Dr. Samuel Lightner, chair and professor of physics at Westminster College, recently led two workshops at the national meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society.

"I was a workshop leader in two workshops for high school teachers," Lightner said. "One was Introduction to Fusion and Plasma Science,' and the other was Demonstration Activities for the Classroom in Fusion and Plasma Science.'"

While at the meeting, Lightner also helped to staff a booth at the Plasma Expo, where displays and demos were set up. Teachers brought their students to take part in the demonstrations.

"There was also a public night, and many students and their parents came," Lightner said. "Overall, I did demos or interacted with close to 1,000 students in two days."

Lightner, who has been with Westminster College since 1970, earned his undergraduate degree from Randolph-Macon College, and his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.

For more information, contact Lightner at (724) 946-7204 or e-mail lightner@westminster.edu. Visit www.pppl.gov/aps_teachers03 to see description of the Teacher's Day and Expo.