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22-699: Coppi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bruno Coppi (born 1935), Italian-American physicist Célia Coppi (born 1980), Brazilian handball player Fausto Coppi (1919-1960), Italian cyclist Hans Coppi (1916-1942), German resistance fighter Hans Coppi Jr. (born 1942) German historian Hilde Coppi (née Rake, 1909–1943), German resistance fighter Jacopo Coppi called "Jacopo del Meglio" ("the Best") (1523–1591), Italian painter Serse Coppi (1923–1951) Italian cyclist, brother of Fausto Other [ edit ] Cima Coppi , title given to

44-867: A fusion reactor with Coppi as the principal investigator for the project. In addition, Coppi is taking a leading role in the Frascati Torus Program in Italy. In 1987, Coppi received the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics and also the Award of Excellence in Plasma Physics from the American Physical Society . He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1976),

66-610: A long-standing interest in improving the climate in physics departments for underrepresented minorities and women. The Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CSWP) and the Committee on Minorities (COM) both sponsor site visit programs to universities as well as national labs. APS is a leading voice for physics education and the society sponsors a variety of conferences dedicating to helping physics education leaders stay on top of

88-572: A set of workshops for new physics and astronomy faculty with the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Astronomical Society . These workshops reach nearly half of all new physics and astronomy faculty, and introduce them to current pedagogical practices, results of physics education research, and time management skills to help them begin and improve their academic careers. The APS has had

110-631: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Bruno Coppi In 1959, Coppi attained an Italian doctoral degree at Polytechnic University of Milan and was subsequently a docent and research scientist at the Polytechnic Institute and the University of Milan . In 1961, he was a scientist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory . From 1964 to 1967, he was an assistant professor at

132-489: Is the advancement and diffusion of knowledge of physics. It publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the prestigious Physical Review and Physical Review Letters , and organizes more than twenty science meetings each year. It is a member society of the American Institute of Physics . Since January 2021, it is led by chief executive officer Jonathan Bagger . The American Physical Society

154-629: The American Association of Physics Teachers , which helps universities transform their physics teacher education programs into national models. PhysTEC-supported sites develop their physics teacher preparation programs by implementing a set of key components that project leaders have identified as critical to success in physics teacher preparation. The broader coalition is a national network of institutions committed to developing and promoting excellence in physics and physical science teacher preparation. The APS Bridge Program aims to increase

176-834: The American Association for the Advancement of Science , the National Virgilian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts and a fellow of the American Physical Society . He received the American Dante Alighieri Prize, the Science Prize of the Italian government, the science and technology prize from Italgas, and the gold medal of the Milan Polytechnic Institute. In 2000, he was knighted Grand Officer of

198-706: The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic . In 2016, Coppi won the Antonio Feltrinelli International Prize for Chemistry and Physics from the Accademia nazionale dei Lincei . American Physical Society The American Physical Society ( APS ) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission

220-793: The University of California, San Diego , from 1967 to 1969 at the Institute for Advanced Study , and from 1968 professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . In the 1980s, Coppi was a member of the science team in the Voyager 2 space probe. Coppi works on theoretical plasma physics, space plasmas and magnetic fusion. At MIT, he initiated the Alcator Program , which led to the Russian-American Ignitor program , that aims at building near Moscow

242-639: The APS Corporate Sponsored Scholarship Program for Minority Undergraduate Students Who Major in Physics, this scholarship was established in 1980 with the goal of increasing the number of underrepresented minorities receiving bachelor's degrees in physics. The program provides funding and mentoring to talented students. APS Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics are three-day regional conferences for undergraduate physics majors. The conferences aim to help undergraduate women continue in physics by providing them with

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264-521: The APS took over the operation of the Physical Review , which had been founded in 1893 at Cornell University , and journal publication became its second major activity. The Physical Review was followed by Reviews of Modern Physics in 1929 and by Physical Review Letters in 1958. Over the years, Phys. Rev. has subdivided into five separate sections as the fields of physics proliferated and

286-613: The highest peak in the yearly running of the Giro d'Italia [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Coppi . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coppi&oldid=1131732221 " Categories : Surnames Italian-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

308-638: The interests of its fifty thousand members in broader issues, and nine sections organized by geographical region. In 1999, APS Physics celebrated its centennial with the biggest-ever physics meeting in Atlanta . In 2005, APS took the lead role in United States participation in the World Year of Physics , initiating several programs to broadly publicize physics during the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein 's annus mirabilis . Einstein@Home , one of

330-491: The monthly publication Physics Today , published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP). The American Physical Society has 47 units (divisions, forums, topical groups and sections) that represent the wide range of interests of the physics community. APS has the following topical groups: The Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) is a joint project of the American Physical Society and

352-675: The number of submissions grew. In more recent years, the activities of the society have broadened considerably. Stimulated by the increase in federal funding in the period after the Second World War , and even more by the increased public involvement of scientists in the 1960s, the APS is active in public and governmental affairs, and in the international physics community. It also conducts extensive programs in education, science outreach (specifically physics outreach ), and media relations. Fourteen divisions and eleven topical groups covering all areas of physics research. Six forums reflect

374-400: The number of underrepresented minority students that earn doctoral degrees in physics. The program names doctoral and master's degree-granting institutions as Bridge Sites and awards them National Science Foundation funding to prepare post-baccalaureate students for doctoral studies through additional coursework, mentoring, research, application coaching, and GRE preparation. Formerly called

396-587: The opportunity to experience a professional conference, information about graduate school and professions in physics, and access to other women in physics of all ages with whom they can share experiences, advice, and ideas. The APS Careers in Physics website is a gateway for physicists, students, and physics enthusiasts to obtain information about physics jobs and careers. APS Careers in Physics has an award-winning job board, offers professional development advice through its website and blog, and provides links to workshops, grants, and career resources. APS co-sponsors

418-663: The planned name change was eventually abandoned by the APS Executive Board. To promote public recognition of APS as a physics society, while retaining the name American Physical Society, the APS Executive Board adopted a new logo incorporating the phrase " APS Physics ." APS introduced a new logo to replace the APS Physics logo on November 1, 2022. The American Physical Society publishes 17 international research journals and an open-access online news and commentary website Physics . All members of APS receive

440-399: The projects APS initiated during World Year of Physics, is an ongoing and popular distributed computing project. During the summer of 2005, the society conducted an electronic poll, in which the majority of APS members preferred the name American Physics Society . The poll became the motivation for a proposal of a name change promised in the leadership election that year. For legal reasons,

462-606: The trends in the field. Conferences include the annual Physics Department Chair Conference, a Graduate Education in Physics Conference, and a Distance Education & Online Learning in Physics Workshop. The APS physics outreach program focuses on "Communicating the excitement and importance of physics to everyone." As part of this effort, it maintains an educational website, PhysicsCentral; offers grants to help APS members develop educational programs; and runs

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484-405: Was founded on May 20, 1899, when thirty-six physicists gathered at Columbia University for that purpose. They proclaimed the mission of the new Society to be "to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics", and in one way or another the APS has been at that task ever since. In the early years, virtually the sole activity of the APS was to hold scientific meetings, initially four per year. In 1913,

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