Summer Institute Agenda & Curriculum
Please note this is a preliminary agenda.
Agenda activities, topics and times are subject to change. |
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Activity |
Monday |
July 19 |
1:00 PM-4:00 PM |
Arrival and Check-In at Village Oaks |
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4:00 PM-5:00 PM |
Free Time |
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5:00 PM |
Pick-Up time at Village Oaks for Dinner at Uncle Dan’s Barbecue |
Tuesday |
July 20 |
7:00 AM–8:00 AM |
Breakfast in the EEC Break Room |
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8:00 AM |
Department Tour |
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8:30 AM |
Robert Aguilar |
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9:00 AM |
Hand out Books
HeNe Operation and Safety Lecture |
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10:00 AM-10:30 AM |
Law of Reflection/Retro Reflecting |
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10:30 AM-Noon |
Alignments:
Lab 1: Alignment down a Rail
Lab 2: Capillary Tube Alignment
Lab 3: Mirror and Capillary Tube Alignment |
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12:00 Noon |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM-4:00 PM |
Group 1 HeNe Alignment and Wavelength/Color Lab
Group 2 Holography
Group 1 Holography
Group 2 HeNe Alignment and Wavelength/Color Lab |
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4:00 PM-5:00 PM |
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5:00 PM-6:30PM
7:00 PM-9:30 PM |
- Dinner at Restaurant
- Movie Night (Need Money)
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Wednesday |
July 21 |
7:00 AM–8:00 AM |
Breakfast in the EEC Break Room |
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8:00 AM |
- Science at the Edge Video
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9:00 AM-11:00AM |
Recruiting Presentation: Campus Tour |
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11:00 AM-11:30 AM |
Basic Optics Definitions |
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11:30 AM-Noon |
Prisms, Gratings and Lenses |
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12:00 Noon |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM-4:00 PM |
Group 1 Sphere Experiment
Group 2 Engraving
Group 1 Engraving
Group 2 Sphere Experiment |
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4:00 PM-5:00 PM |
Windows Theory and Brewster’s Angle |
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5:00 PM-6:30PM
7:00 PM-9:00 PM |
- Mall Night (Money Optional)
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Thursday |
July 22 |
7:00 AM–8:00 AM |
Breakfast in the EEC Break Room |
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8:00 AM |
Window’s Experiments
Lab 4 Brewster’s Angle and Index of Refraction
Lab 5 Transmission Experiment
Lab 6 Index of a Window |
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12:00 Noon |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM–3:00 PM |
- Gratings Experiment
- Beam Collimator
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3:00 PM–5:00 PM |
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5:00 PM–6:30 PM
7:00PM–9:00 PM |
- Dinner at Restaurant
- Planned Activity
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Friday |
July 23 |
8:00 AM-10:00 AM |
Breakfast and Certificates in Systems Conference Room |
Curriculum Components
Please note this is a preliminary list of curriculum components.
This list is subject to change.
- TSTC Waco Department and Nanotechnoloy Lab Tour
- HeNe Operation and Safety Lecture
- Laser Alignment
- Law of Reflection
- Basic Optics Definitions (Index of Refraction, Prism Theory, ROY G BIV)
- Spectrometer Experiments
- Basic Lens Theory & Experiments (Collimators, Newton’s Rings)
- Window Theory & Brewster’s Angle
- Window Experiments (Coefficient of Absorption, Transmission)
- TSTC Laser/Nano Educational Program Information
Pedagogy:
Each day’s session will be conducted under the supervision of a TSTC faculty member. High school students, teachers and counselors will be paired in two-by-two teams at each lab station. Upon completion of each day’s hands-on laboratories, conducted totally by the team members, each team will report their results to the group as a whole and compare findings. The teams will then explore and discuss how these lab experiments can be introduced back in their own high schools as motivating exercises for students pursuing careers in photonics.
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