Akron Phy sics Club
Archive 2020
| 2020 | |
| January | Aliaksei (Alex) Boika - Hot Microelectrodes: Fundamentals and Applications |
| February | Ray Flasco & Mark Brown - Akron Drinking Water System History, Current Treatment Processes and What the Water Industry Has Yet to Know |
| March | Meeting cancelled due to Codi-19 virus public gathering restrictions |
| April | Meeting cancelled due to Codi-19 virus public gathering restrictions |
| June | Jim Grover - Arduino over easy |
| September | Melvin Vye - Good Antennas, Terrible Measurements |
| October | Darrell Reneker - Toward Nanoware Devices Created With Nanofibers |
| November | Geoffrey Landis - Oxygen Making on Mars |
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Newsletter
Meeting Announcement: MONDAY, January 27, 2020 - TANGIER, 6:00 PM
Dr. Aliaksei (Alex) Boika, Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron
will be speaking on:
Hot Microelectrodes: Fundamentals and Applications
Abstract:
Hot microelectrodes are tiny electrodes (typical diameter less than 100 micron) that can be heated by applying a high frequency alternating current waveform. As a result of such perturbation, in addition to heating, other interesting phenomena can be generated in an electrolyte solution surrounding the electrode. They are known collectively as the electrokinetic phenomena. The Boika group at the University of Akron has utilized the electrokinetic phenomena such as the electrothermal fluid flow (ETF) and dielectrophoresis (DEP) to improve the electrochemical detection of metal nanoparticles and E. coli bacteria. This presentation will provide further details of the performed work.
Bio:
Aliaksei (Alex) Boika is the Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, UA. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan (Canada) in 2010. Prior to joining the UA in 2014, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Electrochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin (2011-2014).
Minutes, January 27, 2020
Hot Microelectrodes - Fundamentals and Applications by Alex Boika.pdf
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Newsletter
Meeting Announcement: MONDAY, February 24, 2020 - TANGIER, 6:00 PM
Ray Flasco, PE, Chemical Engineer in Charge of Quality Control, Akron Water Department
Mark Brown, Lead Water Plant Operator, Akron Water Department
will be speaking on:
Akron Drinking Water System History, Current Treatment Processes and What the Water Industry Has Yet to Know
Mark Brown is a Water Plant Operations Foreman at the Akron Water Plant just north of Kent, Ohio.
Mark has been involved in the drinking water industry since 2010 where he obtained his EPA Class III Water Operators license in 2015. While at the Akron Water Supply he was promoted to Operations Foreman in 2018 overseeing operations and special projects, he is currently supervising daily Laboratory testing and Laboratory EPA compliance. One of Mark’s early achievements in Lab supervision was the successful completion of the year-long water sampling for the EPA’s Fourth Round of the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule for potential up and coming contaminants.
Mark Brown currently resides in Akron, drinks the water he helps produce, is a lifelong Akron resident, and is active in his community.
Ray Flasco is the Process Control Water Quality Coordinator at the Akron Water Plant. He is a Professional Engineer in Ohio, an EPA Class IV Water Supply Operator, and an Operator of Record for the Akron Water Plant.
Ray worked 35 years as an engineer and manager for the City of Akron Water Bureau, then retired ten years ago, and has since continued to contribute to the operation of the Akron Water Plant as an employee of Environmental Design Group.
Ray also lives in Akron and gladly drinks the water produced by the Akron Water Plant.
Ray hopes someday to be known as the inventor of the world’s best fishing lure, if he can just overcome 7 years of rejections by the US Patent Office for his “Inside Cubic Corner Sonic Wave Reflecting Fishing Lure”!
Minutes, February 24, 2020
Power Point Physics Club Water Treatments.pdf
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Akron Physics Club
Newsletter
Meeting Announcement: MONDAY, March 23, 2020 - TANGIER, 6:00 PM
Meeting cancelled due to Codi-19 virus public gathering restrictions
Dear colleagues,
Due to confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in Ohio, Governor Mike DeWine has ordered the closing of all restaurants and bars in the state to dine-in customers. The Tangiers will not be available for our March 23rd meeting.
The Torch Club speaker also cancelled their talk for March 23rd.
There are also suggested restrictions on the number of people gathering together in one place.
Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton says the drastic actions the state is taking right now will save lives.
