WINNERS OF FOURTH ANNUAL CONTEST
Prizes awarded in January 1994; software described in CIP 7:6, 1993,
p. 647.
Mauricio Oliveira Costa (student winner), Universidade
de São Paulo, with Vitor Duarte Teodoro and Roger Stanev, for:
INTUIÇÃO
Guides users to a solution of the brachistochrone problem: determining
the path between two points at different elevations that minimizes the
time it takes for a mass to slide without friction between them.
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Robert Estes, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, for:
CHAMBER WORKS
Simulates a particle-physics detector facility.
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Bruce Hawkins, Smith College, for:
ANHARMONIC OSCILLATOR
Simulates various one-dimensional oscillators and illustrates chaotic
effects.
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Elisha Huggins, Dartmouth College, for:
MACSCOPE
Acquires and analyzes up to eight channels of data for computer-based
laboratory studies.
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Slade Mitchell (student winner), Wilfrid
Laurier University, with Kevin Harrigan, for:
PC100 LAB SIMULATION
Simulates determination of Young's modulus in a laboratory experiment.
Honorable Mentions
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Lorinda Alciatore with Steven Stinnett (student
honorable mention), Lamar University (under the guidance of Professor
Roger Clef), for:
COMPUTERIZED OPTICS TUTORIALS
Provides worksheet information for four experiments in optics.
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Peter Cramer, Case Western Reserve University, for:
PHYSICS ELECTRONIC REFERENCE
Simulates experiments in introductory and advanced physics.
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David LeBrecque, Micro Physics Inc., for:
PC SCIENCE LAB
Controls and interfaces to laboratory experiments.
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Bill Moran, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, for:
SOUND WAVES
Demonstrates the physics of sound waves.
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Ashoke Talukdar (student winner), Davidson
College (under the guidance of Professor Wolfgang Christian), for:
GRAPHVIEW PALETTE/PENDULUM
Permits users to construct a graphical user interface to simulated
experiments.
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