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• March 22-24, 2007: Co-hosted (with ACU) the Texas section of APS, AAPT here in Abilene.


• Spring, 2007: Completed the now-infamous trebuchet.


• Late Spring, 2006: Began the Trebuchet Project.


• Mar 3, 2006: Alumni Hosted tour of Lockheed-Martin facility in Fort Worth, TX. ("No pictures, please!")


• Every Thursday NOON, Fall 2005: SPS meets every Thursday to finish designing and begin building the trebuchet. (Application for Marsh White SPS funds were sent Nov 15.)


• Apr 22-23, 2005: SMAB sponsored trip to Moncrief Cancer Center (Photos on the SMAB website.)


• Spring, 2005: Advanced Lab project: Video a chaotic pendulum from below and analyze the motion. (Has many photos - may load slowly.)


• Oct 7-9, 2004: Texas section of APS, AAPT in Waco, TX (Baylor University).


• Apr 1-3, 2004: Texas section of APS, AAPT in Stephenville, TX (Tarleton State University).


• First Week of Class Fall '03: SPS Meeting and possible Star Party to view Mars from the country (Dr. Christensen's house).


• Oct 23-25, 2003: Texas section of APS, AAPT in Lubbock, TX.


• Mar 3-7, 2003: National APS meeting in Austin Tx. (See how much fun!)


• Early Fall Term, 2002: Star Party! Come view the stars and planets with actual astronomers!


• Oct 10-11, 2002: Texas section of APS, AAPT in Brownsville, TX. (We elected to not go to this.)


• Sep 30-Oct 2, 2002: Dirac Conference at Baylor University; letures and discussions related to P.A.M. Dirac's contribution to quantum mechanics  (student trip sponsored by SMAB).
  
  
• Early Fall Term, 2002: Star Party!  Come view the stars and planets with actual astronomers!
  


• Oct 10-11, 2002: Texas section of APS, AAPT in Brownsville, TX. (We elected to not go to this.)


• Sep 30-Oct 2, 2002: Dirac Conference at Baylor University (dead link); letures and discussions related to P.A.M. Dirac's contribution to quantum mechanics  (student trip sponsored by SMAB).
  


• During the '01-'02 year, the SPS group wanted to design and build a catapult.  They started with a small-scale kit, with the plan to expand it later.  We attatched it to a stool, cocked it, and shot it.  It shot about 40 yards, depending on what we shot.  The big version didn't materialize until much later.
  
  
• Apr 18, 2002: Dr. Christensen, Steve Slampa, and Dennis Conner go to Dr. Maniss' workshop, where Dr. Maniss is building a plane from scratch -- manufacturing many of the parts himself based on the plans drawn up by a qualifier engineer. 
  
  
• March 7-9, 2002: Texas Section of AAPT, APS at Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX (Our trip cancelled)
  
  
• Feb 27, 2002: Canon Bradley (McMurry Physics Alumni '62) visits to talk to current students about the trebuchet project and give advice on life-after-McMurry.
  
  
• October 4-6, 2001: Texas Section of the APS, AAPT in Fort Worth.  (Meeting begins here and ends here.  While at the meeting, some of us visited the clean room in the lab of Dr. Goeckner's brother.
  
  
• April 5, 2001 (all day): Physics majors visit Texas Tech University to learn about graduate school opportunities in their Masters and Masters with Internship programs.

• March 23-25, 2001 (all day): Dr. Thompson brings honors astronomy students to the McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas.
  
  
• March 5, 2001 (3:00pm): Physics Seminar
  
  
• Nov 28, 2000: Star Party at Bowden's (cancelled)
  
  
• Nov 2-4, 2000: Physics Trip to INSPECTION 2000,(dead link) at NASA JSC.
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• March 9-11, 2000:

Joint Meeting of APS, AAPT, & SPS (dead link) (Texas A&M)
• Besides attending the conference talks, such as
• Dr. George R. Welch

Quantum Optics - Slow Light
• We also visited with a few TAMU faculty members:
• Dr. Robert Webb

(Experimental High Energy)
• Dr. Donald G. Naugle

(Experimental Condensed Matter)

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