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Recommendations and guidelines from the 2014 NSF-supported IPLS Conference, attended by more than 150 faculty members
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Eric Brewe
Juan Burciaga
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Design and build two different designs of model microscope, and relate focal length to magnification
Optical Imaging
Thin Lens, Optical Instruments
Catherine Crouch
Students measure an ECG and work out the corresponding moving electric dipole moment of the heart
Electrical Diagnostics, Healthy Cardiovascular Function, Cardiovascular Disorders
Multipoles, Electric Field, Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy
Catherine Crouch
Ben Geller
+ 1 more
Fluid dynamics in the context of normal and diseased physiology in the human cardiovascular system
Cardiovascular Disorders, Healthy Cardiovascular Function
Flow Rate, Bernoulli's Principle, Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Viscosity
Catherine Crouch
Ben Geller
+ 1 more
a module introducing random walks following 1D kinematics as the mechanism of gradient-driven flow
Physical Mechanisms, Material Flow, Cross-membrane Transport
Kinetic Theory, Mean Free Path, Mean Collision Time, Viscosity, Diffusion, Brownian Motion
Catherine Crouch
Ben Geller
Fluid statics in living systems: blood pressure, lung inflation, and organismal buoyancy.
Healthy Cardiovascular Function, Healthy Respiratory Function
Static Pressure, Density and Buoyancy
Ben Geller
Catherine Crouch
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