2019 Apparatus Competition Winners
Winners were announced at the 2019 Summer Meeting in Provo, Utah
2019 Apparatus Competition Booklet
1st Place Prize ($1000)
+additional $100 as low cost
"Parametric Speaker"
Paul Noel
Yale University

2nd Place Prize ($600)
"Remotely-Controlled Browser-Based Apparatus Enabling
Low-Cost Elementary Optics"
Quinn Manning, Garrett Tieng, and Maksim Smolin
Henry M. Gunn High School

Third Place Prize ($200)
"Something NEW from Something OLD: A Tool for
the Optics Lab"
Toni D Sauncy
Texas Lutheran University

Low Cost Awards
($100)
"Apparatus for teaching the refraction of light by fluidic lenses formed by water-walking insects"
Reuben Leatherman, Justin Dunlap, Alex Chally, and Ralf Widenhorn
Portland State University
($200)
"3-in-1 Centrifugal Effect, Coriolis Effect, Thermal Instability" and "Glycerin Flow in Double-Layer and Color Addition"
Said Shakerin
University of the Pacific
($200)
"3D Printed Roberval Balance Improvements" and "Adjustable Laser Pointer Holder"
Paul Nord
Valparariso University
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