Stellar Pulsation Conference
The IAS supported the attendance and participation of Mr. Douglas Hoffman, an NMSU student, in the conference which was held in Santa Fe 31 May - 5 June 2009. This proved to be an extremely valuable conference for Mr. Hoffman; he presented a well received poster entitled "Pulsational Frequencies and Masses of Eclipsing Delta Scuti Systems".
Roughly 150 astronomers attended the conference. Mr. Hoffman presented a poster entitled “Pulsational Frequencies and Masses of Eclipsing delta Scuti Systems.” The poster was a significant part of his thesis work over the last two years. The poster was up for two and a half days and received much attention, including being mentioned in one of the review talks later in the week.
Many well-known experts in the field of stellar pulsation attended the conference. Hoffman was able to discuss his project and associated problems with these experts and they provided invaluable guidance and insight. He has since maintained contact with several astronomers that attended the conference and are collaborators in his current thesis project.
Hoffman: The Stellar Pulsation conference was the best conference in my career. I'm not exaggerating in saying that I got more out of this conference than all of the AAS conferences I've been to combined. The subject matter of the conference was very specific and very similar to my thesis project. The next Stellar Pulsation conference will be held in 2011 in Spain. I plan to attend again if possible. The information and contacts I made will be invaluable for years to come.
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