2017

Fabrication & development of end-of-stave mounts for the UT upgrade

Student name: Josh Owens (Fayetteville-Manlius) Teacher mentor: Justin Shute (Fayetteville-Manlius) Research mentor: Prof. Ray Mountain (Syracuse University) Summer 2017 The purpose of our research was to fabricate a number of the “end-of-stave” mounts for the UT upgrade project, and flesh out the…

Boston QuarkNet Center 2016-2017 Annual Report

2016-2017Boston QuarkNet Center Annual Report   November 29, 2016   We held our usual fall meeting at 5:00 pm 11/29/2016 in the Physics Lab at Roxbury Latin School. In attendance along with our two Northeastern mentors Darien Wood and George Alverson were Amanda Harnden from Dedham H.…

Report on 2017 Summer Workshop

Virtual QuarkNet Center Visit:  Brookhaven National Laboratory:  Physics Department  Host: Helio Takai         Meeting Room 2-84 ,Physics Building,:   August 7-9, 2017 August 7, 2017 am Antonio:  CERN update accelerator started in May.  Next year…

The Speed of Muons from Different Angles: Looking at a Different Angle

The Speed of Muons from Different Angles: Looking at a Different Angle Subrai Burkhalter (Detroit School of the Arts), Rachel Kirichu (International Academy East) Mike Niedballa (WSU)   Rob Harr (WSU)    The purpose of our research is to discover if muons being detected at different…

The Effect Of Sand On Muon Flux

The Effect Of Sand On Muon Flux Kaitlyn Proffitt (Eisenhower High School/Utica Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology), Khaliah Spoljaric (Robichaud High School) Mike Niedballa (Wayne State) Rob Harr (Wayne State) The purpose of our research was to study the effect of different heights of…

The Effect of Water Depth on Time of Flight of Cosmic Ray Muons

The Effect of Water Depth on Time of Flight of Cosmic Ray Muons  Deven Misra (Canton High School), Max Tomaszewski (Eisenhower High School)  Michael Niedballa (Wayne State University)  Robert Harr (Wayne State University)    In our experiment, we attempted to establish a…

The Effect of the Thickness of Aluminum on the Speed of Muons

The Effect of the Thickness of Aluminum on the Speed of Muons Nathan Frazier (Cousino High School/ MMSTC), Seth Hall (International Academy of Macomb) Mike Niedballa (Wayne State University) Gil Paz (Wayne State University)   Purpose             The purpose of this experiment was to test the effect…

Measuring Muon Flux as a Dependent on Barometric Pressure

Measuring Muon Flux as a Dependent on Barometric Pressure  Bryan Wegrzyn (Henry Ford II High School), Ian Homsy (University Liggett School)   Mike Niedballa (Wayne State University)  Gil Paz (Wayne State University)    The purpose of our research is to determine whether…

The Effect of Aluminum Shielding on Cosmic Ray Muon Flux

The Effect of Aluminum Shielding on Cosmic Ray Muon Flux Adam Ross (De La Salle Collegiate High School), Jill  Schell (Macomb Mathematics Science Technology Center) Mike Niedballa (Wayne State University) Dr. Gil Paz (Wayne State University)          …

The Effect of Water Depth on Muon Flux

The Effect of Water Depth on Muon Flux Grace Gutierrez (Roosevelt High School), Finsam Samson (Troy High School) Mike Niedballa (Wayne State University) Gil Paz (Wayne State University)   Purpose This study was conducted to analyze the effect of water depth on muon flux. It built upon other…