|
- Home
- What We Do
- Laboratory Immersions
ALPhA’s 2019 Laboratory Immersions
 |
|
Learn a new advanced laboratory experiment well enough to teach it - with confidence!
See the ALPhA Laboratory Immersions wiki page for more information about these and past experiments.
Equipment grants are available to Immersion participants.
The Jonathan F. Reichert Foundation has established a grant program to help purchase apparatus used in Laboratory Immersions. Limitations and exclusions apply, but generally speaking the foundation may support up to 40% of the cost of the required equipment. Preference will be given to ALPhA members in good standing. See the Reichert Foundation website for more information.
August 5-7 2019 at the University of California-Berkeley (CA)
Mentors: Neil Switz and Dan Fletcher
June 3-5, 2019 at Kansas Wesleyan University (KS)
Mentors: Declan Mulhall and David Van Baak
- Pulsed NMR
- Earth's Field NMR
- Quantum Analogs
- 'Introduction to Solid State': Conductivity, Hall Effect, and Magnetic Susceptibility
Immersion instruction might be available on other TeachSpin experiments at this site, such as: Fourier Methods, Diode-Laser Spectroscopy, Modern Interferometry, or Faraday Rotation/Lock-in Detection. Please inquire if you have a special interest.
June 10–12, 2019 at University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Mentor: Ramón Torres-Isea
June 12-14, 2019 at University of the South (TN)
Mentor: Randolph Peterson
June 25-27, 2019 at Western Kentucky University (KY)
Mentor: Doug Harper
July 8–10, 2019 at Buffalo State College (Buffalo, NY)
Mentors: Ram Rai, Jonathan Reichert, George Herold, and David Van Baak
July 8-14, 2019 (PICUP) at University of Wisconsin - River Falls (River Falls, WI)
Mentors: Eric Ayers or Daniel Borrero Echeverry
Special PICUP/ALPhA Immersion!
Learn computational modeling and experimental measurement techniques for a single experiment. Participants in this Immersion will also need to register for the PICUP Summer Faculty Development Workshop. Please contact Lowell McCann with questions about this Immersion. You can contact him at Lowell.McCann@uwrf.edu
- 2D Heat Flow
- Mechanical Chaotic Oscillator
- Taylor-Couette Flows FULL! Please register to be placed on the waiting list.
July 12-14, 2019 at University of Wisconsin - River Falls (River Falls, WI)
Mentors: Gabe Spalding, Lowell McCann, or Kurt Wick and Kevin Booth
- Digital Optics: Teaching with Spatial Light Modulators and Digital Micromirror Devices
- LEDs as Single Photon Detectors
- FPGAs in Advanced Laboratory
- Open Cavity HeNe Laser Experiments
June 4-6, 2019 at Colgate University (Colgate, NY)
Mentor: Enrique 'Kiko' Galvez
June 12-14, 2019 at California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
Mentor: Eric Black
- Organizing an Advanced Lab Course FULL! Please register to be placed on the waiting list.
June 5-7, 2019 at Trinity University (San Antonio, TX)
Mentor: Dennis Ugolini
-
Principles of Gravitational-Wave Interferometry FULL! Please register to be placed on the waiting list.
May 29-31, 2019 at Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, CA)
Mentors: Theresa Lynn and Jason Gallicchio
- Quantum Mechanics Experiments with Photons FULL! Please register to be placed on the waiting list.
Questions about ALPhA’s Laboratory Immersions Programs should be addressed to Lowell McCann by email at Lowell.McCann@uwrf.edu.
Links to ALPhA's previous Laboratory Immersion programs: