Quarknet FSU Summer Workshop

25 to 29 July 2016

Prior to Day One

• Go to the i2u2 site and create an account or update your existing one.
• Register for the LIGO workshop here.

Food

• We'll bring the coffee maker and supplies for the first day. If you'd like, feel free to bring in grounds or morning treats.
• The lunch break is typically between 11 and noon. Bring your own lunch or eat at the nearby FSU Dining Hall where you'll find a huge buffet for a wide range of preferences and needs.

Monday, 25 July

Arrival: 8:00 - 8:20

• A parking permit will be provided. Brian McClain will be in the small lot near the Keen Building and Bio Unit One, near Call St & Chieftan Way, wearing a tropical shirt and holding a clipboard.
• Here's a map of the parking lot.
• Here's a map of UPL/Richards building.

8:30 - 16:30 in UPL (room UPL 110)

• 8:30 Welcome and Overview of Physics at FSU (Horst)
• 9:00 Talk: Introduction to Gravitational Waves (Takemichi Okui)   
• 10:00 Activity: LIGO workshop (day 1) (conducted by Shane Wood) (see LIGO e-lab info at QuarkNet website and FSU LIGO workshop)
• 11:00 Lunch
• 12:20 LIGO workshop, cont'd

Tuesday, 26 July

8:30 - 16:30 in UPL (room UPL 110)

• 8:30 Plan for the day
• 8:45 Group photo
• 9:00 LIGO workshop (day 2) (Shane Wood)
• 11:00 Lunch
• 12:20 LIGO workshop, cont'd

Wednesday, 27 July

8:30 - 15:30 in UPL (room UPL 110)

• 8:30 Plan for the day, getting organized..
• 9:00 "My favorite topics in Astronomy" (Yi Chi Eric Hsiao)
• 10:00 - 11:30 Muon Express (Jacob Breman)
• 11:30 Lunch
• 12:30 - 15:30 Voltage Divider Temperature Sensor Circuitry, Part One (JaSun Burdick)

Thursday, 28 July

8:30 - 15:30 in UPL (room UPL 110)

• 8:30 Plan for the day, getting organized..
• 8:40 - 9:00 Questions, Myths about Matter (Brian McClain)
• 9:00 "Introduction to Quantum Computing" (Nick Bonesteel)
• 10:15 - 11:30 Mystery Tubes (Jacob Breman)
• 11:30 Lunch
• 12:30 - 13:30 LED driver circuits with Arduino (JaSun Burdick)
• 13:30 - 14:30 "Physics of Stars" (Jorge Piekarewicz)
• 14:30 - 15:30 Temperature sensor circuits with Arduino (JaSun)

Friday, 29 July

8:30 - 15:30 in UPL (room UPL 110)

• 8:30 Plan for the day, getting organized..
• 9:00 "Topics in Nuclear Astrophysics" (Sergio Almaraz-Calderon)
• 10:20 - 11:00 Revisiting the force/elasticity lab (Brian McClain)
• 11:00 - 11:30 Examining Student Work with Colleagues (Brian McClain)
• 11:30 Lunch
• 12:30 - - 13:30 New Video Resources & Effective Instruction, Mystery of Matter (Brian McClain)
• 13:30 - 15:00 Temperature sensor circuits with Arduino, cont'd (JaSun)
• 15:00 Conclusion, workshop evaluation....