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Igniting Passion:​ A Detailed Journey Through Rocketry Course Activities, Krish M. Patel, Hannah Caycedo, Joshua Gage, Josi Maness, Kevin Park, Mufeng Shen Apr 2024

Igniting Passion:​ A Detailed Journey Through Rocketry Course Activities, Krish M. Patel, Hannah Caycedo, Joshua Gage, Josi Maness, Kevin Park, Mufeng Shen

SACAD: John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activity Days

This course is a semester-long adventure in rocketry, led by Dr. Paul Adams. It covers everything about building and flying rockets, starting from the basics to more advanced rocketry. Students learn how to build rockets and use equipment used I payload systems like and altimeter and a GPS. We also learned about the importance of safety involved with building and launching rockets.


An Exploration Of Misconceptions In Introductory Physics, Christopher Mattthew Wheatley Jan 2024

An Exploration Of Misconceptions In Introductory Physics, Christopher Mattthew Wheatley

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

The study of student misconceptions about physics concepts has long been an important area of inquiry in physics education research (PER). The research discussed in this dissertation builds upon the developments in PER by exploring the prevalence of consistently held undergraduate student misconceptions in introductory calculus-based physics. This thesis explores the nature of student misconceptions, mistakes, and naive answering patterns in both introductory undergraduate Newtonian mechanics and electromagnetism by applying a network analytic technique called module analysis to student responses to different concept inventories from institutions of various levels of incoming physics preparation. Each study applying these methods also demonstrates …


Stem Club, Camden Jones, Erica Gesner, Amber Gadeken May 2022

Stem Club, Camden Jones, Erica Gesner, Amber Gadeken

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

The goal of this club is to introduce various topics stemming from different fields in science. We hope to excite the students about science and show them how important it is to their everyday lives. This club also aims to provide free education to underserved communities.


A History Of Physics At Otterbein University, David G. Robertson Sep 2021

A History Of Physics At Otterbein University, David G. Robertson

Faculty Books

This is an informal history of the Physics Department at Otterbein, including the story of the natural sciences prior to the founding of the department in 1908.


Identifying, Analyzing, And Using Discriminatory Variables For Classification Of Neutrino Signal And Background Noise In Multivariate Analysis In The Askaryan Radio Array Experiment, Jesse Osborn Mar 2021

Identifying, Analyzing, And Using Discriminatory Variables For Classification Of Neutrino Signal And Background Noise In Multivariate Analysis In The Askaryan Radio Array Experiment, Jesse Osborn

Honors Theses

The Askaryan Radio Array Experiment, located near the South Pole, works to pinpoint specific instances of neutrinos from outside the solar system interacting with nucleons inside the Antarctic ice, emitting radio waves. I have taken data from the ARA stations which is presumed to be background noise and compared it to simulated data meant to look like a neutrino signal. I developed a suite of variables for discrimination between the two data sets, using a computer algorithm to generate a single output variable which can be used to distinguish noise events from signal events. I maximized this discrimination process for …


Electron Beam Dispersion Compensator Using A Wien Filter, Jackson Lederer Mar 2021

Electron Beam Dispersion Compensator Using A Wien Filter, Jackson Lederer

Honors Theses

When an electron beam travels through space, it spreads out over time which impedes the ability to work with short electron pulses in the lab. A Wien filter is a device consisting of perpendicular electric and magnetic fields which filters charged particles based on their velocities. For a specific velocity, the two forces from the two fields in the filter cancel each other out letting charges with that velocity travel straight through the filter. Charges moving at other speeds are deflected as they have a net force applied to them from the filter. If a particle is deflected from the …


Spectroscopy Of Neon For The Advanced Undergraduate Laboratory, H. C. Busch, M. B. Cooper, C. I. Sukenik Jan 2019

Spectroscopy Of Neon For The Advanced Undergraduate Laboratory, H. C. Busch, M. B. Cooper, C. I. Sukenik

Physics Faculty Publications

We describe a spectroscopy experiment, suitable for upper-division laboratory courses, that investigates saturated absorption spectroscopy and polarization spectroscopy in a neon discharge. Both experiments use nearly identical components, allowing students to explore both techniques in a single apparatus. Furthermore, because the wavelength of the laser is in the visible part of the spectrum (640 nm), the experiment is well-suited for students with limited experience in optical alignment. The labs nicely complement a course in atomic or plasma physics, provide students with the opportunity to gain important technical skills in the area of optics and lasers, and can provide an introduction …


College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Fall 2018, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University Oct 2018

College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Fall 2018, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University

College of Science and Mathematics Newsletters

This 3 page newsletter discusses various happenings within the College of Science and Mathematics. It begins with a letter from the dean, and continues on with news, events, alumni news, and other community news.


