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Albert Holland Prize for Public Presentations of Physics 2003

The winner of the 2003 Albert Holland Prize is Derrick Moore!

The sixth Albert Holland Prize competition was held at 7:00 pm on Thursday, April 10, 2003. An audience of students, faculty, and community members heard several impressive student lectures. Each lecture derived an important result in Physics. The contestants and their lectures were:

• Derrick Moore, a sophomore Physics and Mathematics Major
  Derivation of the Period of the Pendulum
• David Niedzwiecki, a sophomore Physics and History major
  Time Dilation
• Ben Schechter, a first-year student
  The Weighty Results of Bad Physics
• Evan Wendel, a junior Physics major
  That Mysterious Equilibrium Constant

Prof. Ted Allen moderated the event. The judges were Prof. Donald Spector (Physics), Prof. Lara Blanchard (Art), and Prof. David Weiss (English and Comparative Literature).

Derrick Moore was chosen the winner! Congratulations to all the contestants!

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For more information, contact: Theodore Allen, Associate Professor of Physics, ext. 3623, 108 Eaton Hall Dept. Secretaries: Ann Warner 781-3586 (8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.) Laura Sposato* 781-3587 (1 - 5 p.m.) FAX: (315) 781-3860