Daily Activities and presentations-Week 1
Monday June 5, 2023
9:30-9:45 AM Welcome to Camp!
James L. Waters Endowed Chair in Analytical Chemistry
COS Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
NMC is a non-profit corporation formed by the three New Mexico research universities (The University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, and New Mexico Tech) to facilitate research across the state, and specifically to facilitate research collaboration between educational institutions, industry, and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
New Mexico School for the Arts, Head of School.
9:45-10:15 AM Energy Security
Raymond Newell, Email: raymond@lanl.gov
Senior scientist, LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY
Dr. Raymond Newell is a senior research scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he has been employed since 2003. He holds a PhD in atomic, molecular, and optical physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a BA in physics from Pomona College. He leads the Quantum Communications & Networking team at Los Alamos. His research interests span quantum information science for national security applications, with emphasis on critical infrastructure protection and network security. In addition, Raymond is the chief optical scientist for the SuperCam Body Unit; a suite of remote sensing instruments aboard the Mars Perseverance rover.
Quantum Cryptography for Electric Grid Security 3.pdf10:15-11:30 PM "Electricity! Voltmeter and a Simple Circuit
Particle Physicist, LANL (R)
Born and raised in the Netherlands, and longtime resident of Santa Fe. A (mostly) retired physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and lifelong tinkerer, maker, artist and science educator.
Electric circuits Activity Documentation:
Make sure to share your creative circuits with us by taking a picture and adding it to the Google Classroom "Daily Science Awesomeness" link.
12:15 12:30 PM Meet & Greet with SAGE
Experimental Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
2023-Welcome-expectations.pptx 12:30 12:45 PM Meet VIP
Associate Labs Director for Global Security at Sandia National Laboratories
Justine Johannes leads the Global Security portfolio, including global threat reduction, nuclear risk reduction, and nonproliferation and international security programs.
https://www.sandia.gov/about/leadership/justine-johannes/
12:45-2:15 PM Electrical Engineering and...soldering adventure
Maria Sanchez Barrueta, (LANL), Email: msb@lanl.gov
Electrical Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
What are now small components used to be very big and bulky electronic tubes. For high power, we still use electronic tubes, I work with these and their surrounding systems.
Jackie Mirabal-Martinez, (LANL), Email: jmirabal@lanl.gov
Electrical Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
"The first woman to chair the Lab’s Electrical Safety Committee, she led her division to the highest level of excellence in electrical safety performance, exceeding the performance of 40 other divisions."
R&D Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
R&D Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
R&D Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
20230605_Solder_Lab.pptx20230605_Solder_Lab.pdf2:30-4:00 PM Put a magnet in your life!
Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Postdoc Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Christopher Mizzi Email: mizzi@lanl.gov
Postdoc Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Postdoc Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
James Wampler Email: jwampler@lanl.gov
Postdoc Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Caue Kaufmann Ribeiro Email: caue.ribeiro@usp.br
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wby4aHyXJQ
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy6H0mr3KXw
Lots of magnet demos at the magnet lab: https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive
230605_magnets_summer_camp_final.pdfAbout magnetism.pptxElectricity and magnetism_06092020.pptx4:00- 4:30 PM "Ice Breaker" - How do you say hello? family? thanks?
Lead Educator at SPCYW, NGSS Curriculum Developer, and Science teacher at Hilo Intermediate School, Hawaii
NM Lead Educator at SPCYW, Science Instructor at NMSA
http://www.atlasexploration.com/biography.html
High School Science Teacher at Santa Fe Preparatory School
High school science teacher with academic training in Biology and teaching experience in Biology, Chemistry, Ecology, and Environmental Science. Current focal areas for growth are grading for equity, experiential and project-based learning, and sustainable differentiation to promote access and success for diverse learners and teachers in STEM
4:30- 5:30 PM Catch up with: Hubert Van Hecke
Tuesday June 6, 2023
9:30-11:30 PM Atomic structure-property relationships in energy materials
Priscilla Rosa, Email: pfsrosa@lanl.go
Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
https://www.lanl.gov/search-capabilities/profiles/priscila-rosa.shtml
My main research interest has been the synthesis and characterization of strongly correlated quantum materials which exhibit emergent phenomena such as complex magnetism, non-trivial topology, electronic nematicity, and unconventional superconductivity. As a staff scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, my research further focuses on the application of extreme conditions (high pressures, high magnetic fields and low temperatures) to tune novel or puzzling materials towards desired functionality.
