Contributed Papers
April 19-20, 1996


Session I. Friday, April 19, 1996; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
190 Engineering Sciences Building

2:00 pm - Comet Hyakutake, Cecilia Vogel, Physics Department, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL 61201

2:15 pm - Using Bar Charts in Introductory Physics, Curtis J. Hieggelke, Natural Science Dept., Joliet Junior College, 1215 Houbolt Road, Joliet, IL 60431

2:30 pm - Physics Club Grade School Outreach, Kwame Bamfoagyei, Shane Boyle, Charles Haben, Loraine Pelayo, Physics Department, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL 61201, Photo-1, Photo-2

2:45 pm - Teaching the Particulate Model of Matter to Non-science Majors, David P. Maloney, Department of Physics, Indiana University/Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN 46805.

3:00 pm - The State of High School Physics Teacher Preparation in Illinois, Carl J. Wenning, Illinois State University Physics Department, Normal, IL 61790-4560

3:15 pm - Not in a Vacuum, Carl E. Martikean, Horace Mann High School, Gary, IN 46404

3:30 pm - NHS Physics Spectrum Day is Very Colorful !!, Charles Emmert and Hugh Ross, Noblesville High School, Noblesville, IN 46060

3:45 pm - Modeling an Exponential Decay with the CBL, Cherie Bibo Lehman, West Lafayette Jr-Sr High School, West Lafayette, IN 47906


Session II. Friday, April 19, 1996; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
141 Loomis Laboratory

2:00 pm - The Behavior of a Slinky Spinning in a Horizontal Plane with One End Fixed, Darrell Megli, Physics Department, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN 47722.

2:15 pm - An Inexpensive Sensor for Small Motions, Nicholas Blank and John Ross Buschert, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana 46526

2:30 pm - Emergent Autopoietic Behavior in a Quantum Celluar Automaton J. Ellis, S. Schultz, E. W. Flint, K. R. Roos, J. P. Kenny, Dept. of Physics, Bradley University, Peoria, IL 61625

2:45 pm - The Length of the Quickest Simple Pendulum for a Fixed Amplitude, Hasan Fakhruddin, The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306-0655.

3:00 pm - The EMF Induced when a Bar Magnet Oscillates in a Coil, George Nickas, Hanover College, Hanover, IN 47243

3:15 pm - Linear Momentum Conservation - One Set of Data and Three Analyses, Darryl Steinert, Hanover College, Hanover, IN 47243-7311

3:30 pm - Quantum Mechanics, Attributes: Complete or Not?, Jonathan O. Brooks, Ret. Adj. Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47803

3:45 pm - Take 5: Measurements of Fundamental Constants, John Askill, Millikin University, Decatur, IL 61522


Saturday, April 20, 1996; 8:00 am - 9:45 am
190 Engineering Sciences Building

8:00 am - An LVDT Strain Gauge Measurement of Impulse, Tim Weber, Keith Andrew, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 61920

8:15 am - Requiring Elementary Education Students to Perform Simple Science Demonstrations in Front of their Peers, Purna C. Das, Purdue University North Central, Westville, IN 46391

8:30 am - Adiabatic Compression, James Vermillion, Merrillville High School, Merrillville, IN 46410

8:45 am - Setup of Cryostat, Magnet and Sample Probe for Mossbauer Experiments, Shawn K. Reynolds, Charles Schulz, Knox College, Galesburg, IL 61401.

9:00 am - Using Maple in College Physics Classes, Michael Moloney, Dept. of Physics and Applied Optics, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN 47803

9:15 am - Clinical Experiences for Preservice Physics Teachers, Carl J. Wenning, Illinois State University Physics Department, Normal, IL 61790-4560

9:30 am - Take 5, Howard Brooks, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN 46135

9:37 am - Take 5, Andy Hauger, 3816 South U.S. Hwy. 231, Greencastle, IN 46135


Saturday, April 20, 1996; 10:00 am - 11:00 am
190 Engineering Sciences Building

10:00 am - An Inquiry Based Mechanics Laboratory on Resonance, John Ross Buschert, Goshen College, Goshen, IN 46526

10:15 am - The Square Gyroscope, Thomas M. Snyder, Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, IL 62794-9256

10:30 am - Local Directions and Times of Sunrises and Sunsets, Ik-Ju Kang and Guy Arras, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 62026

10:45 am - So You Have a Glass of Water?, Fred W. Zurheide, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1654


Saturday, April 20, 1996; Noon - 1:00 pm
190 Engineering Sciences Building

Noon - Illinois Section Representative Report, Curtis J. Hieggelke, Natural Science Dept., Joliet Junior College, 1215 Houbolt Road, Joliet, IL 60431


Last update: April 18, 1996.