College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Summer 2018, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University Jul 2018

College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Summer 2018, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University

College of Science and Mathematics Newsletters

This 5 page newsletter discusses various happenings within the College of Science and Mathematics. It begins with a letter from the dean, and continues on with news, events, alumni news, and other community news.


Echoes Of The Past: The Effect Of Background Experience On Far Transfer, Graham H. Hummel-Hall May 2018

Echoes Of The Past: The Effect Of Background Experience On Far Transfer, Graham H. Hummel-Hall

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Far transfer is the application of knowledge learned in one setting to a problem in a very different setting. This multi-method study looked at far transfer in humans and whether it could be facilitated, inhibited, or remain unaffected by the number of courses or years a student at a university spent learning about the subject matter of the knowledge being transferred. Through quantitative and qualitative analysis of pretest and post-test data from an introductory undergraduate earth science course, I found that students with more physical science background experience more frequently engaged in successful and accurate transfer of physics information to …


College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Spring 2018, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University Apr 2018

College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Spring 2018, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University

College of Science and Mathematics Newsletters

This 3 page newsletter discusses various happenings within the College of Science and Mathematics. It begins with a letter from the dean, and continues on with news, events, alumni news, and other community news.


A Comparison Of Online, Video Synchronous, And Traditional Learning Modes For An Introductory Undergraduate Physics Course, Emily K. Faulconer, John C. Griffith, Beverly Wood, Donna Roberts Jan 2018

A Comparison Of Online, Video Synchronous, And Traditional Learning Modes For An Introductory Undergraduate Physics Course, Emily K. Faulconer, John C. Griffith, Beverly Wood, Donna Roberts

Publications

While the equivalence between online and traditional classrooms has been well-researched, very little of this includes college-level introductory Physics. Only one study explored Physics at the whole-class level rather than specific course components such as a single lab or a homework platform. In this work, we compared the failure rate, grade distribution, and withdrawal rates in an introductory undergraduate Physics course across several learning modes including traditional face-to-face instruction, synchronous video instruction, and online classes. Statistically significant differences were found for student failure rates,grade distribution, and withdrawal rates but yielded small effect sizes. Post-hoc pair-wise test was run to determine …


College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Fall 2017, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University Oct 2017

College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Fall 2017, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University

College of Science and Mathematics Newsletters

This 6 page newsletter discusses various happenings within the College of Science and Mathematics. It begins with a letter from the dean, and continues on with news, events, alumni news, and other community news.


College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Summer 2017, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University Jul 2017

College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Summer 2017, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University

College of Science and Mathematics Newsletters

This 7 page newsletter discusses various happenings within the College of Science and Mathematics. It begins with a letter from the dean, and continues on with news, events, alumni news, and other community news.


College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Spring 2017, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University Apr 2017

College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Spring 2017, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University

College of Science and Mathematics Newsletters

This 9 page newsletter discusses various happenings within the College of Science and Mathematics. It begins with a letter from the dean, and continues on with news, events, alumni news, and other community news.


College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Fall 2016, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University Oct 2016

College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Fall 2016, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University

College of Science and Mathematics Newsletters

This 6 page newsletter discusses various happenings within the College of Science and Mathematics. It begins with a letter from the dean, and continues on with news, events, alumni news, and other community news.


College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Summer 2016, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University Jul 2016

College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Summer 2016, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University

College of Science and Mathematics Newsletters

This 5 page newsletter discusses various happenings within the College of Science and Mathematics. It begins with a letter from the dean, and continues on with news, events, alumni news, and other community news.


College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Spring 2016, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University Apr 2016

College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Spring 2016, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University

College of Science and Mathematics Newsletters

This 5 page newsletter discusses various happenings within the College of Science and Mathematics. It begins with a letter from the dean, and continues on with news, events, alumni news, and other community news.


College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Fall 2015, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University Oct 2015

College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Fall 2015, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University

College of Science and Mathematics Newsletters

This 6 page newsletter discusses various happenings within the College of Science and Mathematics. It begins with a letter from the dean, and continues on with news, events, alumni news, and other community news.


07. Criminal Justice, Northeastern State University Jan 2015

07. Criminal Justice, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.


04. Botany, Northeastern State University Jan 2015

04. Botany, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.


06. Computer Science, Northeastern State University Jan 2015

06. Computer Science, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.


03. Biology, Northeastern State University Jan 2015

03. Biology, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.


08. Engineering, Northeastern State University Jan 2015

08. Engineering, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.


10. Forensic Science, Northeastern State University Jan 2015

10. Forensic Science, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.


11. Genetics, Northeastern State University Jan 2015

11. Genetics, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.


14. Optometry, Northeastern State University Jan 2015

14. Optometry, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.


16. Physics, Northeastern State University Jan 2015

16. Physics, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.


17. Psychology, Northeastern State University Jan 2015

17. Psychology, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.


13. Mathematics, Northeastern State University Jan 2015

13. Mathematics, Northeastern State University

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.