Abstracts from all AAPT national meetings since 1998
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Sympathetic Cooling of Antiproton
Lu Wang - This thesis describes the laser sympathetic cooling of the antiproton in AEgIS experiment. The antiproton and buffer gas.... -
"Scratch and Win" Tickets and Team-based Clickers in Introductory Physics
Adam Clark - This poster will document an attempt to hybridize the non-physics specific technique of Team-based Learning with the phy.... -
"Tiered" iClicker Recitation Introductions and an Open-Ended Experiment
David B. Blasing - Interactively engaging students can significantly help them understand key concepts [Hake 1998]. In PHYS 272 at Purdue U.... -
3D Printing Opto-Mechanics
David J. Starling - Optics labs require a host of specialized equipment to perform basic measurements. Much of this equipment has precision .... -
A Dissociated, Progressive Introductory Physics Laboratory
Bruce Thompson - I am the current caretaker and reviser of an introductory mechanics laboratory in the first-year curriculum at Ithaca Co.... -
A Laboratory to Teach Laser and Atomic Physics
Joseph E. Wiest, - For the past 25 years I have been creating a laboratory to use the laser to teach hands-on techniques of studying the at.... -
A Model for Open-ended "Dorm Room" Physics Experiments
Katherine Ansell, - Recent technological developments have made it possible for students to do high-quality physics experiments in their hom.... -
A Modified Boyle's Law Experiment to Estimate Salt Crystal Density
Joel D. Krehbiel - A common experiment in a college physics class is to show the inverse relationship between pressure and volume predicted....