African Association of Physics Students
The African Association of Physics Students (aaps)...
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is an African, non-political, non-governmental, non-profit-making,
student-run educational association. It comprises of students and
recent graduates who are interested in physics. The purpose of the
organisation is to encourage physics students in their scientific and
professional work in an African and an international context as well as
to promote relations between physics students from all over the
world. The aaps is committed to
supplement physics education with an international scientific
experience and it is affiliated with Physics societies and departments.
aaps is open to all persons committed to physics.
The aaps organised the First African Conference for Physics Students, acps 2005, which took place in Abuja, Nigeria, on the 15th to 18th November 2005, with the theme "The Development of Physics in Africa".
In 2010, the aaps conference, the 2010 African Conference for Physics Students acps 2010, took place in Dakar, Senegal on the 11th to 16th January 2010 during the relaunch of the African Physical Society.
The aims of the aaps
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• To encourage physics students in their academic and professional work in an international context.
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• To promote peaceful relations among African physics students around the world.
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• To expose African physics students to the international community, help them to build professional relations and foster a collaborative attitude amongst young physicists across the globe.
Contact the African Association of Physics Students via the
African Physical Society
P. O. Box 197
Legon-Accra
Ghana
Telephone: +233-21-501360
Fax: +233-21-501965
