2017
Rochester QuarkNet/CMS Masterclass 2017 Report
On April 7, 2017, the University of Rochester Department of Physics and Astronomy hosted a CMS masterclass that was attended by approximately 40 high-school students from Canandaigua and Gates-Chilli, NY. The host was Prof. Garcia-Bellido who gave an introductory talk on particle physics, the LHC,…
QuarkNet Annual Report 2017
The UF QuarkNet Center ran two workshops during the summer of 2017: one for 2 days in June and the second for 3 days in August. Between 8-10 local teachers participated, depending on the workshop. The first workshop, led by Ken Cecire of QuarkNet, reacquainted the teachers with the principles of…
QuarkNet Annual Report 2017 - University of Tennessee, Knoxville
S. GOLLAPINNI, K. GUNTHOTI September 24, 2017 The summer 2017 is the first year for QuarkNet at UTK. Two teachers, Tommy Eggleston (West High Science teacher) and Erica Johnson (Halls High School Science teacher) were part of the QuarkNet program. There were two main goals the UTK center wanted to…
Comparing Measured Values from a Fixed Parallel Plate Capacitor Instrument and Theoretical Values for Capacitors in Parallel
Quinn Brodsky (The Hockaday School), Garrett Gu (Texas Academy of Math and Science), Danita Mathew (Garland High School), Aaron McAnalley (Harmony Science Academy Euless), Swati Ravi (Greenhill School), Dylan Robertson (Plano Senior High School), Aniya Showers (Garland High School), Vijay Vuyyuru (…
Search and Identification of Short-Period Variable Stars
Keri Christian (Clark High School), Allie Frymire (Greenhill School), Holly Hodge (Plano Senior High School), Rithvik Ramesh (IB World School at Plano East Senior High School), Daniel Sela (Yorktown Education), Jorden Terrazas (Harmony Science Academy Euless), Muaz Wahid (Parish Episcopal School),…
Using an Adjustable Parallel-Plate Capacitor to Verify the Theoretical Equivalence of Stacked Dielectrics and Capacitors in Series
Quinn Brodsky (The Hockaday School), Garrett Gu (Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science), Danita Mathew (Garland High School), Aaron McAnalley (Harmony Science Academy Euless), Swati Ravi (Greenhill School), Dylan Robertson (Plano Senior High School), Aniya Showers (Garland High School), Vijay…
2017 Annual Report - Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University QuarkNet 2016 Personnel The Vanderbilt University QuarkNET group is mentored by William (Bill) Gabella, which much help from emeritus mentor Medford Webster and a volunteer teacher Terry King. We advise the teachers and students on the use of the Cosmic Ray Muon Detectors (…
Precision metrology tests for the UT upgrade
Student name: Liam Meisner (Manlius Pebble Hill) Teacher mentor: Justin Shute (Fayetteville-Manlius) Research mentor: Dr. Xuhao Yuan (Syracuse University) Summer 2017 The purpose of our research was to make precise measurements on a number of the components to be used in the UT detector. The UT…