Anyone with questions on coronavirus is urged to call the ODH Coronavirus Hotline at 1-833-4ASKODH (427-5634).
So right now it’s unclear when our next Akron Physics Club meeting will be. It’s still our intention to meet when possible according to our schedule (April 27th and June 1st). Mid April we will send out another email letting you know if that meeting (April 27th) is on or not.
Be safe.
Jonah Kirszenberg, APC Secretary and Officers
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Akron Physics Club
Newsletter
Meeting Announcement: MONDAY, April 27, 2020 - TANGIER, 6:00 PM
Meeting cancelled due to Codi-19 virus public gathering restrictions
Dear colleagues,
With the current state of the world people have rightly turned their focus to their families, safety, distance working and schooling. Therefore the Akron Physics Club will "pause" and reduce activity and events. However, we have not gone away - and stand by to help our members.
Our scheduled APC meeting for April 27, 2020, is cancelled.
Tangiers is still closed and we are abiding by the social distancing rules put in place by Governor Mike DeWine.
Safety tips for staying virus free can found on the internet from The American Red Cross, CDC Centers for Disease and Prevention, The World Health Organization, and many other reputable sources.
However, we will leave open the possibility for a May/June meeting via internet Zoom. It’s not a food or meeting gathering, just watching a meeting presentation from the comfort of your home. We are now activity looking at that option and discussing it with our scheduled speaker.
Stay safe, See you online soon, and hopefully, safely, see you in person soon.
Jonah Kirszenberg, APC Secretary and Officers
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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT: June 1, 2020
Topic: Akron Physics Club Meeting
Informal member discussion at 7:00pm - Business Meeting at 7:30pm followed by the presentation.
For this meeting we will be using an app called Zoom
What is Zoom?
Zoom is a web-based video conferencing tool with a local, desktop client and a mobile app that allows users to meet online, with or without video. Zoom users can choose to record sessions, collaborate on projects, and share or annotate on one another's screens, all with one easy-to-use platform.
Getting started on Windows and Mac
How to join a Zoom Meeting
Your will be invited to the meeting by email only. All current APC Club Members (those who received this announcement) are automatically registered.
Visitors and students are always welcome.
If you currently are not on our email list and wish to attend our meeting, please send such request to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Topic and speaker for the June 1 meeting:
Dr. Jim Grover
The University of Akron (Retired)
will be speaking on
"Arduino over easy"
Abstract:
You will have the opportunity to learn about the Arduino ecosystem. Topics to be covered are hardware platforms, development environments, and a few small examples using polling and interrupt-driven Input/Output.
Bio:
I have been retired from the University of Akron for about 10 years. In the 30 years teaching at the university I started and taught a course in embedded system design among others. I first started using Arduinos about 20 years ago when helping my son Jonathan with an interactive art installation.
Minutes, June 1, 2020
Arduino over easy PowerPoint presentation slides.pdf
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Balloon details and history
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Track the balloon here in real time
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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT: September 22, 2020
Topic: Akron Physics Club Meeting
Informal member discussion at 7:00pm - Business Meeting at 7:30pm followed by the presentation.
For this meeting we will be using an app called Zoom
What is Zoom?
Zoom is a web-based video conferencing tool with a local, desktop client and a mobile app that allows users to meet online, with or without video. Zoom users can choose to record sessions, collaborate on projects, and share or annotate on one another's screens, all with one easy-to-use platform.
Getting started on Windows and Mac
How to join a Zoom Meeting
Visitors and students are always welcome.All meetings are free, but you must register for each event.If you currently are not on our email list and wish to attend our meetings, please send such request to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Ret. Professor Emeritus, Dr. Mel Vye
will be speaking on
GOOD ANTENAS, TERRIBLE MEASUREMENTS
Abstract:
There is a lot of confusion regarding the relationship between VSWR and antenna efficiency. This presentation deals with the relationship of VSWR, characteristic impedance, reflected power and line loss to show that even with high VSWR antennas can be made to operate efficiently.