Caitlin Kengle, Email: ckengle2@illinois.ed
Computational physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory
https://sites.google.com/site/yingwaili/
As a computational physicist, my research interests span condensed matter physics, algorithm design and high-performance computing (HPC). In physics, my expertise is in the state-of-the-art classical and parallel Monte Carlo algorithms in statistical mechanics for the study of thermodynamics and phase transitions, first principles methods (density functional theory and quantum Monte Carlo) for the study of materials properties, as well as the applications of machine learning techniques to computer simulations and data analytics.
Links to crystal growth instructions from Eloisa:
Copper crystal structure: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cmwqnkDzvUazY441jnh14_S59kz5Gc5T/view?usp=sharing
Crystal structure models: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gRrLIY39CnRcwE5vA5pesx0pwaYRHLUc/view?usp=sharing
Diamond Crystal Structure: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GKmhdpawT62Fq5zW_9PWDKp36Hjvx7SS/view?usp=sharing
Graphite Crystal Structure: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F-d4YduOMoSid63lKmWy1H4uybqppKOn/view?usp=sharing
Sodium Chloride (NaCl, aka. Rock Salt) Crystal Structure: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2U1VM73ThbZvw2qChtrdWDk7uiH8BBO/view?usp=sharing
SummerCamp-2023-SingleCrystals.pdfSummerPhysicsCamp_YingWaiLi.pdfSummerCampDiffraction.pptxMPA-Q-CrystalGrowthLab(1).MOV
CHALLENGE # 2
Gigantic Sugar crystal. What affects its growth?
RockCandy-Instructions.pdf12:15- 12:30 PM Meet VIP
Mary Hockaday
Division Leader, Nuclear Engineering and Nonproliferation, Los Alamos National Laboratory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Hockaday_(physicist)
Hockaday was an undergraduate student in physics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She moved to New Mexico State University for her doctoral research, where she studied the degradation of X-Ray reflectivity from metals due to an intense X-Ray flux.
In 1986, Hockaday joined Los Alamos National Laboratory. She was appointed a staff member in the Fast Transient Plasma group and developed X-ray diagnostics for the Nevada Test Site. As nuclear testing slowed down, she switched her focus to high-powered lasers. She was one of the first researchers to deploy proton radiography to image the inside of a nuclear explosion, which she achieved using the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE). Hockaday was involved with the development of the Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrotest Facility (DAHRT).
Hockaday was a long-standing member of the Weapons Physics Directorate. She was responsible for developing the inertial confinement fusion campaign. In 2013, Hockaday was named associate director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. She was responsible for MaRIE (Making, Measuring, and Modeling Extremes), a facility that worked to create a free electron laser. In 2018, Hockaday was made lead of the Nuclear Engineering and Nonproliferation Division. She develops nuclear safeguards and instrumentation to monitor nuclear materials.
Hockaday-Physics Camp 2023.pptx
How to log in to Arduino
Elisea Jackson
NMSA
How to log in to Arduino.docx12:30 - 1:00 PM Programming computers: say what you mean and mean what you say
Computer Science Professor at University of New Mexico
1:15 - 2:45 PM Programming the Arduino micro-controller in C++
Joan Lucas Email: joanmlucas@gmail.com
Computer Science Professor at University of New Mexico
Instructions for coding
Intro to Coding the Arduino (Summer Physics Camp) v2.pdf3:00-3:45 PM Astrophysics : Space, Gravitation, and Blackholes!
Ed Fenimore, Email: efenimore@lanl.gov
Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow and astrophysicist
Fenimore received his PhD from the University of Chicago and spent his career at Los Alamos as an astrophysicist working on the birth of black holes seen from across the Universe and the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. Appointed a Laboratory Fellow in 1998, Fenimore is a two-time winner of the NASA Group Achievement Award and has won the Los Alamos Distinguished Performance Award nine times. He was a member of the 2007 team that won the Rossi Prize, the highest honor in high-energy astrophysics research. He was the lead LANL scientist on several satellites including the Swift satellite, launched by NASA 10 years ago from Cape Canaveral. He currently splits his so-called retirement between working at Los Alamos, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and volunteering at elementary schools.
