Sociedad Mexicana de Física

1951 - 2009

58 years working for Physics in Mexico

http://www.smf.mx

Sociedad Mexicana de FísicaNon-profit organization.

Its goals are

To promote research and teaching in physics.

To foster the interest for science in general and physics in

particular among people in Mexico.

To establish close links with similar organizations within Mexico

and abroad.

Membership

Students 800

Titulars 600

DivisionsTopical

Atomic and Molecular Physics.Fluids.PlasmasGravitation and Mathematical

Physics.NanosciencesMedical Physics.Optics.Cosmics RaysQuantum InformationNuclear Physics.Particles and Fields.Statistical Physics.Radiation Physics.

RegionalPuebla.San Luis Potosí.Tabasco.

Activities

National Physics Congress.

Divisional meetings, schools and workshops.

National meeting of specialists in science popularization.

National meeting of high-school physics teachers.

Publications (Revista Mexicana de Física, Bulletin, Latin American

Physics Catalog).

Physics Olympiad (regional, national, Latin American, international).

National contest of experiments designed by high-school students.

Women in physics task force.

National Physics CongressYearly event. The site is chosen

among places that offer college

degrees in physics.

Optics and Fluids and Plasma

Physics divisional meetings also

take place.

In 2008 we had over 1700

participants presenting more than

1200 works.

Revista Mexicana de FísicaThree separate sections: Research,

Education and Suplements.

The research section appears on a bi-

monthly basis. It has an international

editorial board.

The supplements serve to publish

conference proceedings (Latin

America).

Bulletin

Quarterly publication.

CatalogInformation about

Places that offer fcollege or graduate

degrees in physics

Research institutions in physics

People working in research or

education in physics in Latin America,

Spain and Portugal.

A CD version with an interactive

searcher is available for each member

of SMF.

Iberoamerican Physics Olympiad

• 13th Iberoamerican Physics Olympiad.

SMF responsible for its organization.

Take place in Morelia, Michoacan in

september 2008.

With the participation

of 18 countries and 68 students.

http://oibf2008.smf.mx

International Physics Olympiad

• Mexico will be the site of the

40th International Physics Olympiad.

SMF will be responsible for its

organization.

It will take place in Merida, Yucatan,

in July 2009.

We expect the participation

of 85 countries.

http://ipho2009.smf.mx/

CAM-2009Gradutae Student Physics Meeting

• The Canadian Association of Physicists

• The American Physical Society

• The Mexican Physical Society