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  • APS-FIP webpage FIP Executive Committee memners, 2012

  • Sultana N. Nahar. An elected member of FIP Executive Committee, 2012-2014

  • Nomination: FIP Candiate page of Sultana Nahar, 2011

    • OBJECTIVES
    FIP MEETINGS
    APS MEMBERSHIP
    USEFUL INFO
    NEWS
    NEWS REPORTS

    OBJECTIVES

    Objectives:

  • As a FIP EC member, my main objective was to bring physicists from the Third World countries, particularly Asia and Arab, to the scientific network of the APS. Asian (except Japan) and Arab countries have very poor representation in APS. My proposal, presented at the FIP EC meeting in 2012 and 2013, presented the need to bring these physicists either through free matching membership or through a proposed discount APS-United Network (APS-UN) membership. To receive the benefits of APS, all physicists have to be members.

  • Physicists from 27 countries (see list of physicists) showed interest and received information on APS membership and many became members. Currently I have a newwork of physicists from these countris:

    - Algeria (1), Bahrain (2), Bangladesh (3), Egypt (4), Ehtiopia (27), Ghana (5), India (6), Iran (7), Iraq (8), Jordan (9), Madagascar (10), Malaysia (11), Morroco (11), Nigeria (12), Oman (13), Pakistan (14), Palestine (15), Rwanda (16), Russia (17), Saudi Arabia (18), Sudan (19), Syria (20), Tunisia (21), Turkey (22), Ukraine (23), United Arab Emirates (24), Yemen (25), Nepal (26)

  • U.S. Indonesia Teacher Education Corsortium (USINTEC) at OSU has created the website "Scientists and physicists from Indonesia" to contact Sultana Nahar

  • Serve APS:

    - APS Fellowship Committee of unit FIP, 2012-2014
    - Selection committee: John Wheatley Award, of APS, 2015

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    FIP MEETINGS 2012 - 2014:

    The annual meetings I participated as an EC member:

    2012:

  • FIP EC meeting Agenda on March 31, 2012, sessions held during APS April meeting 2012, March 31-April 3, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Motion on Sultana's presentation on APS membership for the Thirld World and Arab Countires (item 12 in the Agenda) was approved by FIP EC giving the scope to submit a formal proposal
  • Meeting Pictures

    2013:

  • FIP EC meeting Agenda on March 16, 2013, sessions held during APS March meeting 2013, March 17-22, Baltimore, Maryland
  • There is a high possibility of having free APS membership for the Thirld World and Arab Countries. Presented Proposal (item 12 in the Agenda)
  • Meeting Summary, 2013
  • Sultana's Updated proposal
  • Meeting Pictures

    2014:

  • FIP EC meeting report, April 2014
    - Sultana's report

    APS MEMBERSHIP:

  • Be a free member of APS (for physicists in developing countries): You can download the Application 2019 form. It is also given here and click at "Fund" to get the form.

  • Each applicant will be required to submit a CV, filled out form and write a personal statement in the form describing why subsidized membership should be approved.

  • Email your application, with "APS Membership appliction" on the subject line, to Jennifer Ruberto at:
    ruberto@aps.org
    or at Jennifer Pirnat at
    pirnat@aps.org

  • The term of participation in the FUND category of the Matching Membership Program is four (4) years, during which you will not be billed any membership dues. All FUND category participants will receive APS News and Physics Today as part of their membership. While no journal publications (e.g., the Physical Review series) are included in the FUND category of the Matching Membership Program, some participants may be eligible to access APS journals for free via other programs.

  • APS Website info: A free membership is available to individuals on a limited basis.

  • One year free APS membership for any student (US or non-US)

    After becoming an APS member:

  • Create an APS Web Account (click here)

  • Go to page: Join an APS unit, choose your unit (atomic, astro, nuclear etc) by clicking on "APS Unit" button at the top. and then become free member to all that apply to you.

  • To be a free member of Forum of International Physics (click here), at FIP webpage, click on the right, below the "Quick Links", at Join This Unit and on the popped-up new page put your APS member info

  • Get free subscribtion to WIPHYS (Women In Physics): To subscribe to WIPHYS, send a blank message to join-wiphys@lists.apsmsgs.org or use the Web form

  • Post your resume at APS website, as linked in the section below

    Benefits of an APS member:
    - 12 issues of Physics Today per year (hardcopy and online)
    - 11 isues of APS news per year (hardcopy and online)
    - Breaking news alers
    - Sumbit abstract and present research at an APS meeting
    - Apply for travel grant
    - Can provide letter for US visa
    - APS recognizes scientific contributions by many awards and prizes. You can be recognized and nominate others for recognition.

    USEFUL INFO:

  • International benefits of APS

  • For useful APS international info, such as travel grant, visa etc: Office of International Affairs

  • International Research Travel Award Program, for presentations at conferences, American Physical Society

  • Distinguished Student Seminar Program DS3, for graduate and undergraduate students to travel within US or international to APS conferences

  • Braslau Family Travel Grant provides support for degree-seeking students and early career physicists to attend an APS March or April Meeting. Awards typically range between $500 - $1,000. Application deadline: January 15, 2019. More information is available on the website [aps.us4.list-manage.com].

