Christian Cowles

Physicist

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Participates in 4 items

Doctor Christian Cowles, earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from Brigham Young University in 2010. From there, he went on to Idaho State University, where he earned a Master’s Degree in Applied Physics in 2012, a Master’s Degree in Nuclear Engineering in 2013, and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Science and Engineering in 2016. He is currently working at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a physicist. Professionally he models radiation fields and tests radiation detectors. For hobbies he runs tabletop roleplaying games and gardens.

Sessions in which Christian Cowles participates

Friday 14 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

4:30 PM

What's the Latest on Fusion Energy?

1 hour, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Harvest

Panel

Manny Frishberg, SFWA (Moderator)

Christian Cowles, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Participant)

Fusion energy, making electricity from the same process that powers the sun, has been 20 years away for the last 70 years. But, starting in the 201...

Saturday 15 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

11:30 AM

Faster Tabletop RPG Combat

1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3121- Gaming/Fan Track

Panel

Brendan Quinn, Tri-City Area Gaming (Participant)

Christian Cowles, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Participant)

Lauren Cowles, TRIFI film festival (Participant)

World Building 201: Creating Believable Religions

1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Writing Track

Panel

Joey Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Moderator)

Wesley Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Aegis Crew) (Participant)

Levi juchau (Participant)

Doug Odell, Doug Odell (Potential)

Christian Cowles, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Potential)

Sanan Kolva, N/A (Potential)

Monica Valentinelli (Participant)

Josh Haas, Aegis of the Elements Team (Participant)

Creating believable religions From the creations of gods to the interpretations of their messages and powers, we will examine how to create religi...

4:30 PM

Gm tips and tricks

1 hour, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3121- Gaming/Fan Track

Panel

Levi juchau (Moderator)

Doug Staudt, TRIFI film festival (Participant)

Matt McElroy (Participant)

Christian Cowles, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Participant)

Wesley Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Aegis Crew) (Potential)

Chris Bruscas (Potential)

Monica Valentinelli (Potential)

Mr. Shawn Merrow, The Royal Manticoran Navy (Participant)

Berlynn Wohl (Participant)

We’ve been running games for years and a lot of things have gone both wrong and right. Come learn some of the tricks we use and some of the pitfall...

Sessions in which Christian Cowles attends

Friday 14 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

2:00 PM

Victory Through Better villainy!

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3121- Gaming/Fan Track

Panel

Kazurkan (Participant)

Game Goblin (Moderator)

Darth Blasphemous (Participant)

The Moniker (Participant)

The Blunt Force Gamers podcast group of 3 seasoned Game Masters and one FNG invite people to come sit in for a round table talk about ramping up yo...

3:15 PM

How To Be A Game Designer

1 hour, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3117- Craft/ Costumes

Panel

Devin Kaas, Monolith Productions (Moderator)

Are you interested in becoming a game designer but you don't know where to start? Come join Devin Kaas, a designer on Middle Earth: Shadow of War a...

5:45 PM

Arms and Armor Through History

1 hour, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

Pastor Rod, Christian-Gamer-Guild.org (Participant)

Mike McWatters, N/A (Moderator)

Joseph Malik, Oxblood Booke (Participant)

Bill Gruner (Participant)

Ulrik (Participant)

Arms and Armor through history--a hands on panel. As the theme of this con is the 1920s, let's talk about the armor and weapons that came out after...

7:00 PM

Opening Cermony

1 hour, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Bronze- Gaming

Event

Chad Wilcox (Participant)

8:15 PM

Fighting in Fiction

1 hour, 8:15 PM - 9:15 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Writing Track

Panel

Jason Andrew Bond, Kimura Publishing LLC (Moderator)

Rory Miller (Participant)

Joseph Malik, Oxblood Booke (Participant)

Bill Gruner (Participant)

Doug Odell, Doug Odell (Participant)

Bruce Schmoetzer Sensei, Beartooth Aikido (Participant)

Have you ever read a book with a person driving a car from the back seat or perhaps boiling water by putting the pot in a refrigerator? Mistakes of...