March 15, 2013 at 10:55 am
This morning I had the grand pleasure of receiving a tour of the BU Pipe Organ from BU Engineering Alumnus Alvan Moore. He came to my attention after a brief exchange with ECE Professor Robert Koguga. Here is another great article on the organ. Nelson Barden, who spend several years building the organ, gave me […]
March 15, 2013 at 10:42 am
As I was walking around campus on Wednesday and checking out the mess in the robotics lab I noticed there was a Smart Cities conference taking place in the Photonics Center. To quote the article by Rich Barlow “Wouldn’t it be nice if communicating “smart” lights could sense when there’s no oncoming traffic and wa […]
March 14, 2013 at 10:36 pm
When I was growing up, one of the lead mentors who influenced me was Craig Robinson who runs, Nick, the planetarium at Central Connecticut State University. I get period updates from him on the end of the world, and I need to quote him from a couple weeks ago: “Last Friday was amazing. By now […]
March 12, 2013 at 7:31 pm
These are two cool links I wanted to share that Ny Martin shared with me. http://legoexpress.tumblr.com/post/36763541065/itlego-ruins-created-by-nicole-gustafsson http://www.richardpenner.com/2010/04/german-artist-jan-vormann-travels-world.html
March 6, 2013 at 10:29 pm
A brief summary of the variety of thermo experiments in work this week. Gryffindor: Conduction in an Iron Bar: Jordan, Jeff, Olek Mix hot and Cold Water: Liam, Lenni, Henry Alcohol and Water: Alex and Michael Heating Water: Sarah, Habiba, and Sophia Hufflepuff: Heating Saltwater: Emily and Ziling Mixing hot and cold water/alcohol: Madeleine […]
March 6, 2013 at 10:10 pm
Many thanks for Michael Silver for catching some nice articles in the NY Times. “HIGGS BOSON EXPLAINED IN CAROONS! The New York Times featured a special edition of the “Science Times” on the topic of the higgs boson. It details how they discovered it, what it is, and the whole story. They have […]
February 26, 2013 at 10:47 pm
I spent the afternoon at Tufts playing with some cool toys. I just picked up some new toys from National Instruments, their MyTemp. You can learn a bit more here. Since we are studying thermo right now, this is great. There are nice thermistor units. We could have used them last week to put right […]
February 20, 2013 at 8:29 pm
THe BUA ASM Speaker at the end of this month will be John Rice the father of Eury Rice who came in 2nd place in the 2006 National AAPT Photo Contest. You may notice her photo on the wall across from the physics classroom. I also recently put a poster on the bulliten board outside […]
February 20, 2013 at 7:58 pm
PhysEx is an opportunity for high school girls (and guys!) to learn about becoming a physicist. Students will have the chance to see the in’s-and-out’s of the life of a female physics major at MIT. PhysEx will be held Mar. 9th, from 10am-4pm on the MIT campus (see our website for me details). Events will […]
February 9, 2013 at 11:25 pm
Last week I had the pleasure of sitting in on a group of teachers doing an evaluation callback for the Boston University Research Experience in Teaching (R.E.T.) Biophotonics program. In an R.E.T. program, middle and high school teachers spend the summer working alongside graduate students and professors in research laboratories. As the teachers met with […]