Particle Physicist, LANL (R)
blackholes.pdf
3:45-4:15 PM
"Dark matter and HAWC"
Andrea Albert Email: amalbert@lanl.gov
Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory
I received my PhD in physics from the Ohio State University in May 2013. I am specifically involved in experimental high-energy particle astrophysics. I perform indirect dark matter data analyses and also work on the development of gamma-ray detectors used in those searches. See my CV for a list of publications I have lead or contributed to.
spcfyw_2023_hawc.pptx4:15-4:30 PM
Camp Project Overview
Dr. Pascale Creek Pinner - Ohana Homestead
Alex Miera - Robotic Hand
Electrical & Computer Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute
4:30-5:30 PM Follow the slides to build your "homemade" spectroscope
Asia Piotrowska, Email: joannapk@caltech.edu
PhD in Astrophysics, University of Cambridge (UK) currently at CalTech
NM participants: Read about and prepare questions for tomorrow morning's guest speaker: Sandra Begay
spectroscope-building-instructions.pdfWednesday June 7, 2023
Please download the “phyphox” mobile application on your phone prior to the class. We will be using the sensors on your phone to make measurements of the world around us using the phyphox application.
9:30-10:00 AM "Women in Science"
Historian/Research Specialist at Los Alamos National Laboratory
2023 Women's Hist 2023 Physics Summer Camp (LA-UR-23-25402).pdfPresentation by Madelaine Whitacre: "Women of Los Alamos" 30 min video:
Women in Science talk-20210512 1524-1.mp410:30-11:30 AM "A native woman's perspective on an engineering career"
Sandra Begay, Email: skbegay@sandia.gov
Civil / Structural Engineer Researcher at Sandia National Laboratories
"Sandra K. Begay is a member of the Navajo Nation and is a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories who provides technical assistance to US Tribes. In 2020, she was honored by American Indian Science and Engineering Society's Indigenous Excellence Award."
About Sandra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Begay
People who inspired her:
Mary G Ross: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/mary-g-ross-aerospace-engineer
Henrietta Mann: https://www.neh.gov/award/henrietta-mann
Internship Resources:
DOE/Sandia Tribal Energy: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2016/01/f28/2_sandra_begay_campbell.pdf
Sandia Energy: https://energy.sandia.gov/work-with-us/energy-internship-programs/
10:30-11:30 AM "Simulating Disease Spread Using Netlogo Activity (F2F)-Coding"
Rosalyn Rael, Email: rrael@lanl.gov
Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Summer Intern, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Modeling infectious diseases_2023.pptxDisease Modeling NetLogo.docx11:45 - 12:15 PM "Space chatter with Asia" [REMOTE]
Asia Piotrowska, Email: joannapk@caltech.edu
PhD in Astrophysics, University of Cambridge (UK) currently at CalTech
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81480901996
Meeting ID: 814 8090 1996
12:15 - 1:30 PM "Optics: How can light be a wave?"
Laurie Waters, Email: lswaters619@comcast.net
Nuclear Physicist (R)
Adriana Reyes-Newell, Email: reyesnewell@gmail.com
Senior Research Scientist, Southwest Science, Inc.
Hubert Van Hecke, Email: hubertvh@gmail.com
Nuclear Physicist (R)
Plan
12:15 to 12:30 Lasers and Laser Pointer Safety Adriana
12:30 to 1:00 The wave nature of light Laurie
1:00 to 1:30 Taking Light Apart and Putting it Back Together Laurie
1:30 to 1:45 Break
1:45 to 2:15 Reflection and Refraction and Absorption and Scattering
Demo reflection/refraction with laser refraction tank Laurie
Total Internal Reflection (light guides, waterfall) Hubert
Introduce 5-laser/prism boxes, look at focal length, etc.
Index of Refraction
Grow spheres in water Laurie
Snell’s Law calculation Hubert
Laser Microscope with dirty water Laurie
Sky is blue tank (get the eggs) Laurie
2:15 to 2:45 Spectroscopy
Lasers.pptxOptics.pptx
Laser effects on skin
Laser effects on skin
Laser effects on eye
1:45 - 2:45 PM "Optics experiments that you can do."
