Student PARTICLE Day Presentations

Learn about PARTICLE Day.

• 2006 Presentations & Posters
  • Effect of Time of Day on Muon Count, Canandiagua, (Presentation) (Poster)
  • Muon Showers, Canandiagua, (Presentation)
  • Solar Flares, X-rays, and Muon Rate, Pittsford-Mendon, Pd. 4, (Presentation) ('03 Flare Movie) ('05 Flare Movie )
  • The Beautiful K-index, Pittsford-Mendon, Pd. 6, (Presentation) (Poster)
  • Muons and Pressure, Pittsford-Mendon, Pd. 8, (Presentation) (Poster)
  • NuTev Scintillator Panel Restoration (Poster)
• 2005 Presentations & Posters
  • Effect of Solar Activity on Cosmic Ray Muon Rate, Pittsford-Mendon, Pd. 9, (Presentation) (Poster)
  • Influence of Barometric Pressure on Muon Rate, Pittsford-Mendon, Pd. 4, (Presentation) (Poster)
  • Muon Daily Cycle, Pittsford-Mendon, Pd. 2, (Presentation) (Poster)
• 2004 Presentations & Posters
  • Muon Rate Angular Dependence (html)(pdf)
  • Coincidence Runs (html)(pdf) Daryl Burke II and Mark Zschoche
  • The Effect of Paddle Area on Muon Coincidence (html)(pdf)
  • Correlation between Time of Day and Muon Rate (html)(pdf)
  • Speed of Muons (html)(pdf) Naples High School - Chris Eleiott, Marcy McNamara, Joe Miller, Ray Peiffer, and Matt Santangelo
  • The Haunting of the Halloween Forbush Decrease of 2003 (Muon Rate Dependence on Solar Flare) (html)(pdf) Pittsford Mendon High School
  • Muon Rate vs. Time of Day (Adelaide vs. Mendon) (html)(pdf) Pittsford Mendon High School
  • Shielding Muons (html)
  • Muon Contour (html)(pdf)
  • Mendon Muon Research 2003-2004 (pdf) Pittsford Mendon High School
  • Cosmic Rays in Flight (pdf) Byron Bergen High School
• 2003 Presentations & Posters
  • Atmospheric Pressure and Muon Rate (html)(pdf) Pittsford Mendon High School - 9th period Honors Physics class
  • Muon Rate vs. Time of Day (html)(pdf) Pittsford Mendon High School - 7th period Honors Physics class
  • Paddle Separation (html)(pdf) Franklin High School
  • Muon Triangle Experiment (html)(pdf)
  • Count Rate vs. Lead Thickness (html)(pdf)
  • Showering Franklin High School (html) Vassana Praseutsinh, Maggie Cruz, and Rafiquikka Collins
  • Map of the Sky (html) Inna Nepliy, Amanda Kimbrew, Grissel Rivera, and Alina Beley
• 2002 Presentations & Posters
• Pittsford-Sutherland Lifetime of the Muon (pdf)
• Muon Rate and Direction/Shielding and Location (html)(pdf)
• Muon Lifetime (html)(pdf)
• 2001 Presentations & Posters
  • Angular Dependence (html) Naples High School
  • Altitude Dependence (html) Naples High School
  • Relative Absorption of Lead and Water (html) Greece High School
  • Swimming Pool Absorption (html) Greece High School
  • Analysis of Experimental Set Up in Muon Signal Processing (html)(pdf)
  • Effect of Lead and Concrete on Muon Rate (html)(pdf) Greece Acadia High School - Lisa Turnia

Student/Teacher Summer Institute Presentations

Learn about the Summer Institute and Research Experience for High School Students.

• 2005 Presentations & Posters
  • Development of an Aqueous Scintillator to Detect Gamma Rays from Radioactive Cesium-137 and Cobalt-60, (Poster)
  • Muon Ray Wave Fronts and Showers, (Poster)
  • Muons in Atmospheric Air Showers (Presentation)
  • An Investigation into the MOLAR Detector with respect to Efficiency and the Effects of Pressure and Solar Influences on Muon Rate, (Poster)
  • Characteristics of Muons in Atmospheric Showers, (Presentation)
  • NuTev Scintillator Restoration Overview 2005, (Poster)
  • Photomultiplier Tube Gain Testing, (Poster)
• 2004 Presentations & Posters
  • Instrumental Set-up for Liquid Scintillation Counting – The BETTY DAQ (Poster)
  • Developing an Acqueous Scintillator for Neutrino Detection (Poster)
  • Photomultiplier Tube Gain Testing (Poster)
  • Frame Building and Mounting Photomultiplier Tubes (Poster)
  • NuTeV Scintillator Restoration Overview (Poster)
  • Effect of Atmospheric Conditions, Space Weather, and Time of Day in Cosmic Muon Rates (Poster)
    

Teacher Presentations

• Mechanics with Muons: Tinkering with Paddles and Pedagogy, Greg Baker (Presentation)
• Speed of Muons, Mike Carges and Carol Hoffman (Presentation)
  

Poster Templates

We can print your Powerpoint posters for PARTICLE Day at U of R!

• Just prepare your poster from these templates
• Then send us your completed posters no later than the Tuesday before PARTICLE Day