Apparatus Competition

2008 Summer Meeting of the

American Association of Physics Teachers

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada


Awards:

1st Place ($1000)
            Rotating Crystal Microwave Bragg Diffraction Apparatus
                        Joeseph C. Amato and Roger E. Williams
                        Colgate University

3rd  Place ($200)
            Electrostatic Force Demonstration Apparatus  (parts list)
                      
A. Tomasch and A. Chang
                        University of Michigan

Low Cost Winners ($100)
            Showing The Tangent Trajectory Of A Ball Coming From Circular Motion When The Centripetal Force On The Ball Is Suddenly Reduced To Zero Using A Water Sensitive Mat
                        Wayne D. Peterson
                        Brigham Young University


All Entries:

     Showing The Tangent Trajectory Of A Ball Coming From Circular Motion When The Centripetal Force On The Ball Is Suddenly Reduced To Zero Using An Overhead Projector And Alcohol/Water Sensitive Translucent Plastic
      Wayne D. Peterson
          Brigham Young University

     Showing The Tangent Trajectory Of A Ball Coming From Circular Motion When The Centripetal Force On The Ball Is Suddenly Reduced To Zero Using A Water Sensitive Mat
          Wayne D. Peterson
          Brigham Young University

     Rotating Crystal Microwave Bragg Diffraction Apparatus
          Joseph C. Amato and Roger E. Williams
          Colgate University

     Baffling Bouyancy
       William McNairy
          Duke University

     Electrostatic Force Demonstration Apparatus  (parts list)
          A. Tomasch and A. Chang
          University of Michigan