The Mark I Project closes with a 15-minute-long group presentation and a written report from your group. The Final Project closes with a final 15-minute-long group presentation of the project in the last week of class, and a written report that is due on the last day of classes. The Mark I and Final Project reports and presentations are group efforts.
Again, all assigned work must be handed in to receive a grade.
Ferrofluid Drops: Studying Ferrofluids with High Speed Video (PDF) (Courtesy of Arun Agarwal, Elizabeth Reid, Ian Brelinsky, and Yun Ji. Used with permission.)
Variable Speed Bullet Photography
Ballistic Kevlar Tested Under Strobe Light
A Method of Lens Evaluation
Glass Breaking Patterns
Big Water Drops
An Exploration of Methods for Photographing Flying Insects
Reciprocity Failure
Automatic Triggering of Strobe Lamp for High Speed Objects
The Laser Velocimeter
Scotchlite and Silhouette Photography
Streak Photography of Breaking Boards
An Attempt to Build and Test a Flash Lamp
Infra-Red Systems for Monitoring Film Development
Heat Flow Analysis Using the Schlieren Optical System
PVC Impact Photography
Optical Triggering and Compression Studies
Video Astronomy-Celestial Objects Captured with an Ultra Sensitive Video Camera
Measuring Gravity Using a Pendulum and Streak Photography
Measuring Water Drop Properties Using Streak and Multiflash Photography Faster Than a Speeding Bullet
Bullet Velocity Measurement Techniques
Momentum and Friction of a Pool Table
Measuring the Velocity of a Bullet using a Ballistic Pendulum
Photographing the Analemma
Using Silhouette Photography to Measure the Speed of Water Waves
Can a Ball Rise Faster than it Falls?
Electronic Panoramic View
Determination of Surface Characteristics of a Non-Newtonian Fluid
Falling Golf Balls
Terminal Velocity of Large Water Drops
Measuring the Velocity of Cracks in Glass
Speed of Bullets
Creating an Effective Strain GageTrigger for Studies of Breaking Glass
Muzzle Velocity and Impact Force of a Paintball Charge
Turn-On Characteristics of an Incandescent Bulb
The Curve Ball from a Batter's Perspective
Computerized Exposure Wand for Printing in the Darkroom
How a BB Breaks a Window
Effect of Shape on Energy Transfer for an Object Dropped into a Fluid
A Strobe Color Mixing Wheel
Effect of Viscosity on Splash Characteristics
An Improved Method for Fluorescence Photography of Chlorophyll
Study of Skipping Stones
High Speed Video Study of Propeller Cavitation
Using Spectroscopy and Filters to Photograph Camouflaged Subjects
Analysis of a Pole Vault
Analysis of a Volleyball Set
Analysis of Baseball Pitching (Fastball and Curve) using High Speed Video, Image Capture, Motion Analysis
3-D Schlieren and High Speed Photography, Including 3-D Position Determination
Vibration of Hammer Bone in a Cat's Ear
Film Color Analysis and Spectral Quantification
Sound-induced Vibration and Breaking of a Wine Glass with Different Fluids
The DigiStrobe -- a Windows®-based Versatile Strobe Controller
Photography with Crossed Polarizers for Stress Analysis
Experimental Investigation of the Jacob's Ladder
Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Photography of Sand Shrimp
A Strobe Clock
Comparative Analysis of Fortepiano and Modern Grand Piano Key Mechanisms
Failure Modes of Concrete and Plexiglass
Blowing the Maximal Bubble
Predicting Op Amp Failure using Schlieren Imaging
Dynamics of a Spherical Mass in an Air Stream
Kirlian Photography