University of Mississippi QuarkNet Center
Submitted by kcecire
on Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 08:07
The University of Mississippi QuarkNet Center is a learning community of QuarkNet teachers, their students, and physicists. Jake Bennett mentors the group along with David Sanders and emeritus mentor Lucien Cremaldi.
Description
Physicists, teachers, and students work together to explore the frontiers of physics at Ole Miss.
QuarkNet Annual Report 2017 for University of Mississippi
Color Mixing, Dark Matter, and X-rays
2014 Ole Miss Abstract II: Construction of a cosmic ray demonstration
2014 Ole Miss Abstract I: Belle II research
2014 Annual Report - University of Mississippi
by Lucien Cremaldi
The Mississippi QuarkNet struggled a bit in 2014. We met in the fall for 2013 to make plans for Masterclass, a LIGO trip, and summer workshop. Unfortunately our plans for spring Masterclass were not well founded and we ended up not hosting the event. Dennis Reed retired from the Math and Science School and we are just recovering from the loss. The QuarkNeT teachers schedule to visit the LIGO detector in Livingston LA were delayed, when the LIGO Science Center coincidently needed to shut down to put up a new exhibit and rescheduling became difficult. We have tentatively plan to make the LIGO visit in the fall. We held a small workshop in the summer. Dr. Kroeger gave lectures on electromagnetism. Dr. Cremaldi led experiments on the the photoelectric effect and the angular dependence of cosmic rays. Denis Byrd received CEU credit for the work.
Jimmy Reidy and student Cole Atkins work on projects in June and July. Cole and Jimmy built an 8x8x8 LED cube, Figure 1(a), powered by an arduino micro-controller. The cube was very challenging to build, soldering over 500 LEDs, and making repairs. The idea was to program cosmic ray or particle interaction type events for display purposes. Maybe even muons stopping and decaying. The circuit board which attached to the arduino was challenging. We are learning the programming of the arduino. Cole and Jimmy also worked with David Sanders on a flow controller and flow read-back electronics for the Belle II experiment, Figure 1(b).
Download PDF of report.
Welcome Ole Miss QuarkNet members!
Welcome to the University of Mississippi QuarkNet Center group. To start, here are three things you can do right now:
Create/edit your site profile (please do ASAP!)
1. In the top menu, roll over "My stuff"
2. Choose "My profile"
3. Under your group name, choose the "About" button
4. Find and choose "Edit my profile"
5. In the "Account" page, you can change your password and upload an avatar image
6. In the "Personal information" page, you can add whether you are a QN teacher, your contact info, etc.
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1. In the top menu, roll over "My stuff"
2. Choose "My groups"
3. Choose "University of Mississippi QuarkNet Center"
4. At the top of the right sidebar, choose "Document" or “Post” from the drop-down list; choose "Create"
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