2006 RETs
 
 
Cindy Carter
Tony Cina
Ann Pumper Comins
Farrell Rogers
Jennifer Walz
John Whitsett
Sue Whitsett

Group meeting of 5 of the 2006 participants.

Ann Commins, not shown, was making a presentations to the RETs. Also present were Ken Gentry, Greta Zenner, and Dana Horoszewski.

Sue Whitsett watches as Adam Creuziger collects images of Fast Plant leaves on the Scanning Electron Microscope.

Farrell Rogers and George Lisensky are seen here measuring the transmission of light through a liquid crystal panel that Farrell had made. This work led to a new experiment on the Video Lab Manual, Liquid Crystal Pixel. Farrell's PowerPoint presentation.

Ann Comins' project involved the study of Nano-composites. Ann's PowerPoint presentation.

Jen Wahl's project involved the study of Van der Waals Forces and Animal Adhesion.
Jen's PowerPoint presentation.

Sue Whitsett's project involved the study of "The Lotus Effect" in Wisconsin Fast Plants.
Sue's PowerPoint presentation
Video showing Lotus Effect on plant leaves and paint

John Whitsett's project involved the "Stress and Strain on the Nanoscale.
John's PowerPoint preentation.
John's movies: Movie 1; Movie 2; Movie 3; Movie 4; and Movie 5
light source and polarizers
test equipment

The great balloon toss. More Balloon fun

Here we see the third floor of the attrium being used as a photo studio, in this case shooting pictures of PMK models. More images of the photo studio.