Facilities and Equipment
The Physics Department has teaching classrooms/laboratories, research spaces, and
faculty and
staff offices on the third floor of the Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences.
Physics students at Â鶹Æƽâ°æ gain hands-on experience in the Machine Shop and the IdeaLab/Makerspace through activities and projects that are built into the Physics curriculum. Previous projects that Physics students have worked on using the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Machine Shop and/or Maker Space include:
- subwoofer and tweeter
- drone
- wind tunnel
- self-balancing robot
- musical instruments (banjo, ukelele, kalimba)
- acoustic levitator to study atmospheric water droplets
- miniature carved boat
- public address loudspeaker
- model cars
- Turner's cube
- radio telescope
- ultrasonic levitator
- robotic arm
- quadruped robot
- egg-painting robot
- spinning tops
- dice
- da Vinci catapult
- desk organizer
- jewelry box
- skateboard