Laurie Waters Email: lswaters619@comcast.net
Nuclear Physicist (R)
Hubert Van Hecke Email: hubertvh@gmail.com
Nuclear Physicist (R)
Adriana Reyes-Newell, Email: reyesnewell@gmail.com
Senior Research Scientist, Southwest Science, Inc.
5) using the homemade spectroscope
6) measuring the wavelength of your laser
https://www.mrsciencesantafe.org/summerschool/2020/wavelength.html
7) total internal reflection
https://www.mrsciencesantafe.org/summerschool/2020/optics.html
8) Snell's law
https://www.mrsciencesantafe.org/summerschool/2020/snell.html
https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/bending-light/latest/bending-light_all.html
jpiotrowska_astro_presentation-forpdf.pdf
3:00-3:45 PM Resume Writing & Interview Skills
Program Manager, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Program Manager, High School Internships and Special Programs · Los Alamos National Laboratory
Business Analyst · Los Alamos National Laboratory
IQPA-IQ: QPA - INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY
I am a quality assurance professional specializing in quality performance measurement, business analytics, process improvement, and project management
Link to Summer 2023 SPCYW Resume Upload
Resumes and Cover Letters-SPCYW.pdfCopy of Action Verbs for Resumes.pdfCopy of Rubric for Resumes.docCopy of Bad Resume Example.pdfBad resume
Copy of Good Resume Example.pdfResume
Sara Mason Email: smason@lanl.gov
IQPA-IQ: QPA - INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY
Check out Resume and Interviewing Resources tab
If you want to have a short interview test with Sara or have questions about interviewing contact her at: smason@lanl.gov
SPCYW 2022 interviewing.pptx3:45-4:30 PM "How Do Batteries & Solar Panels Work? Solar panel exploration"
Pascale Creek Pinner Email: pascale.pinner@gmail.com
4:30- 5:30 PM Catch up with: Pascale Creek Pinner and Laurie Waters
Thursday June 8, 2023
9:30 - 4:30 Los Alamos National Laboratory TOUR DAY
-Closed toes shoes
-Bring water bottle and snacks
-No photography of any type
-Sharp departure at 9:30 am from NMSA!
Schedule:
9:30 -- leave Santa Fe
10:10 -- arrive at TA-53. Meet escorts at guard gate
10:15 -- stop at Building 1. Quick welcome and intro to LANSCE in Rosen Auditorium: Keith Rielage
10:35 -- LANSCE Injectors : Maria Sanchez Barrueta, Eron Krestiens, Jeremy Danielson, Jeremy Payton
11:00 -- IPF tour: Etienne Vermeulen, Ellen O'Brien, Anthony Koppi
11:35 -- 12:15 lunch at Bldg 1: Kathy Keith, Erik Shores
12:20 -- Fluids lab tour (TA-53 Staging Area A Rm M101) Tiffany Desjardins
12:55 -- Lujan tour (TA-53 Bldg 0622): Don Brown, Aaron Couture
2:00 -- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory: Ross McDonald, Laurel Stritzinger
3:00 -- leave TA-35 for Santa Fe
Hawaii 8:15-9:30 AM PT "Building an IR Sensor"
Adriana Reyes-Newell Email: Email: reyesnewell@gmail.com
Senior Research Scientist, Southwest Science, Inc.
Hawaii 9:45-11:00 AM PT "Cyber Security"
Hawaii 11:00 AM-12:15 PM PT "Physics with Cell Phones"
Friday June 9, 2023
9:30-11:00 AM Physics with Phones
Physical chemist and biosecurity program leader
Senior Science Advisor and Program Manager at Livermore National Laboratory
Will guide the students through using the sensors on their cell phones to make measurements of movement, air pressure, sound, and magnetic fields. We will keep them active making measurements and talking to each other about what they are observing.
