Apparatus Competition -- Summer 2003

127th Meeting of the AAPT

Madison, WI


Advanced Laboratory and/or Demonstration Awards:

2nd Place ($600)
      Cage Lab
            Steven Sahyun

3rd Place ($200)
      DC Glow Discharge Tube
            Niraj Sheth (Sponsor:  Andrew Post-Zwicker)


Low Cost Awards ($100 each):

      Eddy Currents and Lenz's Law Demonstrations
            Donald E. Fahnline

      Manometer for Measuring Lung Pressure
            Duane L. Deardorff

      Illustrating Wave Phenomena with Overhead Projection of Sets of Pendula
            James Flaten
            Alex Nugent
            Andrew Foltz

      Projectile Launcher
            Dale Freeland



Advanced Laboratory and/or Demonstration Entries:

Ø     Eddy Currents and Lenz's Law Demonstrations
            Donald E. Fahnline

Ø     DC Glow Discharge Tube
            Niraj Sheth (Sponsor:  Andrew Post-Zwicker)

Ø     Cage Lab
            Steven Sahyun

Ø     Physical Pendulum with Self-synchronous Drive
            Satinder S. Sidhu

Ø     Demonstrating the Coherence Length of White Light
            Steven K. Wonnell


Low Cost Entries:

Ø     Manometer for Measuring Lung Pressure
            Duane L. Deardorff

Ø     Center of Gravity Mystery Tube
            Daniel Dreyfuss

Ø     Eddy Currents and Lenz's Law Demonstrations
            Donald E. Fahnline

Ø     Illustrating Wave Phenomena with Overhead Projection of Sets of Pendula
            James Flaten
            Alex Nugent
            Andrew Foltz

Ø     Projectile Launcher
            Dale Freeland

Ø     Cage Lab
            Steven Sahyun

Ø     Fire Breathing Can
            Patricia Sievert

Ø     Demonstrating the Coherence Length of White Light
            Steven Wonnell


Apparatus Competition Homepage

created by Richard Flarend, ref7@psu.edu