WINNERS OF SECOND ANNUAL CONTEST
Prizes awarded in January 1992; software described in CIP 5:6, 1991,
p. 636.
Freeman Deutsch, Harvard College Observatory, with Philip Sadler, Charles
Whitney, and Linda Shore, for:
WAVEMAKER
Depicts the oscillation of beads connected by elastic strings.
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James Harold, University of Maryland, for:
MAPPER
Treats 22 different maps and differential equation, as discussed in
an associated descriptive manual.
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Charles Misner, University of Maryland, with Patrick Cooney, for:
SPREADSHEET PHYSICS WORKSHEETS
Applies numerical analysis for the solution of physics problems at
several levels.
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Ronald K. Thornton, Tufts University, and Priscilla Laws, Dickinson College,
with Stephen Beardslee, Brock Miller, David Egoff, and Lars Travers, for:
MACMOTION,
TEMPERATURE, EVENT COUNTER, DATA LOGGER, and SOUND
Provides the software component of a complete microprocessor-based
laboratory system.
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David Trowbridge, Microsoft Corporation, and Bruce Sherwood, Carnegie-Mellon
University, for:
EM FIELD
Calculates and displays electric or magnetic fields, as well as flux
patterns, for selectable arrangements of charged particles or straight-line
current sources, respectively.
Honorable Mentions
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Peter Cramer, Quentin Herr, Michael Collette, and Steven Jogan, Case Western
Reserve University, for:
PLANET
Simulates the motion of a planet around a star.
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R. H. Good, California State University in Haywood, for:
PHYSICS SIMULATION PROGRAMS
Provides classroom demonstration of longitudinal wave, waves on a string,
two sine waves, chain reaction, Maxwell's demon, moving charge, radiating
dipole, and thin lens.
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David Keeports and John Furth, Mills College, for:
VARIATIONAL METHOD
Teaches variational method of calculating eigenenergies and wavefunctions
of one-dimensional systems.
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Robert Roessler and Alfred Pflug, University of Vienna, for:
RELTOOLS
Displays graphical animation of relativistically moving object and
helps users interpret the results.
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Roger Rollins, Don Weekley, and Sergio De Souza-Machado, Ohio University,
for:
CHAOTIC DYNAMICS WORKBENCH
Performs numerical experiments on systems that evolve in time and exhibit
deterministic chaos.
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Judah L. Schwartz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for:
THE NEWTONIAN SANDBOX
Explores motion of masses in ballistic, oscillatory, and central-force
systems and the motion of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields.
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Roger Sipson, Moorhead State University, for:
DYNAMIC ANALYZER
Simulates 22 physical systems described by differential equations.
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Pieter Visscher, University of Alabama, for:
MAXWELL
Solves time-dependent Maxwell's equations and simulates the behavior
of plane waves, solenoids, capacitors, magneto tubes, and accelerated charges.
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