Ideally, each student will be able to conduct the measurement with their own phone. We will be using an application called “phyphox” which is free to download on both IOS and Android phones. If they can be asked to download this in advance, that will avoid having troubles during our session (students are usually pretty good with downloading apps, but just in case)
Senior science advisor at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, formerly ran LLNL’s biodefense programs and is coordinating the lab’s COVID-19 technical response
https://st.llnl.gov/sci-ed/Physics-with-Phones
Summer Physics Camp_Physics with Phones.pdfSummer Physics Camp_Physics with Phones.pptx
11:00-11:30 AM Quantum Energy
Wanyi Nie Email: wanyi@lanl.gov
Scientist at Los AlamosNational Laboratory
Wanyi Nie is a physicist and staff scientist at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Her expertise is in the fabrication and characterization of organic opto-electronic devices on 3D nanostructured substrates; Charge transport behavior at donor-acceptor interface in opto-electronic devices; AC-field induced electroluminescence devices; and Exploring the phase formation in polymer or polymer/fullerene blend with the aid of nanostructures and the influence towards optoelectronic device performance. Wanyi Nie received the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.,She is currently conducting research as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA, on optoelectronic device research with the Material Synthesis and Integrated Device Group, MPA-11. Her research interests include photovoltaic device physics and interface engineering.
Polymer scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Winner of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Postdoctoral Recognition Award
"Eun Joo Park from the Los Alamos National Laboratory for outstanding research contributions to developing polymer electrolytes for next-generation electrochemical devices, including fuel cells, electrolyzers, and flow batteries
WanyiNie.pptxSummer_Physics_Camp_Young_Women_FC_WE_Park.pptx12:15-12:30 PM "VIP - Careers in the Military"
Capt Sophia Schwalbe Email: sophia.schwalbe.1@us.af.mil
Section Chief, Magnetospheric Impacts Section
Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate
Executive Officer, Space Vehicles Directorate
Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB
https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2935564/the-power-of-women-in-the-stem-workplace/
12:30-1:30 PM "Introduction to Wind Energy" &
"Wind Turbine EXPLORATIONS"
Weldon Beauchamp Email: weldon@nuevatierra.org
Wind Energy and Circular Motion.pptx1:45-2:45 PM Cosmetic Chemistry
Materials chemistry surrounds us in our daily lives, even in unexpected ways. In this hands-on session, we will explore how materials chemistry is the foundation of our favorite skincare regimens. We will discuss endothermic reactions, x-ray diffraction, and clay chemistry while making bath bombs and clay masks for you to enjoy at home!
Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, M.S. Chemistry, University of New Mexico
Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of New Mexico
Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, M.S. Chemistry, University of New Mexico
2023_Cosmetic_Chemistry_June-2023-v2.pptxClay Worksheet-May-23.pdfBath Bomb Worksheet_2023-revised.pdf3:00-3:45 PM "Asteroids and Craters"
Principal Investigator for Planetary Defense and the Program Manager for Advanced Simulation and Computing Verification and Validation (ASC-V&V) at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She did her Bachelor's degree in astrophysics at the University of Washington and joined Los Alamos National Laboratory as an undergraduate student in 1998 to help build automated telescopes at the Fenton Hill Observatory. She then worked as part of the ISIS/GENIE team (now Descartes Labs), applying machine learning techniques to geologic mapping of NASA remote sensing data. Cathy did her Ph. D. in Computational Geophysics in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at the University of California Santa Cruz, studying impact craters on Mars under Dr. Erik Asphaug. During her Ph. D., she participated in the NASA LCROSS mission that made an artificial impact crater on the moon. After school, Cathy joined Los Alamos as a research scientist to use hydrocode models to study the prevention of asteroid and comet impacts on Earth.
3:45-4:30PM "Project TEAMs and Overview"
Ohana Homestead Introduction
Pascale Creek Pinner, Weldon Beauchamp, Leeann Ragasa, Joan Lucas, Elisea Jackson
Robotic Hand Introduction
Alex Miera, Ellee Cook, May Odom, James Wernicke, Desiree Naomi Dominguez
Interesting talks
SummerCamp_2022_Extra.pdf
"Women in Science"
Anna Llobet
Physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Origin of women in computing: https://www.pbs.org/video/why-are-there-so-few-women-in-computer-science-c5zg9l/
TED talk: Angela Lee Duckworth: "GRIT, the power of passion and perseverance"
Women in Science: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_science
Women & Nobel Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/nobel-prize-awarded-women/
"The Women of Project Y: Working at Wartime Los Alamos"
Ellen McGehee
Archaeologist and historian at Los Alamos National Laboratory
