Stories from 2009
Institute of Physics stand at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 8-10 January 2009
Institute of Physics in Ireland
13 January 2009
Over 30,000 visitors attended the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the RDS which was held at the RDS from 8-10 January.
At the IOP stand was everything you ever wanted to know but daren’t ask! There were spectacular light, sound and energy demonstration including a flame tube of burning sound waves, fibre-optic spectroscopy, high Tc superconductors, fuel cells, holograms, laser optics, pulse oximeter, endoscopes and much more. During the three days over 58 different people (from physics departments at TCD, DCU, DIT, NUIM, UCD, NUIG, QUB, UCC, UL and some school students from Belvedere College) helped demonstrate at the IOP stand all engaging and entertaining the public with unfailing enthusiasm.
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| The Institute of Physics stand |
The winner of the Institute of Physics Special Award at the exhibition was Sharon Howley for a project titled Music Strings - An Investigation into the Effect of Temperature on Pitch/Frequency. Her project investigated the effect of temperature on pitch/frequency with different string types. She subjected strings to different temperatures for different lengths of time and measuring the frequency difference. She came up with some interesting results not least of which was that the strings had differing stabilization rates. President of the Institute, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell made the presentation of the IOP prize at a very exciting awards ceremony on Friday 9 January. Sharon Howley also came first in the Individual Intermediate section of the Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences group.
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