  • "APS-IUSSTF Physics Ph.D. Student & Post-doc Visitation Program and Professorship Awards", US-India Travel grant, The Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) sponsors and APS administers the exchange of physicists, physics Ph.D. students, and postdocs between India and the United States

  • Post your resume at: For jobs advertised at APS

  • Post your resume at: For jobs advertised at Physics Today

  • Check job positions at APS careers Center

  • Check job positions at Physics Today Job listings

  • For any physis related jobs (biophysics, nuclear physics, nanophysics, engineering etc), check Physics Today Jobs and Here

  • Get free APS journal access (for physicists in developing countries): Get Information on the access

  • Middle East Center for Research Tranings and Experiments: SESME (located in Jordan):
    - An international center for research and advanced technology under the auspices of UNESCO
    - For scientific trainings in developed countries and fellowships, check in SESME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East)

  • A good Resource of information on studying in the US

    • NEWS:
    (relevant to Nahar)

  • "Sultana Nahar has contributed a trip report on her re-cent visit to Bangladesh. I learn a great deal from her articles about physics research and teaching in parts of the world quite unknown to me.", Ernie Malamud, Editor, FIP Newletter, Fall 2015, p.7

  • FIP news: "Sultana Nahar, FIP Executive Committee Member, Winner of the John Wheatley Award"

    - FIP Newsletter, p.11, The Spring 2013,

    - APSNEWS March 2013,Vol 22, No3 (p.4)

    - FIP circulation, March 8, 2013,

    - FIP Circulation for the Award Talk, March 18, 2013

  • About the 3 Newly elected members (Elp, Cifarelli, Nahar) of the FIP EC, 2012

    NEWS REPORTS:

    Nahar's report in FIP/ APS newsletters:

    17. APS News article, Oct 2019: "The 40th International School for Young Astronomers in Egypt", Sultana N Nahar, APS Newsletter Vol 28, No. 9, p.3 (2019)
    - Article on APS News Highlights page
    - Full APS newsletter

    16. APS News article, Feb 12, 2019: "Impact of Women in STEM Roadshow in India:", APS Newsletter Vol 28, No. 2, p.3,6 (2019)

    15. APS News article "Indo-U.S. STEM Education and Research Center in India", Sultana Nahar, January 2018 (Volume 27, Number 1, p.2 )
    - On the News Highlights of the APS news
    - APS Newsletrer January 2018

    14. APS Gazetter article "Arab Conference on Astronomy and Geophysics the 5th Assembly (ACAG-5)", Sultana N. Nahar, APS Gazette, Fall 2017
    - pdf-file of the article

    13. APS News article "Science Research in Gaza in Palestine", Sultana Nahar, August/September 2017 (Volume 26, Number 8, p.5)
    - A Highlighted feature at the home page.

    12. Egypt's Loyalty to Science (p.6-8), CSWP Gazette of APS, Fall 2016
    - APS website address Gazette Fall 2016

    11. APS FIP newsletter article: "OSU Stem Faculty Training Project Achieves Milestone" Sultana Nahar, Fall 2016, p.21-22
    - APS: FIP Fall 2016 Newsletter webpage, - Entire newsletter in pdf

    10. APS FIP newsletter article: "Improvement in Education and Research Through Recognition, a Report from Bangladesh", Sultana Nahar, Fall 2015, p.25-27
    - APS: FIP Fall 2015 Newsletter webpage, - Entire newsletter in pdf

    9. APS FIP newsletter article: "Saudi Arabia Connection", Sultana Nahar, p.28-31, Spring 2015
    - APS: FIP Spring 2015 Newsletter webpage, - Entire newsletter in pdf

    8. APS FIP newsletter article: "India Connection 2" Obama-singh STEM project report, Sultana Nahar, p.18-22, Fall 2014
    - APS: FIP Fall 2014 Newsletter webpage, - Entire newsletter in pdf

    7. APS FIP newsletter article: "India Connection", Sultana Nahar, p.14-17, Spring 2014
    - APS: FIP Spring 2014 Newsletter webpage, - Entire newsletter in pdf

    6. APS FIP Newsletter annoucement: "Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Award for the Ohio State University ˗ Aligarh Muslim University Partnership", p.9, Fall 2013

    5. APS FIP newsletter article: "Egypt Connection 2", Sultana Nahar, p.16-20, Fall 2013
    - APS: FIP Fall 2013 Newsletter webpage, - Entire newsletter in pdf

    4. APS CSWP-Gazette article: "International Society of Muslim Women in Science (ISMWS)", Sultana N. Nahar, p.8-9, Fall 2013

    3. APS FIP newsletter article: "Recent Visit to Bangladesh Universities and Physics Prizes", Sultana Nahar, Spring, p.26-28, 2013
    - APS: FIP Spring 2013 Newsletter webpage, - entire newsletter in pdf

    2. APS FIP newsletter article: "Egypt Connection", Sultana Nahar, p.11-13, Fall 2012
    - APS: FIP Fall 2012 Newsletter webpage, - entire newsletter in pdf

    1. APS FIP newsletter article: "Highlights of a trip to the UAE and India", Sultana Nahar, p.25-26, Spring 2012
    - APS: FIP Spring 2012 Newsletter webpage - entire newsletter in pdf

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    Created: March 2012