of Benjamin Franklin's Birth
April 18-19, 2006

New Results on Black Holes from X-Ray Observatories
March 22, 2006

Magnetic Reconnection: the Mechanism for Dissipating Magnetic Energy in the Universe
February 15, 2006

One Decade in the Life of Einstein: The Impact of 1905-15 on Physics and the Public
December 14, 2005

The Physics of Data Storage
November 16, 2005

Time, Einstein, and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe
October 19, 2005

Asymptotic Freedom and the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics
September 21, 2005

Tour of the National Archives Annex, College Park
August 9, 2005

Advanced Nuclear Reactor Developments
June 22, 2005

Energy Crisis: Mankind's Future After Oil
May 13, 2005

Finding our Origins with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes
April 21, 2005

Matter, Energy, Space and Time: Particle Physics in the 21st Century
March 16, 2005

Origin of the Continental Crust: A Planetary Perspective
February 16, 2005

Guided Tour of National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport
October 20, 2004

Cosmology from Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
September 22, 2004

Planning Activities

The Planning Group makes the arrangements and plans for the MASPG's future events. It is an informal group that is open to any interested party. In practice, about 12 people have consistently participated. It is chaired by its founder, Richard Strombotne. It meets on the first Wednesday of the month in the fourth floor conference room at the American Center for Physics, College Park, Maryland.
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