The Case Western Reserve University Physics and Astronomy Club is an academic organization, sponsered by USG, whose main purpose is to promote interest in physics and astronomy to all members of the CWRU community. Club membership is open to all members of the CWRU student body and all meetings will be open to all members of the CWRU community.

The annual PAC spring trip will be March 26 - 28. We will be traveling to the Washington, DC area and visiting the Goddard Space Flight Center and the Applied Physics Lab on the John Hopkins University campus. We will also be treated to a dinner with alumni on Friday night at a locale to be decided. An general itinery is below.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

 

6:00 PM – Meet at Diner Parking Lot

6:30 AM – Depart for Washington, DC

 

Friday, March 27, 2009

 

1:00 AM - Arrive at hotel and sleep

8:00 AM - Wake up and get breakfast

9:00 AM - Arrive to Lobby 1 of Applied Physics Lab (APL)
9-9:30 AM - Fill out forms, present identification, prepare for tour
9:30-11:00 AM - Tour of APL including Space Department (facility where satellites are built), vibration laboratory, thermal laboratory, mission control, and robotics lab
12:00 PM - Arrive at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
12-12:45 PM - "Science on a Sphere" Presentation
12:45-2:30PM - Guided tour of some/all of the following as time and availability permits: NASCOM and/or SOHO Communications Facility, Engineering Integration and Test Facilities, Hubble Space Telescope Simulator, Thermal Blanket Laboratory
2:30-3:00 PM - Self-guided tour of Visitor Center exhibits, Rocket Garden, Gift Shop

This leaves the late afternoon/evening free to travel to our dinner location or whatever else comes up. 

7:00 PM – Dinner with alumni at

After dinner travel to hotel (TBD)

 

Saturday March 28, 2009

 

9:00 AM – Depart hotel for downtown

Visit DC for a time – will look up what is open, where to park, etc

Depart for Cleveland at driver’s discretion

 

If you are interested in going on the trip, we are looking for a maximum of 20 students.  It is open to anyone, so you can bring your friends. It is first come, first serve. The registration form is below.  The first 20 to get it back to me get to go on the trip.

2009 PAC Trip Registration Form

The list of attendees so far is as follows:

Dustin Fisher

Megan Hallstrom

Keith Lupton

Laura Boon

Kate Oldak

Lily Stanley

Jeremy Harchelroad

Amy Nath

Tom Reid

Autumn Hoffstetter

Thomas Connor

Jonathan Crawford

Sashank Karri

Amit Misra

Joseph Sklenar

This means that there are still 5 spots open for the trip. Grab them before someone else does.

President: Jeremy Harchelroad
Vice President: Sander Zandbergen
Treasurer: Ryan Sacks
Secretary: Kate Oldak
Astronomy Liason: Ethan Engle