See the ALPhA Laboratory Immersions wiki page for more information about these and past experiments.
The 2021 Immersion program is partially supported by NSF grant DUE-1940925.
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.
Jasper Display Corp. is offering a $2000 incentive to participants in Immersion experiments which use Spatial Light Modulators (see Reed College and University of the South Immersion sites). Participants are also eligible to apply for a $2000 Reichert Foundation grant to purchase the Jasper SLM Education Kit. With the incentive program and a successful grant application, the SLM Education Kit net cost is only $1000.
Mentors: Nathan Lindquist, Julie Hogan, Kurt Wick and Kevin Booth
Mentors: Ram Rai, Jonathan Reichert, and David Van Baak
Mentors: Walter Smith, Nathan Keim, and Mason Klein
Three experiments from the new textbook Experimental Physics: Principles and Practice for the Laboratory that can be taught from a distance! You will learn all three experiments over a three day period.
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Mentors: Abaz Kryemadhi and Declan Mulhall
Mentor: Brett Fadem
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Mentors: Neil Switz and Dan Fletcher
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Mentors: Enrique 'Kiko' Galvez and Behzad Khajavi
Mentor: Erik Brekke
Mentor: Randolph Peterson, Johnny Davenport, and Eugene Donev
FULL! Pre-register to be added to the wait list.
Mentor: Gabe Spalding
Mentor: Jim Reardon
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: