Transcript FIP Poster - American Physical Society

The Forum on International Physics
Is a voluntary association of APS members interested in encouraging
cooperative activities between APS members and members of other
national physics organizations who support the development of physics
worldwide. The FIP organizes focused sessions at APS meetings,
receives nominations for APS fellowships and the Wheatley Award, and
communicates with its members via the FIP web site and a periodic
Newsletter.
Mission Statement:
To advance the knowledge of physics and its diffusion by
fostering cooperation and communication among physicists of
all countries.
To achieve its mission FIP:
 Organizes sessions at APS meetings addressing
major scientific issues of international importance;
 Organizes, facilitates and supports projects and
programs that foster international linkage;
 Communicates with its members concerning major
issues via internet, a newsletter and other media;
 Works to affect policies and procedures at the APS
deemed favorable to APS members from foreign
countries;
 Oversees the Wheatley Award and the award of APS
fellowship in FIP.
Executive Committee (2009)
OFFICERS; Chair, John W. Clark, Washington University; Chair-elect, Noemie Koller, Rutgers University; Vice-Chair,
Harvey Newman, CalTech; Past-Chair, Satoshi Ozaki, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Secretary/Treasurer, Noemi
Mirkin, University of Michigan
APS COUNCILOR; David Ernst, Vanderbilt University
MEMBERS AT LARGE;; Lidia Smentek, Copernicus University (Poland) & Vanderbilt University; Galileo Violini,
Universita della Calabria, Italy; Paul Gueye, Hampton University & Jefferson Lab; Cherrill Spencer, SLAC; Susana
Hernandez, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; Marie-Louise Saboung, University of Orléans, France
NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Laszlo Baksay, Florida Institute of Technology
For more information visit the FIP web site at http://units.aps.org/units/fip/