Term Projects

For term projects, small groups of students  propose a systematic study of a natural phenomenon. The emphasis of the project can be either scientific or aesthetic. Experimental setup, data collection, analysis, and reporting of results takes place over a period of 4-5 weeks.

sweep photography of bursting light bulbs

Blake Bommelje, Aaron Forsyth, and Vishwan Pamarthi

the stopping power of Jell-O

Logan Couce, Brittany Spencer, and Alia Whitney-Johnson

transit of projectiles across a liquid interface

William Demilio, Patrick Moore, and Jason Pridgen

objects dropped into water in various ways

Ankur Gupta
Ryan McLinko

working with liquid O₂

Esther Hong, Aakash Barodia, and Alex Crouch

collisions of BBs with multiple bands

Stew Lowry and Paul Walczak

collisions of BBs with a wall of water

Claire Bateman and Dexter Myrick

Alkali Drops

reactions of alkali earth metals with H₂O

Jordan Lofton and Gabrielle Scronce

Paintball Impacts

dissection of a paintball explosion

Timothy Reibold and Brandon Winterling

splashes of dissimilar fluids by

Anne Fabricius and Shauna Jin

splashes from >1 meter drops

Dan Christie and Andrew Frazier

aluminum cans crushed by a tower of weights by

Richard Chen
Ashwin Kulkarni

kicks of soccer balls by

Eric Gibble
Cristobal Palmer

forehand smashes by

Dimitri Mirovitsky
James Uhing

tennis ball bouncing on a basketball by

Hans Choe

implosions of aluminum cans by

Amit Aravapalli, Rohit Prakash, and Robert Watts

cracking of ceramic filters by

Steven Butcher, Alex Crouse, and David Currin

colorful paper bits dancing on a drum by

Sharon Roberson and Elizabeth Whitlock

water drop splashes by

Scott Butson, Corey Hadley, and Stuart Pratt

drops of a slinky by

Dahl Clark