Bio: Education:
BSEE Ohio University, 1965
M Engineering Penn State University, 1969
BA (French) Univ of Akron 2003
Retired from Univ of Akron in 1997 as Professor Emeritus of Electronic Engineering Technology
Licensed Amateur Radio operator since 1958. Call : W8MV
Traveled to over 100 countries on all seven continents. Operated Amateur Radio from 27 of these countries
Minutes, September 22, 2020
Good Antenas, Terrible Measurements, by Dr Mel Vye, pdf
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Akron Physics Club
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT: October 27, 2020
Topic: Akron Physics Club Meeting
Informal member discussion at 7:00pm - Business Meeting at 7:30pm followed by the presentation.
For this meeting we will be using an app called Zoom
What is Zoom?
Zoom is a web-based video conferencing tool with a local, desktop client and a mobile app that allows users to meet online, with or without video. Zoom users can choose to record sessions, collaborate on projects, and share or annotate on one another's screens, all with one easy-to-use platform.
Getting started on Windows and Mac
How to join a Zoom Meeting
Your will be invited to the meeting by email only. All current APC Club Members (those who received this announcement) are automatically registered.
Visitors and students are always welcome.
If you currently are not on our email list and wish to attend our meeting, please send such request to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Topic
Dr. Darrell H. Reneker, Suqi Liu,
Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron
will be speaking on:
TOWARD NANOWARE DEVICES CREATED WITH NANOFIBERS
Abstract:
How to use feedback control to produce nanofibers with specified diameters.
Elegant polymer molecules (e.g., proteins) are fundamental to biology and life.
Electrospinning produces nanofibers on scales of functions inside biological cells.
Show a powerful way to see atoms inside a polymer nanofiber.
Bio Education:
Dr. Darrell H. Reneker
Professor of Polymer Science
After receiving the Ph.D. degree, he was involved in research on polymer physics with DuPont Company in 1959. In 1969, he joined the National Institutes of Standards and Technology and became the Manager of the Center for Materials Science. He served as an Executive Secretary of the Committee on Materials of the White House Science Office. He came to the University of Akron as a Professor of polymer science and the Director of the Institute of Polymer Science in 1989.
His research interests include…
Polymer physics, computer modeling of conformation defects in polymer crystals, morphology and scanning tunneling microscopy of polymers, electron holography of polymer molecules, electrospinning of polymer fibers, electro constriction of polymers, polymer nanofibers
Minutes, October 27, 2020
Donghua talk v3 SHORT revised 28 slides.pdf
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Akron Physics Club
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT: November 24, 2020
Topic: Akron Physics Club Meeting
Informal member discussion at 6:30pm - Business Meeting at 7:00pm followed by the presentation.
For this meeting we will be using an app called Zoom
What is Zoom?
Zoom is a web-based video conferencing tool with a local, desktop client and a mobile app that allows users to meet online, with or without video. Zoom users can choose to record sessions, collaborate on projects, and share or annotate on one another's screens, all with one easy-to-use platform.
Getting started on Windows and Mac
How to join a Zoom Meeting
Your will be invited to the meeting by email only. All current APC Club Members (those who received this announcement) are automatically registered.
Visitors and students are always welcome.
If you currently are not on our email list and wish to attend our meeting, please send such request to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Topic
Dr. Geoffrey A. Landis
NASA John Glen Research Center
will be speaking on:
Oxygen Making on Mars
bio:
Dr. Geoffrey Landis is a physicist at the NASA John Glenn Research Center, where he works on developing advanced technologies for space. He also contributes expertise on the physics of the space environment to the NASA Glenn COMPASS spacecraft design team, where he has worked on planetary missions to destinations ranging from Mercury to Europa to beyond Pluto. He was the Ronald McNair-NASA Professor of Astronautics at MIT, where he taught a graduate course on spacecraft design. He holds ten patents and has been involved in a number of space missions, including the Mars Pathfinder mission, the Mars Exploration Rovers, and the Parker Solar Probe. He is a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts fellow and a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. In his spare time, he is an award-winning science fiction writer.
abstract:
In 2020, Earth is invading Mars, with a fleet of spaceships from three different countries! One of these spacecraft, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, will be roving across the surface of Mars, but also carrying an unusual payload: an apparatus to demonstrate making liquid oxygen from the Martian carbon dioxide atmosphere. This experiment has a heritage going back many years, to work done for the Mars 2001 Surveyor mission. This talk will look at the history of the Mars Oxygen experiment, and explain, why make liquid oxygen on Mars? What’s the history of the project? What’s next?
Minutes, November 25, 2020