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October 24, 10 am
– 4pm
Small Hall (behind Phi Beta Kappa
Memorial Hall)
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Full schedule at a glance
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This
year’s PhysicsFest theme is
Race photons, mix colors, be deceived by optical illusions!
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PhysicsFest 2015 Photo Competition!
See all the submissions here
Congratulations
for the winners!
Professional
judges choice:
1st
place: Graphene
Oxide Sheets by Will Dickinson
2nd
place: Spectral Arrow by Christopher Hendriks
3rd
place: Rime Ice on an Evergreen by Dmitriy Zhigunov
Popular vote:
1st
place: Pillars
of creation by Jacob Gunnarson
Blossoms by Stephanie Wang
2nd
place: Camping out under Starry Night by Trevor Sleight
Start saving your best images for next year’s competition!
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Visit research labs (10 am - 2pm)
Have you ever
wondered how a research lab really looks? This is your chance to see
several physics and applied science labs and talk to people who work
there.
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Participating scientists
Seth Aubin – Bose-Einstein
Condensates (Room 067)
Todd
Averett – Hyperpolarized Gases for Nuclear Physics (Room 167)
Mumtaz Qazilbash - Photon
spectroscopy (Room 024)
R. Ale Lukaszew – Thin films and nanostructures
(Room 030)
Eugeniy Mikhailov – Quantum optics
and Atomic Physics (Room 032)
Gunter Luepke – Ultrafast studies of
novel materials (Room 064)
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For our younger
visitors we offer an exciting treasure hunt – find out what color lasers
you can find in each lab!
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Daylight
astronomy?
Why not! Take a short elevator ride to the roof of Small Hall to see the
Sun and planets as you’ve never seen them before.
Observations start an 10am, weather
permitting.
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Want to try your hands on physics experiments? Come to our Physics Playroom!
Fun
hands-on science for everyone from 1 to 101!
Location – Small
Hall 122
Open 10am – 4pm
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 Our special
guests this year: LEGO robots!!
Lego Robotics
Demonstration from Ruling Robot
Falcons
Location – Small
Hall Physics Library, 1-2pm
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Interactive
demo shows
 Guaranteed
excitement for all ages. Who knew physics may be so much fun!
Location – Small
Hall 110
Amazing
states of matter Demo shows start at 11am, 1 pm, and 3 pm
Optics and
Lasers Demo Shows start at 12pm and 2pm
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Visit Small
Hall Makerspace to learn how you can make your dream project a
reality with a help of a 3D printer or some other tools, or to create
your own reality with a vertual reality glasses.
Location – Small Hall 143, open 12
- 4 pm
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 Want
to know more about cutting-edge science?
Presentations
from Physics professors and students
Location – Small
Hall 111
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Nobel-inspired lecture
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10.30 am
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Prof. Robert
McKeown
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Neutrinos: Big
Prizes for Tiny Particles
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11.30 am
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Prof.
Seth Aubin
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Laser cooling, parity violation, and atom lasers
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12.30 pm
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Melissa
Guidry,
Eve
Chase
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LIGO: hunting tiny ripples in space with giant
lasers
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1.30 pm
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Prof.
Ale Lukaszew
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Structural color, metamaterials and plasmons
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2.30 pm
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Prof.
Bill Cooke
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Diffuse Optical Tomography
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1.30 pm
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Prof.
Irina Novikova
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As you light it: fast light, slow light, frozen light
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