2015 BFY II Abstract Browse

The abstracts listed below were presented at the 2015 BFY II Conference. You may use the column headers to sort the list.

  Name Primary Contact Type
  W01 - Real-time 2D heat flow data as an introduction to what Arduinos can do in your lab Eric Ayars Workshop
  W02 - Nanoparticle Scattering of Polarized Light Ernie Behringer Workshop
  W03 - Using split-ring resonators to measure the electromagnetic properties of materials: An experiment for senior physics undergraduates Jake Bobowski Workshop
  W04 - An Introduction to Atomic Force Microscopy Nancy Burnham Workshop
  W05 - Make your own DNA or microtubule AFM samples Ashley Carter Workshop
  W06 - Multidirectional Invisibility with Rays of Light - a “Rochester Cloak” Joseph Choi Workshop
  W08 - Chaotic pendulum: the complete attractor Bob DeSerio Workshop
  W09 - Paschen’s Law Experiment Arturo Dominguez Workshop
  W10 - Parametric Down Conversion Demo for Public and Undergraduate Use Emily Edwards Workshop
  W11 - Electrostatic Dust Trap Emily Edwards Workshop
  W12 - Quantized Conductance: A Contemporary Physics Experiment on the Wave-Particle Duality of Electrons Khalid Eid Workshop
  W13 - Low-Cost Capacitance Profiling of a Semiconductor John Essick Workshop
  W14 - Shoebox Spectrographs (Low-Cost Light and Spectroscopy Experiments) Timothy Grove Workshop
  W15 - An erbium-doped femtosecond fiber laser for the undergraduate laboratory Chad Hoyt Workshop
  W16 - Developing Scientific Writing Skills through Participation in JAUPLI Joe Kozminski Workshop
  W17 - Medical Imaging: Teaching about the Gamma Camera and Ultrasound Imaging Mary Lowe Workshop
  W18 - Using PSoCs in the Advanced Laboratory Mark Masters Workshop
  W19 - Using an LED as a Low-Efficiency Single Photon Avalanche Diode Lowell McCann Workshop
  W20 - Rethinking Lab Writing Assignments Cary Moskovitz Workshop
  W21 - Brownian Motion: Measuring Avogadro’s Constant for $70 Beth Parks Workshop
  W22 - Compton Scattering of Cs-137 Gamma Rays Jim Parks Workshop
  W23 - Python Instrument Control System: Pythics Everett Ramer Workshop
  W25 - Fundamentals of low-noise electrical measurements: Ground loops, interference, shielding, etc. Walter Smith Workshop
  W26 - Stellar Photometry and Spectroscopy in the physics lab room Shawn Langan Workshop
  W27 - Engaging in the Advanced Lab with Interactive Videos Keith Stein Workshop
  W28 - On-demand modular learning of practical knowledge Randy Tagg Workshop
  W29 - Introduction to FPGAs Matt Vonk Workshop
  W30 - FPGA in the Advanced Lab Kurt Wick Workshop
  W31 - Diffusion in Microfluidic Structures Steve Wonnell Workshop
  W32 - Torsional Oscillator, Noise, and a Spectrum Analyzer – What can Fourier Analysis reveal when you drive the system with noise? Barbara Wolff-Reichert Workshop
  W33 - Fourier Methods Barbara Wolff-Reichert Workshop
  W34 - Noise Fundamentals, JN– Using Johnson-noise to measure the Boltzmann Constant Barbara Wolff-Reichert Workshop
  W35 - Noise Fundamentals, SN – Using Shot Noise to find “e” the Charge on the Electron Barbara Wolff-Reichert Workshop
  W36 - Pulsed/CW NMR – Using Spin Echoes to find Spin-Spin Relaxation Times Barbara Wolff-Reichert Workshop
  W37 - Pulsed/CW NMR – One-Dimensional Imaging, a glimpse of MRI physics Barbara Wolff-Reichert Workshop
  W38 - Diode-Laser Spectroscopy Barbara Wolff-Reichert Workshop
  W39 - Quantum Analogs Barbara Wolff-Reichert Workshop
  W40 - Optical Pumping Barbara Wolff-Reichert Workshop
  W41 - Magnetic Torque Barbara Wolff-Reichert Workshop
  W42 - Foundational Magnetic Susceptibility Barbara Wolff-Reichert Workshop
  W43 - Direct and Lock-In Measurements of Faraday Rotation Barbara Wolff-Reichert Workshop
  W44 - Micro-ESR as a Laboratory Teaching Tool Christine Hofstetter Workshop
  W45 - Laser Cooling and Trapping for Advanced Teaching Laboratories Thaddeus Baringer Workshop
  W46 - Optics and Photonics Lab Equipment Stephan Briggs Workshop
  W47 - Electrometer measurements of material properties Alan Wadsworth Workshop
  W48 - X-ray Physics – Three discrete experiments with the X-ray machine Dr. Werner Bietsch Workshop
  W49 - Diode pumped Nd:YAG Laser with Frequency Doubling Dr. Werner Bietsch Workshop
  W50 - How to Make Thermodynamics Relevant Ann Hanks Workshop
  W51 - VersaLab: a measurement cryostat and teaching curriculum for advanced labs Neil Dilley Workshop
  W52 - van der Pauw resistivity measurements on wafers, characterizing low resistance materials, and semiconductor characterization James Niemann Workshop
  W53 - Measurement and Experimentation with MATLAB Todd Atkins Workshop
  W54 - SQUID measurements of the AC Josephson Effect, Microwave-Induced (Shapiro) Steps at 77K, and h/e Robin Cantor Workshop
  W55 - Basic Gamma Spectroscopy with a NaI(Tl) Detector Roger Stevens Workshop