Magnetic Train
Muhammad Ahad Butt was asked to attach button magnets to both ends of a cylindrical battery. When placed in a
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Electric Honeycomb
Shaheer Niazi was asked to set a vertically oriented steel needle over a horizontal metallic plate into which oil was
Ultrahydrophobic water
Khadija Niazi was asked to set a dish filled with soapy water onto a loudspeaker or other vibrator. When it
Measuring the lifetime of Cosmic Ray Muons using an FPGA based Time to Digital Converter
The lifetime of a cosmic ray muon is conventionally measured using a time to amplitude converter (TAC). But modern FPGAs
Catching the decay of muons
A computer science major, Hassaan Mubasher, has been busy this semester detecting muons. These muons traverse a trio of scintillators
Reproducing Roemer’s determination of the speed of light
Mustafa Afzal Saeed spent this June all about appreciating the simplest of techniques to provide the answer to the toughest
Reproducing results from Freshmen experiments
Muhammad Faraz’s primary task was to reproduce the results of the recently developed Freshmen Lab experiments. These experiments include the